Research
Applying computing to better understand ecosystems, address environmental challenges, and support a more sustainable future.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Megan Stanley, Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research AI for Science, talks about Aurora, a cutting-edge foundation model that offers a new approach to weather forecasting that could transform our ability to predict and mitigate the impacts…
Speaker: Torsten HoeflerHost: Karin Strauss Machine learning presents a great opportunity for Climate simulation and research. We will discuss some ideas from the Earth Virtualization Engines summit in Berlin and several research results ranging from…
This seminar was hosted by Microsoft Research Africa, Nairobi together with the Microsoft AI for Good team in July 2024. Knowing where people live is critical for urban planning, disaster management, and more broadly, for…
