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Video: 30 years of deforestation in Rio Branco

Deforestation near the northwestern Brazilian city of Rio Branco has made its mark on the rainforest over the last 30 years. By comparing a Landsat-5 image from 1985 with a Copernicus Sentinel-2 image...

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New tools to increase the accuracy of biodiversity monitoring

An EU funded project, has created a range of tools to give a more accurate picture of current biodiversity, aiding efforts for sustainable governance of natural resources.

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Sensing technology identifies trees affected by deadly larch disease

Researchers from the University of Leicester have used remote sensing technology by Leicestershire-based aerial mapping company Bluesky in order to identify trees affected by a destructive disease. 

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By listening to optical 'noise,' researchers discover new way to track hidden...

Researchers have developed a new solution to tracking objects hidden behind scattering media by analyzing the fluctuations in optical "noise" created by their movement. In The Optical Society's journal...

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Uber demotes exec at center of self-driving tech lawsuit

Uber has demoted an executive heading its self-driving car operations who has been at the center of a lawsuit filed by Alphabet's Waymo accusing the ride-sharing giant of theft.

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Scientists use satellites to count endangered birds from space

Albatrosses, one of the most iconic but also one of the most threatened groups of birds on the planet, are difficult to study in part because they breed on some of the world's remotest and most...

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Novel use of satnav saves precious water

Water conservation is a growing concern globally, and particularly for farmers in the USA, where decades of irrigating huge fields has depleted vital resources of fresh surface water and groundwater....

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Securing the world's longest floating bridge against strong wind

The Norwegian Public Roads Administration's (NPRA) giant project Coastal Highway Route E39 (Ferjefri E39) includes finding solutions for seven fjord crossings along the 1100 kilometre coastline between...

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Vegetation phenology variability based on Tibetan Plateau tree-ring data

In recent years, researchers have focused on how vegetation phenology on the Tibetan Plateau (TP), the Earth's largest surface area above 4000 m ASL, responds to rising temperatures. An increase in...

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Remote sensing technologies key to the future of the oil palm industry

Remote sensing technologies, using satellite and aerial data, could revolutionise the management of the oil palm industry, bringing both business and environmental benefits, say environmental experts...

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Using thermal light sources to take accurate distance measurements

New research has made it possible for the first time to compare the spatial structures and positions of two distant objects, which may be very far away from each other, just by using a simple thermal...

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Researchers to develop new gene-editing method for the study of arthropods

A grant from the National Science Foundation will enable a Penn State-led team of entomologists to develop and disseminate a technology they say could bring gene-editing capabilities within reach of...

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Precision farming via satellite imaging

Precision farming is set to become even more precise with a new camera drawing on satellite imaging.

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Researchers develop alternative to wasteful methane flaring

Jean-Sabin McEwen knocks out a web search for "North Dakota,""night sky" and "flaring," and quickly finds a picture from space showing a glowing cluster bigger than Minneapolis. It's from oil and gas...

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Satellite data for agriculture

Securing crop production on our planet in a sustainable way is one of the big challenges of our time, also with regard to climate change. On the one hand, sustainable farming means to guarantee the...

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Hologram technology could lead to improved diagnoses of chronic diseases in...

A new system developed by UCLA researchers could make it easier and less expensive to diagnose chronic diseases, particularly in remote areas without expensive lab equipment.

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How to stay safe when lightning hits

Here are some lightning safety tips from the National Weather Service.

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Ecologist's tool assesses plants' health from above

Anyone who has taken high school biology knows that photosynthesis is the process by which plants convert sunlight into energy for growth.

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Not droids: "Star Wars" fighting drones hitting the air

Are these the drones you're looking for? Three "Star Wars" devices are combining drones and online games.

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Ancient asteroid impact exposes the moon's interior

Scientists have long assumed that all the planets in our solar system look the same beneath the surface, but a study published in Geology on Oct. 4 tells a different story.

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Researchers map the illegal use of natural resources in the protected...

New research published in the open access peer-reviewed journal PeerJ uses law enforcement data collected from 2010 to 2015 to understand the geographical distribution of the illegal use of natural...

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Oil company proposes Arctic drilling from artificial island

America within a few years could be extracting oil from federal waters in the Arctic Ocean, but it won't be from a remote drilling platform.

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Mapping functional diversity of forests with remote sensing

Productivity and stability of forest ecosystems strongly depend on the functional diversity of plant communities. University of Zurich researchers have developed a new method to measure and map...

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US says North Korean malware lurking in computer networks

US authorities said Tuesday malware developed in North Korea is still lurking in many computer networks, giving hackers backdoor access to government, financial, automotive and media organizations.

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Submarine volcanoes add to ocean soundscape

Most volcanoes erupt beneath the ocean, but scientists know little about them compared to what they know about volcanoes that eject their lava on dry land. Gabrielle Tepp of the Alaska Volcano...

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Show me your leaves—Health check for urban trees

Trees are known to provide a whole range of benefits to people living in cities. For instance, they reduce air pollution and provide cooling through respiration and shade. When trees become unhealthy,...

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Drones count the costs of the 2017 B.C. wildfires

Researchers at the University of British Columbia are using drones to survey the aftermath of the 2017 wildfires in B.C.

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Scientists develop graphene sensors that could revolutionise the Internet of...

Researchers at The University of Manchester have devised graphene sensors embedded into RFIDs, which have the potential to revolutionise the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Exploring alien worlds with lasers

In everyday life we look and touch things to find out what they are made of. A powerful scientific technique does the same using lasers – and in two years' time it will fly in space for the first time.

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Hidden cameras help scientists study elusive wildlife

How does a bighorn sheep say "cheese?"

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