Earth system science

The Linux Foundation's AgStack Project to Build World's First Global Dataset of Agricultural Field Boundaries

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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation, a global nonprofit organization enabling innovation through open source, today announced that its AgStack project will host a new open source code base, alongside a fully automated, continuous computation engine, to create, maintain and host a global dataset of boundaries' "registry" for agricultural fields to aid in such things as food traceability, carbon tracking, crop production, and other field-level analytics.

Key Points: 
  • AgStack will utilize machine learning and artificial intelligence to manage global field boundaries data for public use.
  • By sharing reusable agricultural data, new insights can also be gleaned for global food security research and innovation.
  • Crop field boundaries are the fundamental unit of addressing such datasets in agriculture across the globe, but they're rarely available as a public dataset, especially in smallholder regions.
  • AgStack is an open source digital infrastructure project for the world's agriculture ecosystem, under the umbrella of the Linux Foundation.

Wuhan Consensus: An Initiative for a New Geoscience Education was released

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Monday, November 7, 2022
Consensus, Research, Science, Perception, Education, Method, Challenge, Consensus decision-making, Nature, Pollution, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Anthropocene, Climate change, Earth system science, Wuhan, Management, Earth science, Earth

The forum jointly released the Wuhan Consensus: An Initiative for a New Geoscience Education.

Key Points: 
  • The forum jointly released the Wuhan Consensus: An Initiative for a New Geoscience Education.
  • (Full text of the Consensus: https://en.cug.edu.cn/Wuhan_Consensus.htm )
    The Consensus emphasizes that a shared future of mankind hinges on the habitability of the Earth.
  • The Consensus informs that all mankind should adjust and optimize the value system, knowledge system and dissemination system of geoscience education.
  • It is high time to initiate, facilitate and practice a brand-new geoscience education that helps to reposition humanity as one of the multitudinous participants and builders of a habitable Earth.

Wuhan Consensus: An Initiative for a New Geoscience Education was released

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Monday, November 7, 2022
Consensus, Research, Science, Perception, Education, Method, Challenge, Consensus decision-making, Nature, Pollution, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Anthropocene, Climate change, Earth system science, Wuhan, Management, Earth science, Earth

The forum jointly released the Wuhan Consensus: An Initiative for a New Geoscience Education.

Key Points: 
  • The forum jointly released the Wuhan Consensus: An Initiative for a New Geoscience Education.
  • (Full text of the Consensus: https://en.cug.edu.cn/Wuhan_Consensus.htm )
    The Consensus emphasizes that a shared future of mankind hinges on the habitability of the Earth.
  • The Consensus informs that all mankind should adjust and optimize the value system, knowledge system and dissemination system of geoscience education.
  • It is high time to initiate, facilitate and practice a brand-new geoscience education that helps to reposition humanity as one of the multitudinous participants and builders of a habitable Earth.

BlackSky Awarded $1.7M NASA Contract to Advance Earth Science Research

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Thursday, August 25, 2022
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New discoveries in Earth science can be accelerated with innovative research methods and real-time dynamic data sets that keep up with the increasingly rapid pace and scale of change on our planet, said Dr. Patrick ONeil, BlackSky chief innovation officer.

Key Points: 
  • New discoveries in Earth science can be accelerated with innovative research methods and real-time dynamic data sets that keep up with the increasingly rapid pace and scale of change on our planet, said Dr. Patrick ONeil, BlackSky chief innovation officer.
  • We are honored to serve NASA and its earth science mission, ONeil added.
  • BlackSky delivers on-demand, high frequency imagery, monitoring and analytics of the most critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events in the world.
  • BlackSky designs, owns and operates one of the industrys leading low earth orbit small satellite constellations, optimized to capture imagery cost-efficiently where and when our customers need it.

New Climate Modeling Predicts Increasing Occurrences of Flash Flooding Across Most of the U.S.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022
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Likewise, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researchers are providing the data, tools and information to better understand and prepare for climate change.

Key Points: 
  • Likewise, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researchers are providing the data, tools and information to better understand and prepare for climate change.
  • One of the effects being impacted by the warming climate is a change in frequency of flash flooding events, as well as the locations in which they most often occur.
  • The research team used climate simulations and modeling of a 30-year period, 2070-2100, to predict the location and degree to which flash floods are likely to occur.
  • The best way to stay safe during flash flooding events is to stay off the roads and avoid standing water.

New NASA Earth System Observatory to Help Address, Mitigate Climate Change

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Monday, May 24, 2021
Articles, Earth system science, Climate change, Climate, NASA, Natural environment

With the Earth System Observatory, each satellite will be uniquely designed to complement the others, working in tandem to create a 3D, holistic view of Earth, from bedrock to atmosphere.

Key Points: 
  • With the Earth System Observatory, each satellite will be uniquely designed to complement the others, working in tandem to create a 3D, holistic view of Earth, from bedrock to atmosphere.
  • "I've seen firsthand the impact of hurricanes made more intense and destructive by climate change, like Maria and Irma.
  • The Biden-Harris Administration's response to climate change matches the magnitude of the threat: a whole of government, all hands-on-deck approach to meet this moment,"said NASA Administrator Sen.
  • NASA's new Earth System Observatory will expand that work, providing the world with an unprecedented understanding of our Earth's climate system, arming us with next-generation data critical to mitigating climate change, and protecting our communities in the face of natural disasters."

New Airborne Campaigns to Explore Snowstorms, River Deltas, Climate

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Earth system science, Climate, Natural environment, Climate change, NASA Earth Science

These studies will explore important, but not-well-understood, aspects of Earth system processes and were competitively selected as part of NASA's Earth Venture-class program.

Key Points: 
  • These studies will explore important, but not-well-understood, aspects of Earth system processes and were competitively selected as part of NASA's Earth Venture-class program.
  • The project will collect a benchmark data set of climate and biological variables in the upper ocean that influence this exchange.
  • NASA uses the vantage point of space to understand and explore our home planet, improve lives and safeguard our future.
  • The agency's observations of Earth's complex natural environment are critical to understanding how our planet's natural resources and climate are changing now and could change in the future.