#geomorphology — Public Fediverse posts

Peatlands are carbon-rich wetlands that accumulate organic matter over millennia, but recent structural modeling reveals they possess physical limits to carbon storage, potentially cracking or sliding under their own weight before reaching previously predicted capacities.
#EnvironmentalEngineering #EarthScience #Geomorphology #Hydrology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/09/imes09142601.html

How Space Weather Could Bust The AI Boom
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https://spacenews.com/how-space-weather-could-bust-the-ai-boom/ <-- shared technical article
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https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-data-centers-electric-grid-meltdown <-- shared technical article, “AI Data Centers Pushing Electric Grid Into Meltdown”
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https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-032524-012356 <-- shared 2026 paper, “Magnetic Storms and Geoelectric Hazards”
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#AI #datcenters #infrastructure #impacts #solarstorms #spaceweather #risk #hazards #overloading #electricity #energy #powersupply #energygrid #vulnerable #transmission #energy #demand #consumers #geoelectrical #geomagnetism #blackout #damage #cost #economics #equipment #transformers #carringtonevent #NERC #grid #reliability #electricaldemand #utilities #magneticstorm #electromagneticinduction #extremeevent #historicalevent #hazardanalysis #spaceweather #history #Carrington #geoelectric #humanimpacts #risk #hazard #monitoring #network #geology #geomagnetism #impedance #rock #soil #utilities #electricaltransmission #powerlines #magnetotelluric #sensor #blackout #brownout #energy #geoelectrichazard #geoelectric #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #geomagnetism #geomagneticstorm #telecommunication #electronics #hardened #geography #mitigation #preparedness #geomorphology #geomorphometry #surfacegeology #cost #economics #disaster #impacts #technology #InternetOfThings #internet #USA #review #CONUS #numericalmodeling #realtimemonitoring #AIBoom #Bust
@North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)

Magnetic Storms And Geoelectric Hazards
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https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-032524-012356 <-- shared paper / annual review
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#magneticstorm #electromagneticinduction #extremeevent #historicalevent #hazardanalysis #spaceweather #history #Carrington #geoelectric #humanimpacts #risk #hazard #monitoring #network #geology #geomagnetism #impedance #rock #soil #utilities #electricaltransmission #powerlines #magnetotelluric #sensor #magnetometer #blackout #brownout #energy #geoelectrichazard #geoelectric #geostatics #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #geomagnetism #geomagneticstorm #telecommunication #electronics #hardened #geography #mitigation #preparedness #geomorphology #geomorphometry #surfacegeology #cost #economics #disaster #impacts #technology #InternetOfThings #internet #USA #review #CONUS #numericalmodeling #realtimemonitoring

Hanging Glaciers In Himalaya Reveal Rising Avalanche Risk
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d44151-026-00072-2 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-026-00205-8 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #risk #hazard #monitoring #engineeringgeology #naturalhazard #Himalaya #Himalayas #Alaknanda #basin #Garhwal #India #ice #cryosphere #massmovement #avalanche #glacier #hangingglacier #cryosphere #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #sentinel2 #DEM #elevation #model #modeling #GlabTop2 #unstable #hanging #BadrinathMana #impact #infrastructure #damage #HEP #urbanisation #development #population #publicsafety #demographics #glacialretreat #melting #Chamoli #disaster #earlywarningsystems #Himalayan #glaciers #instability #warming #climatechange #riskassessment #riskclassification #framework #avaflow #runout #downstream #downslope #water #hydrology #planning #policy #mitigation #geomorphology #geomorphometry

Scale Dependence In Remotely Sensed Biodiversity: Leveraging Continental-Scale Imaging Spectroscopy From The National Ecological Observatory Network [spatial analysis]
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https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.70068 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01702-5 <-- shared paper
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#spectraldiversity #spectroscopy #spatialscale #US #NEON #NationalEcologicalObservatoryNetwork #species #ecology #humanimpacts #remotesensing #biodiversity #earthobservation #GIS #spatial #mapping #scale #scale #diversity #metrics #ecosystems #spectral #richness #scaledependency #principalcompoenent #divergence #spatialanalysis #raster #topography #climate #geomorphology #regression #geostatistics #vegetation #plant #area #region #largescale #continent #forest #tree

Ice-Patch Collapse And Early-Warning Implications From A Himalayan Flash Flood - Emerging Cryo-Hydrological Hazards Under Deglaciation
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-026-00191-x
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https://youtu.be/zZXER7DocfY?si=lYOE_a6YwigP3-mB
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #glacier #glacial #cryosphere #risk #hazard #flood #flooding #flashflood #earthobservation #cryohydrology #ice #snow #water #hydrogy #Himalaya #Himalayan #extremeweather #monitoring #risk #hazard #forecasting #DharaliFlashFlood #CryosphereScience #Deglaciation #EarlyWarning #RemoteSensing #Himalayas #NaturalHazards #ClimateChange #GlacierResearch #OpenScience #highmountain #mountain #slope #steepness #erosion #fluvial #nivation #Uttarakhand #India #SrikantaGlacier #DEM #elevation #satellite #chronology #reconstruction #ablation #debris #sedimentation #debrisflow #meltwater #debris #surge #massmovement #engineeringgeology #cryospherichazard #terrain #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #earlywarning #naturalhazard #channel #topography #geography #hydrogeomorphology #geomorphology #Dharali

A Decade of Post-Fire Succession Amplifies the Effect of Wildfire on the Surface Radiation Balance and Permafrost Thaw in Subarctic Peatlands
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https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.70016 <-- shared paper
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#permafrost #thaw #Canada #NWT #NorthwestTerritories #wildfire #postfire #peatlands #ScottyCreek #vegetation #tree #toppling #geomorphology #cryosphere #geomorphetry #warming #winter #summer #climatechange #subarctic #arctic #monitoring #measurements #TaigaPlains #ecoregion #blackspruce #processes #landcover

Rethinking Policy On High Mountain Cascading Hazards
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-025-01834-w <-- shared technical correspondence
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https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/05/what-eth-glacier-researchers-know-about-the-collapse-of-the-birchgletscher-glacier.html <-- shared technical article, “What ETH glacier researchers know about the collapse of the Birch Glacier”
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#cryosphericscience #geomorphology #geomorphometry #engineeringeology #hydrology #naturalhazards #planning #mitigation #risk #hazard #policy #massmovement #risk #hazard #change #infrastructure #flood #flooding #damage #cost #geology #massmovement #naturalhazards #disaster #snow #ice #glacier #melting #climate #warmer #BirchGlacier #Switzerland #avalanche #Blatten #Nepal #SetiKohla #publicsafety #warning #GLOF #Chamoli #India #Sedongpu #Tibet #cascading #water #hydrology #slope #landslide #global

Using Beaver Capacity Models - The Importance Of Local Knowledge [habitat restoration, mitigation, etc]
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https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.70135 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #anthropogenic #beaver #habitat #restoration #multiuse #resilence #ecosystem #mitigation #extremeweather #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #ecoregions #suitability #surfacewater #dams #landscape #geomorphology #grazing #forest #tree #vegetation #sediment #runoff #energy

Development Of An Optimized Survey Workflow For Sandy Beaches With Mapping-Grade Mobile LIDAR
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https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-24-00056.1 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #beach #sandy #coast #coastal #corridor #surveying #remotesensing #LiDAR #workflow #calibration #HiWayMapper #vehicle #UTV #4wd dataprocessing #postprocessing #GNSS #navigation #imagery #pointcloud #dunes #foredunes #geomorphology #geomorphometry #rmse #error #accuracy #precision #evaluation #metrics #shoreline #seasonal #dynamics #marine #waves #erosion #deposition

Aquatic Habitat Response To Small Dam Removal Demonstrates Recovery In Three Years
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https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70323
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#water #hydrology #fish #migration #fisheries #waterquality #restoration #dam #removal #reconnecting #dams #species #aquatic #environment #protection #forested #watershed #recreation #education #fisheries #wildlife #biodiversity #barrier #species #mobility #habitat #aquatic #natural #river #stream #connectivity #fishpassage #ecology #geomorphology #geomorphometry #monitoring #stakeholders #ShappPondDam #WappingerCreek #DutchessCounty #recovery #HudsonRiverEstuary #NewYorkState #USA #impoundment #downstream #upstream #sediment #sedimentation #macroinvertebrate #impact #assessment

Landslide Susceptibility Assessment In The Marin Khola Watershed Of The Sub Himalaya, Central Nepal
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https://doi.org/10.3126/jist.v30i1.76264 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geology #engineeringgeology #massmovement #landslides #Nepal #susceptibility #MarinKhola #watershed #InfoVal #Siwaliks #Himalayas #risk #hazard #cost #infrastructure #publicsafety #lossoflife #propertydamage #damage #geomorphology #water #hydrology #geomorphometry #casestudies #spatialanalysis #water #hydrology #factors #topography #geology #soil #landuse #landcover #model #modeling #accuracy

Unaweep Canyon - Two Creeks Flow Out Of Either End Of This [Colorado] Canyon In Opposite Directions
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/unaweep-canyon <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01112.1 <-- shared paper
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[seems like a motorcycle road trip is in order - and happy to visit this beautiful part of the world again]
#geology #colorado #paleovalley #UnaweepCanyon #unaweep #precambrian #unique #divide #water #hydrology #underfit #drainage #EastCreek #WestCreek #Dolores #Uncompahgre #UncompahgrePlateau #erosion #Gunninson #canyon #Tabeguache #mapping #geologicmapping #fieldwork #Cenozoic #gravel #sediment #rockcore #coring #lacustrine #geomorphology #geomorphometry #dating #landform #volcanics #tectonics

Postfire Debris-Flow Hazards
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https://www.usgs.gov/programs/landslide-hazards/science/postfire-debris-flow-hazards <-- shared technical article / overview
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http://alturl.com/po3yj <-- USGS Post-Fire Debris Flow Hazard Assessment Viewer
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https://earthquake.usgs.gov/arcgis/rest/services/ls/ <-- Post-Fire Debris-Flow Hazards USGS spatial data / GIS Services
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #USGS #LandslideHazardsProgram #NaturalHazards #3DEP #NGP #NationalGeospatialProgram #GIRT #GeospatialInformationResponseTeam #GIS #geology #hydrospatial #hydrology #landslides #debrisflows #fires #postfire #lidar #elevationdata #hazardassessments #preparedness #massmovement #engineeringgeology #risk #hazards #impacts #cost #economics #geomorphology #geomorphometry #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remotesensing #soil #model #modeling #LosAngeles #LA #LosAngelesfires #California #wildfires #opendata
@USGS

Scientists Uncover Hidden Forces Causing Continents To Rise
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https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2024/08/scientists-uncover-hidden-forces-causing-continents-to-rise.page <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07717-1 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06193-3 <-- shared related, previous paper
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#geology #model #modeling #structuralgeology #uplift #escarpments #Africa #Brazil #tectonics #tectonicplates #plateaus #GreatEscarpment #SouthAfrica #continents #rifts #plateboundaries #mantle #upwelling #geomorphology #cratons #uplift #geostatistics #statistics #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #numericmodeling #computermodeling