Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 17:45:21 +0000
Up until now, manual mapping of wetlands was the only real choice, and it was time consuming due to data processing, curation, and manual feature engineering. A new sustainable and cost-effective process may be changing that scenario.
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 04:40:17 +0000
Tsunamis, hurricanes, and maritime weather are monitored using sensors and other devices on platforms in the ocean to help keep coastal communities safe — until the batteries on these platforms run out of juice. Without power, ocean sensors can’t collect critical wave and weather data, which results in safety concerns for coastal communities that rely […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 18:30:30 +0000
In April 2022, a team of engineers hiked into California’s Sierra Nevada mountains to hunt for snow. Instead, they found mostly bare, dry dirt and only a few of the snow patches that provide one-third of California’s water supply. In the coming decades, water scarcity and insecurity are likely to intensify across much of the […]
Credit to Author: NASA| Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 03:01:25 +0000
2022 effectively tied for Earth’s 5th warmest year since 1880, and the last 9 consecutive years have been the warmest 9 on record. NASA looks back at how heat was expressed in different ways around the world in 2022. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Kathleen Gaeta Editor’s Note: This release was updated Thursday, Jan. 12 to […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2023 19:18:38 +0000
Sometimes, climate change can seem like such a daunting and insurmountable challenge that even reading about seemingly small (but terrifying) temperature shifts, unusual weather patterns, or shrinking water supplies can feel, well, exhausting. That is why we try to offer good news, in bite-sized nuggets, that show just a few of the many solutions our […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2023 04:55:52 +0000
I’m not going to lie, I’m not big on math. I did okay in high school and college in math classes, but I didn’t pursue a science, engineering, or other technical degree. So, I’m probably not the person to go to if you want a deep look at the numbers behind a clean technology. But […]
Credit to Author: NASA| Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2023 04:00:41 +0000
Greenland is home to the planet’s largest ice sheet outside of Antarctica. Observations collected from the ground, air, and space have revealed rapid thinning in the northeast part of this ice sheet that could contribute more to sea level rise than previously thought. “Rivers” of relatively fast-moving ice, known as ice streams, generally flow from […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 18:51:46 +0000
Climate change is happening. Average global temperatures have increased about 1.2°C since the start of the so-called Industrial Revolution. To many, that seems like an insignificant amount. Would we really suffer if the temperature in our living rooms went up a degree or two? What’s the big deal? What we fail to understand is how […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 23:45:07 +0000
Throughout 2022, researchers, staff, and leadership at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) worked together with collaborators and partners to advance renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. As this busy year at NREL draws to a close, we look back at some of the laboratory’s most impactful accomplishments from 2022 […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 13:31:51 +0000
There’s a lot of weird mystery around tires for EVs. Some people think a tire is a tire, and that EVs don’t need anything special. Other times, a tire shop might think that EV tires are so different that they won’t know what they’re doing, and thus refuse to even sell you tires. While I’ve […]