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Vista de satélite de Hong Kong y el mar adyacente. La ciudad se asienta principalmente en los valles de la zona y cercana a las costas, mientras que las montañas presentan pocas manchas urbanas.
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Mapeando estimaciones de la contaminación a nivel de calle para encontrar rutas más seguras

by Morgan Rehnberg 20 December 202220 December 2022

Un nuevo enfoque de alta resolución que combina múltiples tipos de datos detección remota de la contaminación permitió a investigadores desarrollar una aplicación que mapea las rutas más saludables para los transeúntes urbanos.

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Spurring Ocean Research with Open Data

by Robin Donovan 9 December 202210 December 2022

Ocean data abound, but accessing them is a challenge, making tackling climate change difficult. One nonprofit is trying to compile them.

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Underwater Sounds Help Reveal Extent of Glacial Calving

by Elise Overgaard 9 December 20229 December 2022

If a glacier calves into the Arctic Ocean, does it make a sound? Some scientists say yes and have devised a clever way to use those sounds to calculate the size of the fallen ice chunks.

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Exploring a Warm Water Inflow Below an Antarctic Ice Shelf

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Researchers guided an autonomous underwater submarine to capture the first direct observations of a warm water current flowing in below the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

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通过街道污染估计图选择更健康的通行路线

by Morgan Rehnberg 1 December 20221 December 2022

研究人员采用一种新的高分辨率方法结合多种类型的遥感污染数据,开发出一款应用程序,可为城市通勤者绘制最健康的路线。

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Mapping Street-Level Pollution Estimates to Reveal Safer Routes

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A new high-resolution approach combining multiple types of remotely sensed pollution data allowed researchers to develop an app that maps the healthiest routes for urban commuters.

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Looking to the Sky for Better Tsunami Warnings

by Shin-Chan Han, Simon McClusky, T. Dylan Mikesell, Paul Tregoning and Jeanne Sauber 4 November 20222 July 2025

Pairing navigation satellites and CubeSats could provide earlier, more accurate warnings of approaching tsunamis and other impacts of extreme events.

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Scientists Tune In to Blue Whale Feeding Rhythms

by Bill Morris 26 October 20226 December 2022

New acoustic sensing technology is allowing scientists to track blue whale movements in real time, a breakthrough that could help save whales’ lives.

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How Quantum Computing Can Tackle Climate and Energy Challenges

by Annarita Giani and Zachary Goff-Eldredge 21 October 20221 June 2023

The day is coming when quantum computers, once the stuff of science fiction, will help scientists solve complex, real-world problems that are proving intractable to classical computing.

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Indian Cities Invest in Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors

by Deepa Padmanaban 19 October 202228 October 2022

The sensors help bridge gaps in air quality data due to critical shortages of government monitoring stations.

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