Land degradation has become one of the biggest environmental challenges human society
is currently facing, which is why understanding the global pattern of this land crisis is …

Nowadays, water shortage is a severe issue all over the world, especially in some arid and
undeveloped areas. Interestingly, a variety of natural creatures can collect water from fog …

Small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) are a relatively new type of aerial platform for
acquiring high-resolution remote sensing measurements of Earth surface processes and …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 GEOMORPHOLOGY OF DESERT DUNES Sand dunes cover up to a
quarter of many desert regions. Determining the factors that determine their shape, size and …

This study presents the application of a cost-effective, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to
investigate calving dynamics at a major marine-terminating outlet glacier draining the …

Sand dunes are one of the most abundant aeolian landforms and play an important role in
understanding how aeolian environments evolve. Since the 1970s, remote sensing has …

In environmentally sensitive areas, particularly the arid or semi-arid regions, different factors
such as relief and human activity, can greatly influence the landscape on a local scale …

Three beach and dune systems located in the northeastern part of the Bay of Biscay in
France were monitored over 5 years with a time series of three airborne LiDAR datasets …

In the last half-century, geoscience research has advanced due to multidisciplinary
technologies, among which Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has played a …

Aeolian desertification is one of the most serious environmental issues negatively impacting
society. Assessing the spatiotemporal changes in desertification and determining its driving …