Ecology and environment
Project
National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot
Microsoft is delighted to contribute as a lead supporter of the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot. (opens in new tab) The mission of the NAIRR pilot aligns with our commitment to broaden AI research…
Podcast
Ideas: The journey to DNA data storage
Research manager Karin Strauss and members of the DNA Data Storage Project reflect on the path to developing a synthetic DNA–based system for archival data storage, including the recent open-source release of its most powerful…
Video
Low latency carbon budget 2023
In 2023, global land carbon sinks—the Earth’s forests, soils, and vegetation that absorb CO2—experienced a dramatic decline, as revealed by a study published in National Science Review by several international research teams. Using dynamic global…
Podcast
Intern Insights: Vaishnavi Ranganathan with Angela Busheska
Undergrad Angela Busheska has a passion for sustainability. She talks with researcher Vaishnavi Ranganathan about the why behind her drive, the work she did at Microsoft on a platform for tracking land use, and her…
Tool
TerraTrace: Spatio-Temporal Signatures for Land Use Analytics
Understanding land use over time is critical to tracking events related to climate change, like deforestation. However, satellite-based remote sensing tools which are used for monitoring struggle to differentiate vegetation types in farms and orchards…
Project
Project Egypt
Technology to enable widespread availability of greenhouse gas data and insights Greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations have continued to grow, fueling the climate crisis. Yet, measuring GHG emissions efficiently and at scale remains surprisingly elusive due…