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New York City neighborhoods with disrupted community connections, due to traffic, roads, and transport infrastructure, are experiencing an increase in traffic collisions. This increase is seen both in total collisions and for those in which pedestrians or cyclists are injured or killed, according to a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. ...

Unplanned power outages due to environmental conditions (wind, lightning, tree growth, etc.) leave those without power on their own, sometimes for long periods of time. Utility companies lack the ability to predict when forced outages will occur, so no mitigation measures targeting consumers are deployed ahead of time to reduce the impact of an outage. ...

People at risk of Alzheimer’s disease have impaired spatial navigation prior to problems with other cognitive functions, including memory, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The research, published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia, used virtual reality to test the spatial navigation of 100 asymptomatic midlife adults, aged 43-66, from the PREVENT-Dementia prospective cohort study. ...

Researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) have created a global atlas for potential pumped hydro storage sites located in former mining areas. “Mining sites can be shaped during the end stages of mining to form a pumped hydro reservoir,” the scientists explained, noting that mining sites are often located close to the power network ...

A large number of historical spy-satellite photographs from the Cold War Era were declassified decades ago. This valuable remote sensing data has been utilized by scientists across a wide range of disciplines from archaeology to civil engineering. However, its use in ecology and conservation remains limited. A new study led by Dr. Catalina Munteanu from ...

Africa’s forested areas—an estimated 14 % of the global forest area—are continuing to decline at an increasing rate—mostly because of human activities to convert forest land for economic purposes. As natural forests are important CO2 and biodiversity reservoirs, this development has a significant impact on climate change and affects the integrity of nature. To intervene ...

Nie trzeba wcale lecieć w Kosmos, żeby badać jonosferę. Marek Czołpiński, student z Wydziału Geoinżynierii UWM za badania nad jonosferą otrzymał nagrodę w konkursie organizowanym przez Stowarzyszenie Geodetów Polskich oraz Główny Urząd Geodezji i Kartografii. „Analiza gęstości elektronów na wysokości orbity Swarm w kontekście sejsmicznych zaburzeń jonosferycznych” to tytuł pracy inżynierskiej, za którą Marek Czołpiński ...

Apartir de la catástrofe sobre los recientes incendios forestales que afectaron a distintos sectores de la Región de Valparaíso, nuevamente se ha puesto la atención sobre la eventual relación que tendrían estos siniestros con el interés inmobiliario por ocupar los espacios que fueron damnificados. En el estudio “Construyendo sobre cenizas. ¿Son utilizados los incendios forestales ...

The spread of the olive tree throughout the Balearic Islands is more closely linked to the thriving local gull population than previously thought, a new study indicates. Researchers found that these birds significantly contribute to the dispersal of olive seeds, which are found inside the pit, across the Mediterranean archipelago, with some seeds traveling considerable ...

Southampton University has partnered with three of Egypt’s top institutions in a project aiming to assess and mitigate natural disasters through geographic information system (GIS) mapping technology. The project, ‘Seismic Resilience of Egypt’s Built Environment: A GIS-Based Framework for Assessment and Mitigation’ (Egypt-SeReAM), has received £133.5K from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) ...

Experts at Cranfield University are leading a two-year project which combines Synthetic Aperture Radar with uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV), evaluating how radar-equipped drones could simplify soil moisture measurements and revolutionise flood and drought management. The project, led by Dr Dan Evans, will assess the accuracy and potential applications of the innovative technology in soil moisture ...

El vicepresidente del Área Académica de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Fernando Tauber, se reunió en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires con la titular de la secretaría de Minería de la Nación, Flavia Royón, para aportar el conocimiento y experiencia de la Casa de Estudios en el aprovechamiento del litio como recurso natural ...

Cities really are hotter than surrounding areas due to the urban heat island effect, first observed in London during the 1800s, explained Binghamton University Associate Professor of Geography Thomas Pingel. The buildings, parking lots and sidewalks absorb heat during the day, releasing it during the night. This excess heat is more than just an annoyance; ...

Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia have investigated the effects of wildfires on the electricity production of rooftop PV systems and have concluded that residential solar arrays could be used for wildfire detection and monitoring, due to their sensitivity to smoke. In the study “Quantifying the impact of wildfire smoke ...

For many Hawaiian farmers, agriculture is more than a profession; it is their kuleana, or responsibility. It is a practice with deep cultural roots tied to the ancient concept of aloha ʻāina—love and responsible stewardship of the land. Despite this cultural connection to farming, agricultural production and food systems across Hawai’i have suffered from decades ...

People who live near the Region of Waterloo International Airport know it can get noisy there and that intrigued a group of third-year geography and aviation students at the University of Waterloo. As pilots, Matthew Toy, Chase Cardoza, Nikith Challa and Isabelle Mazzoco know planes can get loud and wanted to look into just how ...

A modern, sustainable society depends on the mining industry to supply crucial materials. Batteries and electric vehicles require metals like lithium and cadmium, wind turbines require rare earth metals and our cities need aggregate materials like gravel and sand for construction. On the other hand, the mining industry also produces materials like coal which are ...

Una mappa interattiva open con migliaia di file audio, registrati dai cittadini, in 18 dialetti e lingue minoritarie darà vita alla più grande banca dati digitale mai realizzata dedicata allo studio, alla documentazione e alla ricerca sui dialetti e le varietà linguistiche con status di lingua minoritaria parlate nelle regioni del Nord Italia. Questo uno ...

Présomption forte de lien entre exposition aux pesticides et six pathologies, dont plusieurs cancers et la maladie de Parkinson. C’est ce que confirme le rapport de l’Inserm (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale) de 2021, en s’appuyant sur plusieurs études épidémiologiques récentes. Et cette conclusion concerne autant les professionnels du monde ...

A estudante do Programa Doutoral em Biologia da FCUP, Diana Sousa Guedes, tem estado a mapear, com recurso a um drone, o lixo marinho das praias de Cabo Verde, num trabalho que procura perceber o impacto do plástico nas tartarugas-marinhas. O objectivo é proteger estas espécies ameaçadas de extinção, num cenário cujos resultados não são, ...

Crop-livestock integration (CLI) systems combine the growing of crops in rotation or consortium, especially grain crops such as soybeans, corn and sorghum, and forage plants used to feed cattle and pigs, with the raising of livestock, typically beef cattle. The crops provide most of the cash income, while the livestock has food available during the ...

Naukowcy z Instytutu Geodezji i Geoinformatyki UPWr pracują nad projektem DigiTwins4PEDs, który do modelowania aspektów energetycznych miast wykorzysta cyfrowego bliźniaka miasta. To krok w kierunku miast neutralnych pod względem emisji dwutlenku węgla i zrównoważonej przyszłości energetycznej. Badania finansuje Narodowe Centrum Nauki. Project „Utilisation of urban digital twins to co-create flexible positive energy systems for districts” ...

GNSS provide invaluable positioning data for countless applications, from everyday navigation to scientific research. Tropospheric delays, caused by the refractive properties of the atmosphere, significantly impact the accuracy of GNSS positioning. The standard practice of multiplying Zenith Tropospheric Delay (ZTD) by a Mapping Function (MF) to derive SPD operates under an assumption of atmospheric isotropy, ...

In wildfire season, sometimes you can’t see the tundra for the trees. Most Northwest Territories communities facing any kind of wildfire threat are the ones in the boreal forest. For obvious reasons, the forest gets all the attention. That’s where the fuel and danger is. As a result, nobody has really been counting the tundra ...

Researchers led by Prof. Xie Chengjun and Associate Prof. Zhang Jie at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a novel deep learning-based method for satellite imagery. Their method, called the Frequency-Adaptive Mixture of Experts Network (FAME-Net), has been accepted for publication in the 2024 Proceedings of the ...

What if there were a public health crisis facing a U.S. ally? And what if the U.S. and other governments and international organizations were called on to offer humanitarian support? At Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, three students with decades of experience in fields including data science, population health, and national security tackled ...

In 3D scene generation, a captivating challenge is the seamless integration of new objects into pre-existing 3D scenes. The ability to modify these complex digital environments is crucial, especially when aiming to enhance them with human-like creativity and intention. While adept at altering scene styles and appearances, earlier methods falter in inserting new objects consistently ...

When combatting complex problems like illegal poaching and human trafficking, efficient yet broad geospatial search tools can provide critical assistance in finding and stopping the activity. A visual active search (VAS) framework for geospatial exploration developed by researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis uses a novel visual reasoning ...

İzmir Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi (DEÜ) Mühendislik Fakültesi Jeoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü Öğretim Üyesi ve Deprem Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkez (DAUM) Müdürü Doç. Dr. Ökmen Sümer, İzmir iç ve dış körfezindeki tüm kıyıların ve koyun geometrisini çıkartıp, depremlerin tsunami etkilerini araştırdıklarını belirtip, sonunda oluşturulacak tsunami baskın haritalarıyla, risklerin azaltılmasına imkan sağlanacağını söyledi. Doç. Dr. Sümer, “Bu proje ...

Onde estão as espécies do litoral brasileiro? Buscando conhecer melhor a biodiversidade marinha brasileira, o Programa BioGeoMar acaba de lançar a campanha de ciência cidadã BioBlitz Verão 2024. Nela, o público é convidado a explorar, identificar e registrar a vida dentro e fora da água, sejam animais ou plantas, encontrados em praias, mergulhos ou em ...