Sizhuo Li

Nov 14, 2024 | nature.com | Martin Brandt |Sizhuo Li |Rasmus Fensholt |Jean-Pierre Wigneron

AbstractTrees contribute to carbon dioxide absorption through biomass, regulate the climate, support biodiversity, enhance soil, air and water quality, and offer economic and health benefits. Traditionally, tree monitoring on continental and global scales has focused on forest cover, whereas assessing biomass and species diversity, as well as trees outside closed-canopy forests, has been challenging.

May 13, 2024 | nature.com | Xiaoye Tong |Xiaoxin Zhang |Rasmus Fensholt |Sizhuo Li |Florian Reiner |Feng Tian

AbstractGreenhouse cultivation has been expanding rapidly in recent years, yet little knowledge exists on its global extent and expansion. Using commercial and freely available satellite data combined with artificial intelligence techniques, we present a global assessment of greenhouse cultivation coverage and map 1.3 million hectares of greenhouse infrastructures in 2019, a much larger extent than previously estimated.

Mar 1, 2024 | nature.com | Martin Brandt |Philippe Ciais |Ankit Kariryaa |Christian Igel |Jerome Chave |Ole Mertz | +2 more

AbstractLandscape restoration initiatives are mainly focusing on forest regeneration and agroforestry, especially in the Global South. However, due to a lack of monitoring tools, the carbon balance of restoration efforts remains poorly quantified. Here, we use satellite images from 2008 and 2019 to calculate carbon stocks for individual trees in Rwanda, a country which has been actively engaged in restoration activities over the past decade.