About this Episode The effects of climate change are present around the world, especially in coastal salt marshes. In this episode, we speak with Andrea Celeste Curcio, who has been evaluating the performance of remote sensing with drone/UAV technology (photogrammetry/lidar) and hyperspectral sensors for researching salt marshes over time. She explores the utility of using drones for monitoring coastal ecosystems and shares her insights on the process. YouTube: https://ow.ly/7Zft50SCpy2 Spotify: https://ow.ly/K4Gq50SCpy5 Apple: https://ow.ly/lW7f50SCpy1 Learn from the world of GIS on this episode of GEOTalks. Topics Introduction [0:13] Salt marshes [1:01] The importance of carbon sinks [3:55] Threats to salt marshes [4:51] iBESBLUE Project [7:00] Goals of the iBESBLUE Project [7:42] Andrea’s salt marsh analogy [8:44] Drone/UAV data collection and processing [9:24] Drone flight frequency [12:36] The utility of remote sensing [14:49] Research findings [17:31] Conservation efforts in Cadiz Bay [18:51] Connect with Andrea [21:35] Wrap-up [23:20] Resources Andrea’s profile on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GtRFEB0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Drone service of the University of Cádiz: https://dron.uca.es/ iBESBLUE Project: https://ibesblue.uca.es/ iBESBLUE on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ibesblue/ Connect with Andrea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-celeste-curcio/ GEOTalks is a Blue Marble Geographics® podcast. As a leader in GIS software development, Blue Marble Geographics provides professional-grade tools to users at every level. Blue Marble’s expertise spans the geospatial technology sector, focusing on coordinate conversion and management, lidar and photogrammetric point cloud processing, and user-driven product development. Visit our website at https://www.bluemarblegeo.com/ Sign up for our newsletter: https://go.bluemarblegeo.com/subscribe Email marketing@bluemarblegeo.com for inquiries. Listen to this episode with our visualizer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fHAMYjeToQg Subscribe and tune in on the third Wednesday of the month for new episodes!