Monday, December 28th, 2015
USGS scientists have documented that the carbon that moves through or accumulates in lakes, rivers, and streams has not been adequately incorporated into current models of carbon cycling used to track and project climate change. The research, conducted in partnership with the University of Washington, has been published this week in the Proceedings of the
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015
MW&A is a startup climate forecasting firm which, based in part on their collateral research at the University of New Mexico, employs a new paradigm for more accurate climate forecasting. Through their R&D efforts the company claims to have already achieved two important climate forecasting distinctions: 1. MW&A is the first to offer forecasts online of the world impacting Pacific
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015
Estimates of future global temperatures based on recent observations must account for the differing characteristics of each important driver of recent climate change, according to a new NASA study published Dec. 14 in the journal Nature Climate Change.
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015
DES MOINES, Iowa and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 21, 2015 – DuPont Pioneer and Trimble today announced a collaborative effort that will give growers increased access to field data to help improve their productivity and profitability acre-by-acre. The collaboration allows for the seamless flow of information between the Trimble® Connected Farm™ solution, a Web-based farm management
Friday, December 18th, 2015
There are strong societal needs for improved prediction of climate variability and its impact on the countries surrounding the tropical Atlantic basin. To address this challenge, in 1997 the United States Department of Commerce – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) initiated the PIRATA (Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic) multinational observation
Thursday, December 17th, 2015
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When you think of wildfires, you may not think of wetlands. But the seldom-seen blazes may help some endangered species, according to a newly published study by a former UF/IFAS researcher.
Thursday, December 17th, 2015
MADISON, Wis. – Do not underestimate the babbling brook. When it comes to greenhouse gases, these bucolic water bodies have the potential to create a lot of hot air.According to a new analysis in the journal Ecological Monographs, by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and colleagues, the world’s rivers and streams pump about 10
Thursday, December 17th, 2015
Mountain pine beetle populations have exploded over the past decade due to warmer temperatures and drier summers, and these insects have infected and killed thousands of acres of western pine forests. Researchers have predicted that as trees died, streamflow would increase because fewer trees would take up water through their roots.
Thursday, December 17th, 2015
Aerial mapping company Bluesky is working with FATMAP to create ultra-high resolution 3D mobile maps of the world’s major ski resorts and other popular outdoor pursuit destinations. Bluesky recently completed a pilot project for FATMAP, capturing aerial photography and generating detailed height models in order to create a highly detailed 3D map of the Big
Tuesday, December 15th, 2015
Dec 14, 2015 • Chengquan Huang is a Research Professor in the University of Maryland’s Geographical Sciences Department. This afternoon at the 2015 AGU Fall Meeting, Huang presented a poster explaining where to find U.S. forests that have been undisturbed for last 25 years. His research relied on Landsat to both find these forests and
