Aaron Sparks

Some content from my Heterodox Academy 2025 Conference talk on problems within the climate science 'knowledge generation system' that lead to an incomplete picture, and how embracing prediction markets can help reorient the emphasis toward the production of the most useful information for society and decision-makers. youtu.be/lEfi7PtwSis

🚨New lidar publication🚨 - Comparison of field sampling and airborne laser scanning-derived stand-level inventories in a mixed conifer forest and volume validation using log scaling data In @Forests_MDPI @MDPIOpenAccess Link: mdpi.com/1999-4907/16/5…

New Publication - Methods to assess fire-induced tree mortality: review of fire behaviour proxy and real fire experiments publish.csiro.au/WF/WF24136

Interested in quantitative fire risk assessments? Here we use fire modeling to quantify effects of changing landcover and land use on fire risk to communities and economically important crops. Free access for a limited time in @SciTotEnv. Paper link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kAXi_17GgJG…

#mostdownloaded 🛖Mapping #ArableLand and Permanent #Agriculture Extent and Change in Southern Greece Using the European Union LUCAS Survey and a 35-Year #Landsat Time Series Analysis by Aaron M. Sparks, Imen Bouhamed, Luigi Boschetti et al. mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/1… #landuse

New publication demonstrating the use of drone-SfM data for monitoring forest structures in dry conifer forests. These methods reliably tracked metrics of individuals, clumps, and openings, along with stand level structure metrics. rdcu.be/dHvte

Airborne lidar can provide individual tree information at large spatial scales - but how accurate are the resulting inventories? Check out our new paper w/@pyroecophys et al. | Forest Science | Oxford Academic 👉doi.org/10.1093/forsci…

How resilient are trees to the compound effects of drought and fire? Check out our new paper w/@pyroecophys @EnvEcoLab @TinkhamWade et al. | Forest Science | Oxford Academic 👉doi.org/10.1093/forsci…

Myself, @SenWarren, & @SenBlumenthal wrote to the President of @uidaho urging them to reconsider the decision to acquire @UOPX, a predatory for-profit college with a history of preying on veterans, low-income students, and students of color.

Modern science in a nutshell...

Excited to share a new collaborative effort between @UIdahoCNR students, staff, and co-authors (@pyroecophys et al.) to understand how fire affects tree growth using active fire observations and airborne laser scanning. Free access for limited time: authors.elsevier.com/a/1hOJ01L%7EGw…

Interested in how tree physiology and mortality are affected by surface fires of varying intensity? Check out our new paper w/ @pyroecophys @EnvEcoLab @TreePhysDJ et al. | Tree Physiology | Oxford Academic 👇 doi.org/10.1093/treeph…

That's no moon.

Our latest issue is online now! Table of contents 👇 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14698137/2… On the cover: Pinus ponderosa sapling exposed to 🔥 under a controlled environment at the @uidaho combustion laboratory. Image courtesy of @RaquelFeltrin. @wileyplantsci

Researchers studied the effects of a 20-minute walk on the cognitive performance of a group of children. This is fascinating…

Job: Assistant/Associate Professor of Fire Ecology ⁦@UIdahoCNR⁩ #Fire

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Want to know more about fire effects on tree water transport and carbohydrates? Just click here 👉🏻 doi.org/10.1111/nph.18…. 🔥🌲🔥📚 @TreePhysDJ @pyroecophys @EnvEcoLab @ecofiz1 @pyrogeog @WildfirePhysics nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

Save communities by thinning forests or hardening structures? wildfiretoday.com/2022/08/09/sav…

Individual Tree Detection using airborne laser scanning is revolutionizing forest management. We cross-compared several ITD methods using a benchmark dataset in northern Idaho, USA. With M. Corrao and @pyroecophys, in @RemoteSens_MDPI Paper link: mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/1…