Environment

Low-cost removal of heavy metals from water

Researchers at Kenyatta University are exploring how modified maize tassels can provide a low-cost, sustainable way to remove heavy metals from polluted water. Supported by Kenya’s NREN, KENET, computational simulations are helping the team understand and improve the purification process.

Environment Water management

Researchers with protective equipment and tablet in remote site

Stay networked in the middle of nowhere

Portable wireless systems from ESnet are bringing scientific networking to remote field sites, helping researchers stream sensor data in real time.

Atmospheric science Climate Science Environment

ESnet (USA) | North America |

Banana plantation showing the many large green leaves of banana plants in the Philippines

Reducing pest damage in banana plantations

DOST-ASTI’s ROAMER project advances smart pesticide application in Philippine banana plantations, reducing pest damage and farmers’ chemical exposure.

Agriculture Environment

Asia Pacific | DOST-ASTI | PREGINET (Philippines) |

Lagos at night with heavy traffic and illuminated city skyline

Continental connectivity for Africa’s researchers

African NRENs WACREN and SANReN connect via a new high-capacity link, boosting research collaboration with faster, more resilient data exchange across the continent.

Climate Science Energy Environment Knowledge Exchange Meteorology

Africa | WACREN (West + Central Africa) |

Nighttime city intersection with heavy traffic, cars stopped at red lights, and light trails from moving vehicles.

AI tackles traffic congestion and mobility challenges in the Philippines

DOST-ASTI is developing AI tools tailored to Philippine roads, improving traffic monitoring, emergency vehicle priority and smarter transport planning.

Technology Environment

Asia Pacific | DOST-ASTI | PREGINET (Philippines) |

Several people washing their hands in a shared water basin, with hands reaching into flowing water.

Guatemala fights arsenic pollution with supercomputing

Researchers in Guatemala used RedCLARA’s BELLA II supercomputing testbed to model how shrimp-shell polymers bind arsenic, advancing scalable water-cleaning solutions.

Environment Water management

Latin America | RedCLARA (Latin America) |

NTRO's Intelligent Pavement Assessment Vehicle (iPAVE) prime mover. Credit: National Transport Research Organisation (NTRO).

Moving gigabytes per kilometre: how NTRO modernised road surveys using Globus

NTRO is using Globus via AARNet to move and analyse large road survey datasets in near real time, helping improve safety and efficiency across transport networks.

Environment Technology

AARNet (Australia) | Asia Pacific |

Man checking ripe and unripe tomatoes on a plant while using a tablet in a cultivated garden.

Kenyan researchers develop optical method for rapid pesticide detection in food

A KENET-backed team in Kenya uses diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and machine learning to detect pesticide residues on produce in minutes.

Environment Food Security

Africa | KENET (Kenya) |

Adult humpback whale swimming alongside its calf beneath the ocean surface.

Turning fiber optic cables into scientific sensors for environmental monitoring

The EU-backed SUBMERSE project is testing how existing fiber-optic cables can act as distributed environmental sensors, with support from European NRENs.

Disaster Warning Biodiversity Climate Science

DeIC (Denmark) | Europe | NORDUNet (European Nordic) | Sikt (Norway) |

Simulation of a new (and highly efficient) type of aircraft, carried out by TU Delft

Supercomputer helps to decrease sound pollution

High-resolution simulations on SURF’s Snellius supercomputer are modelling aeroacoustic noise to help engineers design quieter aircraft, drones and turbines.

Environment Technology

Europe | SURF (Netherlands) |

Scientists from AIMS launching an underwater imaging platform from a research boat to survey the Great Barrier Reef. Credit: AIMS | Marie-Roman.

How high-speed data sharing helps protect the Great Barrier Reef

High-speed data transfers using AARNet’s FileSender help AIMS and CSIRO move reef survey data to train AI models detecting Crown-of-Thorns starfish.

Environment Biodiversity

AARNet (Australia) | Asia Pacific |

Aerial view of a sustainable housing community with modern eco-friendly buildings surrounded by water and greenery

Data platform fuels real-world innovation at Green Village

SURF’s Green Village Data Platform brings real-time sensor data together for sustainability experiments at TU Delft’s living lab, enabling collaboration and practical innovation.

Climate Science Environment

Europe | SURF (Netherlands) |

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