Jul 8, 2021 | Aerial Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, Forests
Airborne Light Detection and Ranging, called LiDAR, has used aircraft lasers to map large forested areas for over 30 years, but high costs and lack of color images have made it a less efficient resource for describing tree variation at smaller scales. Since 2010,...
Jul 8, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Hybrids, Investment, Mobility, Transit
Amtrack is investing $7.3 billion in a new fleet of state-of-the-art trains, including some of its first hybrid-electric powered trains, to modernize its aging fleet and attract more travelers, the company said Wednesday. The company is buying up to 83 new trains that...
Jul 8, 2021 | Oceanography, Robots, Sustainability
Liane Thompson and her husband and business partner, Simeon Pieterkosky, were well ahead of the blue economy curve when they founded Aquaai in 2014. Simeon’s work was in robotics and climate change, but his daughter had the vision for their company’s priority....
Jul 8, 2021 | Climate, Oceanography, Robots
Two hundred meters under the sunny waves of the ocean lies the mesopelagic zone, a cold, dark section of water where humans rarely venture. This area, dubbed the “twilight zone,” houses animals like krill, squid, and jellyfish. Twilight zone animals play a major part...
Jul 8, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Featured
Climate scientists at Agriculture Canada labs have been developing an artificial intelligence program over the past couple of years. They can now apply their AI program to real-world conditions as severe drought continues to plague parts of the Prairies and Great...
Jul 8, 2021 | Conservation, Environment, Featured, Forests
Deforestation in Colombia increased by 8% in 2020, Environment Minister Carlos Eduardo Correa said on Wednesday, despite ambitious government promises to reduce forest destruction and plant tens of millions of trees. The country lost 171,685 hectares (424,000 acres)...
Jul 8, 2021 | Climate, Education
As higher education grapples with the effects of climate change, campus technologies present solutions, ambiguity and complexity — sometimes all at the same time. Technology can help reduce carbon emissions, but computing also requires energy, which adds to the carbon...
Jul 8, 2021 | Climate, Oceanography
The sound-emitting tags researchers affixed to the dorsal fins of the first two great white sharks ever tagged in Rhode Island waters will track them for at least 10 years, providing scientists with a rare look at their whereabouts during their wonder years. Fewer...
Jul 8, 2021 | Accessibility, Disabilities, Energy, Featured, Mobility
It was more than 90 degrees in Moranda Rasmussen’s Portland, Oregon, apartment during a historic heat wave late last month when the 27-year-old began to panic. They have cerebral palsy and depression and rely on Supplemental Security Income while they...
Jul 1, 2021 | Robots, Safety
Rescuers deployed sonar and camera equipment early on as officials scoured the rubble for survivors. Heavy machinery was brought in to remove some bits of the pancaked building materials. Yet, more than 140 people remain unaccounted for. And officials still have a...
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