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NODES will mobilize the tools of citizen and data science combined with Earth observations to monitor, analyze, and foster progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
To realize this vision, NODES will exploit novel data ecosystems in which several actors interact via infrastructure, analytics, and applications to produce, analyze, exchange, and consume data.
Three main cross-fertilizing pillars characterize the research focus of NODES:
- Advancing the field of citizen science: NODES will remain at the forefront of citizen science from conceptual advancements to innovations in citizen science practice, including the development of new means to acquire, analyze, and openly share citizen science data, as well as how citizen science can contribute to the SDGs and sustainability.
- Enriching Earth observation: NODES will utilize new types of Earth observation technology (e.g., high-resolution imagery, drones, and the Internet of things (IoT)) and develop applications that focus on the interplay between Earth observation and citizen science using Geo-Wiki tools, various forms of remote sensing, and on-site observation.
- Exploiting the digital revolution: NODES will harness the opportunities arising from the digital revolution by exploiting advancements in computing capabilities, data science (e.g., machine and deep learning), environmental informatics, and the geospatial sciences, among others, to enhance integrated systems science research and generate new and innovative data sets for further insights.
Projects
Urban ReLeaf - Citizen-powered data ecosystems for inclusive and green urban transitions
Open-Earth-Monitor Cyberinfrastructure (OEMC)
Staff
Zoriana Romanchuk
Research Assistant (NODES)
Tobias Sturn
Research Scholar (NODES)
Florian Hofhansl
Research Scholar (NODES, BEC)
Orysia Yashchun
Research Assistant (NODES)
News
22 August 2024
Improving the accuracy of global cropland mapping
To address the needs of the agricultural monitoring community, IIASA scientists fused two of the latest high quality, high-resolution, remotely-sensed cropland products to produce an improved cropland map for early warning and food security assessments.
17 July 2024
Forests endure as carbon sink despite regional pressures
Despite facing regional threats like deforestation and wildfires, the world's forests continue to be a powerful weapon in the fight against climate change. A new study reveals these vital ecosystems have consistently absorbed carbon dioxide for the past three decades, even as disruptions chip away at their capacity.
01 July 2024
What do we need for better biodiversity monitoring in Europe?
A new publication authored by scientists from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and IIASA with a large European consortium provides vital insights into the current status of biodiversity monitoring in Europe, identifying policy needs, challenges, and future pathways.
Events
Museum of Natural Sciences, Brussels
EuropaBON final stakeholder conference
Vienna, Lower Austria, Carinthia
IIASA at Austria's Long Night of Research 2024
Focus
29 August 2024
Experiencing the science that we write about
IIASA researcher, Linda See, shares her experiences at the coalface of where plastic pollution is collected by volunteers during a beach cleanup event.
08 July 2024
Future food demand in The Gambia: can increased crop productivity and climate adaptation close the supply–demand gap?
The Gambia faces significant food availability issues due to low agricultural productivity. IIASA researchers and colleagues used the FABLE Calculator to explore actions to reduce the food supply-demand gap by 2050. The results, published in Food Security, reveal that current cropland will not meet food demand by 2050.
Publications
Barthelme, P., Darbyshire, E., Spracklen, D.V., & Watmough, G. (2024). Detecting Vietnam War bomb craters in declassified historical KH-9 satellite imagery. Science of Remote Sensing 10 e100143. 10.1016/j.srs.2024.100143. Steinhauser, J. , Fritz, S. , & Pirker, J. (2024). Virtual Climate Activation: A Framework Approach to Sustainable Food Consumption in Games. In: Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG). IEEE. ISBN 979-8-3503-5067-8/24 10.1109/CoG60054.2024.10645664. Fritz, S. , Lesiv, M. , See, L. , Shchepashchenko, D. , Pérez Guzmán, K. , Laso Bayas, J.C. , Shchepashchenko, M., Georgieva, I. , Collivignarelli, F., Meroni, M., Kerdiles, H., Rembold, F., & McCallum, I. (2024). A new global hybrid map of annual herbaceous cropland at a 500 m resolution for the year 2019. Environmental Research Letters 19 (8) e084025. 10.1088/1748-9326/ad6a71. Pan, Y., Kłopotek, G., Crocetti, L., Weinacker, R., Sturn, T., See, L. , Dick, G., Möller, G., Rothacher, M., McCallum, I., Navarro, V., & Soja, B. (2024). Determination of high-precision tropospheric delays using crowdsourced smartphone GNSS data. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 17 (14) 4303-4316. 10.5194/amt-17-4303-2024. Xu, P., Tsendbazar, N.-E., Herold, M., de Bruin, S., Koopmans, M., Birch, T., Carter, S., Fritz, S. , Lesiv, M. , Mazur, E., Pickens, A., Potapov, P., Stolle, F., Tyukavina, A., Van De Kerchove, R., & Zanaga, D. (2024). Comparative validation of recent 10 m-resolution global land cover maps. Remote Sensing of Environment 311 e114316. 10.1016/j.rse.2024.114316.