New Research

May 14, 2025

Center for Geospatial Analytics Students Tackle Real-World Problems Across the Southeast

Students in the Master of Geospatial Information Science and Technology (MGIST) program are showing how maps and data can help solve real problems in our communities.

Jan 21, 2025

Study examines how climate change has shaped coastal forests over the last decade

A new study finds that climate change may have a range of contrasting effects on coastal forests, both slowing and enabling growth in areas where sea levels are rising and storms are more common.

Jan 7, 2025

How We Classify Flood Risk May Give Developers, Home Buyers a False Sense of Security

Common methods of communicating flood risk may create a false sense of security, leading to increased development in areas threatened by flooding.

Dec 23, 2024

Machine learning and satellite imagery could help protect the world’s most important crops

A new study led by Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Varun Tiwari combines satellite imagery with machine learning technology to help model rice crop productivity faster and more accurately.

Dec 16, 2024

How “thirsty” trees may make forests more vulnerable to climate change

A new study led by Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. alum Katie McQuillan suggests that increased maple populations in western NC may leave forests more vulnerable to extreme weather conditions like flooding and drought.

Nov 1, 2024

Satellite Imagery May Help Protect Coastal Forests from Climate Change

Sea-level rise caused by climate change poses a serious and often unpredictable threat to coastal forests, and new tools are needed to help mitigate damage and allocate conservation resources.

Oct 17, 2024

Study Finds Mutualistic Relationships Changing With Climate

Research led by Center Faculty Fellow Elsa Youngsteadt finds that climate change could be destabilizing the mutualistic relationships between insects and plants.

Hunt library and view of the sky - Atmospheric Methane Increase Due Primarily to Wetland Flooding - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Sep 25, 2024

Atmospheric Methane Increase During Pandemic Due Primarily to Wetland Flooding

Research led by Center Faculty Fellow Zhen Qu shows that flooded wetlands, not decreased pollution, were key drivers of atmospheric methane increases during the pandemic.

Aug 21, 2024

Using Machine Learning to Map Floods

A Ph.D. student at the Center for Geospatial Analytics trained a machine-learning model to create maps that could help identify potentially flood-prone areas in urban settings.

Apr 26, 2024

A New Global Accounting of Earth’s Rivers

New research led by Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. alum Elyssa Collins and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory reveals how much water Earth's rivers hold.