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  1. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Where The Water Once Flowed - Rivers And Lakes Dry Up As Droughts Take Toll
    (Surreal images of scorched landscapes where water once flowed, as severe droughts lead to dwindling water supplies around the world.)
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    reuters.com/pictures/where-wat <-- shared media article
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    [damn!]
    #water #hydrology #hydrography #waterresources #rivers #lakes #photojournalism #drought #climatechange #extremeweather #heatwave #temperature #watershortage #global #risk #hazard #infrastructure #watermanagement #global #impacts #watersecurity #humanimpacts #publichealth

    #water #hydrology #hydrography #waterresources #rivers #lakes
  2. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Climate Denial Didn’t Disappear.
    It Moved From The Diagnosis To The Treatment
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    forbes.com/sites/we-dont-have- <-- shared media article
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    H/T @dyckron
    "As climate disasters intensify, many governments are retreating from climate action instead of accelerating it. The article argues that this resembles denial in advanced illness; leaders accept the diagnosis while rejecting the treatment. Drawing on medicine, sociology and climate psychology, it identifies four stages of modern denial: denying the crisis, its cause, the solutions or responsibility for acting. Extreme weather alone does not build support; people must connect events to climate change and believe action is possible. Fossil fuel interests exploit this need by framing delay as affordability, competitiveness or pragmatism. The answer is to link disasters clearly to their cause, pair warnings with credible action, and present climate policy as protection rather than sacrifice..."
    #climatechange #humanimpacts #risk #hazard #publicsafety #publicsafety #denial #climatechangedenial #climateaction #extremeweather

    #climatechange #humanimpacts #risk #hazard #publicsafety #denial
  3. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    A National-Scale Database Of Groundwater Level Data For Switzerland
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    doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-073 <-- shared paper
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    H/T @RaoulCollenteur | Groundwater Hydrologist at Collenteur HydroConsult GmbH
    “Looking for a ready-to-use FAIR dataset with groundwater levels, signatures, and meteorological drivers to test new models and analysis methods to learn from groundwater level data? Why not try [the authors’] new Swiss Groundwater Database with almost 1,000 piezometers in diverse climatological and hydrogeological settings within Switzerland? 💡
    💧 Long groundwater level time series with frequent measurements
    💧 Meteorological drivers included
    💧Unique dataset in terms of hydrogeological data in an alpine setting
    … [They] hope [that they] can develop the database in the future with other variables (i.e., groundwater temperature, spring discharge, etc.) and welcome additions and collaborations to make this happen. 🌊…”
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    “Groundwater is a vital component of the global supply of freshwater, playing a critical role for human populations, agriculture, and ecosystems. Due to the complex interactions between groundwater, surface water, climate, and human activity, these systems are frequently studied using advanced data analysis and modeling techniques. The effectiveness of these methods is generally enhanced by the availability and quality of data. In Switzerland, the focus area of this study, groundwater data is fragmented and lacks a standardized nationwide compilation. Consequently, the process of conducting nationwide studies with substantial sample sizes is both resource-intensive and time-consuming. In this paper, [they] introduce the Swiss Groundwater Database, a comprehensive compilation of groundwater time series and associated metadata throughout Switzerland. The current database consists of groundwater level data from 985 monitoring wells, which were completed with additional static and time-varying variables. The environmental characteristics and climate indices were compiled and determined for each monitoring well. The database is designed to facilitate and support large-sample hydrological research related to groundwater in Switzerland and beyond…”
    #water #hydrography #database #GIS #spatial #mapping #groundwater #Switzerland #FAIR #SwissGroundwaterDatabase #opendata #hydrogeology #meteorology #weather #climate #alpine #waterresources #agriculture #ecosystems #humanimpacts #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #dataanalysis #nationwide #metadata #monitoring #wells
    @Federal Office for the Environment FOEN | @Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss

    #water #hydrography #database #gis #spatial #mapping
  4. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Clear Cut Logging Can Dramatically Increase Flood Risk
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    theconversation.com/new-study- <-- shared technical media article
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026. <-- shared paper
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    H/T @Daniel Pierce | Ramshackle Pictures
    “Here is a clear and simple breakdown of some of the latest bombshell findings out of the UBC Hydrology Lab… using a probabilistic framework, known as attribution science in the climate world. [The researchers] studied two watersheds in BC's Okanagan Valley near Summerland. In this area, they found that climate change was actually making the frequency of floods go down, but forest harvesting counteracted the effects of climate change and increased the flood risk by 10-fold (!!!) turning a 20-year flood into a flood that occurs every two years. [The H/T] truly want to know how the BC government and timber industry are responding to this new science internally. They're absolutely silent on it in public as they continue business as usual…”
    #Nonstationary #Probabilisticphysics #Foresthydrology #Floodfrequencyanalysis #Snowmelt #Causalinference #flood #flooding #forest #forestry #water #hydrology #OkanaganValley #watershed #BC #Canada #BritishCanada #clearcut #logging #harvesting #practices #climatechange #extremeweather #humanimpacts #caseexamples #floodrisk #risk #hazard #probabilistic #framework #attributionscience #policy #planning
    #UniversityofBritishColumbia | #GovernmentofBritishColumbia

    #nonstationary #probabilisticphysics #foresthydrology #floodfrequencyanalysis #snowmelt #causalinference
  5. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Sacred Sites As Refuges For Native Plant Diversity In An Urbanized Tropical Landscape [Madagascar]
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    doi.org/10.1038/s44284-026-004 <-- shared paper
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    H/T @nicolas Salliou | Senior scientist at ETH Zürich
    “When [the authors] investigated the potential for blue-green infrastructures for the capital of Madagascar,… a large team surveyed plant communities along a rural-urban gradient.
    They found that 12 Malagasy "sacred" hill settlements, situated in the core of a pre-colonial kingdom, are particularly precious as they host a high diversity of native plants. A key insights when one considers that Madagascar is a unique hotspot for biodiversity and human cultures…”
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    “In fragmented and intensively managed remnant urban green spaces, enabling natural regeneration is crucial to sustain ecosystem functioning and associated services. Natural regeneration therefore offers an important lens into ecological resilience in human-modified landscapes. Here [the authors] present one of the most comprehensive field-based assessments of urban plant diversity in the Afrotropics, comprising over 25,000 naturally regenerating woody plant individuals of 206 species (39% native) across 329 vegetation patches in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Landscape-level native species diversity declined with greater building complexity, density and socio-economic development, whereas exotic species showed no consistent associations with determinants of urban characteristics. Native species richness was highest in ‘sacred’ forest fragments, many of which contain historic remains dating back to pre-colonial times. Notably, seven of the ten most species-rich patches were located in such sites. [Their] findings highlight the potentially important role of these sites in sustaining native species diversity and indicate how socio-cultural factors can present both opportunities and barriers for tropical urban conservation and restoration...”
    #sacredsites #antananarivo #madagascar #vegetation #nativeplant #urban #greenspace #tropical #hillsettlements #spatialanalysis #survey #ecosystem #biodiversity #ecology #regeneration #humanimpacts #GIS #spatial #mapping #afrotropics #forest #forestfragments #precolonial #sustainability #diversity #native #sociocultural #restoration

    #sacredsites #antananarivo #madagascar #vegetation #nativeplant #urban
  6. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Quantifying UK Coastal Flood Exposure Under Future Sea-Level Rise To [2100 and] 2300
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    doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-749 <-- shared paper
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    theguardian.com/environment/20 <-- shared media article
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    H/T @University of Bristol School of Geographical Sciences
    “🌊 New research on long-term coastal flooding as a result of climate inaction 🌊
    … The researchers found:
    🔷 By 2100 at least an additional 0.5 million people exposed to the 1-in-200 year undefended flood extent - a 25% increase compared to present day.
    🔷 Under the most pessimistic storyline by 2300 involving significant ice-sheet instability, an additional 13 million people could be exposed to the 1-in-200 year undefended flood event.
    🔷 Under some scenarios there is a need for large-scale movement of populations and settlements away from the coast in the coming centuries…”
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    “Up to 13 million people in the UK face the long-term risk of coastal flooding due to the climate crisis, scientists have warned, with a ‘reasonable worst-case scenario’ suggesting the need for the large-scale movement of populations away from a dramatically reshaped coast…
    Sea level has risen by about 20cm around the UK in the last century and is accelerating. A further 40cm to 60cm by 2100 is already baked in, meaning about half a million more people will be at risk of their homes being flooded, on top of the 2.5 million already in danger near the coasts. Lincolnshire and the Humber estuary are most in danger…”
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    “The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report highlighted the potential for more than 15 metres of global sea-level rise by 2300. In this study, [the authors] explore the implications for UK coastal flood exposure by combining national-scale flood modelling with physically-based storylines of UK sea-level rise. By 2100 all storylines show broadly similar results with at least an additional ½ million people exposed to the 1-in-200 year undefended flood extent, which represents a 25% increase compared to present day. Under the most pessimistic storyline by 2300 involving significant ice-sheet instability, an additional 13 million people could be exposed to the 1-in-200 year undefended flood event. This would imply the potential need for large-scale movement of populations and settlements away from the coast in the coming centuries. Given current global emissions pledges, exposure increases by 1.7 million people by 2300, however up to 1 million could be avoided if Paris Agreement targets for greenhouse gas emissions are met…”
    #coast #coastal #innundation #climatechange #global #sealevel #sealevelrise #SLR #flood #flooding #climatechange #population #infrastructure #UK #England #Scotland #Wales #NorthernIreland #Lincolnshire #Humber #estuary #settlement #city #urban #mitigation #planning #policy #infrastructure #risk #hazard #humanimpacts #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #coastalflooding #climatecrisis #model #modeling #elevation #DEM

    #coast #coastal #innundation #climatechange #global #sealevel
  7. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    NOAA’s SOLAR-1 Enters New Era Of Space Weather Monitoring
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    noaa.gov/news-release/noaas-so <-- shared technical article
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    spaceweather.gov/ <-- shared NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) home page
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    nesdis.noaa.gov/our-satellites <-- shared SOLAR-1 overview and details page
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    nesdis.noaa.gov/our-environmen <-- shared overview of space weather and its risk, hazards & impacts
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    [I was lucky enough to see the launch from the Kennedy Space Center of GOES-19/U, my first launch - and love reading about the ‘ongoing story’…]
    #spaceweather #solar #monitoring #risk #hazard #impacts #humanimpacts #SOLAR1 #SOLAR-1 #SpaceWeatherPredictionCenter #NOAA #NESDIS #earlywarningsystem #monitoring #risk #hazard #mitigation #infrastructure #satellites #electric #powergrid #blackouts #brownouts #transformers #utilities #energy #aviation #nationalsecurity #defence #missileguidance #agriculture #farming #precisionagriculture #GPS #vanigation #transportation #spaceflight #LaGrange #L1 #protection #coronagraph #SWPC #NESDIS #opendata #publicgood #fedservice #fedscience
    #NOAA

    #spaceweather #solar #monitoring #risk #hazard #impacts
  8. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Closure Of The Strait Of Hormuz May Trigger A Bioinvasion Super-Spreader Event
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    doi.org/10.1007/s10530-026-038 <-- shared paper / brief report
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    theguardian.com/environment/20 <-- shared media article
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    ecomagazine.com/news/coastal/i <-- shared technical article
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    thedeepdraft.com/2026/06/08/th <-- shared technical article
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    youtube.com/watch?v=1aGz7pBF08k <-- shared technicial overview video
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    timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sc <-- shared media article
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    H/T @alejandro Bortolus | Investigador Principal CONICET
    [“consequences”, fascinating, illuminating and scary frankly!!]
    “The ongoing conflicts in the Middle East are causing substantial humanitarian, economic, and geopolitical impacts and disrupting global trade. While the human and economic effects remain the focus of most immediate concern, a pending ecological crisis is also unfolding. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz on February 28, 2026, stranded an estimated 1,500 ships in the Persian/Arabian Gulf, with hundreds more anchored in the Gulf of Oman. Prolonged stationary periods lead to substantial biofouling penalties for ships, as marine microbes, algae, and invertebrates rapidly colonize and grow on submerged surfaces. This accumulation not only impairs vessel operations but also creates significant environmental risks. A major concern is the high likelihood that these idle ships will facilitate the extensive spread of economically and ecologically damaging invasive species as they re-enter the global shipping network. Given the unprecedented scale and duration of this mass lay-up of ships, conditions are primed for a large-scale, marine bioinvasion “super-spreader” event as regular maritime trade in the region resumes. The combination of extensive biofouling growth and species accumulation, and the sheer number, size, and global reach of affected vessels, has created an immense international biosecurity threat. Here, [they] highlight the biosecurity risks arising from the closure of the Strait and provide recommendations to mitigate them. [They] urge relevant stakeholders worldwide, including ship operators, port authorities, and environmental managers, to prepare now for the backlog of ship biofouling management requirements and to implement appropriate actions to abate this extraordinary biosecurity threat...”
    #bioinvasion #superspreader #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #mapping #global #worldwide #conflict #MiddleEast #biofouling #stationary #warmwater #marine #ship #shipping #cargo #transportation #StraitofHormuz #ecology #crisis #vessel #environmental #risk #hazard #economy #impact #humanimpacts #largescale #maritime #trade #international #biosecurity

    #bioinvasion #superspreader #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #mapping #global
  9. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Mapping Deforestation Probability And Understanding The Forest Dynamics In Gazipur, Bangladesh
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2026.10 <-- shared paper
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    "ABSTRACT: Deforestation is a spiralling environmental catastrophe with impervious results for biodiversity, climate change, and human livelihoods, specifically in tropical regions. Being a tropical country, Bangladesh has experienced approximately 40% loss of its forest cover, at Gazipur since 1930, which contains about 86% of the country's Sal (Shorea robusta) forest, ranging approximately 4,300 hectares per year (2001–2010) to over 19,500 hectares per year (2011–2020), exemplifying an intensification of nearly 353%. The objective of this study is to map deforestation probability at the Gazipur district of Dhaka Division, Bangladesh, by utilising machine learning algorithms along with multi-source geospatial data, with the purpose of identifying high-risk zones and facilitating evidence-based forest governance, land-use development, and prioritizing conservation areas. This study integrated twelve conditioning factors, including biophysical, landscape, and anthropogenic. To identify susceptible zones the study trained and assessed five machine learning algorithms; RF, XGBoost, ANN, NB, and MLP and validating the result through different metrics like sensitivity, specificity, precision, accuracy, F1-score, AUC. The performance of the models was evaluated using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests and marginal response curves (MRC) were used to understand factor contributions. In the result, RF achieved highest performance with accuracy of 84% and AUC of 0.93, followed by XGBoost at 83% accuracy and 0.92 AUC. Rainfall and population density were most dominant conditioning factors among models. Pairwise statistical testing resulted that ensemble-based algorithms (RF, XGBoost) generated statistically comparable and significantly higher predictions compared to NB and MLP. Spatial probability maps indicate areas of high and very high risk in the south-western and north-eastern upazilas. The results can be applicable for forest management authorities, urban planners, and policymakers, and correspond with SDG Indicator 15. An inclusive governance framework containing land zoning, ecological area identification, and compliance with industrial EIA is proposed to persuade probability maps into adaptive forest management strategies…”
    #deforestation #probability #machinelearning #algorithms #AI #Gazipur #Bangladesh #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #rainfall #precipitation #humanimpacts #populationpressure #risk #prediction #RandomForest #conservation #restoration #environment #biodiversity, #climatechange #human #livelihood #tropical #forestcover #sal #forest #vegetation #tree #upazila #spatialprobability #geostatistics #forestmanagement #planning #policy #urbanplanners #governance #zoning #ecology #habitat

    #deforestation #probability #machinelearning #algorithms #ai #gazipur
  10. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    GMIA-NEXT - Next-Generation Global Map of Irrigated Areas |
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    doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-10085 <-- shared paper
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    zenodo.org/records/17627111 <-- shared open data
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    H/T @kyle Davis
    “Irrigation plays a critical role in global food production and climate adaptation and exercises profound influence over humanity's water use. Yet despite its critical importance, there is a persistent lack of understanding of fine-scale irrigation patterns across the planet, knowledge which is essential for informing global food security and sustainability targets. Utilizing either statistical downscaling or remote sensing approaches, existing global irrigation datasets are constrained by coarse spatial resolutions, a lack of timeliness, or varying robustness and reliability. To address this gap, here [they] integrate[d] multi-source Earth observation and environmental datasets and use[d] machine learning to develop a medium-resolution (30 metre) global irrigated area dataset for the 2023/24 growing season. Within existing cropland extent, we leverage a newly compiled set of georeferenced irrigated (N=230,683) and non-irrigated (N=153,194) ground-truth points and integrate seasonal vegetation metrics derived from Landsat 8/9 imagery with agroecological-zone information and hydroclimatic and topographic variables. [They] subsequently develop and evaluate two machine-learning frameworks, a continental Agro-Ecological Zone (AEZ) tile-based framework and a continental-scale framework, and apply the best-performing approach for each continent. Evaluation using held-out test samples yielded a global accuracy of 80.5 ± 2.1%. The resulting maps were also validated against independent global and national irrigation datasets and statistics, demonstrating broad agreement in the spatial distribution of irrigated areas. This approach is robust and reliable because it is built on a harmonized global ground-truth database, incorporates multiple predictors, and is rigorously validated using independent datasets. All code, ground-truth, and data products are freely and publicly available [link above] and can serve as a robust, scale-neutral, and fully reproducible framework for fine-resolution irrigation mapping. These advances provide the critical and long-needed foundation for near-real-time monitoring and early warning systems, and fine-scale land and water resource management…”
    #IrrigatedAreas #Mapping #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #irrigation #water #hydrology #hydrography #waterresources #farming #agriculture #opendata #remotesensing #earthobservation #geomorphometry #AI #machinelearning #LLM #model #modeling #WaterManagement #opendata #AgroEcologicalZone #AEZ #cropland #irrigatedareas #foodproduction #wateruse #humanimpacts #EarthObservation #remotesensing #earlywarning #monitoring #FoodandAgricultureOrganizationFAO #FAO
    @FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization

    #irrigatedareas #mapping #gis #spatial #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal
  11. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Watching A #NOAA #Webinar on Flash Droughts
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    noaaresearch.webex.com/wbxmjs/ <-- shared NOAA Summer Science Series individual webinar
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    drought.gov/what-is-drought/fl <-- shared NOAA overview technical article
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    star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/NOAA <-- subscribe to the NOAA Summer Science Series
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    doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-006 <-- shared paper
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    communities.springernature.com <-- shared technical article (derived from paper above)
    H/T @Jeffrey Basara PhD, MBA | Chair and Professor - Department of Environmental, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell | Co-Founder - American Prime Sustainable Solutions
    [Flash floods? not TOO hard to conceptualise.
    Flash drought? harder to 'get my head around', but H/T / presenter does an excellent job!]
    "Not all droughts are the same. In some cases, drought rapidly intensifies at subseasonal to seasonal scales with significant impacts to agriculture and water resources along with the increased propensity for heatwaves and wildfires. Like all droughts, flash drought begins with a precipitation deficit. However, both evaporative demand and soil moisture are critical flash drought variables, and identifying and monitoring the desiccation of the terrestrial surface is key for determining flash drought development and associated impacts. While recent advances in knowledge and monitoring of flash drought have occurred, fundamental questions remain in the state of the science. What are the overall mechanistic relationships between atmospheric demand, evaporative stress, terrestrial desiccation, and precipitation that drive the progression of flash drought? Do regional characteristics of the environment impact the evolution of flash drought? What are the scales of predictability for flash drought? Finally, how will flash drought frequency and intensity evolve in a changing climate system"
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    "Flash drought intensifies rapidly due to changes in precipitation, temperature, wind, and radiation. These changes in the weather increase evapotranspiration and lower soil moisture. Flash droughts can cause extensive damage to agriculture, economies, and ecosystems if they are not predicted and discovered early..."
    #water #hydrology #fedscience #publicgood #hydrologicdrought #waterdeficit #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #watersecurity #risk #hazard #humanimpacts #streamflow #riverflow #groundwater #surfacewater #climate #weather #climatechange #extremeweather #atmosphere #metrology #regional #global #farming #agriculture #fluvial #pluvial #rainfall #precipitation #cloudcover #energy #heat #temperature #ET #evapotranspiration #farming #agriculture #foodsecurity #waterresources #dynamicsystems #watermanagement #flashdrought #drought #susceptibility #monitoring #prediction #model #modeling
    @noaa

    #noaa #webinar #water #hydrology #fedscience #publicgood
  12. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Impact Of Floods On Surface Water Quality - A Systematic Review And Comprehensive Assessment
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026 <-- shared paper
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    epa.gov/system/files/documents <-- shared paper
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    “Floods, as extreme flow events, are among the costliest and devastating natural hazards. Among the various domains impacted by flooding, environmental degradation, particularly the deterioration of water quality (WQ), is one of the most impacted yet often overlooked. Therefore, it is essential to understand the nature and source of water pollution associated with flooding. This study aims to evaluate and assess multiple studies conducted globally to determine the impact of floods on WQ. A literature review and assessment of 66 studies published between 2007 and 2026 was conducted using the total comprehensiveness score (TCS). To support the scoring process, studies that scored more than 70% of the maximum achievable TCS (15.4) are considered the most detailed and comprehensive in addressing the objectives of this review. 16 studies achieved a TCS above 15.4, indicating that a limited number of studies incorporate a broader set of factors in this domain. A higher number of studies were conducted post the year 2021, highlighting both scientific progress and a growing focus on WQ impacts from disasters such as floods, beyond the traditionally emphasized socio-economic loss. Among the shortlisted studies, fluvial floods are the most frequently examined, followed by pluvial floods and coastal floods. During fluvial floods, turbidity increased by up to two orders of magnitude, while nutrient concentrations (TN, TP) typically rose by ∼ 10–30%. In contrast, pluvial floods were characterised by dilution-driven decreases in EC and TDS, with DOX, BOD and COD showing variable responses across flood types. This review evaluates flood impacts on WQ, catchment characteristics, and sources of WQ modification. The findings of the research reveal that not all WQ parameters are responsible for WQ degradation during every flood event. Rather, it is a combination of certain parameters that leads to deteriorated WQ. WQ degradation depends on interacting factors such as flood duration, extent, depth, and flow dynamics. In overall, this study provides an overview of the multiple cascading impacts of floods on WQ, along with a detailed perspective on the set of criteria that should be considered in future research…”
    #water #hydrology #hydrography #flood #flooding #criteriaassessment #waterpollution #waterquality #parameters #extremeflow #waterresources #extremeweather #waterresources #watermanagement #global #literaturereview #morphology #source #type #watersecurity #research #papers #compilation #humanimpacts #PRISMA #spatiotemporal #fluvial #pluvial #coast #coastal #risk #hazard #riverine #climatechange #EnvironmentalScience #Research #ClimateResilience #floodtype #pollution #naturalhazard

    #water #hydrology #hydrography #flood #flooding #criteriaassessment
  13. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Remote Sensing And The New Global River Science
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    doi.org/10.1038/s44221-026-006 <-- shared paper
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    “Rivers impact the well-being of humans and the environment. As they increasingly face planetary-scale stressors, it is critically important to monitor and understand rivers at the global scale. As the only synoptic resource for global primary data on rivers, satellite remote sensing has recently begun to provide unprecedented opportunities for the monitoring, understanding, and prediction of global river behaviour. Despite these advances, the role of satellite remote sensing in global river science has still not been fully explored. New satellite systems and algorithms will enable substantial improvements in river measurements, provide new answers to long-standing or newly emerging scientific questions, and eventually update basic knowledge of rivers to advance global river science. In this [paper they] explore how remote sensing has been used to study the world’s rivers, examine challenges and opportunities for further advancing our understanding of rivers using existing and upcoming sensors, and identify possible solutions and future research directions…”
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #satellite #remotsesensing #earthobservation #hydrography #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #physicalgeography #change #river #global #model #modeling #research #hydrogeomorphology #geomorphometry #riverine #humanimpacts #waterquality #waterresources #watermanagement #infrastructure #lake #reservoir #dam #impoundment #canals #avulsion #overbank #flood #flooding #erosion #sedimentation #morphology #network #downstream

    #gis #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #satellite
  14. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    How Space Weather Could Bust The AI Boom
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    spacenews.com/how-space-weathe <-- shared technical article
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    futurism.com/artificial-intell <-- shared technical article, “AI Data Centers Pushing Electric Grid Into Meltdown”
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    doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth- <-- 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)

    #ai #datcenters #infrastructure #impacts #solarstorms #spaceweather
  15. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Compound Hydrogeomorphic Cascades And Rapid Upstream To Downstream Hazard Coupling In The Eastern Himalaya
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    doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-529 <-- shared paper
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    doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-1281- <-- shared paper
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    doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-077 <-- shared paper
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    [I recognise that the photo is instead for the floods, etc in Lubra, Nepal - but felt it better showed the hydrogeomorphical setting (sic) for the 'casual' post viewer...]
    H/T @Kuldeep Dutta
    “In hilly regions transitioning rapidly to low gradient alluvial plains, localized hydrometeorological triggers can instantly scale into devastating basin wide disasters. This study dissects the September 2020 cascading hazard in parts of the Arunachal Pradesh-Assam corridor to quantify the rapid coupling between upstream hillslopes and downstream floodplains…”
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    “Extreme precipitation in the Eastern Himalaya is increasingly associated with coupled hillslope-floodplain hazards. This study examines the 17th-18th September 2020 rainfall event in Arunachal Pradesh initiating landslides and its downstream impacts in Assam, India, using multi-sensor satellite data and long-term rainfall records. Sentinel-2 imagery was used to map landslides and debris flows, Sentinel-1 SAR data to delineate flood extent, and IMD gridded rainfall (1996–2020) to analyse rainfall spell characteristics. The event triggered widespread slope failures, localized landslide damming, and a subsequent breach, generating sediment-laden flows that inundated ~ 100 km2 of the Dhemaji floodplain. A backscatter-derived Relative Flood Volume Index (RFVI) indicates spatial variability in inundation intensity, although it does not represent absolute flood volume. Rainfall analysis suggests that antecedent wetness from preceding spells preconditioned slopes, while peak daily rainfall (> 170 mm/day/) initiated landsliding. Power-law scaling shows negligible dependence of intensity on duration (R² ≈ 0.0004), whereas cumulative rainfall exhibits a stronger relationship with duration (R² ≈ 0.54). These results indicate distinct roles of rainfall intensity and accumulation in controlling landslide initiation and downstream flooding, respectively, highlighting the importance of compound rainfall forcing in rapid hydrogeomorphic cascades...”
    #EarthScience #RemoteSensing #Himalayas #NaturalHazards #ClimateChange #ScientificReports #GeospatialAnalysis #DisasterMitigation #Landslide #Flooding #alluvial #fluvial #water #hydrology #hydrography #flood #flooding #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #mountain #plain #hydrometeorological #hydrogeomorphology #ArunachalPradesh #Assam #India #hillslope #floodplain #rainfall #precipitation #extremeweather #engineeringgeology #massmovement #landslide #debrisflow #risk #hazard #monitoring #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #satellite #Sentinel #sedimentation #humanimpacts #infrastructure #damage #cost #economics #public #safety #model #modeling #downstream

    #earthscience #remotesensing #himalayas #naturalhazards #climatechange #scientificreports
  16. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    What Can Humans Learn From Beavers When It Comes To Drought-Proofing The Landscape?
    (A collaborative working in Rocky Mountain National Parks [Colorado] shares the ways its work in the Kawuneeche Valley could help in bad droughts like this year.)
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    summitdaily.com/news/rocky-mou <-- shared technical media article
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    skyhinews.com/news/field-of-dr <-- shared technical article
    --
    #water #hydrology #ecosystem #habitat #restoration #sustainability #drought #extremeweather #beaver #keystonespecies #balance #willow #wetland #marsh #beaverdam #RMNP #RockyMountainNationalPark #Colorado #Kawuneeche #diversity #watermanagement #waterresources #reservoir #vegetation #droughtresilience #waterquality #humanimpacts #grassland #KawuneecheValleyRestorationCollaborative #river #naturalprocesses #riparian #watermanagement #ecosystemresilience #watertable #groundwater #zombiewillows #beaverdammimicry #engineering #fencing #herbivores #wildfire #firebreak
    National Park Service | Northern Water | Colorado State University | TOWN OF GRAND LAKE | USDA Forest Service | The Nature Conservancy | @American Rivers

    #water #hydrology #ecosystem #habitat #restoration #sustainability
  17. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    🚨 FEMA’s Hazus v7.2 Is Here — A Major Upgrade For Disaster Risk Modeling
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    fema.gov/flood-maps/products-t <-- shared link to FEMA HAZUS download, documentation, use case, etc
    --
    [I used to work some with Hazus back in the back, but my career changed path; I still appreciate its strength and unity of purpose (sic) #alldataisspatial]
    H/T @Laban "L.J." Johnson | Founder, LJ Learn & Concordia Initiative | Crisis Support · Leadership Development · Community Resilience | Bridging worlds to help people rise
    “FEMA’s Hazus GIS platform has been updated with a new ArcGIS Pro–based version, bringing faster, more powerful tools for estimating losses from floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural hazards.
    Key updates in Hazus 7.2 include:
    • Streamlined workflows for flood and hurricane modeling
    • New Earthquake ShakeMap integration using USGS data
    • Expanded and improved results exports and reporting (including geodatabase outputs)
    • Stronger security with known vulnerabilities addressed
    • Performance improvements and optimized installation process
    • [Significantly enhanced and comprehensive summary reports for flood and earthquake are now available for download.]
    • Full integration with ArcGIS Pro (3.4–3.6) for a modern GIS experience
    This release represents a significant step forward in how hazard planners, emergency managers, and GIS professionals analyze and prepare for disaster impacts…”
    --
    “FEMA’s Hazus program provides software, data, methods, and guidance for estimating risk from natural hazards. Hazus can estimate building damages, economic losses, displaced households, casualties, debris generation and more resulting from a natural hazard event and can be used in all phases of emergency management…”
    #HAZUS #fedservice #fedscience #oublicgood #publicsafety #emergencyresponse #software #spatialdata #GIS #spatial #mapping #risk #hazard #riskassessment #naturalhazard #humanimpacts #earthquake #wildfire #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #flood #flooding #cost #damage #economic #publicsafety #publichealth #emergencymanagement #opensource #opendata #tsunami #tornado #hurricane #ShakeMap #infrastructure #planning #policy #preparedness #impacts #geology #engineeringgeology #remotesensing #earthobservation
    @FEMA

    #alldataisspatial #hazus #fedservice #fedscience #oublicgood #publicsafety
  18. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Urban Flood Observations [UFO] - A Hand-Labeled Training And Validation Dataset Of Post-Flood Inundation
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    doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.23 <-- shared paper
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    zenodo.org/records/19698577 <-- shared dataset
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    H/T @Rohit Mukherjee
    “UFO includes 215 high-resolution PlanetScope image chips and corresponding labels from 14 global flood events, with a focus on urban environments. The labels capture visible surface water in post-flood scenes.
    Labeling floods from space is hard, especially in urban areas. Building shadows, narrow channels, wet soil, complex drainage features, and mixed pixels all make it difficult. [They] spent a lot of time refining the labels, and [they] think they can be useful for benchmarking flood-mapping methods and for training flood models (if you have PlanetScope access).
    As an initial benchmark, [they have] trained a SegFormer model on the dataset and achieved a mean IoU of 77.3% under leave-one-event-out validation, where each flood event was held out entirely from training…”
    --
    “Urban flooding affects lives and infrastructure worldwide. Mapping inundation in complex urban environments from satellite imagery remains challenging due to limited spatial resolution, infrequent acquisitions, and cloud cover. [They] present Urban Flood Observations (UFO), a global, hand-labeled dataset of post-flood inundation in diverse urban settings. UFO comprises 215 image chips (1024 by 1024 pixels) from 14 flood events between 2017 and 2021, derived from 3 metre PlanetScope imagery. Each chip is annotated with two classes: 'inundated' (all visible surface water, including floodwater and pre-existing water bodies (permanent or seasonal)) and 'non-inundated'. To demonstrate the dataset's utility, [they have] trained a segmentation model using leave-one-event-out cross-validation, achieving a mean Intersection over Union (IoU) of 77.3. [They] also used UFO to evaluate two widely used surface water products, the Sentinel-1-based NASA IMPACT model and Google's 10 m Dynamic World water class, which yielded IoUs of 44.1 and 48.1, respectively. UFO is publicly available to support the development and validation of urban inundation mapping methods…”
    #UrbanFloodObservations #Urban #Flood #Observations #flooding #UFO #PlanetScope #remotesensing #GIS #spatial #mapping #opensource #opendata #floodmapping #model #modeling #floodmodels #infrastructure #water #hydrology #extremeweather #hydrography #humanimpacts #cost #economics #risk #hazard #segmentationmodel #elevation #topography #surfacewater #satellite #senteniel #IMPACT #testcases

    #urbanfloodobservations #urban #flood #observations #flooding #ufo
  19. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    The Growing Threat of Flooding on Transportation Infrastructure Across Texas Through 2100
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    doi.org/10.1029/2026EF008207 <--shared paper
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    H/T @Rakibul Ahasan
    “[The researchers] modeled flood susceptibility across Texas at 30 m resolution and projected how it shifts through 2100. The headline is not just that flood risk grows, but that it moves, into places current planning and regulatory maps are not watching. The July 2025 Kerrville flooding sat squarely inside the kind of inland hazard expansion this model projects.
    KEY TAKEAWAYS:
    ● 95% of new flood exposure by 2100 is inland, away from the coast, shifting the resilience problem into interior river basins that planning has historically deprioritized.
    ● Where [they] benchmarked against FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer, the model flags substantial hidden risk in rapidly urbanizing peri-urban areas, most notably in Greater Houston.
    ● Climate change alone expands the flood-susceptible footprint by 10–12% by 2100, before any new road or land-use development, so this is a conservative floor, not a ceiling.
    ● Half the state's roads and rail and 80% of its bridges already sit in flood-susceptible zones today.
    ● [They] accounted for both factor-importance and spatial-scale uncertainty, using a Monte Carlo weight-perturbation ensemble and multiscale analysis across nested neighborhoods.
    The practical takeaway: this is a statewide screening layer, not a replacement for site-level hydraulic studies. It shows planners and policymakers where the gap between today's protection and tomorrow's risk is widest, and where unmapped peri-urban growth is walking into exposure that regulatory maps still call safe…”
    #water #hydrology #hydrography #extremeweather #flood #flooding #Texas #TX #USA #transportation #infrastructure #humanimpacts #risk #hazard #cost #economics #floodsusceptibility #GIS #spatial #mapping #raster #elevation #modeling #model #spatialanalysis #planning #regulation #warning #Kerrville #hazardmapping #floodexposure #inland #coast #urban #urbanisation #development #growth #Houston #lowlying #climatechange #landuse #development #geostatstics #MonteCarlo #regionalscreening #naturalhazard #infrastructureresilience #floodmapping #hydrogeomorphology #geomorphometry #aginginfrastructure

    #water #hydrology #hydrography #extremeweather #flood #flooding
  20. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    [G]lobal Decline In Endorheic Basin Water Storages
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    doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-026 <-- shared paper
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    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorhei <-- shared Wikipedia page
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    “Endorheic (hydrologically landlocked) basins spatially concur with arid/semi-arid climates. Given limited precipitation but high potential evaporation, their water storage is vulnerable to subtle flux perturbations, which are exacerbated by global warming and human activities. Increasing regional evidence suggests a probably recent net decline in endorheic water storage, but this remains unquantified at a global scale. By integrating satellite observations and hydrological modelling, [they] reveal[ed] that during 2002–2016 the global endorheic system experienced a widespread water loss of about 106.3 Gt/yr, attributed to comparable losses in surface water, soil moisture and groundwater. This decadal decline, disparate from water storage fluctuations in exorheic basins, appears less sensitive to El Niño–Southern Oscillation-driven climate variability, which implies a possible response to longer-term climate conditions and human water management. In the mass-conserved hydrosphere, such an endorheic water loss not only exacerbates local water stress, but also imposes excess water on exorheic basins, leading to a potential sea level rise that matches the contribution of nearly half of the land glacier retreat (excluding Greenland and Antarctica). Given these dual ramifications, [they] suggest the necessity for long-term monitoring of water storage variation in the global endorheic system and the inclusion of its net contribution to future sea level budgeting…”
    #water #hydrology #hydrography #global #waterresources #waterstorage #Endorheic #Basin #watersecurity #arid #semiarid #rainfall #precipitation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #globalwarming #climatechange #humanimpacts #anthropogenic #regional #remotesensing #GIS #spatial #mapping #earthobservation #surfacewater #groundwater #soilmoisture #exorheic #watermanagement #hydrosphere #waterstress #SLR #sealevelrise #monitoring #waterbudgets

    #water #hydrology #hydrography #global #waterresources #waterstorage
  21. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Magnetic Storms And Geoelectric Hazards
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    doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth- <-- 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

    #magneticstorm #electromagneticinduction #extremeevent #historicalevent #hazardanalysis #spaceweather
  22. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    #NoNaturalDisasters [UN]
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    undrr.org/our-impact/campaigns | nonaturaldisasters.com/ <-- shared technical articles
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    #Resilience #ClimateAction #Governance #risk #hazard #riskassessment #naturalhazard #disaster #humanimpacts #engineeringgeology #NoNaturalDisasters #natural #nature #earthquake #storm #flood #flooding #tsunami #volcano #desertification #wildfire #fires #publicsafety #planning #policy #preparedness #ISO31000 #monitoring #buildingcodes #engineering #landuse #earlywarning #humanmaderisk #exposure #vulnerability #socioeconomic #ecosystems #habitat #livelihoods #farming #infrastructure #buildings #structures #industrial #cost #recovery #economics #homes #extremeweather #hurricane #tornado #resilience #sustainability #poverty #assessment #UNDRR #UN #riskreduction
    @United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

    #nonaturaldisasters #resilience #climateaction #governance #risk #hazard
  23. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Erin Brockovich Asks Americans For Help As She Launches Data Center Map
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    newsweek.com/erin-brockovich-a <-- shared media article
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    brockovichdatacenter.com/ <-- shared Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting web site
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    youtu.be/fp5ozQraKf4?si=7qu3g7 <-- shared media video, @cbs Sunday Morning, “Nationwide boom in AI data centers stirs resistance”
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    #GIS #spatial #mapping #USA #nation #AI #datacenters #waterresources #utilities #energyconsumption #water #hydrology #hydrography #watermanagement #community #humanimpacts #costs #economics #ewaste #noise #risk #hazard #electricity #localcommunities #taxbreaks #cooling #energy #highenergyusage #infrastructure #landuse #environment #ecology #public #skepticism #environmentalimpact #scalability #growth #Virginia #Utah #Texas #Ohio #Arizona #Georgia
    #ErinBrockovichFoundation #ErinBrockovich

    #gis #spatial #mapping #usa #nation #ai
  24. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Human Disturbances Dominated The Unprecedentedly High Frequency Of Yellow River Flood Over The Last Millennium
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    doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf8576 <-- shared paper
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    smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ <-- shared technical article
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    #humanimpacts #anthropogenic #water #hydrography #hydrology #flood #flooding #river #catchment #engineering #riverine #YellowRiver #China #climatechange #extremeweather #floodhazard #risk #hazard #history #historic #sediment #reconstruction #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #levee #breaches #Holocene #geologic #fluvial #sustainability #planning #management #watermanagement #stress #change #dating #radiocarbon #OSL #sampling #paleoflood #overtopping #slackwater #sedimentation #model #modeling #embankment #riverstage #dams

    #humanimpacts #anthropogenic #water #hydrography #hydrology #flood
  25. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    A 481-Metre-High Landslide-Tsunami In A Cruise Ship–Frequented Alaska Fjord
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    doi.org/10.1126/science.aec3187 <-- shared paper
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    nytimes.com/2026/05/06/science <-- shared media article
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    #naturalhazard #glacier #glacial #melting #risk #hazard #climatechance #extremeweather #tsunami #runup #riskassessment #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #cryosphere #disaster #publicsafety #damage #infrastructure #Alaska #fjord #landslide #massmovement #engineeringeology #geology #cruiseship #humanimpacts #water #hydrology #caseexample #monitoring #coast #coastal #marine #wave #microseismicity #remotesensing #earthobservation #tourism #averteddisaster #readiness #awareness #planning #safety #deglaciating

    #naturalhazard #glacier #glacial #melting #risk #hazard
  26. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Characterizing Wildfire Behavior With ECOSTRESS Land Surface Temperature Across Four California Case Studies
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026. <-- shared paper
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    #GIS #spatial #mapping #ECOSTRESS #remotesensing #earthobservation #wildfire #increased #frequency #intensity #forestfire #monitoring #hotspot #detection #Rateofspread #HotspotBurn #severity #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #VIIRS #fireradiativepower #FRP #landsurface #temperature #California #casestudy #burn #severity #dNBR #landsat #satellite #WesternUSA #extremeweather #climatechange #water #hydrology #hydrometeorology #drought #humanactivity #humanimpacts #ECOsystemSpaceborneThermalRadiometerExperimentonSpaceStation #ISS #spacestation #LST #rateofspread
    @nasa

    #gis #spatial #mapping #ecostress #remotesensing #earthobservation
  27. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Satellite Imagery Reveals Increasing Volatility In Human Night-Time Activity
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    doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-102 <-- shared paper
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    ee-downloading.projects.earthe <-- shared associated web map
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    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a <-- shared technical media article
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    svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5634/ <-- shared NASA technical article with videos showing global change over time
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    #GIS #spatial #mapping #global #spatialanalysis #spationtemporal #NightTime #lights #ALAN #artificiallightatnight #humanimpacts #remotesensing #earthobservation #change #lightradiance #dynamic #NASAEarthObservatory #NASA #monitoring #abrupt #gradual #volatility #urban #policy #planning #ecology
    @nasa | @nasa Earth Observatory

    #gis #spatial #mapping #global #spatialanalysis #spationtemporal
  28. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Aquatic Disease And Pathogen Repository (Aquadepth) To Track, Evaluate, And Ultimately Predict Aquatic Disease Outbreaks Across The Nation [inc. spatial, USA]
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    usgs.gov/centers/western-fishe <-- shared technical article
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    #fedscience #publicgood #foodsecurity #health #fish #fisheries #coral #sampling #mitigation #animalhealth #naturalresources #ecosystems #environment #habitat #aquaculture #economics #planning #impacts #humanimpacts #AquaDePTH #aquatic #disease #pathogen #database #spatial #GIS #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #surveillance #monitoring #USA #opendata #biogeographic #nationwide
    @USGS

    #fedscience #publicgood #foodsecurity #health #fish #fisheries
  29. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Scale Dependence In Remotely Sensed Biodiversity: Leveraging Continental-Scale Imaging Spectroscopy From The National Ecological Observatory Network [spatial analysis]
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    doi.org/10.1002/rse2.70068 <-- shared paper
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    doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-017 <-- 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

    #spectraldiversity #spectroscopy #spatialscale #us #neon #nationalecologicalobservatorynetwork
  30. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Assessment of Shoreline Change in Southeast Ireland Using Geospatial Techniques
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    doi.org/10.3390/su18073280 <-- shared paper
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    "... KEY INSIGHTS:
    • Coastlines are highly dynamic — 57% accretion vs 42% erosion
    • Strong contrasts between east-facing (Irish Sea) and south-facing (Atlantic) coasts
    • Identification of critical erosion hotspots (e.g., Tramore) and accretion zones in embayments
    • Coastal change is driven by a combination of wave climate, sediment availability, geology, and human activity
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    #GIS #spatial #mapping #Ireland #coast #coastal #dynamics #erosion #accretion #shoreline #change #digitalshoreline #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remotesensing #earthobservation #SoutheastIreland #embayments #wave #climate #stormsurge #geology #humanimpacts #coastalmanagement #risk #hazard #mitigation #sealevel #RSL #risingsealevels #climatechanage #adaption #extremeweather #stormintensity #planning #monitoring #sustainable #Landsat #satellite #regional

    #gis #spatial #mapping #ireland #coast #coastal