Ecology and environment
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A new tool for teaching climate change in the cloud
https://youtu.be/Pwtpseb9fOM Starting in the tenth century, during the Medieval Warm Period, Greenland was a fraction of a degree warmer than today. Norse settlers raised livestock and cultivated small farms. Later, in the fifteenth century, a…
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Fueling the Future: FAPESP
This five-minute video is part of campaign to increase the awareness within the academic research community of the extent that Microsoft Research invests in the future of computer science research. Its core message is that…
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Fueling the Future: FAPESP
Microsoft Research is committed to investing in the future of computer science research through its Joint Research Center program as illustrated through the story of the Microsoft Research – FAPESP Joint Research center. Joint research…
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Fighting Wildfires with Data
When wildfires strike, all eyes turn to the clouds, hoping for a downpour that will quench the flames. Now, wildfire prevention teams on the Greek island of Lesvos are looking to a different kind of…
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The Madingley Model
The growing human population with increasing resource use per capita is causing an alarming loss and degradation of ecosystems. In order to balance the increasing human needs for food and resources with the healthy functioning…
