IT helps the environment and science

Learn why the CIO's role is critical in environmental sustainability efforts and how that's part of aligning with the business's ESG goals.

Humanity has a new eye in the sky, with infrared sensors that will peer into the farthest reaches of the cosmos. Here’s how it works.

An aerial survey in southern Mexico discovered a host of ceremonial sites that could date as far back as 1100 BC.

Agriculture IoT technology can reduce crop risk, improve production yields and conserve resources with analytics-informed management and automation.

Learn about the many environmental challenges last-mile delivery creates and why businesses have to act now.

Ten males were fitted with sensors in the breeding season to give greater insight into the birds.

Firms are building robots that can survey the seabed and underwater structures without human help.

For the first time, scientists get a look at what's going on under the park's geysers. It may even help them better understand the origin of life on Earth.

It's a tricky, delicate task that combines machine vision and robotics. Progress has been slow, but entrepreneurs and farmers continue to invest.

In the face of myriad global problems, Single Synthetic Environments will make life and death decisions easier to navigate.

Thwaites Glacier is crumbling, and fast—if it melts entirely, it could add 10 feet to sea levels. Now Antarctic scientists are racing to survey the damage.

Digital twins can mirror a single machine or visualize an entire location's assets with geographic information system data.

Companies including FreshBox Farms and Meejee are trying to improve their last-mile delivery sustainability. Learn their strategies.

Sustainability in IT manufacturing is of growing interest as people become more aware of the effect computer usage has on the environment.

A UK uncrewed ocean-going vessel provides a glimpse of the future of robotic maritime operations.