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New paper on the effect of urbanization, scale, and geography on air pollution in India
A new paper titled “The effect of urbanization, scale, and geography on air pollution in...
NetCDA Extended for Three More Years: A Strong Commitment to Sustainable Climate Research and Capacity Building in West Africa
Our project NetCDA – European Academic Network for Capacity Development in Climate Change...
PhD position: Earth Observation of drought and fire impacts
Job Announcement: PhD Position on EO research of Drought, Fire and Vegetation in Kruger National...
EORC Talk: Facing the challenges of big data with multi-talented earth observation data cubes
The Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) invites to a talk by Dr. Insa Otte and colleagues...
Empowering Biology Students with Open-Source Spatial Data Skills
At EORC, we believe that spatial thinking and geodata literacy are becoming essential skills...
“Where Is Everybody?” — The EO4CAM Effect
If you walked through the corridors of our EORC offices this week, you might have had the same...
EAGLE Internship Presentation: Remote sensing for Ecological Applications in the High Arctic
On April 13, 2026, Clara Vydra will present her internship results on ” Remote sensing for...
Successful MSc Defense: Developing a Farmland Habitat Biodiversity Indicator for Bavaria
On March 31, 2026, Suriya Elango successfully defended his Master’s thesis at the Earth...
Spotlight on our Researchers: Julia Rieder
Understanding how forests respond to a changing climate is one of the defining challenges of our...
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EAGLE Internship Presentation: Remote sensing for Ecological Applications in the High Arctic
On April 13, 2026, Clara Vydra will present her internship results on ” Remote sensing for...
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EAGLE MSc Defense: Current Status, Trends, and Future Challenges of the Alpine Cryosphere, Illustrated by an Example from the Hohe Tauern National Park
On April 27, 2026, Clara Vydra will present her Master Thesis on “Current Status, Trends,...
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Towards Earth Observation-supported identification of drought-resilient tree provenances in Bavaria
Recent drought years have raised concerns about the future vitality of different tree species in...
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AI, Society, and Computing – Leveraging Global Data While Tackling Ethical Challenges
We are pleased to invite you to the next EORC Talk at the Earth Observation Research Cluster in...
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New paper on the effect of urbanization, scale, and geography on air pollution in India
A new paper titled “The effect of urbanization, scale, and geography on air pollution in...
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New paper published on how perceived industrial pollution shapes community evaluation and migration intentions
Researchers from our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) here at the University of Würzburg...
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🦅 Don’t Miss the EAGLE M.Sc. Application Deadline – May 15
The deadline to apply for the EAGLE M.Sc. “Applied Earth Observation and Geoanalysis of the Living...
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Remote Sensing meets Ecological Forecasting: A New ENB MSc at the University of Bayreuth
We would like to share that we are contributing to a newly launched Master of Science programme in...
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Easter Egg detection? No – UAV and satellite imagery derived grainsize estimates!
No, this is not our latest UAV based Easter egg detection system even though it would fit the...
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New Publication: Evaluating LUCAS in-situ and Sentinel data for grass height and vigour of vegetation in Europe
New publication led by our EORC team member Daniel Gruschwitz, together with colleagues from the...
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Spotlight on our Researchers: Julia Rieder
Understanding how forests respond to a changing climate is one of the defining challenges of our...
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NetCDA Extended for Three More Years: A Strong Commitment to Sustainable Climate Research and Capacity Building in West Africa
Our project NetCDA – European Academic Network for Capacity Development in Climate Change...
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Successful MSc Defense: Developing a Farmland Habitat Biodiversity Indicator for Bavaria
On March 31, 2026, Suriya Elango successfully defended his Master’s thesis at the Earth...
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Informatics student project: Enhancing deep learning techniques to detect animal paths in UAV imagery
When animals roam the savanna, e.g. to find resources, they leave distinctive paths in the...
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Spotlight Series: The People of EORC
At EORC we started a Spotlight Series a few weeks ago and will continue in the next weeks and...
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EAGLE social ski retreat
To recharge their batteries after an intense semester, some EAGLE students went skiing together in...
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EAGLE Internship Presentation: Geomorphological Monitoring at Askja Caldera
On April 28, 2026, Hanna Zoë Schulten will present her internship results on ”...
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PhD Opportunity in Drone-Based Snow Monitoring
A new PhD position in Drone-based Terrestrial Snow Monitoring is currently open on Svalbard,...
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EAGLE MASTER DEFENSE: multispectral UAS and PlanetScope imagery for urban green spaces
On 27 March 2026, EAGLE MSc student Maximilian Merzdorf successfully defended his Master’s...
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Spotlight on our Researchers: Antonio Castaneda-Gomez
Antonio Castaneda-Gomez is a PhD student at the Earth Observation Research Cluster whose work...
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Hannes Taubenböck wins the Science Slam in Rosenheim
Hannes Taubenböck was invited to represent our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) and the...
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