Environment
Protecting the planet and its natural biodiversity
Biodiversity
Climate Science
Disaster Warning
Environment
Water management
RedCLARA (Latin America)
RNP (Brazil)
Brazil is a veritable treasure chest for research and development in biodiversity, climate, natural sciences and the environment. The nature of this type of research is driven by collaboration and high bandwidth network technologies.
Supporting more responsible stewardship of marine ecosystems
OTN research has yielded important insights into the often-mysterious migrations of endangered marine animals like leatherback turtles, basking sharks, American eels, and Bluefin tuna, and have generated critical knowledge towards conservation recommendations.
Helping to bring vital software back on line in aftermath of Hurricane Michael
When Hurricane Michael came ashore at Mexico Beach, Florida on October 10, 2018, it knocked the Traffic and Criminal Software, a vital piece of law enforcement software, offline.
Citizen science: collaboration for water quality
Climate Science
Earth Observation
Environment
Water management
Europe
GÉANT (Europe)
SURF (Netherlands)
Harnessing the power of citizen science gives scientists the opportunity to gather more data than they ever could alone.
Preparing for environmental disasters in Moldova
Disaster Warning
Environment
Water management
EaPConnect (Europe's Eastern Partnership countries)
RENAM (Moldova)
A Moldovan scientist is improving his country's preparedness for environmental disasters.
Improving the accuracy of information used for land management
A customized network solution has greatly improved access to essential satellite imagery and geospatial data for researchers who help inform government policy on land management.
Tracking cuckoos from space – building the Animal Internet
How is this even possible? A cuckoo carrying a tiny transmitter signalling to a satellite and allowing researchers to track its 16,000-kilometre, ten-month-long loop migration from Scandinavia to Central Africa and back.
GPS Network Navigates Climate and Seismic Disaster Prevention
TLALOC-Net is a network of GPS and meteorological stations used to study the atmospheric and solid earth processes, allowing better analysis of the Mexican subduction zone.
Pinpointing air pollution from space
Climate Science
Earth Observation
Environment
Technology
CANARIE (Canada)
DFN (Germany)
GÉANT (Europe)
NORDUNet (European Nordic)
SURF (Netherlands)
UNINETT (Norway)
For the first time, air pollution from individual cities and built-up areas can be detected from space. The European Sentinel-5 Precursor Earth observation satellite sends ultra precise measurement data to ground stations in Norway and Canada.
Supporting sustainable water management in Central Asia
Earth Observation
Environment
Water management
CAREN (Central Asia)
DFN (Germany)
GÉANT (Europe)
KRENA (Kyrgyzstan)
R&E networks make hydro-meteorological monitoring data accessible to scientists and local authorities for informed water supply assessment and management in Central Asia
Boosting ultra-sensitive microscopes
Using the HPC Cloud, a new strategy has been developed to make microscopes more sensitive, helping with the study of living organic substances (such as cancer cells).
Using big data solutions to solve the mystery of worm behavior
To study the strategies animals use to navigate the world around them, researchers analyse the behaviour of roundworms to create a model system. The project faced a number of data challenges that threatened to hold the team back from their scientific goal.