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A New View of Coral Reefs
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A three-year NASA field expedition to examine Earth’s coral reefs is now underway, giving scientists the opportunity to study reef ecology and conditions.
Drones for Good (HP)
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Most people associate drones with the military - an invasive eagle eye hovering from above. What many people don't realize, however, is the tremendous good drones can do. Information from drones can be used for valuable data collection, telling us things we can't see from the ground and helping countries and communities after natural disasters. A drone can spot structural damage, road blocks, and even save human lives. To learn more about using drones for social good and how technology is revolutionizing all means of transportation.
Following Carbon Dioxide Through the Atmosphere
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Using observations from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) satellite, scientists developed a model of the behavior of carbon in the atmosphere.
St. Anthony Regional Stormwater Treatment and Research System
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An estimated 169 million gallons of polluted stormwater runoff will be captured and treated each year by this underground facility on the border of Minneapolis and St. Anthony Village. It is projected to cut pollution levels by more than half for stormwater runoff flowing from the southern half of St. Anthony Village to the Mississippi River. Learn more at http://mwmo.org/sav
AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust Presents Wolf Point West
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The AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust (BIT), which re-invests union retirement plans and pensions in real estate projects, poured $34 million into the $160 million Wolf Point West tower that opened earlier this year. BIT produced a new video highlighting their involvement in the Hines Interests and Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises joint venture.
Monitoring Our Changing Planet
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Through ESA’s Climate Change Initiative, long-term datasets on key indicators of climate change are being systematically generated and preserved.
Construction Climate Talks (Episode 6 – Roland Hunker)
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Roland Hunziker, director of the Sustainable Buildings and Cities programme at the WBCSD, discusses how to redefine value and get businesses to understand how to drive sustainable outcomes.
Commercial Drones Give A Bird’s Eye View for Inspections
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Commercial drones from Aerialtronics take flight with Watson IoT and cognitive visual recognition capabilities. Together, IBM Watson IoT and Aerialtronics can help companies open up expansive possibilities to gain insight in places not easily accessible to humans from monitoring city traffic patterns to inspecting wind turbines, oil rigs and cell tower optimization.
NASA Explores Earth’s Magnetic ‘Dent’
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Earth’s magnetic field acts like a protective shield around the planet, repelling and trapping charged particles from the Sun. But over South America and the southern Atlantic Ocean, an unusually weak spot in the field – called the South Atlantic Anomaly, or SAA – allows these particles to dip closer to the surface than normal.
Engineers Analyze Post-Earthquake Conditions in Himalayas
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Following the M-7.8 earthquake here in April 2015, Dr. Kit Miyamoto and an assessment team traversed the Himalayas, analyzing post-earthquake conditions on popular trekking trails.
