UPEI Researchers Detect Soil Erosion with Drones #drone #droneday
Researchers at UPEI’s School of Climate Change and Adaptation are using drones to detect soil erosion through thermal mapping. Drones are also being used in climate modeling.
The other type of erosion occurs farther in from the coast, as topsoil is blown or flooded away. Plants grown in such fields won’t thrive because they don’t get adequate nutrients and water.
Some research being done at the centre uses drones to conduct thermal energy mapping to detect that kind of soil erosion. The research teams might then advise farmers to plant cover crops on those areas and leave them for a few years to allow the organic matter to grow until the soil is once more “strong enough to be profitable,” in Farooque’s words.
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