Tag: Ecology

Thousands Of Tires Appeared On His New Property And Nobody Will Claim Them

Thousands Of Tires Appeared On His New Property And Nobody Will Claim Them | Carscoops <!—-> <!– –> <!– –> <!—-> <!– !(function (e, t) { var siteId = ‘46307’; var r; let a = !!navigator.userAgent.match( /iPad|iPod|iPhone|Android|BlackBerry|Windows Phone|Opera Mini|IEMobile|webOS/i ), o = function () { var e = t.createElement(‘script’); (e.id = ‘lzORaekbHNiuS’), (e[‘data-cfasync’] = ‘false’), […]

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An engineer’s guide to birds

Feathers give birds their dazzling colors. They repel water and trap heat, keeping them warm and dry. They can even stifle sound, allowing species such as owls to hunt in virtual silence. All of these functions come from the remarkable structure of feathers, explored in two chapters in “Birds Up Close,” by MIT materials engineer and […]

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Climate change may produce “fast-food” phytoplankton

We are what we eat. And in the ocean, most life-forms source their food from phytoplankton. These microscopic, plant-like algae are the primary food source for krill, sea snails, some small fish, and jellyfish, which in turn feed larger marine animals that are prey for the ocean’s top predators, including humans. Now MIT scientists are […]

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Augmenting citizen science with computer vision for fish monitoring

Each spring, river herring populations migrate from Massachusetts coastal waters to begin their annual journey up rivers and streams to freshwater spawning habitat. River herring have faced severe population declines over the past several decades, and their migration is extensively monitored across the region, primarily through traditional visual counting and volunteer-based programs.  Monitoring fish movement and […]

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Rolls-Royce Backs Away From EVs As Customers Would “Rather Have A V12”

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Trump Administration Sues California To Block ‘Illegal’ EV Rules

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How Joseph Paradiso’s sensing innovations bridge the arts, medicine, and ecology

Joseph Paradiso thinks that the most engaging research questions usually span disciplines.  Paradiso was trained as a physicist and completed his PhD in experimental high-energy physics at MIT in 1981. His father was a photographer and filmmaker working at MIT, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and the MITRE Corporation, so he grew up in a house where artists, […]

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Tiny Animal Beats Off-Roaders As Judge Shuts Down Thousands Of Miles Of Trails

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