Purdue’s Institute for Digital Forestry merges digital technology and cross-disciplinary knowledge to revolutionize an industry with tremendous economic and ecological impacts.
Hold a leaf up to the light, and the branching network of veins stands out against the thinner, brighter background. Like blood circulating through...
With 89% of the U.S. population and 68% of the world population projected to live in cities by 2050, concerns mount about how to address health and...
Purdue College of Agriculture presents a seminar series featuring experts in data science, digital agriculture and digital forestry.
The National Interagency Fire Center reports that, as of this writing, 19,444 fires have burned 2,161,787 acres in the United States alone. Land...
The Society of American Foresters (SAF) annually recognizes individuals for their outstanding achievements and significant contributions to...
The National Interagency Fire Center reports as of this writing that 19,444 fires have burned 2,161,787 acres in the United States alone. Land...
Walking into Purdue’s Mechanisms And Robotic Systems (MARS) Lab feels like falling into a child’s imagination of what a lab could be....
Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Ardohain is not your average Purdue graduate student. There’s the “Lieutenant Colonel” part, to...
Purdue College of Agriculture professors Songlin Fei and Tesfaye Mengiste have been named fellows by the American Association for the Advancement...
In the spirit of building a community to manage and protect the world’s forests, Liang and his colleagues in Science-i created the Global Big...
When someone wants to watch or share a video, they likely go to the free video sharing website YouTube, says Jinha Jung, associate professor of...
Extreme events wipe out entire forests, dramatically eliminating complex ecosystems as well as local communities. Researchers have become quite...
When it comes to the need for agricultural irrigation, Peru and Indiana have little in common. But Keith Cherkauer, professor of agricultural and...
A research team from Purdue University’s Department of Computer Science and Institute for Digital Forestry, with collaborator Sören Pirk...
An army of bow saws and boots march through dense thickets of forest patches in the Chicago region, cutting away greenery in the city and its...
The black walnut tree (Juglans nigra), prized for its rich, dark color in hardwood furniture and floors, is native to Indiana and the eastern...
In warmer southern and western states, citrus orchards are important for feeding and bringing communities together as well as providing major...
Purdue College of Agriculture presents a seminar series featuring experts in data science, digital agriculture and digital forestry during the...
The national flower of Brazil, known locally as Ipê (Handroanthus and Tabebuia), is under attack by a phytoplasma. These parasitic bacteria...
Purdue University competitors for XPRIZE Rainforest, a global cross-disciplinary challenge of monitoring tropical biodiversity, and their Illinois...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $10 million grant to Purdue University to help landowners and stakeholders better adapt their...
A special issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment lays the foundation for pursuing structural diversity as a new research...
Purdue University’s Jingjing Liang has received a two-year, $870,000 grant from the World Resources Institute to map global forest carbon...
Beyond offering cooling shade, research shows trees can influence microclimates and help reduce the toll of heat waves on the electrical grid and...
How lightning travels from the sky to the ground inspired the concept behind a new algorithmic approach to digitally separate individual trees from...
Purdue University has received $12 million of a $35 million project led by the American Forest Foundation and funded by the U.S. Department of...
Purdue University and the U.S. Forest Service today announced the new and improved Alien Forest Pest Explorer interactive web tool.
Through integration of aerial and ground-based mobile mapping sensors and systems, a team of Purdue digital forestry researchers has used advanced...
Jingjing Liang, assistant professor of quantitative forest ecology, is aiming to improve the accuracy of the current map of planted forests in...
Powerful partnerships among Purdue University's colleges of agriculture, engineering and science will advance digital forestry tools to save...
Purdue University researchers share about key developments and applications of aerial remote sensing in digital forestry such as the application of...
Purdue University on Friday (April 9) officially launched Purdue’s Next Moves – five new distinct strategic initiatives designed to...
In a contest created to develop novel applications for soybeans, it’s hard to beat a 98% soybean crop stimulant that improves soybean...
Purdue University researchers share how to use state-of-the-art terrestrial LiDAR, photogrammetry, and integrated systems to conduct...
Since carbon sequestration is such an important factor for mitigating climate change, it’s critical to understand the efficacy of...
Drs. Gang Shao, Guofan Shao, & Songlin Fei of Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources recently published the article - Delineation of...
