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MIT modeling study finds 52% of projected global population in 2050 will live in water-stressed areas

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A modeling study by researchers at MIT projects that 5 billion (52%) of the world’s projected 9.7 A large portion of these regions already face water stress—most notably India, Northern Africa and the Middle East. —Adam Schlosser, assistant director of science research at the Joint Program on Global Change and lead author.

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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Her team’s research program included projects in Australia and Africa. The team also developed new algorithms for analysis of hyperspectral imagery, which provides detailed information across the electromagnetic spectrum to detect chemistry-based changes in vegetation. They were former students, colleagues, and friends.