Drought Dimmed the Canopy: Subtropical Trees Absorb Less Light as Soils Dry
A controlled experiment on three subtropical tree species shows that drought steadily reduces leaf light absorptance below the standard 85 ...
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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 ...
Satellites alone cannot predict where buried pipelines will corrode, Nigerian field study shows
A new study in northwestern Nigeria statistically tested whether Sentinel-2 satellite indices can substitute for ground-based resistivity surveys in assessing ...
Thirty Years of Satellite Eyes Reveal an Indian City Swallowing Its Wetlands
A three-decade Landsat analysis of Ara city, India, shows urban expansion significantly eroding vegetation and wetland health while reshaping the ...
Satellites Reveal a Mixed Fortune for Restored Mangroves in Southern Mozambique
A seventeen-year satellite analysis of four restoration sites in southern Mozambique shows modest mangrove gains in Limpopo, Belavista and Tembe ...
Two Decades of Satellite Images Reveal How an Ethiopian City Is Quietly Cooking Itself
A twenty-year Landsat analysis of Adama, Ethiopia, shows built-up land surging 43 percent while wetlands vanished and rising minimum surface ...
Scientists build a learnable vegetation index for deep learning and discover it works best when fixed
A new study turns the classic vegetation index into a trainable neural layer and finds that its fixed, hand-crafted form ...
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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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