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Fire and Agriculture Drive Soil Degradation in the Southern Brazilian Amazon
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How do you intuitively know that you can walk on a footpath and swim in a lake?
Space lasers, AI Used by Geospatial Scientist to Measure Forest Biomass
Estimating aboveground forest biomass key to climate change research.
Earth’s Clouds on the Move
For much of his career, George Tselioudis, a researcher at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has analyzed decades of satellite observations to understand where clouds occur, whether their distribution has changed, and how changes might affect Earth’s energy budget and climate.
New Cooling Tech Could Curb Data Centers’ Rising Energy Demands
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new cooling technology that could significantly improve the energy efficiency of data centers and high-powered electronics.
Seasonal Breakup in the Amundsen Gulf
In the early 1900s, polar explorer Roald Amundsen led the first successful expedition across the Northwest Passage.
