Illuminating Global Fishing Activity With Satellite Tracking

Via Spire, a look at how satellite data can be used to promote

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Harnessing Collective Intelligence For Conservation

Via Ecological Society of America, an abstract of an interesting look at the potential for crowdsourcing intelligence to improve decision making around conservation:

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NASA Satellite Data and Analysis Can Make Earth Better

Via Seed Daily, a look at how NASA satellite data and analysis can make the Earth better:

The number of

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Scientists Use An Internet of Animals To Track and Save Wildlife

Via The New York Times, an interesting report on how - through the use of tiny sensors and equipment aboard the space station - a project called ICARUS

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New Satellite-Based Algorithm Pinpoints Crop Water Use

Via Eurasia View, a report on a new satellite-based algorithm which can pinpoint crop water use:

The growing threat of drought and

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Animal Borne Sensors Could Help Humans Monitor Oceans

Via Terra Daily, a look at the potential for animal borne sensors to contribute to our understanding of the natural world around us:

Sharks, penguins, turtles and other seagoing
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Networked Nature
New technical innovations such as location-tracking devices, GPS and satellite communications, remote sensors, laser-imaging technologies, light detection and ranging” (LIDAR) sensing, high-resolution satellite imagery, digital mapping, advanced statistical analytical software and even biotechnology and synthetic biology are revolutionizing conservation in two key ways: first, by revealing the state of our world in unprecedented detail; and, second, by making available more data to more people in more places. The mission of this blog is to track these technical innovations that may give conservation the chance – for the first time – to keep up with, and even get ahead of, the planet’s most intractable environmental challenges. It will also examine the unintended consequences and moral hazards that the use of these new tools may cause.Read More