Tag: Societal Impacts
  1. Irrigation system watering a field.

    Reaping the benefits of a digital twin

    A multi-disciplinary team of researchers aims to make agricultural data more accessible with a mobile app and web-based application called CropSmart. The goal of CropSmart is to revolutionize the way farmers, agribusiness operators, and government agricultural officials make decisions about irrigation strategies, fertilizer applications, and when to harvest.

    • Data

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  2. Pollution around the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

    Let the forecasting games begin

    As athletes worldwide prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympics, the best of the best in weather research are also gearing up for a friendly competition. Several international weather research and forecasting organizations will collaborate to provide high-resolution forecast information for Olympics organizers as well as test the capabilities of experimental air quality and weather forecasting models.

    • Air Quality

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  3. Eclipse in 1980, India

    Experts available to explain solar eclipse

    Eclipse experts are available to discuss eclipses, why eclipses are important for studying the Sun, and what research NSF NCAR is participating in during the April 8, 2024 eclipse.

    • Sun + Space Weather

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  4. Nitrogen dioxide over Africa as seen from space

    Monitoring African copper and cobalt mining emissions from space

    Emissions associated with mining operations in Africa’s Copperbelt can be quantified from space, according to new research. Mining for copper and cobalt in Africa has rapidly increased, the latter in response to growing global demand for electric vehicles, laptops, smartphones, and other devices that rely on lithium-ion batteries, the vast majority of which contain cobalt.

    • Air Quality

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  5. Sunset over New York City.

    Research confirms non-white urban residents face more heat stress

    An advanced computer modeling technique reveals that non-white and lower-income residents of U.S. cities face greater heat stress.

    • Climate,
    • Weather

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