Dr. John Connolly

• Tanneberger, F., C. Tegetmeyer, S. Busse, A. Barthelmes, S. Shumka, A. Moles Mariné, K. Jenderedjian, G.M. Steiner, F. Essl, J. Etzold, C. Mendes, A. Kozulin, P. Frankard, ". Milanovi", A. Ganeva, I. Apostolova, A. Alegro, P. Delipetrou, J. Navrátilová, M. Risager, A. Leivits, A.M. Fosaa, S. Tuominen, F. Muller, T. Bakuradze, M. Sommer, K. Christanis21, E. Szurdoki, H. Oskarsson, S.H. Brink, J. Connolly, L. Bragazza, G. Martinelli, O. Aleks"ns, A. Priede, D. Sungaila, L. Melovski, T. Belous, D. Savelji", F. de Vries, A. Moen, W. Dembek, J. Mateus, J. Hanganu, A. Sirin, A. Markina, M. Napreenko, P. Lazarevi", V. Šefferová Stanová, P. Skoberne, P. Heras Pérez, X. Pontevedra-Pombal, J. Lonnstad, M. Küchler, C. Wüst-Galley, S. Kirca, O. Mykytiuk, R. Lindsay and H. Joosten, The peatland map of Europe., Mires and Peat, 19, (22), 2017, p1 - 17Journal Article, 2017, URL
• Budiman Minasny, Örjan Berglund, John Connolly, Carolyn Hedley, Folkert de Vries, Alessandro Gimona, Bas Kempen, Darren Kidd, Harry Lilja, Brendan Malone, Alex McBratney, Pierre Roudier, Sharon O'Rourke, José Padarian, Laura Poggio, Alexandre ten Caten, Daniel Thompson, Clint Tuve, Wirastuti Widyatmant , Digital Mapping of Peatlands, Earth Science Reviews, 196, 2019Journal Article, 2019, URL
• Connolly, J. , Mapping Land use on Irish peatlands using medium resolution satellite imagery, Irish Geography, 51, (2), 2018Journal Article, 2018, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Connolly, J. and Holden, N. M. , Detecting drains on a blanket bog using object based image analysis and very high resolution satellite imagery, Carbon Balance and Management, 12, (7), 2017Journal Article, 2017, URL
• O' Connell. J, Connolly. J and Holden. N. , A monitoring protocol for vegetation change on Irish peatlands and heaths, Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 31, 2014, p130 - 142Journal Article, 2014
• Connolly J., Holden N.M., Mapping peatland disturbance in Ireland: An object oriented approach, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 8174, 2011Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• Connolly J., Holden N.M., Object oriented classification of disturbance on raised bogs in the Irish Midlands using medium- and high-resolution satellite imagery, Irish Geography, 44, (1), 2011, p111 - 135, p111-135Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• Holden N.M., Connolly J., Estimating the carbon stock of a blanket peat region using a peat depth inference model, Catena, 86, (2), 2011, p75 - 85, p75-85Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• Connolly J., Holden N.M., Mapping peat soils in Ireland: Updating the derived Irish peat map, Irish Geography, 42, (3), 2009, p343 - 352, p343-352Journal Article, 2009, DOI
• Connolly J., Holden N.M., Connolly J., Seaquist J.W., Ward S.M., Detecting recent disturbance on montane blanket bogs in the wicklow mountains, Ireland using the MODIS enhanced vegetation index, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 32, (9), 2011, p2377 - 2393, p2377-2393Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• Connolly J., Holden N.M., Classification of peatland disturbance, Land Degradation and Development, 24, (6), 2013, p548 - 555, p548-555Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• O'Connell J., Connolly J., Vermote E.F., Holden N.M., Radiometric normalization for change detection in peatlands: A modified temporal invariant cluster approach, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 34, (8), 2013, p2905 - 2924, p2905-2924Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• Connell J.O., Connolly J., Holden N.M., A multispectral multiplatform based change detection tool for vegetation disturbance on Irish peatlands, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 8174, 2011Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• Connolly J., Roulet N.T., Seaquist J.W., Holden N.M., Lafleur P.M., Humphreys E.R., Heumann B.W., Ward S.M., Using MODIS derived fPAR with ground based flux tower measurements to derive the light use efficiency for two Canadian peatlands, Biogeosciences, 6, (2), 2009, p225 - 234, p225-234Journal Article, 2009, DOI
• Connolly J., Holden N.M., Ward S.M., Mapping peatlands in Ireland using a rule-based methodology and digital data, Soil Science Society of America Journal, 71, (2), 2007, p492 - 499, p492-499Journal Article, 2007, DOI
• Jianghua Wu* , Matthias Peichl, Junwei Luan, John Connolly and Ligang Xu, Editorial: Wetland Ecology and Biogeochemistry Under Natural and Human Disturbances, Front. Earth Sci. - Biogeoscience, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Islam, M. T., Bradley, A. V., Sowter, A., Andersen, R., Marshall, C., Long, M., Bourke, M. C., Connolly, J., and Large, D. J., , Use of APSIS-InSAR measures of the range of vertical surface motion to improve hazard assessment of peat landslides, Mires and Peat, 2022Journal Article, 2022, URL
• David Olefeldt, Mikael Hovemyr, McKenzie A. Kuhn, David Bastviken, Theodore J. Bohn, John Connolly, Patrick Crill, Eugénie S. Euskirchen, Sarah A. Finkelstein, Hélène Genet, Guido Grosse, Lorna I. Harris, Liam Heffernan, Manuel Helbig, Gustaf Hugelius, Ryan Hutchins, Sari Juutinen, Mark J. Lara, Avni Malhotra, Kristen Manies, A. David McGuire, Susan M. Natali, Jonathan A. O'Donnell, Frans-Jan W. Parmentier, Aleksi Räsänen, Christina Schädel, Oliver Sonnentag, Maria Strack, Suzanne Tank, Claire Treat, Ruth K. Varner, Tarmo Virtanen, Rebecca K. Warren, Jennifer D. Watts, The Boreal-Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• David Olefeldt, Mikael Hovemyr, McKenzie A. Kuhn, David Bastviken, Theodore J. Bohn, John Connolly, Patrick Crill, Eugénie S. Euskirchen, Sarah A. Finkelstein, Hélène Genet, Guido Grosse, Lorna I. Harris, Liam Heffernan, Manuel Helbig, Gustaf Hugelius, Ryan Hutchins, Sari Juutinen, Mark J. Lara, Avni Malhotra, Kristen Manies, A. David McGuire, Susan M. Natali, Jonathan A. O'Donnell, Frans-Jan W. Parmentier, Aleksi Räsänen, Christina Schädel, Oliver Sonnentag, Maria Strack, Suzanne Tank, Claire Treat, Ruth K. Varner, Tarmo Virtanen, Rebecca K. Warren, Jennifer D. Watts, Supplementary material to "The Boreal-Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD)", 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Connolly, J., Holden, N. M., CLASSIFICATION OF PEATLAND DISTURBANCE, Land Degradation & Development, 24, (6), 2011, p548-555Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• UNEP, Global Peatlands Assessment " The State of the World"s Peatlands: Evidence for action toward the conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of peatlands, UNEP, November, 2022Report, 2022
• Ingle, Ruchita; Bhatnagar, Saheba; Ghosh, Bidisha; Gill, Laurence; regan, Shane; Connolly, John; Saunders, Matthew , A new hybrid index to estimate gross primary productivity of peatlands under variable climatic conditions. , Remote Sensing, 15, (6), 2023, p1673-Journal Article, 2023, URL
• Ingle R., Bhatnagar S., Ghosh B., Gill L., Regan S., Connolly J., Saunders M., Development of hybrid models to estimate gross primary productivity at a near-natural peatland using Sentinel 2 data and light use efficiency model, Remote Sensing , 15, (1673), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Ruchita Ingle, Saheba Bhatnagar, Bidisha Ghosh, Laurence Gill, Shane Regan, John Connolly and Matthew Saunders, Development of Hybrid Models to Estimate Gross Primary Productivity at a Near-Natural Peatland Using Sentinel 2 Data and a Light Use Efficiency Model, Remote Sensing, 15, 2023, p1673-Journal Article, 2023, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Ruchita Ingle, Wahaj Habib, John Connolly, Mark McCorry, Stephen Barry & Matthew Saunders, Upscaling methane fluxes from peatlands across a drainage gradient in Ireland using PlanetScope imagery and machine learning tools., Nature Scientific Reports, 13, (11997), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Habib, W. and Connolly, J., A national-scale assessment of land use change in peatlands between 1989 and 2020 using Landsat data and Google Earth Engine"a case study of Ireland, 2023Journal Article, 2023
• Budiman Minasny, Diana Vigah Adetsu, Rebekka R.E. Artz, Matt Aitkenhead, Nikki Baggaley, Alexandra Barthelmes, Amélie Beucher, Jean Caron, Giulia Conchedda, John Connolly, Raphaël Deragon, Chris Evans, Kjetil Fadnes, Dian Fiantis, Zisis Gagkas, Louis Gilet, Alessandro Gimona, Stephan Glatzel, Mogens H. Greve, Wahaj Habib, Kristell Hergoualc"h, Cecilie Hermansen, Darren B. Kidd, Triven Koganti, Dianna Kopansky, David Large, Tuula Larmola, Allan Lilly, Haojie Liu, Matthew Marcus, Maarit Middleton, Keith Morrison, Rasmus Jes Petersen, Tristan Quaife, Line Rochefort, Rudiyanto Rudiyanto, Linda Toca, Francesco N. Tubiello, Peter Lystbæk Weber, Simon Weldon, Wirastuti Widyatmanti, Jenny Williamson, Dominik Zak., Mapping and monitoring peatland conditions from global to field scale, Biogeochemistry, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
• Junbin Zhao, Simon Weldon, Alexandra Barthelmes, Erin Swails, Kristell Hergoualc'h, Ülo Mander, Chunjing Qiu, John Connolly, Whendee L. Silver, David Campbell, Global observation gaps of peatland greenhouse gas balances " needs and obstacles, 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Cruz, C., McGuinness, K., Perrin, P. M., O"Connell, J., Martin, J. R. and J. Connolly., Improving the mapping of coastal invasive species using UAV imagery and deep learning, International Journal of Remote Sensing , 44, (18), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Wahaj Habib, Remi Cresson, Kevin McGuinness, John Connolly, Mapping artificial drainage on Peatlands - A national scale assessment of Irish raised bogs using sub-meter aerial imagery and deep learning methods, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
• Catherine A. Farrell, John Connolly, Terry R. Morley, Charting a course for peatland restoration in Ireland: a case study to support restoration frameworks in other regions, Restoration Ecology, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
• DeWaard, F., Connolly, J., Barthelmes, A., Joosten, H., Van der Linden, S., Remote sensing of peatland degradation: a review of the potentials, gaps, and challenges, Ecological Indicators, 2024Journal Article, 2024, URL
• Habib W, Ingle R, Saunders M, Connolly J., Quantifying peatland land use and CO₂ emissions in Irish raised bogs: mapping insights using Sentinel-2 data and Google Earth Engine., Scientific reports, 14, (1), 2024, p1171Journal Article, 2024, DOI
• Cruz, C., Perrin, P. M., Martin, J. R., O'Connell, J., McGuinness, K., & Connolly, J., Mapping of temperate upland habitats using high-resolution satellite imagery and machine learning, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
• Webster, Kara; Strack, Maria; Balliston, Nicole; Davies, Marissa; Hettinga, Katie; Hunter, Miranda; Kleinke, Kimberly; Schmidt, Megan; Barreto, Carlos; Bird, Melanie; Blann, Kristen; Bona, Kelly Ann; Cassidy, Alison; Connolly, John; Davidson, Scott; Fedorchuk, Lee; Garneau, Michelle; Harris, Lorna; He, Hongxing; Howie, Sarah; Kirkwood, Adam; Pontone, Nicholas; Richardson, Karen; Sanderson, Nicole; Seutin, Gilles; Xu, Bin; Yin, Xiangbo, Data and knowledge needs for improving science and policy for peatlands in Canada in a changing world: Insights from Global Peatlands Initiative Workshop, June 2023, FACETS, 2025Journal Article, 2025
• Louis Gilet, Wahaj Habib; Elena Aitova; Kenneth A. Byrne; Catherine A. Farrell; Owen Fenton; Raymond Flynn; Dave O'Leary; Terry R. Morley; Pat Tuohy; Shane Regan; Florence Renou-Wilson; David Wilson; John Connolly, Peatland use and peat soil land cover types in Ireland: Implications for the calculation of GHG emissions in the context of climate action, Land Use Policy, 2025Journal Article, 2025
• Nima Sabokrouhiyeh, John Connolly, Ype van der Veld and Nicholas Kettridge, Peatland Resilience and Presence Under National Climate Gradients: Implications for Peatland Restoration Strategies, Science of the Total Environment, 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• John Connolly, Charmaine Cruz, James R. Martin, Jerome O Connell, Kevin McGuinness and Philip M. Perrin, Habitat Mapping, Assessment and Monitoring with High-resolution Unoccupied Aerial Vehicle Imagery (iHabiMap), Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland), June, 2025Report, 2025, URL
• Alice M Milner, Angela Gallego-Sala, Julie Loisel, Michelle M McKeown, Monika Ruwaimana, Johanna Menges, Thomas P Roland, Crystal A.E Ahiable, Leonard O Akwany, Paola Alarcon-Prado, Gusti Anshari, Linto Apalaat, Andy J Baird, Mariusz B"k, Jean Jacques Bambuta Boole, Stephanie E Batten, Yannick Beaudoin, Michel Bechtold, Zhao-Jun Bu, Sri Parwati Murwani Budisusanti, Juan C Benavides, Sakonvan Chawchai, Rodney A Chimner, Alexander R Cobb, Lydia E.S Cole, John Connolly, Janet Coral Calvo Vargas, Colin J Courtney-Mustaphi, Scott J Davidson, Angeles de la Peña, Emma Duley, Samer Elshehawi, Ingrid Espinoza León, Sarah A Finklestein, Michelle Garneau, Nicholas T Girkin, Erin Glen, Samantha Grover, PietLouis Grundling, Josephine N Handley, Carole Helfter, Kristell Hergoualc, Alison M Hoyt, Xianyu Huang47, Gerard Imani, Alexander James, Miriam C Jones, Chantal Kabonyi Nzabandora, Carol Kagaba, Frank Kansiime, Randall K Kolka, Gerbrand Koren, Atte Korhola, Haruni Krisnawati, Ritesh Kumar, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Kristiina Lång, Tuula Larmola, Simon L Lewis, Omar R Lopez, Efrén López-Blanco, Massimo Lupascu, Mónica Maldonado-Fonken, Robert Marchant, Katarzyna Marcisz, Natalia G Mazei, Yuri A Mazei, Michel Mbasi, Lulie Melling, Lera Miles, Luca Montanarella, Patrick T Moss, Fabiola Murgía-Flores, Minh-Ky NGuyen, Nisa Novita, Dylan JS Oliver, Emuobosa Akpo Orijemie, Mitsuru Osaki, Susan E Page, Richard D Pancost, Shilpa Pandey, Nichole Püschel Hoeneisen, Christian H Quintana Zagaceta, Amil S Ratnayake, Mark S Reed, Line Rochefort, Bárbara Saavedra, Japheth Samuel , Patrick Scheel, Hans Schutten, Florian Siegert, Caroline Signori-Müller , Maria Strack, Fred Stolle, Graeme T Swindles, Franziska Tanneberger, Merritt R. Turetsky99, Adriana B Urciuolo, Minna Väliranta, Gert Verstraeten, Matthew Warren, Kara L Webster, Jennie Whinam, Dylan M Young, Zicheng Yu, Hui Zhang, Priority research questions in global peatland science, Communications Earth & Environment, 2026Journal Article, 2026
• Chelsea Clifford, Magdalena Bieroza, Stewart J. Clarke, Amy Pickard, Michael J. Stratigos, Matthew J. Hill, Nejem Raheem, Corianne Tatariw, Paul J. Wood, Iván Arismendi, Joachim Audet, Daniel Avilés, Jordanna N. Bergman, Antony G. Brown, Rachel J. Burns, John Connolly, Sarah Cook, Julie Crabot, Wyatt F. Cross, Joshua Dean, Chris Evans, Owen Fenton, Laurie E. Friday, Kieran J. Gething, Guillermo Giannico, Wahaj Habib, Eliza Maher Hasselquist, Nathaniel M. Heili, Judith van der Knaap, Sarian Kosten, Alan Law, Gea H. van der Lee, Kate L. Mathers, John Morgan, Hamidreza Rahimi, Carl D. Sayer, Mans Schepers, Rosalind F. Shaw, Peter C. Smiley, Shannon L. Speir, Jeffrey S. Strock, Quinten Struik, Jennifer L. Tank, Hao Wang, Jackie R. Webb, Alex J. Webster, Zhifeng Yan, Peta Zivec, Mike Peacock, Lines in the landscape, Communications Earth & Environment, 6, (1), 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• Charmaine Cruz, Jerome O"Connell, Kevin McGuinness, James R. Martin, Philip M. Perrin, John Connolly, Assessing the effectiveness of UAV data for accurate coastal dune habitat mapping, European Journal of Remote Sensing, 56, (1), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Junbin Zhao, Simon Weldon, Alexandra Barthelmes, Erin Swails, Kristell Hergoualc"h, Ülo Mander, Chunjing Qiu, John Connolly, Whendee L. Silver, David I. Campbell, Correction to: Global observation gaps of peatland greenhouse gas balances: needs and obstacles, Biogeochemistry, 168, (2), 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• Finnan, J.M., Styles, D.F., Fitzgerald, J., Connolly, J. and Donnelly, A. , Using a strategic environmental assessment framework to quantify the environmental impact of energy plans., Global Change Biology Bioenergy, 2011Journal Article, 2011, DOI

• Pilant, Andrew; Moeller, Iris; Connolly, John, Time-lapse animations of Sentinel satellite radar and infrared imagery: easy tools for visualizing and mapping Ireland"s dynamic landscapes and coasts through time, Conference of Irish Geographers, Wexford, Ireland, 2023Oral Presentation
• Connolly, J., Earth Observation and Net Ecosystem Exchange across the Arctic: The PANEEx Project, Arctic Circle conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, October 12th to 16th, 2022Oral Presentation
• Coleman, L., Gilet, l., Connolly, J., Morley, T., Bruisch, K. and Toomey, L., Introduction to the RePEAT project: A modern resurvey of mapped Irish peatlands to refine assessment of land use change and progress greenhouse gas removal and emissions inventories., Care-Peat conference, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, 28-29 April, 2022Invited Talk
• Gilet L. and Connolly J., Towards a new update of the Derived Irish Peat Map., Conference of Irish Geographers, Limerick, May 18-20, 2022Oral Presentation
• Habib,Wahaj and Connolly, John, Land use change dynamics in the context of Irish raised bogs., Conference of Irish Geographers, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland., 18th " 21st May, 2021Oral Presentation
• John Connolly, Mapping Peatlands in Ireland, The Peatlands Gathering, Online, 7th Oct., 2021Oral Presentation
• John Connolly, Mapping Peatlands in Ireland, COP26, Scotland, Oct/Nov, 2021Oral Presentation
• John Connolly, Mapping and characterization of a peat slide even in Ireland in June 2020, 2021 Mer Bleue and Beyond Virtual Symposium, Canada, 19th May, 2021Oral Presentation
• John Connolly, Peatland Policy updates: Ireland., Griefswald mire centre, 17th MAy, 2021Oral Presentation
• John Connolly, Remote Sensing of Peatlands, PeatMap,, McGill University, Canada, 4th Feb, 2021Oral Presentation
• Connolly, J., Habib, W., Cruz, C., Gilet, L., A multi-scale geospatial assessment of peatlands in Ireland., Teagasc Grassland Peat Agriculture Workshop, Gurteen College, Co. Tipp, 10th May, 2023Oral Presentation
• Connolly, J., Habib, W., Cruz, C., Gilet, L., A multi-scale geospatial assessment of peatlands in Ireland, EPA Johnstown, 4th May 2023, 2023Oral Presentation
• Connolly, J., Habib, W., Cruz, C., Gilet, L. , RePEAT, SmartBog, iHabimap presentation to Teagasc team, TEagasc Stakeholder meeting, Portlaoise, June, 2022Oral Presentation
• Connolly, J., Habib, W., and Cruz, C. , Remote sensing, GIS mapping and Monitoring in the Irish Landscape, NPWS stakeholder meeting, Online, 26th January, 2022Oral Presentation
• Connolly, J., Habib, W., and Cruz, C., Remote sensing, GIS mapping and Monitoring in the Irish Landscape, NPWS Lunchtime Seminar Series, Online, 7th December, 2021Oral Presentation
• Connolly, J. , Geospatial assessment of land use and degradation of Irish peatlands., . Ecology, Evolution and the Environment Seminar Series, TCD, 17th Septebmer, 2021Oral Presentation
• John Connolly, Remote Sensing and Peatlands, `, Trinity Wetland Group, 20th January, 2021Oral Presentation
• John Connolly, A bird"s eye view: Landscape carbon dynamics, peatlands and land use through space and time, TCD Geography Seminar Series, 2nd December, 2020Oral Presentation
• John Connolly, SmartBog: Identifying and mapping peatland drains in Ireland, UCD School of Geography Autumn Seminar Series, Online (UCD), 22nd October , 2020Oral Presentation
• John Connolly, Geospatial analysis of the Shass mountain mass movement: Some geomorphological observations, Shass mountain landslide workshop. , Online, 10th November, 2020Oral Presentation
• Gilet, L., Morley, T., Flynn, R., Connolly, J., Hidden and shallow peat in the new Irish Peat Soils Map, Environ 2024, outheast Technological University, Waterford, Ireland, March 25-27, 2024., 2024Oral Presentation
• Habib, W. and Connolly, J., Multi-spatial-temporal remote sensing and machine learning for mapping land use on peatland in Ireland, 35th International Geographical Congress, Dublin, 24th to 30th August, 2024Oral Presentation
• Sabokrouhiyeh, N.; van der Velde, Y.; Connolly, J.; Kettridge, N., Irish Peatland Resilience and Presence Across National Climate Gradients, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2024Oral Presentation, DOI
• Ingle, R. Habib, Wahaj; Connolly, John, McCorry, Mark, Barry, Stephen and Saunders, Matthew, A simple approach to upscale methane emissions from peatlands using Planetscope satellite data and machine learning algorithm, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2024Oral Presentation, DOI
• Cruz, C., O'Connell, J., Martin, J., Perrin, P. & Connolly, J., Drones and machine learning for habitat monitorin, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2024Oral Presentation, DOI
• Habib, W. and Connolly, J., Satellite-driven model to upscale Irish CO2 Net Ecosystem Exchange (ICONEEx)., EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2024Oral Presentation, DOI
• O'Leary, D; Connolly, J., Gilet, L., Tuohy, P., Hodgson, J., Daly, E., Identifying the Transition Zone between Peat and Mineral Soils Using Airborne Radiometric Data: a national scale case study from Ireland, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2024Oral Presentation, DOI
• Habib, W. and Connolly, J., Automated Mapping of Artificial Drainage in Peatlands Using Deep Learning and Very High-Resolution Aerial Imagery, EGU General Assembly,, Vienna, Austria, 2024Oral Presentation, DOI , URL
• O'Leary, D; Connolly, J., Gilet, L., Tuohy, P., Hodgson, J., Daly, E, Identifying the Transition Zone between Peat and Non-Peat Soils Using Airborne Radiometric Data, IQUA Autumn Symposium, , Dublin, 2024Oral Presentation
• O'Leary, D; Connolly, J., Gilet, L., Hodgson, J., Daly, E., Using Tellus Airborne Radiometric data to update the national peatland map in Ireland, IQUA Spring Symposium, Cork, 25th March, 2023Oral Presentation
• Coleman, L., Gilet, L., Connolly, J., Morley, T., Bruisch, K. and Toomey, L., Introduction to the RePEAT Project: A modern resurvey of mapped Irish peatlands to refine assessment of land use change and progress greenhouse gas removal and emissions inventories, CIG2023, Wexford, 2023Oral Presentation
• Gilet L., Connolly, J., Coleman L., Morley T., Bruisch K., Toomey L. and Ó Giobúin P., ). RePEAT project - New avenues for refining the mapping of Irish peat soils, McGill University, PeatMeet, Online, 30 March, 2023Oral Presentation
• O'Leary, D; Connolly, J., Gilet, L., Hodgson, J., Daly, E., Using Tellus Airborne Radiometric data to update the national peatland map in Ireland, IGRM23, Belfast, , 03rd - 05th March, 2023Oral Presentation
• Habib, W. and Connolly, J., Mapping drains using deep learning techniques, Ditch Science Workshop, University of Liverpool, 7-9th March, 2023Oral Presentation
• Gilet, L., Connolly, J., Coleman, L., Morley, T., Bruisch, K. and Toomey, L., New avenues for refining the mapping of Irish peat soils., ICRAG Workshop, Abbeyleix, 21 Feb, 2023Oral Presentation
• Habib, W., Ruchita, I., Saunders, M., & Connolly, J., Mapping vegetation communities across a drainage gradient in Irish raised bogs using PlanetScope Imagery, 14th Irish Earth Observation Symposium, TUD, 3-4th November, 2022Oral Presentation
• Gilet, L., Connolly, J. Morley, T., Coleman, L., Bruisch, K. and Toomey, L., Extracting information from the historical Bog Commission Maps with image classification tools., 14th Irish Earth Observation Symposium, Technological University, Dublin, 3-4 November, 2022Oral Presentation
• Cruz, C., O"Connell, J., McGuiness, K., Martin, J., Perrin, P. & Connolly, J., Drones and Machine Learning for accurate and fine-grained mapping of Irish habitat types, 14th Irish Earth Observation Symposium., Technological University Dublin, 3 " 4 November, 2022Oral Presentation
• O'Connell, J., Chavan, C., Cruz, C., Connolly, J., McGuinness, K., Martin, J., Perrin, P., Challenges in the use of EO and machine learning in the monitoring of natural habitats, 14th Irish Earth Observation Symposium., Technological University Dublin, 3 " 4 November, 2022Oral Presentation
• Cruz, C., O'Connell, J., McGuinness, K., Martin, J., Perrin, P., Connolly, J, Habitat mapping, assessment and monitoring using high-resolution imagery, 5th Annual Insight Student Conference, National University of Ireland, Galway, 12th February, 2020Oral Presentation
• Connolly, J., Gilet, L., Habib, W., Cruz, C., Morley, T., and Flynn, R, Geospatial technology for mapping and monitoring peatlands, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr"2 May, 2025Oral Presentation, DOI
• Terry Morley, Lisa Coleman, Louis Gilet, John Connolly, Using historical mapping to identify former peatland boundaries, EGU, 2025Oral Presentation, DOI
• Habib, W., Gilet, L., Connolly, J, Multi-Sensor, Importance-Guided Remote Sensing Classification Framework for Mapping Alpine Peatlands in the Hindu Kush Himalaya, Power to the Peatlands, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 2nd to 4th September, 2026Oral Presentation
• Habib, W., Moradi, E., Connolly, J., Mapping Land Use and Artificial Drainage in European Peatlands Using Satellite Data and Machine Learning, Power to the Peatlands, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 2nd to 4th September, 2026Oral Presentation
• Moradi, E., Habib, W. and Connolly, J, European Peatlands Under Degradation: Drainage and Land Use Change as Main Factors, International Conference on Land Degradation and Restoration, València, Spain, July 20th- July 26th, 2026Oral Presentation
• Gilet, L., Habib, W., Flynn, R., Morley, T. R., and Connolly, J., Exploring the environmental importance of shallow peat soils and peaty soils in Ireland,, International Peatland Conference 2026, Tullamore, 8-11 June, 2026Oral Presentation
• Gilet, L., Habib, W., Flynn, R., Morley, T. R., and Connolly, J, Integrating shallow peat soils and peaty soils into peat mapping endeavors and associated environmental assessment, Power to the Peatlands, Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, 2-4 September, 2026Oral Presentation
• Girardello, M., Oton, G., Ceccherini, G., Garcia M., Migliavacca, M., Cescatti, A., and Connolly, J., Foundation-model embeddings predict global variation in forest structural diversity, Open-Earth-Monitor Global Workshop 2026, Barcelona, Spain, 7"9 October 2026, 2026Oral Presentation
• Girardello, M., Habib, W., and Connolly, J., Mind the gap: reconstructing vegetation dynamics in cloudy peatlands using multi-sensor satellite data, International Peatland Conference 2026, Tullamore, 2026Oral Presentation
• Cross, H., and Connolly, J., Luggala peAtlaND watEr Retention Project (wetLANDER)., Discipline of Geography Postgraduate Symposium 2026, Dublin, 2026Oral Presentation
• Watts, A. F., and Connolly, J., Towards a blanket bog rehabilitation framework, Discipline of Geography Postgraduate Symposium 2026, Dublin, 2026Oral Presentation
• Watts, A. F., W. Habib and J. Connolly, dentifying upland blanket bog drainage channels using machine learning and very high-resolution aerial remote sensing, Geomorphology Association Ireland (GAI) Annual Meeting 2026., University College Cork, 24th April, 2026Oral Presentation
• Kane, E., Regan, S., McKeon, C., Connolly, J., etecting blanket bog ecology across spatial scales: integrating a novel ground-based dataset with remote sensing technology, Discipline of Geography Postgraduate Symposium 2026., Dublin, 2026Oral Presentation
• Kane, E., Regan, S., McKeon, C., Connolly, J, Working towards a high-resolution hyperspectral database of blanket bog vegetation communities., Environmental Sciences Association Ireland Environ 2026, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Ireland, 27-29 April, 2026Oral Presentation
• Gilet, L., Habib, W., Morley, T., and Connolly, J., Land cover distribution on Irish peat soils : implications for greenhouse gas emissions and peat soils management, IUCN UK Peatland Programme Conference 2025,, Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 30 Sept- 2 Oct, 2025Oral Presentation
• Cruz, C., Moeller, I., Connolly, J., Drones for environmental monitoring, Climate Gateway Launch, Trinity College Dublin, 3 November, 2025Oral Presentation
• Cruz, C., Connolly, J., Donoghue, M., Shnel, A., Bari, M. I., McCarthy, E., Tuohy, P., Fenton, O., Spatial modelling of the water table in agricultural peat soils with multi-sensor drone data: Preliminary results, IUCN UK Peatland Programme Conference 2025., Derry, Northern Ireland, 30 September " 2 Oct, 2025Oral Presentation
• Cruz, C., Donoghue, M., Shnel, A., Tuohy, P., Fenton, O., Connolly, J, sing multi-sensor drone data to map water table levels in grasslands on peat soils, IUCN UK Peatland Conference, Derry, Northern Ireland, 30 Sept " 2 Oct, 2025Oral Presentation
• Cruz, C., Donoghue, M., Shnel, A., Bari, M. I., McCarthy, E., Fenton, O., Tuohy, P., Connolly, J., Spatial modelling of water table depth using multi-sensor drone data: Preliminary results, Gurteen College, Tipperary, 2025Oral Presentation
• Cruz, C., Perrin, P.M., Martin, J.R., O"Connell, J., McGuinness, K., Connolly, J, Upland habitat mapping using high-resolution satellite imagery and machine learning, Living Planet Symposium, Vienna, Austria, 23 " 27 June, 2025Oral Presentation
• Cruz, C., Perrin, P.M., Martin, J.R., O"Connell, J., McGuinness, K., Connolly, J, Mapping of temperate upland habitats using high-resolution satellite imagery and machine learning,, BioSpace25 " Biodiversity Insight from Space, European Space Agency " ESRIN, Italy, 10 " 14 February, 2025Oral Presentation
• Connolly, J, Ireland's Hidden Peatlands., Geomorphology Association of Ireland Annual Workshop, DCU, 11th April, 2025Oral Presentation
• Connolly, J, Ireland's Hidden Peatland, Teagasc Signpost Seminar, Online, 21st March, 2025Oral Presentation
• Connolly, J., Cruz, C., Gilet, L., Habib, W., Sabokrouhiyeh, N. and Watts, A., Ireland's Hidden Peatlands., Department of the Taoiseach, Climate Action Unit Briefing, Government Buildings, Dublin, 27th Jan, 2025Oral Presentation
• Connolly, J., Gilet, L., Habib, W., Cruz, C., Sabokrouhiyeh, N., Ireland"s Hidden Peatlands " a geographical perspective., NIBIO Mapping Peatlands Symposium, Oslo, Norway, 2025Invited Talk
• onnolly, J., Gilet, L., Habib, W., Cruz, C., Sabokrouhiyeh, N., Ireland"s Hidden Peatlands " a geographical perspective, 2024 IQUA Autumn Symposium, GSI, Beggers Bush, Dublin, 29th November., 2024, GSIInvited Talk
• Connolly, J., Habib, W. and Cruz, C., Peatlands, GeoforGood Summit, Google HQ Dublin, Sept 23-26, 2024Invited Talk
• Coleman, L., Morley, T., Connolly, J. and Gilet, L., he RePEAT Project " Using 200-year-old maps to uncover Ireland"s converted peatlands., 35th International Geographical Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 24-30 August, 2024Oral Presentation
• Gilet, L., Morley, T., Flynn, R., Connolly, J., Degraded peat in the new Irish Peat Soils Map, 35th International Geographical Congress, Dublin, Ireland., 24-30 August, 2025Oral Presentation
• Habib, W. and Connolly, J., . Multi-spatial temporal remote sensing and machine learning for mapping land use on peatlands, ML4EO, University of Exeter, Exeter, 24th to 26th June, 2024Oral Presentation
• Gilet, L., Morley, T., Flynn, R., Connolly., J., An adaptive mapping framework for the management of peat soils: a new Irish Peat Soils Map, EGU24 General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 14-19 April,, 2024Oral Presentation
• de Waard, F.; Barthelmes, B.; Joosten, H.; Connolly, J.; van der Linden, S., Remote sensing of peatland degradation " a review on gaps and hotspots of research across the northern hemisphere, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14"19 Apr, 2024Oral Presentation
• O'Leary, D., Connolly, J., Gilet, L., Tuohy, P., Hodgsons, J., and Daly, E, Identifying the Transition Zone between Peat and Non-Peat Soils Using Airborne Radiometric Data, Irish Geoscience Regional Meeting, Galway Ireland, 1 - 3 March, 2024Oral Presentation
• Coleman L., Gilet L., Morley T., Connolly J., Bruisch K., Toomey L. and Piaras O Giobuin, The RePEAT Project " Using 200 year old maps to uncover Ireland"s converted peatlands, Power to the Peatlands, Antwerp, Belgium, 18-20 September, 2023Oral Presentation
• Habib, W., McGuinness, K., & Connolly, J., Geospatial Analysis of Peatland Land Use and Drainage in Ireland, 5th Annual Insight Student Conference,, National University of Ireland, Galway, 12th February, 2020Oral Presentation

• Title

  Assessing & monitoring vegetation disturbance on Irish peatlands using satellite imagery
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  EPA
  Date From

  2007
  Date To

  2010
• Title

  Habitat Mapping, Monitoring and Assessment using High-Resolution Imagery
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  EPA
  Date From

  2019
  Date To

  2023
• Title

  Satellite-driven model to upscale Irish CO2 Net Ecosystem Exchange (ICONEEx).
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  EPA
  Date From

  May 2023
  Date To

  April 2026
• Title

  Tellus Peatmap
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  GSI
• Title

  Remote sensing of grasslands for evaluating compliance with key environmental legislation.
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  EPA
  Date From

  2009
  Date To

  20012
• Title

  GENENET
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  DAFM
  Date From

  2020
  Date To

  2022
• Title

  Irish Peatland Resilience
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  EPA
  Date From

  01-01-2022
  Date To

  31-12-2023
• Title

  Pan-Arctic Net Ecosystem Exchange
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Google Earth Engine Research Award
  Date From

  2015
  Date To

  2016
• Title

  RePEAT- A Modern Resurvey of Mapped Irish Peatlands to Refine Assessment of Land Use Change and Progress Greenhouse Gas Removal and Emissions Inventories
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  DAFM
  Date From

  01-09-2021
  Date To

  31-08-2024
• Title

  Ecological signal in remote sensing across spatial scales: developing blanket bog ecotopes for Ireland [BOGSPEC]
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Research Ireland
• Title

  WetLander
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Research Ireland and Luggala Estate Limited
• Title

  SolarMap
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  SFI
  Date From

  2020
  Date To

  2021
• Title

  Mire Ecosystem Transition Area Flux (METAflux).
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  FP7 People Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship
• Title

  Smart observation of management impacts on peatlands function (SmartBog)
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  EPA
  Date From

  2019
  Date To

  2024
• Title

  Identification, mapping, assessment and quantification of the effects disturbance on the peat soil C stock in Ireland
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  EPA
  Date From

  2008
  Date To

  2011

Earth and related environmental sciences, Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics, Climate change science, Information systems, Environmental geoscience, Graphics, augmented reality and games, Soil sciences, Environmental management, Oceanography, Electrical engineering,

• Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) 2023
• Geomorphological Association of Ireland 2026
• American Geosciences Union 2014
• European Geosciences Union 2025
• Irish Geomorphological Society (IGGY) 2023
• International Peatland Society (IPS) 2026
• Geographical Society of Ireland (GSI) 2024

• Member of Irish Technical Working Group on Land Cover (NPWS/EPA) 2020
• External PhD Examiner: University of the Highlands and Islands (Henk Pieter / Roxanne Anderson) 2021
• Research Grant Reviewer: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) 2025
• National Representative: COST Action ES1309 (OPTIMISE), Innovative optical tools for proximal sensing of ecophysiological processes 2015 - 2018
• Invited Reviewer - Biogeosciences 2022
• Journal Reviewer - Geoderma 2021
• Journal Reviewer - International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 2026
• Invited Reviewer - Journal of Hydrology 2022
• Research Grant Reviewer: UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 2020
• PROTECTS Steering Committee (DAFM Funded) 2018 - 2022
• Peer Reviewer - Global Peatland Targets and Guiding Principles for the Peatland Breakthrough (Science-based Framework for Global Peatland Targets & Guiding Principles Information Brief November 2025) 2025
• Editorial Board Member for Frontiers in Earth Science 2019
• National Representative: COST Action 17134 (SENSECO), Optical synergies for spatiotemporal sensing of scalable ecophysiological trait 2018 - 2023
• Co-lead of a White Paper on Peatland Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Government: Led the development of a government white paper on peatland GHG emissions with Niall Ó Brolcháin (University of Galway), bringing together Irish peatland greenhouse gas researchers to develop a coordinated evidence base. The work subsequently informed the €126 million Peatlands Climate Action Scheme. 2020
• National Representative: COST Action ES0903, Spectral Sampling Tools for Vegetation Biophysical Parameters and Flux Measurements in Europe 2010 - 2015
• Invited reviewer - Frontiers in Earth Science 2022
• Policy Advisory Engagement: Provided expert information on peatland GHG emissions to Senator Alice-Mary Higgins in support of her contribution to the Seanad debate on the Horticultural Peat Bill (2021). (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX-4fOfoBqA) 2021