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  1. Decoupling Of Surface Water Storage From Precipitation In Global Drylands Due To Anthropogenic Activity
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    doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-003 <-- shared paper
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    “The availability of surface water in global drylands is essential for both human society and ecosystems. However, the long-term drivers of change in surface water storage, particularly those related to anthropogenic activities, remain unclear. Here [they] use[d] multi-mission remote sensing data to construct monthly time series of water storage changes from 1985 to 2020 for 105,400 lakes and reservoirs in global drylands. An increase of 2.20 km³ per year in surface water storage is found primarily due to the construction of new reservoirs. For lakes and old reservoirs (constructed before 1983), conversely, the trend in storage is minor when aggregated globally, but they dominate surface water storage trends in 91% of individual global dryland basins. Further analysis reveals that long-term storage changes in these water bodies are primarily linked to anthropogenic factors - including human-induced warming and water-management practices - rather than to precipitation changes, as previously thought. These findings reveal a decoupling of surface water storage from precipitation in global drylands, raising concerns about societal and ecosystem sustainability…”
    #water #hydrology #hydrography #waterstorage #waterresources #surfacewater #global #drylands #precipitation #rainfall #watersecurity #ecosystems #habitat #publichealth #anthropogenic #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #monitoring #geostatistics #engineering #reservoirs #infrastructure #lakes #waterbodies #globalwarming #climatechange #sustainability #planning #baseline

  2. Decoupling Of Surface Water Storage From Precipitation In Global Drylands Due To Anthropogenic Activity
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-003 <-- shared paper
    --
    “The availability of surface water in global drylands is essential for both human society and ecosystems. However, the long-term drivers of change in surface water storage, particularly those related to anthropogenic activities, remain unclear. Here [they] use[d] multi-mission remote sensing data to construct monthly time series of water storage changes from 1985 to 2020 for 105,400 lakes and reservoirs in global drylands. An increase of 2.20 km³ per year in surface water storage is found primarily due to the construction of new reservoirs. For lakes and old reservoirs (constructed before 1983), conversely, the trend in storage is minor when aggregated globally, but they dominate surface water storage trends in 91% of individual global dryland basins. Further analysis reveals that long-term storage changes in these water bodies are primarily linked to anthropogenic factors - including human-induced warming and water-management practices - rather than to precipitation changes, as previously thought. These findings reveal a decoupling of surface water storage from precipitation in global drylands, raising concerns about societal and ecosystem sustainability…”
    #water #hydrology #hydrography #waterstorage #waterresources #surfacewater #global #drylands #precipitation #rainfall #watersecurity #ecosystems #habitat #publichealth #anthropogenic #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #monitoring #geostatistics #engineering #reservoirs #infrastructure #lakes #waterbodies #globalwarming #climatechange #sustainability #planning #baseline

  3. Decoupling Of Surface Water Storage From Precipitation In Global Drylands Due To Anthropogenic Activity
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-003 <-- shared paper
    --
    “The availability of surface water in global drylands is essential for both human society and ecosystems. However, the long-term drivers of change in surface water storage, particularly those related to anthropogenic activities, remain unclear. Here [they] use[d] multi-mission remote sensing data to construct monthly time series of water storage changes from 1985 to 2020 for 105,400 lakes and reservoirs in global drylands. An increase of 2.20 km³ per year in surface water storage is found primarily due to the construction of new reservoirs. For lakes and old reservoirs (constructed before 1983), conversely, the trend in storage is minor when aggregated globally, but they dominate surface water storage trends in 91% of individual global dryland basins. Further analysis reveals that long-term storage changes in these water bodies are primarily linked to anthropogenic factors - including human-induced warming and water-management practices - rather than to precipitation changes, as previously thought. These findings reveal a decoupling of surface water storage from precipitation in global drylands, raising concerns about societal and ecosystem sustainability…”
    #water #hydrology #hydrography #waterstorage #waterresources #surfacewater #global #drylands #precipitation #rainfall #watersecurity #ecosystems #habitat #publichealth #anthropogenic #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #monitoring #geostatistics #engineering #reservoirs #infrastructure #lakes #waterbodies #globalwarming #climatechange #sustainability #planning #baseline

  4. Decoupling Of Surface Water Storage From Precipitation In Global Drylands Due To Anthropogenic Activity
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-003 <-- shared paper
    --
    “The availability of surface water in global drylands is essential for both human society and ecosystems. However, the long-term drivers of change in surface water storage, particularly those related to anthropogenic activities, remain unclear. Here [they] use[d] multi-mission remote sensing data to construct monthly time series of water storage changes from 1985 to 2020 for 105,400 lakes and reservoirs in global drylands. An increase of 2.20 km³ per year in surface water storage is found primarily due to the construction of new reservoirs. For lakes and old reservoirs (constructed before 1983), conversely, the trend in storage is minor when aggregated globally, but they dominate surface water storage trends in 91% of individual global dryland basins. Further analysis reveals that long-term storage changes in these water bodies are primarily linked to anthropogenic factors - including human-induced warming and water-management practices - rather than to precipitation changes, as previously thought. These findings reveal a decoupling of surface water storage from precipitation in global drylands, raising concerns about societal and ecosystem sustainability…”
    #water #hydrology #hydrography #waterstorage #waterresources #surfacewater #global #drylands #precipitation #rainfall #watersecurity #ecosystems #habitat #publichealth #anthropogenic #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #monitoring #geostatistics #engineering #reservoirs #infrastructure #lakes #waterbodies #globalwarming #climatechange #sustainability #planning #baseline

  5. Decoupling Of Surface Water Storage From Precipitation In Global Drylands Due To Anthropogenic Activity
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-003 <-- shared paper
    --
    “The availability of surface water in global drylands is essential for both human society and ecosystems. However, the long-term drivers of change in surface water storage, particularly those related to anthropogenic activities, remain unclear. Here [they] use[d] multi-mission remote sensing data to construct monthly time series of water storage changes from 1985 to 2020 for 105,400 lakes and reservoirs in global drylands. An increase of 2.20 km³ per year in surface water storage is found primarily due to the construction of new reservoirs. For lakes and old reservoirs (constructed before 1983), conversely, the trend in storage is minor when aggregated globally, but they dominate surface water storage trends in 91% of individual global dryland basins. Further analysis reveals that long-term storage changes in these water bodies are primarily linked to anthropogenic factors - including human-induced warming and water-management practices - rather than to precipitation changes, as previously thought. These findings reveal a decoupling of surface water storage from precipitation in global drylands, raising concerns about societal and ecosystem sustainability…”

  6. #HumanActivities exert a more significant influence on soil multifunctionality (SMF) than #ClimateChange in China’s #Drylands, and well-planned ecological restoration was likely to sustain and enhance SMF over time, particularly in hyper-arid areas.

    #GrainForGreen | #Fencing | #EcologicalEngineering | #SoilFunctions

    doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf165

  7. #HumanActivities exert a more significant influence on soil multifunctionality (SMF) than #ClimateChange in China’s #Drylands, and well-planned ecological restoration was likely to sustain and enhance SMF over time, particularly in hyper-arid areas.

    #GrainForGreen | #Fencing | #EcologicalEngineering | #SoilFunctions

    doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf165

  8. #HumanActivities exert a more significant influence on soil multifunctionality (SMF) than #ClimateChange in China’s #Drylands, and well-planned ecological restoration was likely to sustain and enhance SMF over time, particularly in hyper-arid areas.

    #GrainForGreen | #Fencing | #EcologicalEngineering | #SoilFunctions

    doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf165

  9. #HumanActivities exert a more significant influence on soil multifunctionality (SMF) than #ClimateChange in China’s #Drylands, and well-planned ecological restoration was likely to sustain and enhance SMF over time, particularly in hyper-arid areas.

    #GrainForGreen | #Fencing | #EcologicalEngineering | #SoilFunctions

    doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf165

  10. #HumanActivities exert a more significant influence on soil multifunctionality (SMF) than #ClimateChange in China’s #Drylands, and well-planned ecological restoration was likely to sustain and enhance SMF over time, particularly in hyper-arid areas.

    #GrainForGreen | #Fencing | #EcologicalEngineering | #SoilFunctions

    doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf165

  11. The ultimate neoliberal “dreamworld” – on desert sand without water
    Expat influencers sold Dubai to the world and were paid to look the other way. Now the dream is crumbling

    * "The Dubai project requires demanding visitors and expats to not think too much about the suffering or question what goes on beyond the city’s borders. And how that city came to be built in the first place."

    "The whole social contract of Dubai involves a wilful blindness to the proximity of suffering and violence. After all, Gaza is geographically close." >>
    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    * Living Well at Others' Expense: The Hidden Costs of Western Prosperity, Stephan Lessenich, 2019, Polity Press >>
    politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo

    #WesternProsperity #GlobalInequality #wealth #inequality #externalisation #mobility #Dubai #drylands #settlersociety #WilfulBlindness #CrumblingDreams #FossilFuels #oil #water #war #WarZone #ClimateCrisis

  12. The ultimate neoliberal “dreamworld” – on desert sand without water
    Expat influencers sold Dubai to the world and were paid to look the other way. Now the dream is crumbling

    * "The Dubai project requires demanding visitors and expats to not think too much about the suffering or question what goes on beyond the city’s borders. And how that city came to be built in the first place."

    "The whole social contract of Dubai involves a wilful blindness to the proximity of suffering and violence. After all, Gaza is geographically close." >>
    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    * Living Well at Others' Expense: The Hidden Costs of Western Prosperity, Stephan Lessenich, 2019, Polity Press >>
    politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo

    #WesternProsperity #GlobalInequality #wealth #inequality #externalisation #mobility #Dubai #drylands #settlersociety #WilfulBlindness #CrumblingDreams #FossilFuels #oil #water #war #WarZone #ClimateCrisis

  13. The ultimate neoliberal “dreamworld” – on desert sand without water
    Expat influencers sold Dubai to the world and were paid to look the other way. Now the dream is crumbling

    * "The Dubai project requires demanding visitors and expats to not think too much about the suffering or question what goes on beyond the city’s borders. And how that city came to be built in the first place."

    "The whole social contract of Dubai involves a wilful blindness to the proximity of suffering and violence. After all, Gaza is geographically close." >>
    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    * Living Well at Others' Expense: The Hidden Costs of Western Prosperity, Stephan Lessenich, 2019, Polity Press >>
    politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo

    #WesternProsperity #GlobalInequality #wealth #inequality #externalisation #mobility #Dubai #drylands #settlersociety #WilfulBlindness #CrumblingDreams #FossilFuels #oil #water #war #WarZone #ClimateCrisis

  14. The ultimate neoliberal “dreamworld” – on desert sand without water
    Expat influencers sold Dubai to the world and were paid to look the other way. Now the dream is crumbling

    * "The Dubai project requires demanding visitors and expats to not think too much about the suffering or question what goes on beyond the city’s borders. And how that city came to be built in the first place."

    "The whole social contract of Dubai involves a wilful blindness to the proximity of suffering and violence. After all, Gaza is geographically close." >>
    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    * Living Well at Others' Expense: The Hidden Costs of Western Prosperity, Stephan Lessenich, 2019, Polity Press >>
    politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo

    #WesternProsperity #GlobalInequality #wealth #inequality #externalisation #mobility #Dubai #drylands #settlersociety #WilfulBlindness #CrumblingDreams #FossilFuels #oil #water #war #WarZone #ClimateCrisis

  15. The ultimate neoliberal “dreamworld” – on desert sand without water
    Expat influencers sold Dubai to the world and were paid to look the other way. Now the dream is crumbling

    * "The Dubai project requires demanding visitors and expats to not think too much about the suffering or question what goes on beyond the city’s borders. And how that city came to be built in the first place."

    "The whole social contract of Dubai involves a wilful blindness to the proximity of suffering and violence. After all, Gaza is geographically close." >>
    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    * Living Well at Others' Expense: The Hidden Costs of Western Prosperity, Stephan Lessenich, 2019, Polity Press >>
    politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo

    #WesternProsperity #GlobalInequality #wealth #inequality #externalisation #mobility #Dubai #drylands #settlersociety #WilfulBlindness #CrumblingDreams #FossilFuels #oil #water #war #WarZone #ClimateCrisis

  16. Drylands (Biomes 🌍)

    Drylands are defined by a scarcity of water. Drylands are zones where precipitation is balanced by evaporation from surfaces and by transpiration by plants. The United Nations Environment Program defines drylands as tropical and temperate areas with an aridity index of less than 0.65. Drylands can be classified into four sub-types: Dry sub-humid lands Semi-arid lands Arid lands Hyper-arid lands Some authorities re...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drylands

    #Drylands #Biomes

  17. Drylands (Biomes 🌍)

    Drylands are defined by a scarcity of water. Drylands are zones where precipitation is balanced by evaporation from surfaces and by transpiration by plants. The United Nations Environment Program defines drylands as tropical and temperate areas with an aridity index of less than 0.65. Drylands can be classified into four sub-types: Dry sub-humid lands Semi-arid lands Arid lands Hyper-arid lands Some authorities re...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drylands

    #Drylands #Biomes

  18. If I were President, I'd put the armed forces and the young people to work repairing collapsing ecosystems.

    “The ultimate end to a growth economy is the same as an analogous growth: cancer. But for national economies, the victims are nature, soils, forests, people, water, and quality of life. There is one, and only one, solution, and we have almost no time to try it. We must turn all our resources to repairing the natural world, and train all our young people to help. They want to. We need to give them this last chance to create forests, soils, clean waters, clean energies, secure communities, stable regions, and to know how to do it from hands-on experience.”
    – Bill Mollison
    #permaculture #restoration #EarthRepair #earthworks #drylands #water #soil

  19. If I were President, I'd put the armed forces and the young people to work repairing collapsing ecosystems.

    “The ultimate end to a growth economy is the same as an analogous growth: cancer. But for national economies, the victims are nature, soils, forests, people, water, and quality of life. There is one, and only one, solution, and we have almost no time to try it. We must turn all our resources to repairing the natural world, and train all our young people to help. They want to. We need to give them this last chance to create forests, soils, clean waters, clean energies, secure communities, stable regions, and to know how to do it from hands-on experience.”
    – Bill Mollison
    #permaculture #restoration #EarthRepair #earthworks #drylands #water #soil

  20. If I were President, I'd put the armed forces and the young people to work repairing collapsing ecosystems.

    “The ultimate end to a growth economy is the same as an analogous growth: cancer. But for national economies, the victims are nature, soils, forests, people, water, and quality of life. There is one, and only one, solution, and we have almost no time to try it. We must turn all our resources to repairing the natural world, and train all our young people to help. They want to. We need to give them this last chance to create forests, soils, clean waters, clean energies, secure communities, stable regions, and to know how to do it from hands-on experience.”
    – Bill Mollison
    #permaculture #restoration #EarthRepair #earthworks #drylands #water #soil

  21. If I were President, I'd put the armed forces and the young people to work repairing collapsing ecosystems.

    “The ultimate end to a growth economy is the same as an analogous growth: cancer. But for national economies, the victims are nature, soils, forests, people, water, and quality of life. There is one, and only one, solution, and we have almost no time to try it. We must turn all our resources to repairing the natural world, and train all our young people to help. They want to. We need to give them this last chance to create forests, soils, clean waters, clean energies, secure communities, stable regions, and to know how to do it from hands-on experience.”
    – Bill Mollison
    #permaculture #restoration #EarthRepair #earthworks #drylands #water #soil

  22. If I were President, I'd put the armed forces and the young people to work repairing collapsing ecosystems.

    “The ultimate end to a growth economy is the same as an analogous growth: cancer. But for national economies, the victims are nature, soils, forests, people, water, and quality of life. There is one, and only one, solution, and we have almost no time to try it. We must turn all our resources to repairing the natural world, and train all our young people to help. They want to. We need to give them this last chance to create forests, soils, clean waters, clean energies, secure communities, stable regions, and to know how to do it from hands-on experience.”
    – Bill Mollison
    #permaculture #restoration #EarthRepair #earthworks #drylands #water #soil

  23. "Nearly half of the world's land is now classified as #drylands, and a new study reveals these regions are rapidly accelerating their own expansion, posing significant risks to global ecosystems and human livelihoods."

    krishijagran.com/agriculture-w
    #ClimateChange

  24. "Nearly half of the world's land is now classified as #drylands, and a new study reveals these regions are rapidly accelerating their own expansion, posing significant risks to global ecosystems and human livelihoods."

    krishijagran.com/agriculture-w
    #ClimateChange

  25. "Nearly half of the world's land is now classified as #drylands, and a new study reveals these regions are rapidly accelerating their own expansion, posing significant risks to global ecosystems and human livelihoods."

    krishijagran.com/agriculture-w
    #ClimateChange

  26. "Nearly half of the world's land is now classified as #drylands, and a new study reveals these regions are rapidly accelerating their own expansion, posing significant risks to global ecosystems and human livelihoods."

    krishijagran.com/agriculture-w
    #ClimateChange