How is global environmental change transforming terrestrial ecosystem and carbon cycle dynamics?
Climate change, human activity, and disturbances are reorganizing Earth’s terrestrial ecosystems. In the DYCE lab, we use remote sensing, high-performance computation, field measurements, and machine learning to study how these ecological transformations affect the global carbon-climate system.
Recent Highlights
December 11, 2025
The DYCE lab will be out in force at the American Geophysical Union annual meeting next week!! We are so excited to see old friends and meet new ones!
Come see our presentations:
Wanwan’s poster (GC11F-0649) on Monday morning in Advances in Remote Sensing and Modeling of Tree and Forest Dynamics I
Hannah’s poster (H13X-1416) on Monday afternoon in Remote Sensing of Rivers, Lakes, Reservoirs, and Wetlands III
Wanwan’s talk (B21F-06) on Tuesday morning (9:25am) in The Resilience and Vulnerability of Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems to Climate Change V
Jon’s talk (GC24C-02) Tuesday afternoon (4:26pm) in Data-Driven Approaches to Improve Climate Impact Accounting for Nature-Based Carbon Removal I
Jiaming’s talk (B24C-05) on Tuesday afternoon (5:00pm) in Intersections of Ecology, Hydrology, and Climatology in Earth’s Drylands II
Eric’s talk (B31E-08) on Wednesday morning (9:40am) in Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Ecosystems: Monitoring, Understanding, and Management Across Scales I
Yahampath’s poster (B33E-1939) on Wednesday afternoon in Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Ecosystems: Monitoring, Understanding, and Management Across Scales IV
June 6, 2025
Updates to the People page to include the SRI students who are assisting with the forest mortality project! Please welcome Gwyn, Olivia, and Amichi.
Eric, Makayla, Jiaming, and Jon traveled to Arizona to join some colleagues in some field work! We flew drones, measure tree structure, and baked under the hot sun. A new Gallery page features photos from lab get togethers, field work, and conferences over the last year or so.
May 21, 2025
A few updates from Spring 2025
Wanwan and Jon visited Alaska to attend the NASA ABoVE Science Team Meeting (the last one!).
Jon’s a co-author on new paper!
Wu et al. (2025) Improved assessment of post-fire recovery trajectory of forests in Amazon's protected areas. Remote Sensing of Environment
Jon also traveled to give talks at Boston University, University of Michigan, and University of Colorado Boulder!
Hannah, Hope, and Yahampath all did amazing jobs on their capstone and/or qualifying exams!!