Earthzine produces four seasonal themed issues per year. Themed issues are edited by Guest Editors who are experts in the particular topic being featured. Below, find our current, previous and future theme issues and associated articles.
Linking Remote-Sensing Information to Tropical Forest Structure: The Crucial Role of Modelling
The 3D modelling of tropical forest structure may not be the norm today, but there are many exciting advancements being made in this realm. Still, technological innovations are needed in order for the process to become more widely available and to be put to better use.
Couteron et al., posted on
April 23rd, 2012
Earth Observation, Featured Article, Forest Resource Information
Call for Papers – Forest Resource Information
Earthzine is soliciting articles of 800-3,000 words for its second quarter 2012 theme on multi-scale forest resources information. We are seeking contributions that deal with current issues, and existing and emerging techniques to derive forest resource information at different scales.
Daniel McInerney, posted on
December 8th, 2011
Announcements, Forest Resource Information
Past Themes
2011
Water Availability Theme
Articles published for Earthzine’s Water Availability theme (Sept. 23-Dec. 21, 2011) address current issues, techniques and applications of Earth observation information for measuring water, the social benefits of monitoring water and the humanitarian implications of water availability.
Annett Bartsch, posted on
July 27th, 2011
Water Availability
Urban Monitoring Theme
Articles published for Earthzine’s Urban Monitoring theme (June 21-Sept. 22, 2011) explore a variety of issues related to urbanization. Topics of focus for this theme include how Earth Observation technologies have contributed to our understanding of the impacts of rapid urbanization, the impacts of urbanization on climate change (and vice versa), and the current capacity and projected need for urban monitoring technologies.
Paolo Gamba, posted on
April 14th, 2011
Urban Monitoring
Extreme Weather Theme
Articles published for Earthzine’s Extreme Weather theme (March 21-June 21, 2011) examine aspects of weather extremes from multiple perspectives. Topics explored include severe flooding, killer tornadoes, cyclones, and record heat waves in various regions of the globe.
Jeff Kart, posted on
April 15th, 2011
Extreme Weather
Disaster Management Theme
Articles published for Earthzine’s Disaster Management theme (Dec. 21, 2010-March 20, 2011) address efforts to improve the understanding and management of natural and human‐induced disasters, from the factors at inception to the process of recovery and rehabilitation.
Sérgio Freire, Biswajeet Pradhan, and Christoph Aubrecht, posted on
March 16th, 2011
Disasters, Earth Observation
2010
• 4th Quarter – Ecosystems (Liane Guild, Guest Editor)
• 3rd Quarter – Global Human Health (Assaf Anyamba, Guest Editor)
• 2nd Quarter – Observing the Oceans (Christoph Waldmann, Guest Editor)
• 1st Quarter – Earth Information Systems/Capacity Building (John Kostelnick, Guest Editor)
2009
• 4th Quarter – Agriculture and Food Availability (Brian Wardlow and Menghestab Haile, Guest Editors)
• 3rd Quarter – Meeting the Millennium Development Goals (Lise Yale and Stephen Andersen, Guest Editors)
• 2nd Quarter – Global Energy Dependency (Paul Racette, Guest Editor)
• 1st Quarter – Disaster Mitigation and Response (John Kostelnick and Christoph Aubrecht, Guest Editors)
2008
• 4th Quarter – Biodiversity - Indicator of Planetary Health (Paul Racette, Guest Editor)
• 3rd Quarter – Hydrological Cycle – Earth’s Circulatory System (Paul Racette, Guest Editor)
•2nd Quarter – International Polar Year (Paul Racette, Guest Editor)
• 1st Quarter – Earth Observation – Global Perspective (Paul Racette, Guest Editor)
NASA Daily Image
Composite of a Series of Images Taken From Space Aboard the Space Station