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The Robert S. Strauss Center has developed an online map-based analysis of the areas in Africa most susceptible to damage from climate change. The tool provides insight into areas of vulnerability, conflict and aid, and where they intersect. The aim is to guide researchers and policy makers to improve stability and economic vitality. The online [...]
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The National Resource Defense Council has launched a new map that show the potential radiation damage from severe accidents at the nation’s nuclear reactors. The site launched at the one-year anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, and aims at raising awareness about the heightened need for further safety mandates at U.S. reactors. The [...]
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Rio de Janeiro has just launched a new data center that coordinates real-time data about the city and combines data feeds from 30 agencies. This IBM Smart City initiative was profiled over the weekend in a feature in The New York Times. The system includes video feeds from subway stations, detailed weather forecasting, and an [...]
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The Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto has added Don Tapscott as an MPI Fellow. Tapscott’s latest book, Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World, focuses on the effect of crowdsourcing and the connected world to change our institutions, and to revitalize our urban areas. The mission of the Martin Prosperity Institute “takes an integrated [...]
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The University of Maryland is partnering with Beijing Normal University to create the Joint Center on Global Change and Earth System Science that will develop tools to track climate change. The center will create an international remote sensing database, track land use and cover, in addition to monitoring agriculture. The agricultural work will focus on [...]
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In this month’s journal Geology, there is a feature that recounts the efforts of scientists to map the forests during the Cretaceous period. The map and database of more than two thousand fossilised forest sites during this time of dinosaur abundance recount a broad reach of humid tropics, with forests that extended close to both [...]
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Earth observation company Aerodata International Surveys has just launched Aero+, with packaged solutions for sensing and analyzing smarter planet applications. The new firm offers solutions that address heat loss from buildings, light pollution, renewable energy siting, and the potential for solar energy. The mission of this new company is to create a greener environment for [...]
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The city of Minneapolis is now at work redrawing ward and park boundaries in response to U.S. Census changes. Residents are being encouraged to participate in the process through public meetings and they’re even encouraged to draw their own map via an interactive website. DrawMinneapolis.org provides the means for citizens to draw their own boundaries. [...]
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Rhino poaching in South Africa has been increasing since 2007, with a dramatic 34% increase between 2010 and last year. To date, South Africa has been addressing the poaching problem with traditional patrols and approaches, but yesterday a high-tech approach was unveiled that includes radar technology, perimeter detection sensors, communication monitoring, visual and thermal cameras, [...]
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