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Category: 9. Environment
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Machine learning analysis of greenhouse gas sources impacting Africa’s food security nexus
The focus of this study was to explore machine learning and statistical learning techniques to identify the key driver (greenhouse gas) of climate change relating to food security. The predictive performance of the seven machine learning models…
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Assessment of terrestrial radionuclide exposure and contamination rates within the Mbaitoli area, Nigeria
Study location
Physiography
Nigeria’s southeastern region comprises Imo State, which has an area of approximately 5,100 square kilometers. Imo state (Fig. 1) is situated between the longitudes of 6040′0’’E and 7030′0’’E and the…
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An ensemble Kalman filter with rescaling disaggregation for assimilating terrestrial water storage into hydrological models
Data assimilation
Sequential ensemble-based Data Assimilation
Data Assimilation (DA) aims to update model states to push them towards the observations, all by accounting for the uncertainty of both the models and the observations. While…
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She built a newsroom across 7 countries—Here’s how she did it
- Maria Isabel Torres, Program Director of Mongabay Latam, has spent nearly a decade shaping the bureau into a regional leader in environmental journalism, building a cross-border newsroom recognized for…
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African bats require monitoring in protected areas, study finds
Bats play a vital role in African ecosystems, from pollination and seed dispersal to pest control, significantly contributing to local ecology and livelihoods. The conventional…
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Reversing deforestation relies on resource ownership (commentary)
- The transition from deforestation to reforestation will rely on local resource ownership, because this ownership is an unavoidable prerequisite for the financing of carbon sequestration and other ecosystem services…
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In ‘Hope Dies Last,’ author Alan Weisman chronicles the people fighting for the planet
I bought Alan Weisman’s Hope Dies Last in a bookstore despite knowing nothing about it and based purely on the title. Four hundred pages later, I sat down with the author to talk about the miraculous accomplishments and resilience of the…
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Krill fishery in Antarctica shut down after record catch triggers unprecedented early closure
MIAMI (AP) — Officials have shut down early the remote krill fishery near Antarctica after trawling for the tiny crustacean — a vital food source for whales that also helps…
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Power poop saves the day (cartoon)
The infamous stench of a penguin’s projectile poop isn’t its only superpower. New research suggests that the nitrogen in the droppings of Adélie penguins can react with…
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