#costbenefit — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://scicomm.xyz/@mustapipa/117137230074004940

If economics can be said to speak, it needs to shout LOUDLY about proper green regeneration (rather than plant-a-tree make-work): “Scientists found that natural #forest regeneration delivered substantial carbon and #biodiversity benefits and could be up to 96% cheaper than traditional tree-planting programs.” 🌳🪾🌲🌴🎄

Fabulous news - thanks so much for sharing! 😀🙏🏻

#regeneration #forestRegeneration #costBenefit #carbonSink #RoI

RE: https://dmv.community/@jcrabapple/116971734819464484

Efficiency, productivity, elegance, most for least, are the real issues; contrasting US & Chinese developments: “The AI race everyone's watching is about which model is best. The race that actually matters is about who can keep the lights on.”

#AI #USPol #USTech #ChinaPol #ChinaTech #efficiency #EnergyEfficiency #productivity #elegance #mostForLeast #costBenefit #AIRace #keepingTheLightsOn

Where To Restore And Conserve? A Regional Benefit/Cost Analysis Of Coral Reef Protection And Restoration For Coastal Flood Resilience
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.128166 <-- shared paper
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#USVirginIslands #USVI #coast #coastal #flood #mitigation #flooding #risk #hazard #humanimpacts #cost #benefit #costbenefit #benefitcost #analysis #BCA #coral #reef #conservation #restoration #management #economics #protection #riskreduction #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #climatehazard #climaterisk #hydrodynamic #model #modeling #casestudy #extremeweather #storm #stormsurge #infrastructure #SaintCroix #SaintJohn #SaintThomas #valuation #validation #protection #riskmanagement #quantification

Monitoring Earth's Glacial Lakes From Space With Machine Learning
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https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5200494 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #satellite #earthobservation #remotesensing #glacier #glacial #glaciallakes #lakes #water #hydrology #melting #climatechange #risk #hazard #publicsafety #infrastructure #damage #loss #cost #economics #mountain #cryosphere #artificiaintelligence #glaciallakeoutburstflood #GLOF #satelliteimageanalysis #AI #machinelearning #deeplearning #literaturereview #landsat #sentinel #radar #highalpine #costbenefit #multispectral #hyperspectral #detection

Inflation Reduction Act Accelerates USGS Effort To Collect High-Resolution Data Of Landscapes Across 25 States [3DEP LiDAR and other elevation open datasets]
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/inflation-reduction-act-accelerates-usgs-effort-collect-high-resolution <-- USGS news release
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #NGTOC #3DEP #elevation #lidar #ifsar #opendata #ira #infrastructure #USGS #CONUS #Alaska #topography #pointcloud #dem #costbenefit #roi #benefits #naturalresources #3delevationprogram #funding #seamless #1metre #topobathy #CoNED #tbdem #hydrospatial #bathymetry #landscapes #landcover #hydrology #riverbeds #precisionagriculture #floodmapping #flooding #ecosystems #partnerships