Birds & Oceans & Wildfires, Oh My! How Machine Learning Is Changing Climate Research

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 23:35:52 +0000

The varied techniques and technologies in the category of machine learning have become much more accessible to many more researchers and are enabling massive gains in climate and environmental research. Global policy and local budgetary and response practices are increasingly informed by this transformative approach. 

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Plastic Oceans: Unwanted trash and a popular but unproven plan to solve the problem

Credit to Author: J.J. Adams| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:26:51 +0000

Boyan Slat had a vision to scour plastic pollution from the world’s oceans, but is his mega-million dollar project the environmental version of the Fyre Fest?

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Climate Change Is Reducing The Beach Area At Ballena Marine National Park, Costa Rica

Credit to Author: The Beam| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 08:00:00 +0000

The accumulation of greenhouse emissions in the atmosphere has caused an increase in global temperatures, causing deterioration to the polar caps, as well as the expansion of saltwater molecules which end up occupying more space. As a result, the sea level rises and the wave range breaks closer to coastal areas

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Desalination produces more toxic waste than clean water

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 23:38:51 +0000

Desalination produces more toxic waste than clean water

More than 16,000 desalination plants scattered across the globe produce far more toxic sludge than fresh water, a global assessment showed.

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