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Explore news coverage of SilvaLab research and collaborative studies, from hurricane impacts to forest carbon and biodiversity.

FOX 13 Tampa Bay · May 7, 2024

AI and LiDAR reveal hurricane damage to forests

FOX 13 featured Carlos Silva and the team’s work combining laser scanning, satellite observations, and artificial intelligence to map hurricane impacts. The report highlights RapidFEM4D and how forest-damage maps can inform recovery and management.

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FOX 13 news report

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UF/IFAS research video

May 4–8, 2026 · Gainesville, Florida

SilvaLab hosted ForestSAT 2026 at UF

The conference brought together the forest remote sensing community to share research on geospatial technologies, forest monitoring, and artificial intelligence. Carlos Alberto Silva served as conference chair.

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Research in the news

Selected coverage of our research and co-authored studies.

Hurricane impacts and RapidFEM4D

Climate connections and global wildfire · Cardil et al. (2023)

Tropical forest recovery and carbon · Heinrich et al. (2023)

Global tree diversity · Liang et al. (2022)

Amazon forest edges and carbon loss · Silva Junior et al. (2020)

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October 11, 2026SilvaLiDAR Air is now featured on our Tools page, with desktop tools for airborne LiDAR processing, analysis, and visualization. Explore the tool »
October 11, 2026Explore ICESat2VegR on our Tools page: an R package for processing and visualizing ICESat-2 data for land and vegetation applications. Explore the package »
September 28, 2026Carlos Silva and Inacio Bueno visited the University of Maine in Orono to share forest remote sensing research and lead hands-on training with SilvaLiDAR Air. View highlight »
September 14–16, 2026SilvaLab participated in the virtual NASA Carbon Monitoring System Science Team Meeting. Meeting details »
July 26, 2026SilvaLab shared highlights from its June 17–July 2 field campaign in Utah’s Fish Lake and Arizona’s North Kaibab national forests, collecting field measurements and LiDAR data to advance wildfire research. View fieldwork »
July 7–10, 2026SilvaLab attended the NASA Biosphere Meeting in College Park, Maryland, joining the Earth science research community. Meeting details »
June 5, 2026SilvaLab announced “Beyond Ice,” a review of NASA’s ICESat-2 mission for land and vegetation applications, published in IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine. Read the paper »
May 4–8, 2026SilvaLab hosted ForestSAT 2026 at UF. Explore the conference »
May 7, 2024FOX 13 featured SilvaLab’s AI and LiDAR research on hurricane impacts. Watch and read »
October 4, 2023Monitoring post-hurricane recovery with ICESat-2, SAR and optical data. Learn more »
September 28, 2023Fire and carbon research in the Brazilian Cerrado. Learn more »
February 14, 2023rTLsDeep: classifying post-hurricane tree damage with TLS and deep learning. Learn more »

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