A team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has released four more years of high-resolution imagery data, which has been added to eight years of previous data, to create the most detailed polar region ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 27, 2022
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Short-term flooding from extreme storm events poses a serious transportation challenge in U.S. cities. This problem—which is anticipated to grow over the next century with our global climate crisis—is often hardest on ...
Environment
Sep 4, 2020
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Restoring habitat for spawning species of fish, such as Atlantic salmon, starts with a geological inventory of suitable rivers and streams, and the watershed systems that support them. But the high-tech mapping tools available ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 12, 2009
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In May 2023, the World Meteorological Organization called for more observations and research on the cryosphere—those areas where the Earth's surface is covered by ice and snow. Greenland's ice sheet is the second largest ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 4, 2023
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and Japan released a significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of Earth on Monday, produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft.
Earth Sciences
Oct 18, 2011
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Around 250 million measurements taken by ESA's CryoSat over the last six years have been used to create a unique 3-D view of Antarctica, offering a snapshot of the undulating surface of this vast ice sheet.
Earth Sciences
Mar 27, 2017
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Satellites show how we can promote economic development in an environmentally sustainable manner by putting a price on nature's resources.
Environment
Jul 12, 2013
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Last month, a team of CAS archaeology faculty and students tested out their latest research tool: a remote-controlled hexacopter. The small six-rotor flying tool, equipped with a camera, will be used in Turkey this summer ...
Archaeology
Mar 29, 2013
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Alpine glaciers have existed in North America for thousands of years. They represent important, frozen reservoirs for rivers – providing cool, plentiful water during hot, dry summers or during times of prolonged drought.
Earth Sciences
Jan 16, 2019
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In a recent study published in the journal Icarus, a team of researchers at the International Research School of Planetary Science (IRSPS) located at the D'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara in Italy conducted a geological ...
Planetary Sciences
Jan 31, 2023
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