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Google-funded ocean drones are now mining carbon data from Gulf Stream

Ishveena Singh - Dec. 14th 2021 4:46 am PT @IshveenaSingh

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A group of ocean drones, funded in part by a $1 million grant from Google.org, have been deployed from Rhode Island’s Newport to build the largest-ever set of wintertime weather and carbon data in the Gulf Stream.

Saildrone raises $100M to gather more hurricane insights, climate data

Ishveena Singh - Oct. 18th 2021 10:00 am PT @IshveenaSingh

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The folks at Saildrone, who recently made history by sending an ocean drone into the eye of a hurricane, are celebrating another milestone today. Saildrone has just received an investment of $100 million to grow its capabilities in climate data, ocean mapping, and maritime intelligence solutions.

Drone research confirms Pyrenees’ glaciers vanishing amid climate change

Bruce Crumley - Oct. 5th 2021 6:18 am PT @BDroneDJ

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Climate change researchers have used a range of drone technologies to confirm fears that southern Europe’s largest glaciers in the Pyrenees mountains are rapidly melting amid rising temperatures – and may soon disappear altogether.

Drone captures shocking scenes of record-breaking floods in China’s iPhone city

Ishveena Singh - Jul. 22nd 2021 5:00 am PT @IshveenaSingh

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After deadly floods upended life in Western Europe last week, now it’s China that is enduring the wrath of extreme weather. At least 33 people have died in what is being described as the “heaviest rainfall in a millennium” in central China’s Henan province. Drone videos show the extent of the devastation…

Shocking drone footage shows mass baby flamingo deaths in Turkey

Ishveena Singh - Jul. 16th 2021 7:54 am PT @IshveenaSingh

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At least 1,000 baby flamingo carcasses – some partially buried in the mud – have been discovered at Turkey’s Lake Tuz. Horrifying drone footage captured above the dried-out lake bed has alarmed environmentalists who say climate change, drought, and unsustainable farming practices are to blame.

Elon Musk announces that Tesla is building a ‘hardcore litigation department’ – Timing is strange

Hyundai Motor Group announces its first dedicated EV facilities coming to the US

Podcast: Tesla (TSLA) falls on ESG and Elongate, FSD Beta update, Cadillac Lyriq pricing, and more

Rivian R1T, The Electrek Review: There is nothing like it

This corded electric leaf blower is just $45 for your yard care routine, more in New Green Deals

Biden administration kicks off $5 billion electric Clean School Bus program

Tesla (TSLA) falls 10% amid ‘Elongate scandal,’ Musk denies the claim & challenges alleged victim’s friend

Tesla agrees to build battery and EV factory in Indonesia, official says

I go everywhere in my city by electric vehicle, yet I don’t own an electric car. Here’s how I do it

Tesla structural battery pack is removable, but it is quite an ordeal

Drones are helping Panama’s sinking island people survive climate change migration

Ishveena Singh - Jul. 13th 2021 1:50 am PT @IshveenaSingh

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The home of the Gunas is what you’d call “a paradise on earth”. The tiny coconut islands of the San Blas archipelago off Panama’s eastern coast are littered with glistening white sand beaches, palm trees, and thatch-roof huts. And even though the indigenous tribes have maintained a healthy distance from unwanted modernization, the ripple effects of climate change have reached their shores.