Accuracy at risk as governments reject specialist forest mapping tools
Governments are not using the latest mapping technology to report key environmental data about tropical forests to the UN, say researchers.
Governments are not using the latest mapping technology to report key environmental data about tropical forests to the UN, say researchers.
Environment
Feb 21, 2023
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Sandia scientists have developed computer tools to study inadvertent marine cloud brightening. To understand how these ship tracks move and dissipate, the scientists created a mathematical model of ship tracks and how long ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 20, 2023
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Seagrasses are flowering plants that form dense underwater meadows in coastal waters worldwide, from the frigid seas of the Arctic to the warm shallows of the Caribbean. These meadows provide a refuge for young fish, food ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 17, 2023
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In mountainous western North America, vegetation cover has moved upward at a rapid rate over the past several decades, according to a study published in PLOS Climate by James R. Keller at Brown University, Providence, Rhode ...
Environment
Feb 15, 2023
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About 40 percent of interior Alaska is underlain by ice-rich permafrost—permanently frozen grounds made up of soil, gravel and sand—bound together by ice. Certain conditions, such as climate warming, have intensified ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 14, 2023
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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest was down 61 percent in January—Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's first month back in the job—compared with the same period last year, according to an official report ...
Environment
Feb 10, 2023
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In disasters like the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and 7.5-magnitude aftershock that struck Syria and Turkey on February 6, 2023, international cooperation on satellite imaging plays a crucial role in the rescue and recovery ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2023
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A cloudy day can ruin a trip to the beach, a scenic picnic, and lots of other outdoor activities.
Earth Sciences
Feb 6, 2023
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In December 1972, NASA's final Apollo mission (Apollo 17) took the iconic "Blue Marble" photo of the whole Earth. Many, including science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, had expected that the sight of Earth from afar would ...
Planetary Sciences
Jan 31, 2023
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Scientists at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Russia), together with colleagues from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics (Germany), the University of Graz & the Kanzelhöhe Observatory (Austria), the ...
Astronomy
Jan 24, 2023
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