Drones and Ecology

Meet Isla Myers-Smith from the University of Edinburgh, who describes herself as a global change ecologist. Her work focuses on tundra ecosystems. To measure changes in plants - shrubs in this case - the team collects data on the ground as well as from drones and satellite data. That involves quite a lot of effort and requires technical skills. Skills that Uni courses in ecology (and other fields) typically don't prepare you for. Being largely self-taught, Isla made it her mission to help other early career researchers ramp up skills they will need in their future career.Today, Isla is a Software Sustainability Institute Fellow and she and her colleagues manage a drone network called HiLDEN. Here are a few links:https://www.software.ac.uk/about/fellows/isla-myers-smith A SSI blog post about Isla's workhttps://arcticdrones.org the HiLDEN network sitehttps://teamshrub.com/lab-blog/ the lab websiteFollow Isla and Team Shrubs on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/IslaHMS Isla's Twitterhttps://twitter.com/TeamShrub Team Shrub's TwitterLicence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/Get in touchThank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören!Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt:Email mailto:[email protected] RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.socialLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/  (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile)This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/