Research infrastructures

Telescopes, biodiversity networks, satellites and genome centres: the shared tools of global science.

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  How space technology supports the Sustainable Development Goals

  An explainer on space and the SDGs: Earth observation, satellite navigation and communications, the UN bodies and agreements involved, the Space2030 Agenda, and the risks that come with crowded orbits.

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  LifeWatch ERIC: Europe's e-infrastructure for biodiversity research

  What LifeWatch ERIC is, how a European Research Infrastructure Consortium works, what services it offers to biodiversity and ecosystem scientists, and how it relates to SDGs 14 and 15.

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  The Square Kilometre Array: how a telescope on two continents is built and run

  An explainer on the Square Kilometre Array: the SKA Observatory as an intergovernmental organisation, its telescopes in Australia and South Africa, its data challenge and its links to development goals.