A new machine-learning system can automatically produce detailed maps from satellite data to show locations of likely beetle-killed spruce trees in Alaska, even in forests of low and moderate ...

Nick Beckage, a graduate researcher, Davin Louangaphay, a research assistant, and Philippe Amstislavski, a professor of health sciences, stand among spruce trees on the University of Alaska Anchorage ...

a professor emeritus of forest ecology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Rapid and sustained warming has led to new patterns of insect outbreaks and new pest species affecting trees, he said. One ...

As climate change and pests put increasing pressure on forests, the right forest management practices are emerging as key to ...

A new machine-learning system developed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks can automatically produce detailed maps from satellite data to show locations of likely beetle-killed spruce trees in ...

The study area is centered on the Susitna Lowlands in SC Alaska, a mosaic of mixed forest and wetlands, appearing in green and brown in the 2013–2015 Landsat −8 composite (a), respectively. Credit: ...