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My first rough contact with python was on a translation mission. I was meant to convert a javascript code written in Google Earth Engine to python. To my -limited- knowledge, I had one of 2 choices. Either using the Earth Engine API in Python or translate the code entirely to Python. https://www.reply.com/en/artificial-intelligence/code-to-code
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Imagine you have a parallel reflection of yourself, with all your physical details and traits, sitting on a server somewhere and undergoing all sorts of tests to see what look will fit you best if you want to, for instance, do a makeover. Creepy, no? This may not be the case for you now, but…
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We all have an intuitive understanding of trust and also exercise this more or less consciously in everyday life. But how does this work in a metaverse, or in a social media context? Do we establish trust in the same way? Is it also as fragile as the real-world equivalent? Does it differ at all?…
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In a world where podcasts occupy a big part of our daily life, twitter spaces come along and offer a slightly similar experience with one major difference: a big number of people is listening and has the opportunity to participate. It is a kind of live interactive theater of dispersed people around the globe. What…
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Following up on our previous blog post, At the intersection of landscape architecture, urban design, and ecology, we go through the resilience tactics of the five urban system in biourbanism: Economy, Energy, Infrastructure, Mobility, Technology Economy “…The economy of a city is all the activity related to the production, consumption, and trade of goods and…
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The size of the Sahara Desert, which is the largest desert not near the poles, has a big impact on the lives of people living nearby. We know that climate change will likely affect the desert’s location and size, but previous studies haven’t explored how it will respond in the future, whether it will grow…
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The Associate Editors of the Journal of Biogeography are worried about some big changes happening in academic publishing. Companies like John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley) are moving towards “Open Access” (OA), which means research is free to read online. Sounds good, right? But here’s the catch: many journals now charge authors a lot of…
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Carbon crediting and land offsets for biodiversity protection are developed to deal with the increasing emissions of greenhouse gases and the loss of global biodiversity. The problem with using them separately. When people focus only on capturing carbon (which is the main goal of carbon-focused crediting and offsetting), it can lead to the creation of…
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Taking a macro view on social-environmental challenges defined Biourbanism, as an applied research field that seeks to improve urban life. It is “a nature centric city planning model that assists mayors, city leaders and planners create healthier, more resilient cities“. Biourbanism considers cities as a “form of nature” facing the Anthropocene epoch. The major environmental…
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Water is the essence in the face of climate change, so China, Saudi Arabia and other countries investigate how to create new water sources. Some programs have been launched decades ago. While the benefits are obivous cloud cover, lower temperature, air humidity changes, increase snow cover and precipitation, those intitative may have potential risks and…