Bringing Subsurface Intelligence to the Surface: Web app helps people understand geothermal potential of their property location in plain language. I thought the concept of this project was worth sharing to a wider audience.“This project develops Thermal Atlas, an AI-powered tool to assess the feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and environmental benefits of geothermal heat pump (GHP) installations... Continue Reading →
Open-access geoscience data: Global Atlas of Renewable Energy
More free open-access global geoscience data. The Global Atlas of Renewable Energy has over 1,000 datasets to support Geothermal, Hydro, Wind, Solar, Bioenergy and Marine.This includes global gravity maps derived from the GOCE satellite and are presented in two maps, the Free Air gravity map, and the Bouguer map. GOCE is part of the Earth... Continue Reading →
Mapping and understanding Earth: Open access to digital geoscience data and knowledge supports societal needs and UN sustainable development goals.
Excellent paper published this month by Hinsby et al (2024) abstract below:Open access to harmonised digital data describing Earth’s surface and subsurface holds immense value for society. This paper highlights the significance of open access to digital geoscience data ranging from the shallow topsoil or seabed to depths of 5 km.Such data play a pivotal role... Continue Reading →