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New funding for innovative space tech to help solve problems on Earth
Through the UK Space Agency, the government is giving a cash injection to 5 projects specifically designed to bring together UK business expertise with universities to help build space solutions to global problems, on UK soil.
One of the projects, involving the University of Southampton, will use artificial intelligence to automatically detect buried archaeological remains on satellite imagery, providing construction companies with higher accuracy at an earlier stage. This will save them time and money during the planning permission process and help them to reduce their carbon footprint.
After scouring the depths of the Atlantic Ocean for years, scientists have discovered at least 12 new deep-sea species that were previously unknown to science. Their discoveries highlight how much of our planet’s oceans are still uncharted territories, yet are not immune to climate change and environmental pressures.
The new finds come from the ATLAS project, an international effort to better understand the deep-water ecosystems of the North Atlantic Ocean. Through 45 research expeditions involving 80 scientists and student volunteers over the past four years, the researchers have now revealed a handful of their discoveries, including new species and fresh insights into this otherworldly ecosystem.