Tracking Snow: The Cryosphere in an Era of Climate Change

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A new generation of weather satellites is helping researchers gain insights into the complex relationship between the cryosphere ‰ÛÒ the planet’s cold regions ‰ÛÒ and the climate. With drinking water supplies dwindling around the world, understanding the cryosphere is becoming a front-burner issue.

The hidden farms of Chicago

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NPR’s The Salt recently took a look at Chicago and the many “hidden farms” that can be found on rooftops around the city.

World Wetlands Day focuses on agriculture

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Originally Published by ESA- The 2014 World Wetlands Day highlights the need for wetlands and the agriculture sector to work together. ESA’s GlobWetland II project assists Mediterranean countries in the sustainable use of these areas and demonstrates the evolution of wetlands and agricultural patterns over time.

Farmers urged to do more over floods

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Originally Published by BBC News- Farmers getting public grants should be forced to capture water on their land to prevent floods downstream, environmentalists say.

Green news roundup: Greenpeace, aviation and marine photography

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Originally Published Environment Research Web – Wildfires and insect outbreaks have wiped out millions of hectares of forest in western North America in recent years. In particular, the mountain pine beetle has destroyed vast areas of lodgepole pine forest, including more than 16 million hectares in British Columbia alone. But what kind of impact does this have on the carbon cycle?