It's easy to find buildings laced with greenery in order to reduce their CO2 footprints. But what about an entire city? That's on its way. Construction has started on Liuzhou Forest City, a 30,000-person urban development where every building will...
There's no question that deforestation is a problem, as it affects everything from climate through to biodiversity. But gauging the severity of deforestation isn't easy -- simply measuring lost forest cover doesn't tell you the effect it can have on...
Researchers in Switzerland have developed a drone that can navigate forest trails in search of missing hikers. According to EPFL, around 1,000 people get lost in Swiss forests every year and often need to be rescued. Rather than enlisting a search pa...
Lasers might not be the first things that come to mind when thinking of the conserving the environment. Nonetheless, they're being used to manage commercial forests more efficiently.
The false-color image above was captured with a "laser radar" LIDA...
The Forest Wizard is a device that is designed to prevent the forest fire from spreading out rapidly. It has a three-goal system that allows the firefighters to detect the source and the direction of the fire in a speedy manner. The accompanying video explains the system and makes us understand how it can become a path-breaking technology for the future. Have a look….
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