The wetland puzzle that stumped hydrology for decades—how physics and AI joined forces to predict unmeasured regions

For years, the Prairie Pothole Region has bothered me in a very specific way. On a map, it looks like a normal landscape: ...
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Artificial intelligence deep learning model for mapping wetlands yields 94% accuracy

Chesapeake Conservancy’s data science team developed an artificial intelligence deep learning model for mapping wetlands, which resulted in 94% accuracy. Supported by EPRI, an independent, non-profit ...
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Chesapeake Conservancy data scientists taught a new AI tool to map wetlands more accurately

The goal is to improve local mapping by detecting wetland presence and absence with an AI deep learning model. Following pilots in Kent County, Delaware and elsewhere, here’s what’s next for the ...
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Getting Mangroves into Coastal Models for Better Climate Prediction

To better understand important dynamics at play in flood-prone coastal areas, Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists working on simulations of Earth’s carbon and nutrient cycles paid a visit to ...
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Review of the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Studies

Environmental Sciences in the LOSLR Study: Wetlands, Species at Risk, and the Integrated Ecological Response Model The environmental sciences work presented for NRC review includes three subjects: ...