AI maps the paved and unpaved fate of 9.2 million kilometers of road
A deep learning analysis of Planet satellite imagery has classified the surface type and width of 9.2 million kilometers of ...
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Invisible Killers of the Surf: Morocco’s Atlantic Beaches Harbor Dozens of Deadly Rip Current Cells
A new study of Morocco's Bouknadel–Mehdia coastline has identified more than thirty rip current cells, including a visually invisible boundary ...
Satellites Reveal Dry, Scorching Forage Is the Real Bottleneck on India’s Cattle Migration Routes
A satellite and GPS tracking study of a Gir cattle migration corridor in central India finds that dry, hot forage, ...
Azerbaijan’s Mud Volcanoes Creep Like Glaciers, Reshaping Landscapes and Threatening Infrastructure
Satellite imagery reveals that nearly forty percent of Azerbaijan's surveyed mud volcanoes have kilometre-scale flows creeping slowly downslope like glaciers, ...
Measuring 3,493 African Trees From Space to Trunk: New Dataset Bridges Crowns and Carbon
A new dataset of 3,493 measured trees across four African countries links satellite-observable crown sizes to trunk diameters, enabling carbon ...
Massive 40-Year Satellite Dataset Maps Every Forest Change Across China
Researchers have built a rigorously verified dataset of 12,991 satellite-annotated samples documenting four decades of stable, disturbed and newly forested ...
Ghost stripes from space reveal a forgotten 19th-century clay mine in an ancient river channel
Faint vegetation stripes in satellite images near Mannheim led researchers to hand-dug clay mines from 1865, hidden in a silted-up ...
Satellite Flood Mapping Gets Smarter: New Index Slashes False Alarms in Cities
A new Enhanced NDWI combined with a hybrid fusion technique reduces false alarms in satellite-based urban flood detection from 38 ...
AI Maps and Classifies 9.2 Million Kilometers of the World’s Roads
Researchers at Heidelberg University and HeiGIT used artificial intelligence and PlanetScope satellite imagery to create an open-access dataset classifying more ...
War in Ukraine Threatens Generations-Old Birdsong Dialects of the Chaffinch
A new satellite-based study finds that nearly a third of Ukrainian forest plots hosting distinct chaffinch song dialects have been ...
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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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