Today, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released the latest edition of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) for the U.S. – the most comprehensive land cover database that the USGS has ever produced.
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Rising Emissions Drive Greenhouse Gas Index Increase
Record levels of greenhouse gas pollution continued to increase humanity’s impact on the atmosphere’s heat-trapping capacity during 2018, according to a yearly analysis released by NOAA scientists today.
Making AI More Human Is Key to Widespread Acceptance
The key to people trusting and co-operating with artificially intelligent (AI) agents lies in their ability to display humanlike emotions, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Waterloo.
New NOAA, Partner Buoy in American Samoa Opens Window Into a Changing Ocean
NOAA and partners have launched a new buoy in Fagatele Bay within NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa to measure the amount of carbon dioxide in the waters around a vibrant tropical coral reef ecosystem.
Massey Scientists Discover Potential Breakthrough in The Understanding of Tumor Dormancy and Earn $1.2M To Investigate Novel Cancer Therapeutics
Scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center may have uncovered a primary method through which cancer cells exist undetected in an organism and received more than $1 million to investigate the potential for novel therapeutics that target and destroy cells in a specific state of tumor dormancy.
When Storms Turn Carbon Sinks into Carbon Sources – A Q&A with Chris Osburn
Chris Osburn is an associate professor of marine, earth and atmospheric sciences at NC State.