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fromWorld History Encyclopedia
19 hours ago

Earth Shapers: How We Mapped and Mastered the World

Maxim Samson confronts different passages or roads built by humans and their varied and rich histories to offer us a first-class journey through the most interesting, influential, and controversial paths in history.
History
#nasa
Science
fromEngadget
4 days ago

A comet gets destroyed by the sun, data centers endanger the Potomac River, and more science stories

NASA shared stunning images of a comet that exploded as it approached the sun, marking its first and last flyby.
fromMail Online
2 weeks ago
Science

Revealed: The 10 things you DIDN'T see in NASA's new 'Earthset' photo

The Artemis II crew captured a stunning 'Earthset' image of Earth over the lunar surface during their six-hour lunar flyby.
Science
fromEngadget
4 days ago

A comet gets destroyed by the sun, data centers endanger the Potomac River, and more science stories

NASA shared stunning images of a comet that exploded as it approached the sun, marking its first and last flyby.
Science
fromMail Online
2 weeks ago

Revealed: The 10 things you DIDN'T see in NASA's new 'Earthset' photo

The Artemis II crew captured a stunning 'Earthset' image of Earth over the lunar surface during their six-hour lunar flyby.
Data science
fromComputerWeekly.com
1 week ago

Ordnance Survey works with Snowflake to tackle flood risk | Computer Weekly

Intelligent Flood Readiness model identifies 1.2 million people in England at risk of flooding, focusing on vulnerable areas for policymaking.
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

Mapping the Technosphere: Architecture as an Interface Between Systems and Territories

Architecture can no longer be conceived as an isolated object, detached from the technical networks that sustain contemporary life. This condition calls for new readings and approaches.
Design
UK politics
fromComputerWeekly.com
1 week ago

Flood warning: How citizens' AI agents will swamp public services | Computer Weekly

AI has the potential to transform public services by reducing user friction and improving access for citizens.
#light-pollution
Europe news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

From the nighttime lights of the rich to the blackouts caused by crises, this is how satellites capture the heartbeat of society'

Light pollution is increasing globally, but some regions are experiencing a decrease due to crises or effective environmental policies.
Science
fromTravel + Leisure
1 week ago

Astronomers Warn That Satellites May Soon Outnumber Stars in the Night Sky-Here's Why

Light pollution and satellite proliferation threaten stargazing and astronomy, potentially outnumbering visible stars with artificial satellites.
Europe news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

From the nighttime lights of the rich to the blackouts caused by crises, this is how satellites capture the heartbeat of society'

Light pollution is increasing globally, but some regions are experiencing a decrease due to crises or effective environmental policies.
Science
fromTravel + Leisure
1 week ago

Astronomers Warn That Satellites May Soon Outnumber Stars in the Night Sky-Here's Why

Light pollution and satellite proliferation threaten stargazing and astronomy, potentially outnumbering visible stars with artificial satellites.
#weather-forecasting
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 week ago

Environment Canada to use AI in new weather forecasting model | CBC News

Environment and Climate Change Canada will enhance weather forecasts using a hybrid model that combines AI and traditional forecasting methods.
Apple
fromNieman Lab
1 month ago

The team behind Dark Sky launches a weather app for uncertain, low-trust times

Acme Weather, from Dark Sky creators, displays forecast uncertainty through multiple prediction scenarios instead of single-point forecasts, acknowledging that weather predictions are inherently unreliable.
Science
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Why Is It So Hard to Make a Good Weather App?

Weather forecasts are inherently uncertain due to atmospheric chaos, and apps struggle to communicate this uncertainty while users expect perfect predictions despite having unprecedented meteorological data.
#climate-change
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

A New Narrative for Planetary Health in the Hybrid Era

Perceiving crises as external leads to helplessness and disengagement, while recognizing agency fosters positive outcomes and behavior change.
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago
Environment

Earth's climate more unbalanced than ever, WMO warns

The Earth's climate is more out of balance than ever, with extreme weather and rising temperatures posing significant risks for humanity.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago
California

Satellite photos show California's sudden snowpack meltdown: Now you see it, now you don't

A winter heat wave rapidly melted California's Sierra Nevada snowpack gains within days, threatening the state's water supply and increasing summer wildfire risk.
Skiing
fromiRunFar
1 week ago

Every Rain Drop

Winter seems to have been skipped entirely, leading to concerns about drought and its impact on local economies.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

A New Narrative for Planetary Health in the Hybrid Era

Perceiving crises as external leads to helplessness and disengagement, while recognizing agency fosters positive outcomes and behavior change.
Environment
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Earth's climate more unbalanced than ever, WMO warns

The Earth's climate is more out of balance than ever, with extreme weather and rising temperatures posing significant risks for humanity.
Data science
fromNature
1 week ago

AI needs solid botanical data more than ever

The disappearance of specialized botany programs threatens biodiversity research and the effectiveness of AI in biotechnology.
Venture
fromTNW | Startups-Technology
2 weeks ago

Climate-tech startup Satellites on Fire has raised $2.7M

Satellites on Fire, an Argentine startup, has developed an AI platform that detects wildfires faster than NASA's FIRMS system, raising $2.7 million in seed funding.
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

See it: Air temperatures and pollution around the world are captured in real time in these animated weather maps

We created Earth in Action to provide a lens into what's happening on our planet, as it happens. Whether it's something typical, like the current air temperature, or an extreme event like a major dust storm, we wanted to provide an opportunity for people to see them.
OMG science
#ai
Marketing tech
fromForbes
3 weeks ago

The New Frontier Of GEO Demands An Integrated Approach

AI has transformed search optimization, requiring a unified approach across departments to enhance brand visibility and trustworthiness.
fromWIRED
3 weeks ago
Apple

AI Has Flooded All the Weather Apps

AI is transforming weather apps, enhancing user experience with customizable forecasts and integration with personal schedules.
Marketing tech
fromForbes
3 weeks ago

The New Frontier Of GEO Demands An Integrated Approach

AI has transformed search optimization, requiring a unified approach across departments to enhance brand visibility and trustworthiness.
Apple
fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

AI Has Flooded All the Weather Apps

AI is transforming weather apps, enhancing user experience with customizable forecasts and integration with personal schedules.
Roam Research
fromEngadget
3 weeks ago

The new Storm Radar app is a treasure trove of data for weather nerds

High-definition single-site radar feeds enhance storm tracking with detailed, localized weather data.
Science
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 week ago

The world's deepest sensors will detect earthquakes around the world from far below Antarctica

Scientists installed the world's deepest seismometers, 8,000 feet under Antarctic ice, to record global earthquakes with unprecedented accuracy.
fromArchDaily
2 weeks ago

From Data to Digital Twins: Japan's PLATEAU Project Offers Open-Access Models of More Than 250 Cities

Project PLATEAU, led by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, aims to develop and expand access to 3D models representing the diversity of cities across the country, enhancing urban resilience and addressing local challenges.
Data science
#data-centers
fromFortune
3 weeks ago
Environment

Data centers aren't breaking the grid. A broken grid is | Fortune

A new Senate bill misidentifies data centers as the problem, while the real issue lies in an outdated and underbuilt electrical grid.
fromTechRepublic
3 weeks ago
Environment

AI Data Centers Face Water Backlash - Can Air Solve the Crisis?

Data centers face community pushback over water consumption, prompting solutions like atmospheric water harvesting to provide sustainable water sources.
Environment
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

Data centers aren't breaking the grid. A broken grid is | Fortune

A new Senate bill misidentifies data centers as the problem, while the real issue lies in an outdated and underbuilt electrical grid.
Environment
fromTechRepublic
3 weeks ago

AI Data Centers Face Water Backlash - Can Air Solve the Crisis?

Data centers face community pushback over water consumption, prompting solutions like atmospheric water harvesting to provide sustainable water sources.
UK politics
fromMail Online
3 weeks ago

Is YOUR hometown a solar panel hotspot? Use our map to find out

Labour's push for solar panels faces criticism for being impractical and costly amid rising household bills.
fromEarth911
3 weeks ago

Earth911 Inspiration: The First Step To Sustainability

The first step to sustainability is seeing that there is no boundary between you and nature. When we see this essential connection and reverse the artificial disconnections created over millennia, people can imagine a future where we all thrive with a regenerated ecosystem.
Environment
fromIrish Independent
2 weeks ago

Gallery: Nasa releases images of earthset taken by crew on Artemis moon mission

A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface. The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime.
Science
fromFlowingData
1 month ago

Mapping the unmapped Google Maps city

In North Oaks, Minnesota, property lines extend to the middle of the street, which means the entire city is considered private property.
Silicon Valley real estate
fromRealagriculture
1 month ago

TerraScout brings robot agronomic scouting to the farm

It can drive through the field and look at every square inch. We really honed our craft on model performance and detection with rocks, and now we've transitioned that into weeds. The robot uses a boom-mounted camera system to capture detailed imagery across the field. With eight cameras operating at 1 millimetre resolution, TerraScout can generate billions of data points per acre, allowing it to identify specific objects, including individual weeds.
Agriculture
Science
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Satellite mirror plans could disrupt sleep and ecosystems worldwide, scientists say

Deployment of reflective satellites could disrupt ecosystems and human health by altering natural night-time light environments.
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month ago

New book shows why physical maps have an important role to play in our digital world

A cartography professor discovered 96 historically significant maps in a forgotten university archive, revealing cartography's vital role in preserving sociopolitical memory and demonstrating maps' importance beyond navigation.
fromMail Online
2 weeks ago

Launching 50,000 mirrors into space will 'significantly' disrupt sleep

The proposed scale of orbital deployment would represent a significant alteration of the natural night-time light environment at a planetary scale.
Science
Business intelligence
fromInfoWorld
1 month ago

Visualizing the world with Planetary Computer

Microsoft's Planetary Computer provides free geospatial data from multiple sources with standardized APIs for environmental research and analysis applications.
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

'Vulnerable' satellites guide the world and its wars

Signals from Global Navigation Satellite Systems are quite vulnerable. They are exceptionally weak, meaning that any radio noise near their frequency, accidental or malicious, can interfere with reception. I am confident that there are people in every government who understand the problem. The challenge is getting leadership to both understand and act to reduce the risk.
Science
fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

There's a Blinking Warning Sign for the Data Centers in Space Industry

Elon Musk's plan for space-based data centers faces significant challenges similar to those encountered in previous failed projects.
UK news
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Openreach says fiber can now save water by detecting leaks

Openreach's fiber-optic cables can detect water pipe leaks through distributed acoustic sensing, identifying over 100 leaks in trials and saving 2 million liters of water daily.
European startups
fromTNW | Ecosystems
1 month ago

AIRMO raises 5M to put methane-sniffing satellites in orbit by 2027

AIRMO secured €5 million seed funding to launch its first satellite in 2027, deploying micro-LiDAR and SWIR imaging technology capable of detecting methane leaks the size of a leaking car from orbit.
fromNature
1 month ago

Observing the tidal pulse of rivers from wide-swath satellite altimetry - Nature

Along coastlines, where tides are typically magnified, they profoundly affect navigation, commerce, coastal flooding, water properties and sediment transport. Tides impact the flooding of rivers and, thus, influence the extent of their floodplain, which has cascading effects on biogeochemical and ecological processes.
Environment
Science
fromWIRED
4 weeks ago

When Satellite Data Becomes a Weapon

Satellite infrastructure in the Gulf is increasingly contested, affecting the reliability of information during conflicts.
Environment
fromNature
1 month ago

AI set to map risks of future climate disasters

Brazil is developing an AI agent to provide climate-disaster information and preparedness guidance to residents, integrating AI, simulations, and citizen participation for household-level risk management.
fromEngadget
1 month ago

Google built a flash-flood prediction tool using Gemini and old news reports

Google tasked Gemini with sorting through 5 million news articles from around the world and isolating flood reports. It transformed this data into a geo-tagged series of chronological events. Next, researchers trained a model to ingest current weather forecasts and leverage the Groundsource data to determine the likelihood of a flash flood in a given area.
Data science
Environment
fromNature
1 month ago

Can AI models reliably forecast extreme weather events?

AI-based weather forecasting models offer significant speed advantages over physics-based systems but raise concerns about reliability for rare, extreme weather events.
Artificial intelligence
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Compute Isn't Weightless: AI Infrastructure and the Architecture of the City

AI development is reshaping urban infrastructure and spatial planning in the Greater Bay Area through government-led initiatives that translate computational needs into physical zones, data centers, and specialized districts.
Digital life
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 months ago

Urban digital twins - missing pieces and emerging divides | Computer Weekly

Digital twins enable broad decision-making across domains but struggle to model human behaviour and complex dynamics; AI can help yet introduces its own challenges.
Gadgets
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 months ago

Myriota introduces satellite-based scalable global asset tracking | Computer Weekly

AssetHawk combines native 5G NTN satellite connectivity with HyperPulse to deliver affordable, rapid-deploy satellite asset tracking for global visibility beyond cellular networks.
Data science
fromComputerWeekly.com
1 month ago

Met Office 'supercomputing as a service' one year old | Computer Weekly

The Met Office's cloud-based supercomputing system from Microsoft achieved 100% availability for critical workloads over one year, delivering 60 quadrillion calculations per second with comparable latency to on-site infrastructure while offering greater flexibility and cost efficiency.
Public health
fromNature
2 months ago

The smart sensors improving the world's biggest cities

Sensors and low-cost interventions are being used to monitor and mitigate heat, pollution, and infrastructure challenges in rapidly growing megacities.
fromNature
2 months ago

What my cave stay taught me about sensors

To capture the biological impact of this extreme environment, I used a comprehensive suite of sensors and biomarker analyses. I wore a wireless electroencephalograph (EEG) system to monitor brain activity, sleep stages and neural signatures of stress and adaptation; the Oura Ring to continuously track sleep patterns, heart-rate variability and circadian-rhythm shifts; and the glucose monitor to follow metabolic responses in real time.
Wearables
US news
fromNextgov.com
2 months ago

National Weather Service's AI translation project lacks long-term plan, watchdog says

The National Weather Service uses AI to translate forecasts into multiple languages but lacks a long-term plan and faces funding, adoption, and alert-format limitations.
Agriculture
fromMedium
2 months ago

Land Measurement App by Lumen Cluster: Measure Land Easily, Accurately, and Smartly

Smartphone-based Land Measurement App by Lumen Cluster enables fast, accurate, GPS-based land area calculations without specialized equipment, supporting multiple units for diverse users.
fromThe Cipher Brief
1 month ago

GPS Denied: Time to Upgrade

On February 28, ships navigating the Strait of Hormuz started appearing on tracking screens in places they couldn't possibly be. They appeared to be sitting on airport runways, parked on Iranian land, and clustered at nuclear power plants. More than 1,100 commercial vessels had their navigation systems scrambled in a single day following US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran, bringing a waterway that handles a fifth of the world's oil exports to a halt.
Science
Artificial intelligence
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

AI Is Driving the Water Crisis-And Powering the Solution

AI-driven water intelligence using sensors and predictive analytics enables companies to reduce freshwater intake by 18% and increase reuse rates to 90%, transforming water from an unmeasured utility into a competitive advantage.
fromAdrelien | Meshtastic, IoT & Off-Grid Tech Guides
2 months ago

Why Your Meshtastic Node Sees More Satellites (GNSS Explained)

The other day we were scrolling through r/meshtastic and someone asks: "Why does my device show 10+ satellites in view while my buddy's barely sees 8?" Good question. Really good question, actually. And it's about to take us down a rabbit hole that involves atomic clocks, Cold War competition, European independence, and why your Meshtastic node cares about all of this.
Gadgets
European startups
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Who needs data centers in space when they can float offshore? | TechCrunch

Aikido plans to deploy submerged data centers powered by offshore wind turbines to address AI infrastructure power demands and cooling challenges.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Extreme heat lab: enduring the climate of the future

"So whenever people think about hot weather, they always talk about the temperature," he says. "There's two issues with that. First of all, most people don't realise that the temperature is measured in the shade. So if you're in direct solar radiation, the amount of heat stress you're exposed to is much greater as it will stress your body out a lot more."
Public health
#orbital-data-centers
fromEngadget
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Orbital AI data centers could work, but they might ruin Earth in the process

A proposed merger plans a million-satellite orbital data-center constellation to harness space solar power, promising cheap AI compute but risking environmental and low-Earth orbit sustainability.
fromFuturism
1 month ago
Science

Data Centers in Space Are Even More Cursed Than Previously Believed

SpaceX filed a patent for orbital data centers with up to one million satellites, but experts remain highly skeptical about financial feasibility and technological viability of space-based AI infrastructure.
fromEngadget
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Orbital AI data centers could work, but they might ruin Earth in the process

Science
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Data Centers in Space Are Even More Cursed Than Previously Believed

SpaceX filed a patent for orbital data centers with up to one million satellites, but experts remain highly skeptical about financial feasibility and technological viability of space-based AI infrastructure.
Environment
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

AI Data Centers Could Guzzle As Much Water As NYC by 2030

AI data centers consume over 1 million gallons of water daily through evaporative cooling, requiring infrastructure upgrades costing $10-58 billion and corporate-community funding partnerships.
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Google is using old news reports and AI to predict flash floods | TechCrunch

While humans have assembled a lot of weather data, flash floods are too short-lived and localized to be measured comprehensively, the way the temperature or even river flows are monitored over time. That data gap means that deep learning models, which are increasingly capable of forecasting the weather, aren't able to predict flash floods.
Science
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds

Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures. It found global heating accelerated from a steady rate of less than 0.2C per decade between 1970 and 2015 to about 0.35C per decade over the past 10 years.
Environment
Environment
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Forests Are Steadily Crawling North, Satellite Imagery Shows

Boreal forests are shifting northward and expanding due to warming, altering carbon sequestration potential and increasing young forest cover.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

How new AI technology is helping detect and prevent wildfires

Wildfire prevention has traditionally relied on blunt tools, such as rigid inspection cycles and emergency power shutoffs. Now a new generation of technology start-ups is pitching a more targeted approach: using artificial intelligence to help utility companies decide what to inspectand where to intervenebefore a spark becomes a blaze. The stakes are rising. In 2025 more than 77,000 wildfires were reported in the U.S.significantly more than the past decade's averageand burned more than five million acres.
Environment
Environment
fromNature
2 months ago

Super-sniffer aeroplane finds oil fields' hidden emissions

Airborne measurements reveal methane emissions from US oil and gas regions up to five times higher than company reports to regulators.
Science
fromNature
2 months ago

Sensors are transforming the world - work together to maximize their benefits

Converging diverse sensing disciplines into a shared scientific home accelerates innovation, real-world impact and cross-domain discovery.
Environment
fromState of the Planet
2 months ago

Harnessing AI, Scientists Discover a Rise in Floating Algae Across the Global Ocean

Floating algae blooms have increased globally since about 2008–2010, driven by warming oceans, changing currents, and nutrient pollution, with coastal ecological and economic harms.
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

As data from space spikes, an innovative ground station company seeks to cash in

By the end of the year, Northwood, based in El Segundo, California, had shown the ability to build eight of these Portal arrays a month. And in January the company had deployed operational Portal antennas across two continents. These deployments, which comprise an area of 8 to 15 meters, have the equivalent capability of a 7-meter parabolic dish, said Griffin Cleverly, co-founder and chief technical officer of Northwood.
Science
Environment
fromTheregister
2 months ago

AI bit barns grow climate emergency by turning up the gas

Datacenters' surge in AI-driven computing is prompting widespread use of on-site gas turbines, significantly increasing greenhouse gas emissions and straining power infrastructure.
Environment
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Opinion: AI is destroying our planet. We must act to check its growth and save ourselves.

AI's environmental impact is severe, with 2025 freshwater consumption exceeding global bottled water use and projected energy demands by 2034 matching India's entire consumption, requiring immediate action.
fromwww.nature.com
2 months ago

Atmospheric H2 variability over the past 1,100 years

Warwick, N., Griffiths, P., Keeble, J., Archibald, A., & Pyle, J. Atmospheric implications of increased Hydrogen use. GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/atmospheric-implications-of-increased-hydrogen-use (2022).
Environment
Science
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Vema predicts cheap hydrogen could change where data centers are built | TechCrunch

Vema Hydrogen produces geologic hydrogen by reacting water with iron-rich underground rock, offering potential sub-$1/kg clean hydrogen for industrial users and data centers.
Environment
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Google and Microsoft-backed Terradot acquires carbon removal competitor | TechCrunch

Terradot acquired Eion to scale enhanced rock weathering operations and meet large investors' demands for firms capable of handling major, distributed carbon-removal contracts.
Science
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Elon Musk wants to put 1 million satellites in orbit. Can Earth handle it?

SpaceX has requested FCC permission to launch up to one million satellites, potentially creating orbital data-center constellations and massively increasing orbital congestion and environmental impacts.
Environment
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

How an 'icepocalypse' raises more questions about Meta's biggest data center project

A large Meta data center near a rural Louisiana community threatens to strain local power grids, raise electricity costs, and disrupt long-standing rural life.
Science
fromTechRepublic
1 month ago

The Ocean May Be the Next Home for AI Data Centers

Offshore wind-powered underwater data centers offer a practical alternative to space-based solutions, combining renewable energy generation and natural seawater cooling.
Science
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Scientists let AI loose on Hubble's archives

AI scanned Hubble's archives to find hundreds of astrophysical anomalies, revealing nearly 1,400 unusual objects including many previously undocumented.
fromWIRED
2 months ago

Could AI Data Centers Be Moved to Outer Space?

Now say you want to run some modest AI stuff. That's a bigger job, so let's scale up our cubical computer with edges twice as long as before. That would make the volume eight times larger (2 3), so we could have eight times as many processors, and we need eight times as much power input-2,400 watts. However, the surface area is only four times (2 2) larger, so the radiative power would be about 4,000 watts.
Science
Science
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Europe, China, achieve gigabit links to geostationary sats

The European Space Agency and China's Institute of Optoelectronics both achieved gigabit-speed laser communication links to geostationary satellites, demonstrating major advances in satellite laser communication technology.
Science
fromTheregister
2 months ago

NASA confirms TESS temporarily felled by command error

TESS entered safe mode after a ground command left its solar arrays angled away from the Sun, causing battery discharge and temporary recovery.
Science
fromBig Think
2 months ago

Yes, one image from space can change humanity's perspective

Astronomical images transformed human perspective by revealing a vast, comprehensible universe in which Earth is neither cosmically central nor uniquely designed for humanity.
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