Category: Managing Water Quality and Precipitation Anomalies Project Team: Uruguay Agriculture III Team Location: International Research Institute for Climate and Society – Palisades, New York Authors: Jerrod Lessel Andrew Kruczkiewicz Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Pietro Ceccato (International Research Institute for Climate Society, The Earth Institute, Columbia University) Past/Other Contributors: Jerrod Lessel (Center Lead) Alex Sweeney Abstract: The importance of monitoring drought is indispensable for … Read More
Fire Distinguisher: Using SMAP Data to Improve Wildfire Predictions
Each year, Texas experiences severe droughts, making large areas of the state vulnerable to wildfires that damage agriculture, infrastructure, and habitats across Texas. Texas Fire Services stated in its most recent report that just under 18,500 wildland fires occurred in 2014 causing almost $2 million in damages.
B’more Cool: Monitoring the Urban Heat Island at High Density for Health and Urban Design
The B’more Cool initiative is exploring patterns of heat exposure and impact across Baltimore, Maryland, and evaluating active and proposed mitigation and adaptation interventions. Extreme heat is the deadliest form of climate hazard in the United States today, killing an average of 600 people per year [1]. These deaths are almost entirely preventable; however, the frequency and intensity of heat … Read More
Recharging California’s Diminishing Aquifers
With increasing attention on methods of recharging depleted aquifers, groundwater moves to the frontlines of drought mitigation in California For the better part of a decade California has experienced a drought that has significantly depleted water reserves throughout the state. Surface water has long been the focus of California’s water supply planning, but a new awareness of groundwater is changing … Read More
Study documents drought's impact on redwood forest ferns
The native ferns that form a lush green understory in coastal redwood forests are well adapted to dry summers and periodic droughts, but California’s current prolonged drought has taken a toll on them. A comprehensive study of water relations in native ferns, conducted during one of the worst droughts in California’s recent history, shows that extreme conditions have tested the … Read More
The Quill Blog: Get Ready, Get Set, Get Writing!
Earthzine launched its first Writing Club in an effort to support emerging science writers and students who are passionate about communicating the complexities of the world around us. These are their stories.
Prepare for the Future! Measuring Lakes from Space
This is a part of the 2015 Fall VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category:åÊMonitoring Change for Resource Management Project Team: Lake Tahoe Water Resources Team Location: NASA Ames Research Center ÛÒ Mountain View, California Authors: Nolan Cate Anton Surunis Chelsea Ackroyd Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Brian Coltin (NASA Ames Research Center) Dr. Juan Torres-PÌ©rez (Bay Area Environmental Research Institute) Abstract: … Read More
GEOGLAM: Working Together to Reduce Poverty and Fight Global Hunger
A global effort to make agricultural projections available to anyone with an Internet connection may hold the key to fighting hunger and reducing poverty. On a hot and humid June day in 1943, with World War II still raging in Europe and the Pacific, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt welcomed delegates from around the world to the first-ever United Nations … Read More
L-band Sensing Satellites Suffer Setbacks
Two recent setbacks to L-band microwave sensing missions have hindered our ability to study soil moisture and ocean salinity.
Meters Matter: How Water Metering Promotes Conservation and Technological Development
Tracking the use of a resource and charging for its marginal cost promotes conservation, and agriculture can embrace this by implementing metering technology.