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Essential Earth Observation Variables For High-Level Multi-Scale Indicators And Policies
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.12.024 <-- shared paper
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https://earthobservations.org/about-us/news/remembering-paolo-mazzetti-a-legacy-of-science-kindness-and-collaboration <-- shared author memorial
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H/T @Paolo Mazzetti | Senior Researcher at the Institute of Technologies and Environmental Intelligence (ITIAm) of CNR
“HIGHLIGHTS:
• Defining Essential Variables (EVs) to describe the global socio-ecological system.
• Setting the objectives of a new Group on Earth Observation (GEO) community activity on EVs.
• Defining criteria for selecting EVs.
• Demonstrating a fully functional workflow on land degradation.
• Presenting a new vision for the mainstreaming of EVs in science-policy interfaces..."
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Coriolis Effect ✍️

It explains why objects moving across a rotating world seem to curve from their straight path, even when no visible force pushes them sideways. Imagine throwing a ball straight across a spinning merry-go-round. To someone standing still outside, the ball travels in a straight line. But to someone riding the spinning platform, the ball appears to bend away from its path.

The same thing happens on Earth because our planet is constantly rotating beneath everything that moves. Air currents, ocean flows, and even long-range projectiles travel over a surface that is turning while they move. This creates the illusion of a sideways force, known as the Coriolis effect.

In the Northern Hemisphere, moving objects appear to bend to the right, while in the Southern Hemisphere they bend to the left. The effect grows stronger over larger distances and faster motions, but becomes almost unnoticeable in small, everyday movements.

Scientists use this effect to understand the spinning of hurricanes, the paths of trade winds, and the circulation of oceans. It reveals that motion is not always as simple as it seems when the ground beneath us is constantly in motion itself.

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Snow may pile high, yet its water runs deep. Nature hides strength in soft forms. #WeatherScience #Snowfall #ClimateEducation #WaterCycle #Hydrology #NatureFacts #WinterWeather #EnvironmentalScience #SnowToRain #EarthSystems
https://sm.stayingalive.in/did-you-know/one-inch-of-rain-fifteen.html

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