Hyperspectral data comprises the full light spectrum; this dataset of continuous spectral information has many applications from understanding the health of the Great Barrier Reef to picking out more productive crop cultivars.
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Combination of Water Scarcity and Inflexible Demand Puts World’s River Basins at Risk
Nearly one-fifth of the world’s population lives in a stressed water basin where the next climate change-driven incident could threaten access to an essential resource for agriculture, industry and life itself, according to a paper by University of California, Irvine researchers and others, published today in Nature Sustainability.
Grassland Areas Should Be Chosen Wisely
When farmland is converted from grain production to grasslands, the greatest environmental benefits are obtained by choosing land that is close to existing natural areas or has high nutritional loads to aquatic environments, a new study indicates.
Sleep, Wake, Repeat: How Do Plants Work on Different Time Zones?
It’s widely understood that humans have a circadian clock.
Scientists Engineer Unique ‘Glowing’ Protein
Biophysicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have joined forces with colleagues from France and Germany to create a new fluorescent protein.
Brush your teeth – Postpone Alzheimer´s
The researchers have determined that gum disease (gingivitis) plays a decisive role in whether a person developes Alzheimer´s or not.