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Busan port truck lane at dawn with low sea fog, a white lidar sensor mast on a survey vehicle, stacked shipping containers blurred in background, sodium lamp glow, no logos or readable text.

KRISS Publishes Coastal Fog Lidar Dataset for Busan Container Convoys

KRISS released open coastal fog lidar readings tied to Busan container convoy slowdowns, giving port planners 20-minute visibility forecasts when autumn sea fog stalls truck gates.

Jaemin Yoon 윤재민 Sep 20, 2026

Coastal materials lab with a salt-spray test chamber door ajar, gloved technician placing a small solar panel on a rack, grey daylight through a high window, condensation on stainless steel, no logos or readable text

KAIST Publishes Perovskite Solar Durability Data From Jeju Salt-Spray Chambers

KAIST engineers published salt-spray durability data from Jeju coastal chambers showing encapsulated perovskite mini-modules retaining 91 percent efficiency after 1,000 hours—bridging lab humidity tests and island BIPV pilots.

Jaemin Yoon 윤재민 Sep 19, 2026

Ocean research vessel deck with scientists handling a small fish tagging kit, grey sea horizon and overcast light, coiled rope and wet non-slip flooring, no logos or readable text

KIOST Tags Juvenile Eel Migration Near Busan Thermocline Corridors

KIOST scientists tagged 120 juvenile eels off Busan and tracked them along thermocline corridors where warm Tsushima Current water meets cooler coastal layers, refining catch quotas before autumn glass-eel arrivals.

Jaemin Yoon 윤재민 Sep 18, 2026

Science from around the world

Hazy orange wildfire smoke over dry California hills behind a single-story school building and chain-link fence, late afternoon sun, dusty playground asphalt, no logos or readable text

Stanford Publishes Wildfire Smoke PM2.5 Dataset for California School Districts

Emily Park Sep 21, 2026United States

Moorland peat bog with wooden boardwalk and a small scientific instrument tower among heather, low cloud over Pennine hills, damp ground and mist, no logos or readable text

NERC Cryosphere Team Posts Pennine Peat Bog Carbon Flux After Heat Dome

Leila Hassan Sep 21, 2026United Kingdom

Technicians in hard hats adjusting a stainless river gauge on a rocky Yamuna bank north of Delhi under overcast sky, calibration tools and cable reels, no logos or readable text

NPL Delhi Calibrates Himalayan Glacial Melt Gauges for Upper Yamuna Basin Forecasters

Lakshmi Nair ലക്ഷ്മി നായർ Sep 21, 2026India

A yellow oceanographic buoy moored near a remote atoll research pier with turquoise water and overcast sky, gentle swell and weathered wood decking, no logos or readable text

CWB Installs Marine Heatwave Buoys Off Dongsha Atoll Research Stations

Emily Park Sep 20, 2026Taiwan

JAXA engineers adjusting a small hopping rover prototype over gray lunar regolith simulant in a clean test chamber, flat fluorescent panels, cable trays, no logos or readable text

JAXA SLIM Mission Engineers Publish Lunar Regolith Compaction Data From Hopping Tests

Emily Park Sep 20, 2026Japan

Dusty wheat field edge with parked harvest headers and grain trucks along a dirt road under dark storm clouds, distant lightning flash, late afternoon light, no logos or readable text

Curtin Researchers Map Wheatbelt Thunderstorm Lightning Clusters for Harvest Convoys

Samira Haddad Sep 20, 2026Australia

Central Valley school building with rooftop HVAC units under orange wildfire smoke haze, empty playground, flat agricultural horizon, no logos or readable signs

Stanford Team Models Wildfire Smoke Particulate Decay for Central Valley School Closures

Emily Park Sep 20, 2026United States

Thames tidal riverbank at low tide with mossy stone embankment and metal ladder, overcast London skyline hazy in distance, muddy foreshore, no logos or readable text

Imperial College Logs Thames Microplastic Spikes After September Sewer Overflow Surge

Leila Hassan Sep 20, 2026United Kingdom

Small NavIC ground antenna on a concrete pad beside a Lakshadweep island jetty with fishing boats moored, overcast sea light and worn paint on hulls, no logos or readable text

ISRO NavIC Ground Receivers Expand Fisherman Alert Mesh in Lakshadweep

Lakshmi Nair ലക്ഷ്മി നായർ Sep 20, 2026India

Geotechnical inclinometer and rain gauge installed on a steep forested slope above a Hualien county mountain road, misty post-storm atmosphere, mud traces on pavement below, no logos or readable text

NCU Expands Hualien Landslide Sensor Network After September Typhoon Rains

Emily Park Sep 19, 2026Taiwan

Ocean research submersible on a ship deck with methane sampling bottles beside Oshika Peninsula cliffs under overcast light, crew in hard hats from behind, no logos or readable text.

JAMSTEC Releases Deep-Trench Methane Flux Measurements Off Oshika Peninsula

Emily Park Sep 19, 2026Japan

Research vessel crew handling a small plankton sample jar on a wet deck with grey Tasman Sea swell in background, overcast light, no logos or readable text

Bureau of Meteorology Traces Tasman Sea Heat Blob for Lobster Larval Drift

Samira Haddad Sep 19, 2026Australia