outreach & publications
Media Coverage
outreach
researchers use aerial images and artificial intelligence to map coral across the main hawaiian islands
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first detailed map of hawaii reefs shows coral decline
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first-ever aerial map of hawaii’s coral creates groundbreaking conservation tool
outreach
tempe to hawaii: asu professors teach hawaiian youth about coral reef conservation
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hawaiian reefs lost almost half their fish to pollution and fishing
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Scientists unveil new 3d maps in race to save hawaii coral
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volcano keiki help contribute to “citizen science”
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sea temperature a critical factor in success of coral reef outplants
outreach
Joint asu-hawaii study reveals long-term human impacts on reef fish
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coral bleaching widespread, but not as severe as predicted
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state, federal officials say bleaching not as bad as expected, urge all to take coral pledge
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satellites track real-time damage of ocean blob menacing hawaii
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bleached corals found
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tracking and managing predicted massive coral bleaching in hawaii
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the return of the ‘blob’: hawaii’s reefs threatened by marine heatwave
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Inside the effort to map the world’s dying coral reefs from space
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ALLEN CORAL ATLAS MAPS REEFS TO SCALE UP CORAL CONSERVATION
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ASU WORKING TO SAVE HAWAIIAN CORAL REEFS DURING ONSET OF NEW OCEAN HEATWAVE
GDCS NEWS
ASU center announces Hawaii coral reef conservation program in partnership with Lenfest Ocean Program
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A map to saving coral reefs: the Allen Coral Atlas projects
outreach
Rapid repeat monitoring of reef threats
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To map a coral reef, peel back the seawater
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3d mapping from the air helps to save coral reefs
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Can this map save coral reefs? Researchers aim to conserve natural resource with satellites and AI
publications
2020 Publications
- Xu, Y., N.R. Vaughn, D.E. Knapp, R.E. Martin, C. Balzotti, J. Li, S.A. Foo, and G.P. Asner. 2020. Coral bleaching detection in the Hawaiian Islands using spatio-temporal standardized bottom reflectance and Planet Dove satellites. Remote Sensing 12, 3219. doi:10.3390/rs12193219.
- Foo, S. A., Asner, G. P. 2020. Impacts of remotely sensed environmental drivers on coral outplant survival. Restoration Ecology. doi: 10.1111/rec.13309.
- Asner, G.P., N.R. Vaughn, J. Heckler, D.E. Knapp, C. Balzotti, E. Shafron, R.E. Martin, B.J. Neilson, and J.M. Gove. 2020. Large-scale mapping of live corals to guide reef conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences doi:10.1073/pnas.2017628117.
2019 Publications
- Foo, S.A. and G.P. Asner. 2019. Scaling up coral reef restoration using remote sensing technology. Frontiers in Marine Science 6: 79.
- Li, J.; S.R. Schill; D.E. Knapp; G.P. Asner. 2019. Object-Based Mapping of Coral Reef Habitats Using Planet Dove Satellites. Remote Sensing 11: 1445.
- Li, J.; D.E. Knapp; S.R. Schill; C. Roelfsema; S. Phinn; M. Silman; J. Mascaro; G.P. Asner. 2019. Adaptive bathymetry estimation for shallow coastal waters using Planet Dove satellites. Remote Sensing of Environment 232: 111302
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2020 Publications
- Asner, G.P., N.R. Vaughn, C. Balzotti, P.G. Brodrick, and J. Heckler. 2020. High-resolution reef bathymetry and coral habitat complexity from airborne imaging spectroscopy. Remote Sensing 12:310. doi:10.3390/rs12020310.
- Li J., N.S. Fabina, D.E. Knapp, G.P. Asner. The Sensitivity of Multi-spectral Satellite Sensors to Benthic Habitat Change. Remote Sensing. 2020, 12, 532.
- Lyons, M.B., C.M. Roelfsema, E.V. Kennedy, E.M. Kovacs, R. Borrego-Acevedo, K. Markey, M. Roe, D.M. Yuwono, D.L. Harris, S.R. Phinn, G.P. Asner, J. Li, D.E. Knapp, N.S. Fabina, K. Larsen, D. Traganos, and N.J. Murray. 2020. Mapping the world’s coral reefs using a global multiscale earth observation framework. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. doi:10.1002/rse2.157.
- Foo, S. A., Asner, G. P. 2020. Sea surface temperature in coral reef restoration outcomes. Environmental Research Letters 15: 074045.
- Foo, S.A., W.J. Walsh, J. Lecky, S. Marcoux, and G.P. Asner. 2020. Impacts of pollution, fishing pressure, and reef rugosity on resource fish biomass in West Hawaii. Ecological Applications. doi:10.1002/EAP.2213.
- Li, J., D.E. Knapp, N.S. Fabina, E.V. Kennedy, K. Larsen, M.B. Lyons, N.J. Murray, S.R. Phinn, C.M. Roelfsema, and G.P. Asner. 2020. A global coral reef probability map generated using convolutional neural networks. Coral Reefs. doi:10.1007/s00338-020-02055-6.
- Xu, Y., N.R. Vaughn, D.E. Knapp, R.E. Martin, C. Balzotti, J. Li, S.A. Foo, and G.P. Asner. 2020. Coral bleaching detection in the Hawaiian Islands using spatio-temporal standardized bottom reflectance and Planet Dove satellites. Remote Sensing 12, 3219. doi:10.3390/rs12193219.
- Foo, S. A., Asner, G. P. 2020. Impacts of remotely sensed environmental drivers on coral outplant survival. Restoration Ecology. doi: 10.1111/rec.13309.
- Asner, G.P., N.R. Vaughn, J. Heckler, D.E. Knapp, C. Balzotti, E. Shafron, R.E. Martin, B.J. Neilson, and J.M. Gove. 2020. Large-scale mapping of live corals to guide reef conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas.2017628117.
2019 Publications
- Foo, S.A. and G.P. Asner. 2019. Scaling up coral reef restoration using remote sensing technology. Frontiers in Marine Science 6: 79.
- Li, J.; S.R. Schill; D.E. Knapp; G.P. Asner. 2019. Object-Based Mapping of Coral Reef Habitats Using Planet Dove Satellites. Remote Sensing 11: 1445.
- Li, J.; D.E. Knapp; S.R. Schill; C. Roelfsema; S. Phinn; M. Silman; J. Mascaro; G.P. Asner. 2019. Adaptive bathymetry estimation for shallow coastal waters using Planet Dove satellites. Remote Sensing of Environment 232: 111302.
- Maximenko, N., et al. 2019. Toward the Integrated Marine Debris Observing System. Frontiers in Marine Science 6(447). doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00.
- R.R. Carlson, S.A. Foo, G.P. Asner. Land use impacts on coral reef health: a ridge-to-reef perspective. Frontiers in Marine Science
- Gove, J.M., J.L. Whitney, M.A. McManus, J. Lecky, F.C. Carvalho, J.M. Lynch, J. Li, P. Neubauer, K.A. Smith, J.E. Phipps, D.R. Kobayashi, K.B. Balagso, E.A. Contreras, M.E. Manuel, M.A. Merrifield, J.J. Polovina, G.P. Asner, J.A. Maynard, and G.J. Williams. Prey-size plastics are invading larval fish nurseries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
