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Ocean species are disappearing before scientists can even find them #ocean

Ocean species are disappearing before scientists can even find them
Species are vanishing faster than ever, and many are disappearing before scientists even know they exist. Now, an international team is racing against time to uncover hidden life beneath the waves by building a massive open-access genomic database of European marine worms. These tiny but vital creatures help keep ocean ecosystems running—recycling nutrients, mixing sediments, and signaling pollution.

If you’re interested in #OpenStreetMap local community building, the Foundation’s Local Chapters and Communities Working Group is hosting this year’s Local Chapters and Communities Congress this 28 March! 🎉
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The Failed City: I Wrote a Book About What We Bury
I have been staring at a patch of asphalt in Jersey City for thirteen years. That is not a figure of speech. I mean that in late September 2013, I watched a road crew roll fresh blacktop over 150-year-old granite cobblestones on Baldwin Avenue in the Heights, and the image has not released me since. The cobblestones were ballast stones, carried across the Atlantic Ocean in the holds of empty cargo ships and dumped on…

The Failed City: I Wrote a Book About What We Bury | David Boles, Blogs
I have been staring at a patch of asphalt in Jersey City for thirteen years. That is not a figure of speech. I mean that in late September 2013, I watched a road crew roll fresh blacktop over 150-y…

“[Niantic Spatial]’s latest product is a model that it says can pinpoint your location on a map to within a few centimeters, based on a handful of snapshots of the buildings or other landmarks in view. The firm wants to use it to help robots navigate with greater precision in places where GPS is unreliable.”

How Pokémon Go is helping robots deliver pizza on time
Niantic's AI spinout is using 30 billion images of urban landmarks crowdsourced from players to train a new world model.

Salt Marsh and Boulders at Odiorne Point State Park
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