Drones On-Air

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Join “Drones On-Air” powered by EnviroDrone for an exhilarating flight through drone exploration, discovery and innovation. Learn from drone professionals who are innovating the industry and how their disruptive technology is changing the world around us. Ryan Cant, founder and CEO of EnviroDrone is the host of “Drones On-Air.” Ryan is a commercial drone builder, pilot and visionary. Follow EnviroDrone on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and visit the website for more information. www.facebook.com/envirodrone www.instagram.com/envirodrone www.twitter.com/envirodrone www.envdrone.com

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Episodes

Sea Turtle Day with Drones

Elizabeth Bevan never lost her fascination with the sea. She earned a degree in marine biology at Florida International University. Then the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill brought her to Alabama — and the doctoral program in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences Department of Biology, where she studies sea turtles with her mentor, professor Thane Wibbels, Ph.D. In this episode we will talk about commercial fishing, pollution and other environmental stressors that have devastated sea turtle popu...

Jun 16, 2018•33 min

Drones Saving Sea Turtles | Drones On-Air 008

Our guest speaker is Alan Rees. Dr. Rees is a marine turtle researcher with twenty years experience in Greece, Central America and the Middle East. Published on nesting and foraging populations involving nest counts, mark-recapture and satellite telemetry. In this episode, we will talk about sea turtles and the many issues that are facing them. We will learn about how he developed tools and techniques to scale up monitoring and data gathering of sea turtles by using drones. Join us for an exhila...

Apr 18, 2018•49 min

Drone Discovers Penguins in Antartica | Drones On-Air 007

The podcast today is called “Drone Discovers Penguins in Antarctica”. Our guest speakers are Tom Hart and Thomas Sayre-McCord. Dr. Tom Hart is a researcher at Oxford University in the department of Zoology. His research centres around how to monitor penguins and other marine predators in difficult environments such as Antarctica. Mr Sayre McCord is a research assistant at Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He was the drone pilot during the expedition cap...

Apr 04, 2018•24 min

Monitoring HABs with Drones | Drones On- Air Special 006

Our podcast today is called “Monitoring HABS with Drones”, which is a special feature for World Water Day. We have a special guest joining us, Roger Tokars. Mr Tokars is an optics engineer at the NASA Glenn research centre. In this episode, we talk about watershed mapping, HAB detection, toxic algal bloom impacts, and drones. We will learn about how Roger and his team developed a drone to protect the Great Lakes ecosystems. Make sure to visit us online at www.envdrone.com

Mar 23, 2018•19 min

Drones for Forestry | Drones On-Air 005

Today we celebrated International Day of Forest and spoke to Lauren Fletcher. Mr Fletcher is the CEO and founder of Oxford-based start-up BioCarbon Engineering. Lauren holds a PhD in Physics, an M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering and has 20 years of experience as an Engineer at NASA. In this episode, we will talk about ecosystem mapping, rehabilitation, reclamation, deforestation, and drones. You will learn about how Lauren and his team plan to plant 1Bn trees per year by drones.

Mar 22, 2018•20 min

Counting Seabirds with Drones | Drones On-Air 004

Today we have a special guest joining us today, Jarrod Hodgson. a PhD student and ecologist studying at the University of Adelaide, in Australia. Jarrod has extensive experience in the application of Drone and remote sensing software. We will learn about his recent study that proves drones more reliable than humans at counting wildlife. Join us for an exhilarating flight on-air through drone exploration, discovery and innovations.

Mar 20, 2018•19 min

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