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  1. ‘Unprecedented’ Flooding Hits Juneau, Alaska, After Glacier Outburst
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    cnn.com/2024/08/07/climate/ala <-- shared media article
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    “A rush of water unleashed by an ailing glacier swelled an Alaska river to record levels Tuesday and caused destructive flooding in Juneau nearly a year to the date of a similar significant event.
    More than 100 homes have been damaged or impacted by the so-called glacial lake outburst flooding along the Mendenhall River in the Mendenhall Valley, according to city officials, who characterized the flood severity as “unprecedented.”
    Glacial lake outbursts happen when a lake of melting snow and ice and rain “drains rapidly…”
    #water #glacier #risk #hazard #flood #flooding #hydrology #climatechange #Alaska #Juneau #Alaska #USA #melt #meltwater #glacieroutburst #naturalhazard #infrastructure #management #glaciallake #MendenhallRiver #MendenhallGlacier #suicidebasin #damage #urbanplanning #warming #SuicideGlacier #GLOF

  2. Beavers Must Be Backed, As Stirling [University] Study Shows Biodiversity Boost Animals Bring To Wetlands [UK/Finland] - Beavers Can Have A Major Impact In The Fight Against Biodiversity Loss.
    (Research has shown that beaver-created wetlands had 19% more species than other types of wetland)
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    stir.ac.uk/news/2026/march-202 <-- shared technical article
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    doi.org/10.1007/s10980-026-023 <-- shared paper
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    #beavers #benefits #natural #biodiversity #species #wetlands #habitats #Evo #Finland #Europe #ecology #ecosystems #environment #water #hydrology #waterresources #hydrography #planning #management #reintroduction #waterflow #restoration #dams #waterbodies #impoundment
    #SterlingUniversity

  3. Nice To Be 'Back In The Data Trenches' Directly
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    usgs.gov/3d-hydrography-program <-- shared U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) #3DHP home page
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    I don't get to be here that often (and that is OK, #ILikeMyJob) - but it is nice to be back working directly with some individual spatial datasets - be it in #QGIS, #ArcGISPro, #PostgreSQL / #PostGIS or wherever...
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #water #dataquality #water #hydrography #3DHP #NHD #opendata #USA #MI #reservoirs #dams #pluvial #fluvial #usecase #SQL

  4. Analysis Of Colorado River Basin Storage Suggests Need For Immediate Action
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    colorado.edu/center/gwc/2025/0 <-- shared UC Boulder School Of Law paper
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    usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/ <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin overview page
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    usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/po <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin Lake Powell & Lake Mead Operations Post-2026 Update 12/05/24 presentation
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    doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033454 <-- shared 2023 paper – “Aridification of Colorado River Basin's Snowpack Regions Has Driven Water Losses Despite Ameliorating Effects of Vegetation”
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    #water #hydrology #watermanagement #management #watersecurity #agriculture #ColoradoRiver #ColoradoRiverBasin #storage #waterresources #wateruse #agreement #naturalsupply #usecase #reserve #model #modeling #hydrospatial #future #forecasts #climate #recharge #snowpack #massbalance #conservative #dams #BuRec #reservoir #operations #infrastructure #consumption #magicwater
    @CU Boulder Getches-Wilkinson Center Law Center

  5. Spatial Signals [podcast]
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    americaview.podbean.com/ <-- shared podcast entry page
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    americaview.substack.com/ <-- shared Spatial Signals Substack page
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    [note that I am not associated with this podcast in any way, and this post should not be considered an endorsement]
    “Spatial Signals is a podcast about remote sensing, GIS, and geospatial technologies - but more importantly, it’s a podcast about the people who use and apply them. This podcast is sponsored by AmericaView, the national remote sensing network dedicated to empowering Earth Observation…”
    #SpatialSignals #AmericaView #Geospatial #RemoteSensing #GIS #spatial #mapping #GeoAI #OpenSource #podcast #remotesensing #earthobservation #spatialprofessionals #SMEs #socialmedia #GISgeeks #usecase #publicgood #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling
    @SpatialSignals | @Youngstown State University | @AmericaView