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Radar Imaging Could Be the Key to Monitoring Climate Change

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Moreira’s technology also helps to track the effects of climate change. In September 2016 the first global digital elevation map with a 2-meter height accuracy was produced. in engineering at the Technical University of Munich. It was 30 times more accurate than any previous effort, Moreira says. Moreira earned his Ph.D.

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Study finds cities can reduce CO2 more easily from residential conservation than transportation

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A new study by a team from the University of Pennsylvania and MIT suggests it will be easier for cities to reduce CO 2 emissions coming from residential energy use rather than from local transportation. Changing circumstances could alter the model’s projections—e.g., a rapid electrification of the automobile fleet.