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Improving forest age estimation to understand subtropical forest regrowth dynamics using deep learning image segmentation of time‐series historical aerial photographs

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, Volume 12, Issue 3, Page 349-367, June 2026.
Accurately estimating forest age is key to understanding how forests recover and evaluating restoration success. We developed a two‐step deep learning approach using historical greyscale aerial photographs to map forest age at fine spatial scales. By combining a pre‐trained model with localized fine‐tuning, our U‐Net + ResNet50 architecture achieved ...
Ying Ki Law, Yi‐Fei Gu, Shuwen Liu, Guangqin Song, Aland H. Y. Chan, Cham Man Tse, Zhonghua Liu, Martha J. Ledger, Billy C. H. Hau, Sawaid Abbas, Jin Wu   +10 more
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DSAC-ICM: A Distributional Reinforcement Learning Framework for Path Planning in 3D Uneven Terrains. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Zhou Y, Liu F, Liu Z, Ji X, Yin G.
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Incorporating environmental DNA metabarcoding for improved benthic biodiversity and habitat mapping

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, Volume 12, Issue 3, Page 444-461, June 2026.
Seafloor imagery is commonly used to collect information about the distribution of benthic organisms in order to generate habitat and biodiversity maps. Recent advances in genomics (e.g., environmental DNA; eDNA) show potential to complement video surveys for habitat mapping, but there have been few examples testing this.
Rylan J. Command, Shreya Nemani, Benjamin Misiuk, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Nicole Fahner, Emily Porter, Greg Singer, Beverly McClenaghan, Katleen Robert   +8 more
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Sampling, Mobility, and Anchoring in Small‐Body Sampling Robots: A Comprehensive Review

SmartBot, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2026.
Small‐body sampling robots are exploration systems that perform contact, sampling, and stable operations on microgravity bodies such as asteroids and comets. The authors review representative robot architectures and key technologies, focusing on the mechanisms, evolution, and coupling of sampling, mobility, and anchoring.
Yurui Shen, Yixin Zhu, Mingxia Bao, Ting Zhang, Jun Wu, Jingbin Hao, Dezheng Hua, Xinhua Liu   +7 more
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Topoclimatic factors create favourable conditions for carbon-dense forests in the Central Himalayas. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Khanal S, Nolan RH, Medlyn BE, Boer MM.
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Multidisciplinary Investigation of Healy Submarine Volcano (Kermadec Arc, New Zealand) Using AUV and Submersible Data: Structural Control on Magmatic and Hydrothermal Processes

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 27, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract We present a comprehensive multidisciplinary investigation of the Healy submarine volcano in the southern Kermadec arc, northeast of New Zealand. We show the first results of sidescan‐sonar data collected at a submarine arc volcano by an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV).
A. Bagnasco, F. Caratori Tontini, C. E. J. de Ronde, S. L. Walker, L. Cocchi, A. Ghirotto, E. Armadillo   +6 more
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How vision shapes the paths we choose. [PDF]

Elife
Kuo AD.
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Middle Cretaceous Andean‐Type Arc Evolution in the Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone (Shalair Valley), Iraq: New Geochronological and Geochemical Constraints

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 27, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract The middle Cretaceous granitoid plutons of the Shalair Valley, situated in northeastern Iraq, constitute a principal magmatic component of the Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone within the northwestern segment of the Zagros Orogenic Belt. Among these plutons, the equigranular Aulan body (AG) and the porphyritic Laladar body (LG) were crystallized at 111.0 ± 
Imad Kadhim Abdulzahra, Yoshihiro Asahara, Yousif Mohammad, Ayten Hadi   +3 more
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Diets, dominance hierarchies, and kleptoparasitism drive asymmetrical interactions between wolves and cougars. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Binder W, Ruprecht JS, Rabe J, Metz MC, Hutchinson R, Stahler DR, Levi T.   +6 more
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Predictive Models for Postfire Debris Flow Initiation in the Southwest USA

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, Volume 131, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Postfire debris flows pose a threat to life and infrastructure and significantly contribute to sediment supply in upland channels, thereby impacting water quality, stream habitats, and landscape evolution. Models designed to assess postfire debris‐flow likelihood at the watershed scale in response to design or forecast rainstorms are ...
Ana Isabel Fernandez Sirgo, Luke A. McGuire, Ann M. Youberg, Tao Liu   +3 more
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