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One of the largest Adélie penguin colonies in the world was surveyed with multiple-UAVs. Survey time was reduced from three days (with a single drone manually piloted) to less than three hours. The work was led by a team of experts from Stanford University, Point Blue Conservation Science and Conservation Metrics. UgCS software by SPH
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March 23rd, 2021
Satellites Help South Africa Share Water FairlySome 20 year ago, in response to severe water shortages, the South African government passed the National Water Act, which is intended to restrict the amount of water farmers use for irrigation. However, ensuring farmers only take the water to which they’re entitled is tricky. Maurits Voogt, who works for HydroLogic, a relatively small company
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Severe river floods are escalating in temperate climates and putting at risk populations, livelihoods and property, according to evidence published in Geophysical Research Letters by an Oxford-led international team. The first global examination of recent changes in the size, frequency and probability of extreme river floods using historical river records, the paper shows that dangers
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February 22nd, 2021
Fires Raged in the Amazon Again in 2020After intense fires in the Amazon captured global attention in 2019, fires again raged throughout the region in 2020. According to an analysis of satellite data from NASA’s Amazon dashboard, the 2020 fire season was actually more severe by some key measures. The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensors on the Suomi NPP and
