Swarming Drones Autonomously Navigate a Dense Forest
Chinese researchers show off a swarm of drones collectively navigating a dense forest they've never encountered. TechCrunch reports: Researchers at Zheijang University in Hangzhou have succeeded, however, with a 10-strong drone swarm smart enough to.....»»
Mathematicians explain how some fireflies flash in sync
Stake out in Pennsylvania's Cook State Forest at the right time of year and you can see one of nature's great light shows: swarms of fireflies that synchronize their flashes like strings of Christmas lights in the dark......»»
Study finds that forest protection is key for reliable rainfall
There won't be many places in the world that have escaped the recent impacts of unusual droughts, floods and unseasonal temperatures. These are often ascribed to the role of greenhouse gases, leading to climate change. But there are additional causes.....»»
NASA laser project benefits animal researchers, scientists show
Scientists researching forest carnivores such as martens, foxes and coyotes spend hours clambering through rugged terrain, sometimes in deep snow, placing and baiting camera traps to learn about animals' behavior in relation to their habitat......»»
"Deforestation-free" supply chain pledges have barely impacted forest clearance in the Amazon
More companies must make and implement zero-deforestation supply chain commitments in order to significantly reduce deforestation and protect diverse ecosystems, say researchers......»»
Dubai to launch driverless flying taxi service
Dubai will get a fleet of flying taxis this summer -- electric, driverless drones......»»
Drones Sample Rare Specimens from Cliffs and Other Dangerous Places
Flying robots help researchers identify and protect threatened plants and other species in places that are inaccessible to humans.....»»
Their mission: Warning future humanity about buried nuclear waste
A landmark with black spikes? A genetically modified blue forest? Or a document in an archive that somebody stumbles across? How can we warn humanity and other living organisms in 100,000 years of dangerous nuclear waste? These are questions that res.....»»
Logging, not wildfire, is most likely driving northern spotted owl decline
The northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) is the "canary in the coal-mine" for the health of old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A. This owl indicates the status of old-growth forest, which has dwindled to only 15% of its for.....»»
New research chronicles forest recovery after Montana"s 2017 fire season
For a researcher who studies wildfire, University of Montana graduate student Kyra Clark-Wolf couldn't have had better timing......»»
Data warehouses and lakes will merge
Achieving data quality is becoming both easier and harder. Data leaders must help navigate challenges to drive business strategy. Achieving data quality is becoming both easier and harder. Data leaders must help navigate challenges to drive busin.....»»
Navigating when GPS goes dark
Words like "tough" or "rugged" are rarely associated with a quantum inertial sensor. The remarkable scientific instrument can measure motion a thousand times more accurately than the devices that help navigate today's missiles, aircraft and drones. B.....»»
This Hack Lets You Add Android Auto To Your Tesla
Tesla EVs revolve around the latest tech, but they lack one of the most common ways drivers navigate: with Android Auto. This hack changes things. Tesla EVs revolve.....»»
DEAL: DJI’s FPV combo doesn’t get any cheaper than this
Are you looking to get into FPV drones? Then don’t miss out on this awesome DJI FPV combo deal and save yourself $300. The post DEAL: DJI’s FPV combo doesn’t get any cheaper than this first appeared on Phandroid. While drone shots in.....»»
Chew on this: Personalized health care for mountain gorillas
A mountain gorilla walks in the forest of East Africa's Virunga Volcanoes conservation area. It stops at a piece of wild celery, sits down, and begins to chew. It strips the vegetable's fibrous threads through its teeth, extracting the fleshy, juicy.....»»
Despite the myth, deer are not an ecological substitute for moa and should be part of NZ"s predator-free plan
The impact of deer on Aotearoa New Zealand's natural environment is never far from the headlines. Most recently, the Southland Conservation Board highlighted the damage the introduced species was doing to native forest on Rakiura Stewart Island......»»
Exploring the hidden charm of quark-gluon plasma
Quark–gluon plasma is an extremely hot and dense state of matter in which the elementary constituents—quarks and gluons—are not confined inside composite particles called hadrons, as they are in the protons and neutrons that make up the nuclei.....»»
Smartphone data can help create global vegetation maps
Nature and climate are mutually dependent. Plant growth is absolutely dependent on climate, but this is, in turn, strongly influenced by plants, such as in a forest, which evaporates a lot of water......»»
A New Tool for Eruption Forecasting: Carbon-Catching Drones
In the future, remote-controlled quadcopters might mean that researchers won’t have to crawl inside volcanoes to collect carbon dioxide anymore......»»
Deeper understanding of the icy depths informs global water circulation
Scientists have uncovered new details of how ice forming below the ocean surface in Antarctica provides cold dense water that sinks to the seabed in an important aspect of global water circulation......»»
Drones show potential to improve salmon nest counts
Struggling salmon populations could get some help from the sky. A Washington State University study showed that drone photography of the Wenatchee River during spawning season can be effective in estimating the number of rocky hollows salmon create t.....»»