You are an early-career scientist interested in social and environmental processes in the past? For our second phase, we are offering 5 positions for postdocs and 9 positions for doctoral students.

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All the details: https://www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-roots/career/jobs

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My paper from my @mscactions #UnderTheSands project has been recently described by @newscientist

Cold war spy satellites and AI detect ancient underground aqueducts

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448049-cold-war-spy-satellites-and-ai-detect-ancient-underground-aqueducts/

Original paper is here:

Deep learning-based detection of qanat underground water distribution systems using HEXAGON spy satellite imagery

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440324001213

@giap_icac
@CAA_int
#deeplearning #HEXAGON #CORONA #qanat #karez #irrigation #LandscapeArchaeology
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My little window into the history of a wood pasture in southern Scotland.

Working on ageing tree cores from Dairy Wood near Moffat for @bordersforesttrust to help unravel the history of the wood and inform its future conservation management.

This is part of an ash core under the microscope, revealing its lovely clear ring-porous tree-ring structure.

#dendrochronology #rewilding #landscapearchaeology #woodlandhistory #scotland