‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI In the race to embrace new technologies, some ecologists fear their field is losing touch with nature.

The ecologists who study nature without going outside bit.ly/3YtoSnu @tadeorp.bsky.social @sarabssethi.bsky.social @tokehoye.bsky.social @billsutherland.bsky.social @bessonmarc.bsky.social @laura-pollock.bsky.social @kevinjgaston.bsky.social

Environmental and Ecological Monitoring with Biodegradable Technologies This review examines the development and application of wireless biodegradable sensors for environmental monitoring. It explores (bio)degradable materials, their degradation mechanisms in various env...

How do we actually go about designing and fabricating biodegradable devices for environmental and ecological monitoring?

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A brilliant review led by Javad and Clementine at TUD (building upon our vision! www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01824-w)

Robotics‐assisted acoustic surveys could deliver reliable, landscape‐level biodiversity insights Deploying and maintaining sensors is often a major bottleneck in collecting rapid biodiversity data. We tested whether autonomous hopping drones equipped with acoustic recorders could collect reliabl....

What if sensor equipped drones could autonomously hop around landscapes to survey biodiversity?

Would data be reliable? Could we adapt survey design in real-time?

This and more in our latest @zslofficial.bsky.social RSEC publication led by @peggybevan.bsky.social

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Bugg v4 - Pre-Order Bugg is the world’s first real-time bioacoustic monitoring device. Once set up, sit back and watch as live audio data streams in over months and years with almost no maintenance required.

Bugg is now available through GroupGets! groupgets.com/products/bug...

Real-time acoustic monitoring devices, tested from the Arctic to the tropics over long (1y+) deployments - with no maintenance!

Say goodbye to fiddly SD card retrievals and hello to instant ecological insights

Exploring the spatiotemporal influence of climate on American avian migration with random forests - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Exploring the spatiotemporal influence of climate on American avian migration with random forests

Back from parental leave 🐣 and have an exciting line up of papers to share in the coming months

First up, a new approach to transcontinental bird migration modelling, combining eBird with climactic data across N and S. America by the (now Dr.!) Avery Bick www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Robotics-assisted acoustic surveys could deliver reliable, landscape-level biodiversity insights Terrestrial remote sensing approaches, such as acoustic monitoring, deliver finely resolved and reliable biodiversity data. However, the scalability of surveys is often limited by the effort, time and...

📢 I have a new pre-print out with @sarabssethi.bsky.social, where we show that robotic-assisted #acoustic monitoring can deliver automated #biodiversity surveys. 🐒🦜 Drone assisted #PAM works well for coarse patterns of biodiversity, but less well for species-specific details.
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Hi - I lead the Ecosystem Sensing research group at @imperiallifesci.bsky.social. Give me a follow if you're interested in bioacoustics, biodiversity monitoring, fancy sensors, AI, drones, agritech, and more! 🎤🦜🐸🐛🐝