#runoff — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #runoff, aggregated by home.social.
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The City of Santa Fe is initiating a rain water runoff program to capture and purify roadway and other nonpermeable surface runoff. It's a cool idea that I hope is successful and embraced throughout the city.
#SantaFe #NewMexico #rain #runoff #conservation #water #stormwater
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Idyllic rural NSW is a hotspot for motor neurone disease
"Our recent mortality paper shows that if you live in rural and regional Australia, you are 40 per cent more likely to die from motor neurone disease. This cannot be genetic."
"Much attention will be focused on MND hotspots which include regional centres such as Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Narrandera in the Riverina where rates of the degenerative illness are estimated to be five to seven times the national average. Other areas of concern include Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/mnd-notifiable-disease-starts/107097432
#environment #diseases #MDN #NSW #CoffsHarbour #PortMacquarie #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #water #pollution #ExtremeHeat #runoff #HABs #pesticides #epidemiology -
Idyllic rural NSW is a hotspot for motor neurone disease
"Our recent mortality paper shows that if you live in rural and regional Australia, you are 40 per cent more likely to die from motor neurone disease. This cannot be genetic."
"Much attention will be focused on MND hotspots which include regional centres such as Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Narrandera in the Riverina where rates of the degenerative illness are estimated to be five to seven times the national average. Other areas of concern include Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/mnd-notifiable-disease-starts/107097432
#environment #diseases #MDN #NSW #CoffsHarbour #PortMacquarie #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #water #pollution #ExtremeHeat #runoff #HABs #pesticides #epidemiology -
Idyllic rural NSW is a hotspot for motor neurone disease
"Our recent mortality paper shows that if you live in rural and regional Australia, you are 40 per cent more likely to die from motor neurone disease. This cannot be genetic."
"Much attention will be focused on MND hotspots which include regional centres such as Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Narrandera in the Riverina where rates of the degenerative illness are estimated to be five to seven times the national average. Other areas of concern include Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/mnd-notifiable-disease-starts/107097432
#environment #diseases #MDN #NSW #CoffsHarbour #PortMacquarie #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #water #pollution #ExtremeHeat #runoff #HABs #pesticides #epidemiology -
Idyllic rural NSW is a hotspot for motor neurone disease
"Our recent mortality paper shows that if you live in rural and regional Australia, you are 40 per cent more likely to die from motor neurone disease. This cannot be genetic."
"Much attention will be focused on MND hotspots which include regional centres such as Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Narrandera in the Riverina where rates of the degenerative illness are estimated to be five to seven times the national average. Other areas of concern include Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/mnd-notifiable-disease-starts/107097432
#environment #diseases #MDN #NSW #CoffsHarbour #PortMacquarie #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #water #pollution #ExtremeHeat #runoff #HABs #pesticides #epidemiology -
Idyllic rural NSW is a hotspot for motor neurone disease
"Our recent mortality paper shows that if you live in rural and regional Australia, you are 40 per cent more likely to die from motor neurone disease. This cannot be genetic."
"Much attention will be focused on MND hotspots which include regional centres such as Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Narrandera in the Riverina where rates of the degenerative illness are estimated to be five to seven times the national average. Other areas of concern include Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/mnd-notifiable-disease-starts/107097432
#environment #diseases #MDN #NSW #CoffsHarbour #PortMacquarie #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #water #pollution #ExtremeHeat #runoff #HABs #pesticides #epidemiology -
#Cyclospora Spreads Through Human Feces. How Did It Get Into Our Food Supply?
The large number of cases suggests that excrement entered the food system on a “surprising scale.”
By Alice Callahan and Caroline Hopkins Legaspi
July 21, 2026Excerpt: "Several cyclospora outbreaks linked to raspberries in the late 1990s illustrated one way the parasite can contaminate fresh produce, said Melvin Kramer, an epidemiologist who worked in several state and local public health departments before founding a food safety consulting group.
"In 1996, after collecting detailed food histories from people sickened with cyclospora, investigators traced the illnesses to raspberries from a few farms in Guatemala. There, investigators determined it was likely that the #insecticides and #fungicides sprayed onto the berries had been mixed with #ContaminatedWater. The farms had sourced the water from wells or a nearby river, both of which were vulnerable to #runoff from latrines, especially during the rainy season. Although the water was filtered, the filter removed only debris, not microbes like cyclospora.
"Before this year, the largest outbreak in the United States in recent history occurred in the summer of 2020, sickening 701 people in 14 states and hospitalizing 38. Federal officials linked it to Fresh Express bagged salads containing iceberg lettuce, red cabbage and carrots. They traced at least some of that produce to a farm in South Florida and detected cyclospora in a nearby #WaterCanal that had been used to irrigate crops on the farm. Later, genetic analysis confirmed that the cyclospora found in the canal water matched that found in people sickened in the outbreak, said Frank Yiannas, who was a top official at the #FDA from 2018 to 2023."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/r7zv4
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Recent Upper Colorado River Streamflow Declines Driven by Loss of Spring Precipitation
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109826 <-- shared 2024 paper
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240816121501.htm <-- shared technical article
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[it would be interesting to see the paper’s author’s updated views/analysis after the 2025/2026 (lack of) winter / record-low snowpack in the Rockies, feeding the Colorado R., etc]
#water #hydrology #waterresources #precipitation #snow #snowpack
#Colorado #ColoradoRiver #planning #allocation #aquifer #surfacewater #groundwater #vegetation #plant #phenology #watercycle #spring #rainfall #snowmelt #sublimation #hydrogeomorphology #runoff #infiltration #checkdams #engineering #keystone #species #beaver #wolf #herbivore #overgrazing #burrows #watertable #research #streamflow #evapotranspiration #restoration
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Comparative Hydro-Climatic Datasets For Catchment-Wise Linked Water Fluxes And Storage Changes Across South America
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2026.1764771 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03661-2 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6443 <-- shared paper
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https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/from-droughts-to-floods-climate-change-and-migration-in-peru | https://publications.iom.int/books/evaluacion-de-la-evidencia-cambio-climatico-y-migracion-en-el-peru <-- shared 2021 Peru hydroclimate technical article | report
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https://youtu.be/Ngbm0gsmYAw?si=haqV7t15pGkEmJB8 <-- shared overview video
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#water #GIS #spatial #mappping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remotesensing #earthobservation #Hydrology #Hydroclimatology #ClimateChange #extremeweather #WaterResources #WaterSecurity uncertainity #SouthAmerica #ClimateData #PeerReview #OpenScience #Hydrometeorology #opendata #datasets #rainfall #precipitation #fluvial #heatwave #temperature #changing #consistency #flood #flooding #drought #riskmanagement #risk #hazard #earthsystems #resilience #waterquality #waterpollution #model #modeling #monitoring #records #hydroclimate #hydrogeomorphology #review #SouthAmerica #planning #policy #sustainability #evapotranspiration #runoff #waterstorage #SAHCD -
There will be a high-pitched, continuous hum on NSW ocean beaches from shark surveillance drones
* "Shark-spotting drones will provide year-round coverage at about 70 beaches along the NSW coast as part of an expanded surveillance program announced after a Sydney mother was attacked by a suspected white shark."
"The state government on Sunday announced it would allocate an additional $34 million for shark-spotting drones, providing coverage at every ocean beach from Palm Beach to Cronulla 365 days of the year."
"About 70 beaches across the state will have year-round drone surveillance, with all Sydney beaches covered from July 1.It will also trial artificial intelligence to improve shark detection." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-28/more-funding-for-nsw-shark-spotting-drone-program/106852096* Restore confidence to beachgoers
"NSW beaches to get dawn-to-dusk drone patrols in $34m anti-shark program...We need to treat the beach like the bush. It’s the wild.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/28/nsw-beaches-to-get-dawn-to-dusk-drone-patrols-in-34m-anti-shark-program* A deep dive on sharks and the law in NSW
https://lsj.com.au/articles/a-deep-dive-on-sharks-and-the-law-in-nsw/
#uavs #drones #beaches #swimming #surfing #NSW #sharks #habitat #surveillance #MarineLife #MarineHabitat #wildlife #conservation #sewage #SewerOverflow #pollution #runoff #SydneyHarbour #waterways #MarineEnvironment #noise #birds #SharingSpaces #TheWild #TheCivilised -
A multi-stressor scenario for the ocean and waterway ecosystems:
* The ocean is 'cooked' by the combustion of fossil fuels.
* Add a generous heap of 'nutrient-rich' floodwaters (runoff) from farms and suburbia.
* Get a harmful algal bloom (HAB) disaster, killing bio-diverse marine life and threatening the hip pocket nerve of coastal dwellers."A survey found that Australians remained far more concerned about disasters such as bushfires and flooding than they did HABs, despite 22 million people living with seven kilometres of the coastline and climate change modelling predicting more frequent and severe blooms."
"The study also found Australians had a "relatively low prioritisation of disasters — and HABs in particular — when compared with everyday socio-economic concerns"...Cost of living and healthcare dominated respondents' concerns in Australia, while environmental and climate change-related risks were perceived as less pressing.' >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-25/sa-harmful-algal-bloom-public-understanding-survey-findings/106833676
#ocean #MarineLife #waterways #Biodiversity #FossilFuels #ClimateDisasters #disasters #MarineHeatwaves #ToxicBlooms #eutrophication #SystemicDisaster #MassMortalities #fish #hypoxia #FishKills #farms #fertiliser #Impervioussurfaces #runoff #pollution #Sewerage #Infrastructure #HipPocket #mindsets -
#Mushrooms help remove #sewage and #EColi from Devon rivers
2 June 2026
"Mushrooms could be used to filter out harmful waste and sewage in rivers, after a trial showed a certain fungi can destroy a type of bacteria that is a risk to human health.
"The fungi, called turkey tail mushroom, was used in part of a river in Devon and managed to filter out 80% of E. coli bacteria during the trial.
"E. coli is a type of bacteria which can be harmless and shows up in the intestines of healthy people. But certain types of E. coli can really harmful - causing vomiting, fever and severe health problems.
"During the trial, bags of turkey tail mushrooms were stacked across a riverbed, filtering water through their roots, which are called mycelia.
"The mycelia acted like a sponge, catching the E. coli bacteria to prevent it going into the river."Water industry regulator Ofwat has given Anglian Water £1.5 million to use fungi to clean up rivers because the trial worked so well.
"In another trial in Lincolnshire, a similar barricade caught 83% of phosphorus and 35% of nitrogen from rainwater running off farmers' fields.
"Farmers spread these chemicals as fertilisers, but when they wash into watercourses they can cause thick algae to form, starving fish of oxygen."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/ckgp58lp7xdo
#SolarPunkSunday #WaterIsLife #NaturalSolutions #Pollution #Runoff
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There are runoff elections in both the Democratic and Republican primaries in SC-1.
7/x
#SouthCarolina #Runoff #Primaries #Elections #USPol #Politics
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Warming seas can threaten the hidden relationship that supports seagrass meadows
"Seagrasses are often overlooked, but they are among the most important coastal habitats on Earth."
"Our findings highlight an important idea: the impacts of climate change on seagrasses can’t be understood by looking at the plants alone. The microbial communities living in the sediment can also influence how these plants respond to warming. "
"This has important implications for conservation and restoration. Around the world, seagrass meadows are declining due to coastal development, pollution and climate change. "
https://theconversation.com/warming-seas-can-threaten-the-hidden-relationship-that-supports-seagrass-meadows-278070
#seagrass #marine #ecosystems #FossilFuels #climate #HotOcean #marinas #pollution #runoff #MicrobialCommunities #LakeMacquarie #NSW #coast #erosion #ZosteraMuelleri #conservation #biodiversity -
Platypuses need threatened species recognition in NSW, researcher says
"The species was only "hanging on, not thriving" in NSW and the Murray-Darling Basin."
"There's no state or national monitoring framework for platypuses...Dr Bino said platypuses had survived Australia's natural cycles for millions of years, but were now struggling to adapt to human-driven changes. We've been disrupting the natural flow regime and fragmenting and isolating platypus populations."
"Platypus are pretty much wiped out from the mainland in South Australia. They used to occur all along the Murray but that's no longer the case." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-27/platypuses-should-be-threatened-species-in-nsw-researcher-says/106520128
#platypuses #conservation #habitat #rivers #NSW #monotremes #MDB #ThreatenedSpecies #biodiversity #water #pollution #sprawl #ImperviousSurfaces #roads #runoff #drowning #WipeoutAU -
Every NSW waterway contaminated with microplastics, study finds
" A state government study found microplastics in all 120 NSW estuaries sampled, with 19 per cent rated E for severe contamination. The Broadscale Microplastic Assessment of NSW Estuaries, conducted between 2021 and 2024, sampled 120 waterways, from remote rivers to urban estuaries." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-16/nsw-estuaries-microplastics-report/106458862
#Water #pollution #plastic #turf #packaging #NSW #runoff #rivers #contamination #wildlife #biodiversity #CoffsCreek #platypus #turtles -
Upstream Hydrology And The Importance Of Snowmelt In Buffering Droughts In The Karnali Basin In Nepal
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https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2025.1720178 <-- shared paper
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https://nepalitimes.com/banner/a-karnali-portrait <-- shared media article
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https://youtu.be/ns7jytSwpng?si=rGm90l9FC_ahHum5 <-- shared video, Megh Ale, Nepal River Conservation Trust on the Karnali R.
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#water #hydrology #hydrography #surfacewater #catchment #waterresources #Nepal #Karnali #snowmelt #drought #SPHY #model #modeling #ERA5 #Himalya #river #basin #fluvial #pluvial #precipitation #rainfall #discharge #history #record #weather #climate #snow #climatechange #watersecurity #watersupply #conservation #planning #risk #hazard #rain #runoff #baseflow #waterbalance #evapotranspiration #ET #variability #spatiotemporal #change #time #streamflow #resilience -
https://www.europesays.com/be-fr/38057/ Pourquoi consomme-t-on? Pour tenir jusqu’au bout de la nuit, pousser la confiance en soi, oublier… #BE #BEFr #Belgique #Belgium #blockage #bollards #broken #burst #city #cold #DailyLife #damp #drain #drainage #emergency #failure #flood #INFRASTRUCTURE #Leak #legs #liquid #maintenance #manhole #outdoor #overflow #pavement #pedestrians #problem #PublicSpace #puddle #road #runoff #safety #sewage #shoes #sidewalk #splash #street #urban #utility #walking #water #wet #winter
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Turbidity And Fecal Indicator Bacteria In Recreational Marine Waters Increase Following The 2018 Woolsey Fire [incl. remote sensing]
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05945-x <-- shared paper
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https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/fire-led-to-spike-in-coastal-bacteria-murky-waters-149527/ <-- shared (NASA) technical / earth observation article
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https://yubanet.com/california/woolsey-fire-led-to-spike-in-bacteria-cloudiness-in-coastal-waters/ <-- shared technical article
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https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022AGUFMGC55H0328L/abstract <-- shared (Harvard) technical article
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https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/california-fire-led-to-spike-in-bacteria-cloudiness-in-coastal-waters/ <-- shared (NASA) TECHNICAL ARTICLE
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #earthobservation #remotesensing #wildfire #runoff #sediment #marine #ocean #coast #coastal #waterquality #turbidity #bacteria #fecal #coliform #enterococcus #WoolseyFire #California #USA #statistics #regression #geostatistics #insitu #sampling #burnarea #plume #ecosystems #habitat #publichealth #environmentalhealth #monitoring -
PFAS contamination sites and dead platypus
Mapping "hazardous concentrations" of PFAS plumes on NSW waterwaysA study "found alarmingly high levels of PFOS in the livers of eight dead platypuses, collected from waterways across NSW."
"…Due to the shape of the valley, groundwater from beneath the landfill "ultimately flows towards the Ourimbah Creek catchment”.
"When you look at some of the research that's coming through, clearly it's raw water, our waterways, that we also need to be concerned about because we know PFAS gets into wildlife."
"The research that I've seen, not just in platypus, but in some other species, is really frightening. If that isn't enough to get the government to act on looking at PFAS in waterways, not just drinking water, then I don't know what is."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/pfas-contamination-investigation-ourimbah-creek-catchment-nsw/106037472"Scientists...have discovered PFOS in the livers of eight deceased platypuses collected from numerous eastern NSW rivers, from the north coast in Bellingen to the alps of Jindabyne." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-20/australia-forever-chemicals-pfas-drinking-water-platypus/104244072#rivers #water #pollution #biodiversity #wildlife #platypus #wetlands #NSW #roads #crashes #spills #landfill #runoff #petrol #PFAS #PFOS #FirefightingFoam #OurimbahCreek #Bellingen #governance
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Traumatic landscapes of plastic, pollution and exploitation
The coastline of Spain is known as the ‘Sea of Plastic’ ("Mar de Plástico”) It is the world’s largest plastic greenhouse complex with 350 square km of fruit and vegetables grown by immigrant labour for the horticultural industry. >>
https://www.behance.net/gallery/22272681/Mar-del-Plastico#Could we do the same thing to the coast of NSW?
NSW Greens to move bill to let councils better regulate berry industry as it continues rapid expansion“People move into these beautiful valleys for the lifestyle and the environment but then wake up one day and within months they are looking at an industrial-scale blueberry farm."
"Faehrmann’s bill will call for mandated buffers between intensive horticulture farms and homes and waterways, as well as strict controls on spraying, runoff and irrigation and greater monitoring of produce for pesticides."
"Blueberry farming is rapidly expanding beyond Coffs Harbour, where it began several decades ago, into the Nambucca Valley and the Kempsey area to the south, and west toward Grafton and Bellingen."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/31/australia-berry-industry-bill-nsw-greens
#rivers #water #extractivism #pesticides #MidNorthCoast #ChinasOrchard #horticulturalIndustry #regulation #runoff #pollution #plastic #PALM #blueberries #SeaOfPlastics #TraumaticLandscapes #NSWCoast #NSW #CoffsHarbour #Nambucca #Kempsey #Grafton #Bellingen #residents #habitability #NSWLogging -
Shark attacks and wastewater management practices
"...The warnings for swimming water quality and shark safety were now effectively the same. If it’s poor water, if it looks dodgy, if it smells a bit off, don’t go in, because it’s not good. You could pick up a waterborne disease, but you could also become prey for a shark.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/24/could-sydneys-creaking-sewage-system-be-linked-to-the-spate-of-shark-attacks
#ocean #WaterQuality #swimming #beach #NSW #pollution #SewageSystem #infrastructure #offshore #sewage #runoff #waste #MarineAnimals #sharks #habitat -
Evaluating The Functional Realism Of Deep Learning Rainfall-Runoff Models Using Catchment Hydrology Principles
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025WR040076 <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #surfacewater #pluvial #fluvial #rainfall #snow #snowmelt #runoff #precipitation #model #blackbox #robustness #functionalrealism #screening #parameters #accuracy #hydrologic #principles #trustworthy #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatial #mapping #GIS #spatiotemporal #USA #CONUS #AI #ExplainableAI #celerity #machinelearning #artificialintelligence #LSTM #deeplearning #evapotranspiration #waterresources #extremeweather #flood #flooding #risk #hazard #monitoring #prediction #catchments #streamflow #geomorphometry #network #flow #calibration -
Mobile Radar Provides Insights Into Hydrologic Responses In Burn Areas
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https://doi.org/10.1071/WF24163 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #radar #water #hydrology #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #massmovement #landslide #debrisflow #mobileobservatory #postfire #rainfall #precipitation #estimation #RockyMountains #streamradar #weatherradar #extremeweather # metrology #wildfire #fire #impacts #monitoring #hydrometeorological #instrumentation #burnarea #burnt #soil #basin #runoff #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remoteareas #planning #management #mitigation -
Mobile Radar Provides Insights Into Hydrologic Responses In Burn Areas
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https://doi.org/10.1071/WF24163 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #radar #water #hydrology #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #massmovement #landslide #debrisflow #mobileobservatory #postfire #rainfall #precipitation #estimation #RockyMountains #streamradar #weatherradar #extremeweather # metrology #wildfire #fire #impacts #monitoring #hydrometeorological #instrumentation #burnarea #burnt #soil #basin #runoff #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remoteareas #planning #management #mitigation -
Mobile Radar Provides Insights Into Hydrologic Responses In Burn Areas
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https://doi.org/10.1071/WF24163 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #radar #water #hydrology #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #massmovement #landslide #debrisflow #mobileobservatory #postfire #rainfall #precipitation #estimation #RockyMountains #streamradar #weatherradar #extremeweather # metrology #wildfire #fire #impacts #monitoring #hydrometeorological #instrumentation #burnarea #burnt #soil #basin #runoff #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remoteareas #planning #management #mitigation -
Mobile Radar Provides Insights Into Hydrologic Responses In Burn Areas
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https://doi.org/10.1071/WF24163 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #radar #water #hydrology #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #massmovement #landslide #debrisflow #mobileobservatory #postfire #rainfall #precipitation #estimation #RockyMountains #streamradar #weatherradar #extremeweather # metrology #wildfire #fire #impacts #monitoring #hydrometeorological #instrumentation #burnarea #burnt #soil #basin #runoff #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remoteareas #planning #management #mitigation -
Mobile Radar Provides Insights Into Hydrologic Responses In Burn Areas
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https://doi.org/10.1071/WF24163 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #radar #water #hydrology #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #massmovement #landslide #debrisflow #mobileobservatory #postfire #rainfall #precipitation #estimation #RockyMountains #streamradar #weatherradar #extremeweather # metrology #wildfire #fire #impacts #monitoring #hydrometeorological #instrumentation #burnarea #burnt #soil #basin #runoff #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remoteareas #planning #management #mitigation -
India’s ‘Lake Man’ Relies on Ancient Methods to Ease a Water Crisis
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/world/asia/bengaluru-india-lake-reclamation.html <-- shared media article
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“Anand Malligavad turned to centuries-old knowledge to reclaim dozens of lakes in the high-tech capital of Bengaluru. Now, he is in demand across India, one of the world’s most water-stressed nations…"
#water #hydrology #watersupply #waterquality #restoration #watersecurity #India #Chola #Bengaluru #lakeman #AnandMalligavad #silt #sludge #pollution #plastic #waterconservation #runoff #infiltration #lakes #groundwater #humanwaste #sewerage #rainfall #agriculture #fertiliser #waterstress #waterindustry -
India’s ‘Lake Man’ Relies on Ancient Methods to Ease a Water Crisis
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/world/asia/bengaluru-india-lake-reclamation.html <-- shared media article
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“Anand Malligavad turned to centuries-old knowledge to reclaim dozens of lakes in the high-tech capital of Bengaluru. Now, he is in demand across India, one of the world’s most water-stressed nations…"
#water #hydrology #watersupply #waterquality #restoration #watersecurity #India #Chola #Bengaluru #lakeman #AnandMalligavad #silt #sludge #pollution #plastic #waterconservation #runoff #infiltration #lakes #groundwater #humanwaste #sewerage #rainfall #agriculture #fertiliser #waterstress #waterindustry -
India’s ‘Lake Man’ Relies on Ancient Methods to Ease a Water Crisis
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/world/asia/bengaluru-india-lake-reclamation.html <-- shared media article
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“Anand Malligavad turned to centuries-old knowledge to reclaim dozens of lakes in the high-tech capital of Bengaluru. Now, he is in demand across India, one of the world’s most water-stressed nations…"
#water #hydrology #watersupply #waterquality #restoration #watersecurity #India #Chola #Bengaluru #lakeman #AnandMalligavad #silt #sludge #pollution #plastic #waterconservation #runoff #infiltration #lakes #groundwater #humanwaste #sewerage #rainfall #agriculture #fertiliser #waterstress #waterindustry -
India’s ‘Lake Man’ Relies on Ancient Methods to Ease a Water Crisis
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/world/asia/bengaluru-india-lake-reclamation.html <-- shared media article
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“Anand Malligavad turned to centuries-old knowledge to reclaim dozens of lakes in the high-tech capital of Bengaluru. Now, he is in demand across India, one of the world’s most water-stressed nations…"
#water #hydrology #watersupply #waterquality #restoration #watersecurity #India #Chola #Bengaluru #lakeman #AnandMalligavad #silt #sludge #pollution #plastic #waterconservation #runoff #infiltration #lakes #groundwater #humanwaste #sewerage #rainfall #agriculture #fertiliser #waterstress #waterindustry -
India’s ‘Lake Man’ Relies on Ancient Methods to Ease a Water Crisis
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/world/asia/bengaluru-india-lake-reclamation.html <-- shared media article
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“Anand Malligavad turned to centuries-old knowledge to reclaim dozens of lakes in the high-tech capital of Bengaluru. Now, he is in demand across India, one of the world’s most water-stressed nations…"
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Opinion: #GorhamConnector plan threatens river #Ecosystem, #HeritageTrout
Building a new road along the banks of #RedBrook will render barren a unique stretch of riparian #shoreline – with all the adverse consequences you might expect.
by C. Ian Stevenson
February 27, 2024"While proponents tout the toll-road Gorham Connector as promising to shorten commutes and relieve traffic pressure in #GreaterPortlandMaine, there has already been substantial pushback to the concept. Regardless of how much (or for how long) travel-based advantage the new roadway might bring, as proposed it will have pronounced, unambiguously negative effects to the area.
"Maine is known for its sense of place. Many components contribute to what makes the state unique and desirable. Among these is the built environment, such as the 13th-generation Smiling Hill Farm in Westbrook, which the proposed route threatens to erode, if not entirely extinguish, as an economically viable vestige of Maine’s once robust agricultural heritage. Others have amply sounded the alarm about this issue.
"But the route introduces other threats to the more naturalistic landscape. Starting at #SmilingHillFarm and running south-southeasterly to I-295 is a five-mile section of Red Brook that mostly nestles in #DenseForest. Between County Road and Running Hill Road, in particular, Red Brook occupies one of the few contiguous #undeveloped #Riverine stretches in #SouthernMaine. While unassuming in scale, Red Brook is nevertheless remarkable for supporting one of the last remaining native populations of #BrookTrout in this part of the state.
"The proposed road will immediately abut the river, sitting nearly on its banks, for as much as a mile south of the County Road Interchange. This will degrade habitat, destroying the trees whose overhanging foliage provides shade and cooling effects for these temperature-sensitive fish and creates shelter from predators. It will make barren riparian shoreline that supports the aquatic and terrestrial insects that provide the primary trout food sources. The road itself will also contribute oil, salt and other #runoff to the river, #polluting the water. As a result of these factors, this connector will likely #exterminate this population of brook trout.
"Why should we care about a small river and its brook trout? Although this is not the official state fish, the fishing community widely considers it the prize species to catch, with so-called wild populations assuming even more cherished status. Brook trout provide a link across generations and cultural traditions and belong to everyone. Human inhabitants of Maine – from the original #Wabanaki to European colonists to modern Americans – have been catching these 'native' fish for millennia. Other parts of Maine, especially further north and west, have healthy native brook trout fisheries, making Maine highly regarded nationally as a destination to catch them.
"The fact that Red Brook, in the heart of #GreaterPortland, belongs to this orbit is no small feat. Most of the area’s waterways have already succumbed to habitat loss, development, predatory introduced species, warming temperatures and increased flooding due to #ClimateChange. Red Brook provides an opportunity for future #Mainers who might not have access to brook trout streams further afield to enjoy this natural amenity. Even if you do not care about fishing, this road promises to annihilate a population of one of our state’s heritage species, as well as its scenic habitat that also contributes to #Maine’s sense of place.
"#PeterMills, the executive director of the #MaineTurnpikeAuthority, claims his organization has 'gone to great lengths to minimize impacts to Red Brook,' but clearly it hasn’t gone far enough under the current proposal. There are yet solutions.
"Citizens can express concerns at a hearing planned for March or via the Maine Turnpike Authority’s online portal. If the connector is to be built, planners need to re-route to establish a buffer zone between the connector and river – even a few hundred feet would have a positive impact. While less ideal than a complete reworking of the route, this would at least retain the primary shoreline flora and fauna and allow for run-off infrastructure. And we could re-route the road to save Smiling Hill Farm at the same time. Or better yet, we could re-consider the whole project’s merit entirely."
MTA website (make your opinion known!):
https://www.maineturnpike.com/Projects/Planning/Gorham-Connector.aspx#WorkingFarms #Sprawl
#GorhamSpur #InducedDemand #GorhamConnector
#Wetlands #Meadows
#EnvironmentalImpact #Extinction #Ecosystem
#SaveSmilingHillFarm
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Aquatic ecosystems marinated in a mixture of toxic chemicals?
"Menindee fish kills: inconsistent pesticide levels sparks calls for review of water testing methods. Experts call for review after two sets of water samples from the Darling-Baaka River reported by the state’s top scientific bodies contained different results"
“Atrazine, simazine, tebuthiuron and metolachlor are no longer approved for use in the European Union and have been classified by the European Chemicals Agency as being “very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects”, but they are still approved for use in Australia."
"Vincent Pettigrove, a professor of aquatic pollution at RMIT, said while the guideline values provided an indication of whether the chemicals of interest were at concentrations which may cause environmental harm, there were no national guidelines for “the majority of pesticides registered for use in Australia ...The guideline values are for one chemical and were therefore “unable to consider the total effects of a mixture of chemicals”.
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/27/menindee-fish-kills-pesticide-levels-testing-darling-baaka-river
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Those Seaweed Blobs Headed For Florida? See How Big They Are
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https://nyti.ms/3KNaPlq <-- shared article
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https://eospso.nasa.gov/mission-category/3 <-- NASA Missions: Earth Observing System (EOS)
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#GIS #spatial #remotesensing #mapping #NASA #satellite #water #hydrology #caribbean #research #health #publichealth #atlantic #atlanticocean #spatialanalysis #Sargassum #seaweed #algae #spatiotemporal #earthobservation #agriculturalrunoff #runoff #agriculture #pollution -
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