Data-based optimization of energy systems
KIT's startup greenventory offers data and software for utilities, grid operators, cities, and districts - presentation at Hannover Messe 2020Credit: ...
Tag: Geography
UC identifies populations most at risk of opiate addiction
Findings could help health officials target prevention measuresCredit: UC Health Geography and Disease Modeling Laboratory Researchers at the University of ...
Advances in genetic, geospatial techniques aid efforts to fend off invasive insects
Two research collections showcase new tools to protect ecosystems from invasive insects and related arthropodsCredit: Fruit fly: USDA ARS Photo ...
Digital tools for agriculture
Credit: (Photo: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture / Felix Zahn, photothek.net) Germany is getting a lot of rain in ...
Fresh groundwater flow important for coastal ecosystems
International researchers led by University of Göttingen develop first global computer model of groundwater flow into world's oceansCredit: Nils Moosdorf, ...
New book tells of early Antarctic explorations, continent’s connection to climate
A new book illustrates the environmental history of Antarctica through stories of 19th-century expeditions.Credit: Courtesy Gillen D'Arcy Wood CHAMPAIGN, Ill. ...
Waves and tides have bigger impact on marine life than human activity
Study of over 170 species in Swansea Bay, WalesCredit: Ruth Callaway/Swansea University The biggest impacts on the sea life in ...
More than 60% of Myanmar’s mangroves has been deforested in the last 20 years: NUS study
Between 1996 and 2016, substantial mangrove forests have been converted to agricultural use; Pressing need to protect the critical coastal ...
Collaborative using UVM researcher using NSF grant to recreate regional temperature data
Discovering a missing piece of recent climate dataCredit: University of Vermont Schoolchildren know that the age of a tree can ...
New study reveals the secret of magmatic rocks consisting of only one mineral
Geologists from Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa, have come up with an original explanation of how nature may produce ...
Tropical nations worst hit by climate-related fish shifts
Credit: Kimberly L. Oremus et al., Nature Sustainability. Feb. 24, 2020 Policymakers will need to step up to the challenges ...
Could water solve the renewable energy storage challenge?
Credit: IIASA Seasonal pumped hydropower storage (SPHS), an already established yet infrequently used technology, could be an affordable and sustainable ...
5200-year-old grains in the eastern Altai Mountains redate trans-Eurasian crop exchange
Agricultural crops dispersed across Eurasia more than five millennia ago, causing significant cultural change in human populations across the ancient ...
Forests bouncing back from beetles, but elk and deer slowing recovery
Credit: Robert Andrus Two words, and a tiny little creature, strike fear in the hearts of many Colorado outdoor enthusiasts: ...