Scientists have developed a method to measure forest heights using advanced satellite technology, significantly reducing the need for labor-intensive fieldwork. A study published on July 29 in the Journal of Remote Sensing ...
Environment
Aug 26, 2024
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On April 15, 2023, intense violence erupted in Sudan's capital city of Khartoum between the state-run military and a non-state militia group. Over the past 16 months, the conflict has continued to expand in scale. Peace negotiations ...
Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2024
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While animals in drylands hone their natural senses to find vegetation, humans have developed "external eyes" to track these vital resources.
Ecology
Aug 21, 2024
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An Arkansas researcher has developed the first high-resolution forest canopy cover dataset for an entire state, providing valuable insights for forest management and conservation to a major economic sector in Arkansas.
Plants & Animals
Aug 7, 2024
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As climate change causes storms to intensify, new tools are needed to map where flooding occurs in under-studied areas.
Environment
Jul 31, 2024
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Space hurricanes are a recently discovered geomagnetic phenomenon in which plasma interacts with Earth's magnetosphere, the area of space dominated by Earth's magnetic field. Spiral arms of plasma, hundreds of kilometers ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 31, 2024
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If you were asked what images were depicted on each side of any of your country's banknotes, would you be able to confidently answer?
Ecology
Jul 29, 2024
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A consortium of researchers led by the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and Charles University, Prague have developed a new data-driven map which predicts substantially more peatland area in the Amazon basin than previously ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 29, 2024
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Where hidden water tables meet the Earth's surface, life can thrive even in the driest locations. Offering refuge during times of drought, shallow groundwater aquifers act like water savings accounts that can support ecosystems ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 17, 2024
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The Andean Plateau in South America rises, on average, more than 4,000 meters above sea level, formed by orogenic uplift that began more than 20 million years ago. Orogeny occurs at convergent plate margins as compressed ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 16, 2024
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