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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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Today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) breaks ground on a $18.8 million National Water Center on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The national center aims at improving forecasting and reporting of drought, floods, and other water crises to improve policy. One of the first goals of the new center [...]
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Scientists from Australia’s national science agency, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), are setting out to survey Australia’s 35,000-kilometre coastline to measure marine debris and its impact on sea life. The researchers stop every 100 km to collect and catalog waste, including the tracking of barcodes found on litter in order to help determine [...]
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CO2GO, the latest application from MIT’s SENSEable City Lab, automatically detects whether its owner is traveling by rail, car or bus and calculates the emissions. They say the technology will also turn citizens into walking sensors, collecting detailed information about how people use cities. Today, more than a third of global CO2 emissions are generated [...]
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The Islands Trust, which focuses on preserving island communities in British Columbia, have just launched MapIT as a means to explore island properties and ecosystems for better land-use planning and resource management. The Islands Trust Area covers the islands and waters between the British Columbia mainland and southern Vancouver Island, including Howe Sound and as [...]
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Today at the ILMF event in Denver, Wesley Newton from the U.S. Geological Survey discussed the use of lidar for wildlife habitat modeling. The USGS works to assess the quality of habitat, population demographics, species survival, and why wildlife are found in specific habitats. The group works to model and explain the mix of wildlife [...]
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The Solar Panels Suitability Checker provided by Solar Panels UK provides a unique visual representation of a homeowners roof, and its potential for solar panels. The individual rooftop view indicates the direction that panels should be positioned to achieve maximum energy collection. The site uses high-resolution GeoEye imagery along with a sunlight density overlay. Solar [...]
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