Tiny Urban Voids Could Cool Historic Cities by Several Degrees, Study Finds
Researchers in Catania have developed a protocol that identifies tiny sealed urban voids and shows through microclimate simulation that converting ...
Tag: Sentinel-2
Port-au-Prince’s Breakneck Urban Boom Is Rewiring Flood Risk from Mountain Ridges to the Sea
Satellite records show Port-au-Prince's built-up area more than quadrupled between 2015 and 2025, converting the vegetated slopes that regulate runoff ...
Why Pakistan’s 2022 Floods Refused to Drain: Satellites Reveal a Months-Long Inundation Lag
A multi-sensor satellite study shows that Sindh's 2022 floodwaters peaked in September, after rainfall had normalized, revealing that persistent atmospheric ...
Satellites and Expert Judgments Combine to Map Fire Danger in Southwest France
A new remote sensing and multi-criteria framework maps forest fire vulnerability across Gironde, France, revealing that nearly half the department ...
New Sediment Maps Could Steer Central Asia’s Hydropower Boom Toward Sustainability
Researchers have produced the first high-resolution maps of sediment transport and connectivity across Central Asia's major river basins, using a ...
How Big Must a City Park Be to Cool Its Surroundings? Satellite Data Reveal a Surprising Ceiling
A satellite analysis of 456 green patches in Lucknow, India, shows that urban cooling rises with patch size up to ...
High-Resolution Heat Maps and Shade Modelling Show Cities Where Tree Planting Cools Most
University of British Columbia researchers have developed satellite-based heat mapping and shade modelling tools that show cities exactly where tree ...
Machine Learning Maps the Hidden Social Toll of India’s Char Dham Himalayan Expressway
A new study combines interpretable machine learning and satellite change detection to build dynamic socio-environmental baselines along the Char Dham ...
When Satellites Look Matters: Phenology Drives Sugarcane Yield Prediction in Brazil
A new study in the Brazilian Cerrado shows that the phenological stage at which satellite images are captured can be ...
AI and Sentinel-2 Satellites Map Water Hyacinth Invasion Across Indian Lakes
Researchers used Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and machine learning to detect and track persistent water hyacinth infestations in lakes across five ...
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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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