Satellites and Decision Trees Reveal How Climate Stress and Human Pressure Are Degrading a Nigerian Landscape
A 35-year satellite analysis of Wudil, Nigeria, links a 1.8 °C temperature rise, a 15 percent rainfall decline, and a ...
Tag: NDVI
Machine-Discovered Vegetation Index Beats NDVI for Mapping Crops From Space
A systematic search of more than a thousand candidate vegetation indices found that a simple four-band formula outperforms NDVI for ...
Satellite NDVI Spread Reveals Hidden Soil Differences Inside Single Farm Fields
Researchers in Spain show that the standard deviation of satellite-derived NDVI, especially during crop senescence, offers a low-cost way to ...
Satellites Can Predict Apple Harvests, But Only Under One Strict Condition
An eight-year satellite study of an Azerbaijani apple orchard shows NDVI can reliably predict yields only for individual plots of ...
Satellite Insurance Falls Short for Kenyan Herders as Drought Losses Go Unpaid
New research finds that Kenya's satellite-based livestock insurance consistently failed to match herders' actual drought losses, and that this persistent ...
Hidden Palm Kingdoms of the Iriri River: How Streams and Terrain Shape Amazon Forest Life
A remote field survey in the Iriri River Valley documents eighteen palm species and reveals how small streams, terrain shape, ...
Earlier Springs Leave Northern Forests More Vulnerable to Flash Droughts
A satellite-based study shows that earlier spring green-up amplifies vegetation vulnerability to rapidly intensifying flash droughts across most of the ...
Satellites and GIS Reveal Where Groundwater Hides Beneath Bangladesh’s Largest Wetland
An integrated satellite, GIS, and multi-criteria analysis has mapped groundwater potential across Bangladesh's largest inland wetland, revealing that only one ...
AI Map Reveals Nearly a Third of Himalayan Forest at High Fire Risk
A Random Forest model built on satellite fire records shows that nearly 30 percent of forest in Nepal's mountainous Rasuwa ...
Indian City Hits 49.6°C as Satellite Data Exposes Its Deepening Urban Heat Crisis
A new study of Coimbatore, India, combining Landsat satellite data with the InVEST Urban Cooling Model, finds summer land surface ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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