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  1. On-Demand Global Landsat Evapotranspiration Product - Development, Evaluation, And Dissemination
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2026.115 <-- shared paper
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    espa.cr.usgs.gov <-- shared (open data) USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform
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    etdata.org/ <-- OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (water management)
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    usgs.gov/landsat-missions/land <-- shared USGS Landsat Collection 2 Provisional Actual Evapotranspiration Science Product
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    H/T @mac Friedrichs | Remote Sensing Scientist, KBR | USGS EROS
    “This paper summarizes new achievements in developing and distributing the Global Landsat Level-3 Evapotranspiration (ET) product. It is freely available through the USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform (2nd link above). 🛰️ …
    Since the product launch in June 2020, there have been over 1.2 million Landsat-based ET orders around the world. This indicates increasing awareness and application of the ET data to help understand and manage the relationships among food, energy, and water resources. 🌽💧 …
    It features the ESPA workflow and evaluation of the upgraded SSEBop model using a variety of observational datasets and hydrologic regions, and examination against OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (3rd link above.)…”
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    “HIGHLIGHTS
    • ESPA platform allows access to on-demand, global, Landsat-based, ET products.
    • SSEBop model has been used to create ET data since 1982 through ESPA.
    • A quick estimation of field-scale crop consumptive water use can be achieved.
    • Numerous orders reflect worldwide extensive interest and utilization of the data.
    • Method, workflow, and performance of the actual ET data are presented in the study..."
    #EROSScienceProcessingArchitecture #climate #global #Evapotranspiration #ET #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #water #hydrology #opendata #Landsat #OpenET #SSEBop #WaterManagement #Agriculture #USGS #EROS #datadelivery #food #foodsecurity #energy #water #watersecurity #model #modeling #ESPA #farming #cropland #wateruse #waterresources #workflow
    @USGS @EROS

  2. "Professor Dr Suchatvee Suwansawat, leader of the Thai Kao Mai Party, has warned in a video published on his online channels that #Bangkok has a “one million per cent” chance of being submerged below sea level if water management continues in the same way."
    nationthailand.com/sustainabil

    #sinking #submersion #naturalDisasters #water #waterManagement #waterLevel #sustainableDevelopment

  3. Hydro-Climatic Extremes And Water Conflicts In The Kamala River Basin Of Nepal
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2026.100 <-- shared paper
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    jvs.org.np/news/%22kamala-rive <-- shared 2024 technical article on planning and policy (from JVS, a Nepalese non-profit driving water resilience)
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    [My sincere thoughts to those on those the Nepal/Tibet border so very effected by the recent GLOF-style flooding; the loss of your family and friends – and ‘things’ – must be so very hard!
    May the missing individuals return safely. 🙏]
    H/T @ Prakriti Niraula | Researcher at Kathmandu University School of Arts | Urban FutureScape Pilot Project | Urban Governance | Climate and Disaster Resilience | Development Researcher
    “What happens when communities face 'too much water' during the monsoon and 'too little water' during the dry season? [Their] research in Dudhauli and Siraha municipalities [Nepal] shows that floods and droughts are not merely environmental challenges; rather, they interact with existing inequalities and vulnerabilities, intensifying conflicts over water and land resources.
    From upstream-downstream tensions following flood damage and changing water flows to competition over wells and handpumps during periods of scarcity, the findings show that hydro-climatic extremes often act as amplifiers of existing social, economic, and political vulnerabilities.
    The study underscores the importance of moving beyond managing climatic hazards alone towards conflict-sensitive and equitable water governance that addresses structural inequalities, strengthens local adaptive capacities, and supports fair water allocation and conflict resolution…”
    #climatechange #flood #flooding #drought #monsoon #precipitation #rainfall #snowmelt #dryseason #socialconflict #KamalaRiver #basin #Dudhauli #Siraha #Nepal #hydroclimate #waterresources #risk #hazard #watersecurity #hydrosocial #exteremeweather #environment #inequality #vulnerable #socioeconomic #conflict #groundwater #water #hydrology #hydrography #hydroclimate #extremes #social #economic #political #watergovernance #watermanagement #localcommunities #conflictresolution

  4. Global Performance of #RemoteSensing Based and Reanalysis-Driven Models to Estimate Open Water Evaporation
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    doi.org/10.1029/2025WR042363
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    “ABSTRACT: Evaporation plays an essential role in the water cycle, influencing local and regional climates while directly impacting water availability in lakes. However, directly measuring evaporation over water bodies remains challenging due to the high costs of installing and maintaining the required in situ instrumentation. Although several remote sensing algorithms have been providing evaporation estimates, the lack of a global validation hinders our understanding of their relative uncertainties and performances across different regions. Here, [they] analyze[d] the performance of a suite of models that leverage satellite data and meteorological reanalysis to estimate evaporation over lakes worldwide. [They] compare[d] three remote sensing-based models, one reanalysis-driven model and one ensemble approach, using in situ observations from 27 lakes representing a diverse range of geographic and climatic regions. [Their] results demonstrate that, overall, the ensemble outperformed any individual model in terms of accuracy, with a RMSE and a bias of 1.3 and 0.3 mm/day, respectively. These findings highlight the benefits of using an ensemble approach to estimate open water evaporation with satellite-based models at the global scale, leveraging the unique strengths of each model. For the individual models, differences in the representation of heat storage changes and advection effects led to lower values of RMSE and bias, depending on the location and depth of the lakes. This study sets the path for future improvement of open water evaporation algorithms globally, while remote sensing techniques are proven satisfactory to monitoring of water loss in lakes globally, an essential step toward effective large-scale water resources management.
    PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY: Water loss through evaporation in lakes and reservoirs directly affects water availability, which highlights the need to monitor these losses. However, measuring evaporation in situ is challenging and expensive. An alternative is to estimate evaporation using remote-sensing models and compare these estimates with in-situ data to verify their accuracy. Here, [they] evaluated four models and their ensemble (the models' mean value) using measurements from 27 lakes and reservoirs worldwide. [They] found that the ensemble presented higher accuracy and consistency than any individual model because it benefits from the strengths of each model. This approach can guide future improvements in estimating open-water evaporation, which is essential for large-scale water-resource management…”
    #global #mapping #earthobservation #GIS #spatial #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #water #hydrology #surfacewater #waterbody #lake #reservoir #evaporation #evapotranspiration #watercycle #weather #meteorology #usecase #waterresources #watermanagement #waterloss #regional #estimate #policy #planning #instrumentation #comparasion

  5. Hydroclimate Volatility On A Warming Earth
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    doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-006 <-- shared 2025 paper
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    newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/flo <-- shared UCLA article, “Floods, Droughts, Then Fires: Hydroclimate Whiplash Is Speeding Up Globally “
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    H/T @Daniel Swain
    “Hydroclimate volatility refers to sudden, large and/or frequent transitions between very dry and very wet conditions. In this Review, we examine how hydroclimate volatility is anticipated to evolve with anthropogenic warming. Using a metric of ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ based on the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index, global-averaged subseasonal (3-month) and interannual (12-month) whiplash have increased by 31–66% and 8–31%, respectively, since the mid-twentieth century. Further increases are anticipated with ongoing warming, including subseasonal increases of 113% and interannual increases of 52% over land areas with 3 °C of warming; these changes are largest at high latitudes and from northern Africa eastward into South Asia. Extensive evidence links these increases primarily to thermodynamics, namely the rising water-vapour-holding capacity and potential evaporative demand of the atmosphere. Increases in hydroclimate volatility will amplify hazards associated with rapid swings between wet and dry states (including flash floods, wildfires, landslides and disease outbreaks), and could accelerate a water management shift towards co-management of drought and flood risks. A clearer understanding of plausible future trajectories of hydroclimate volatility requires expanded focus on the response of atmospheric circulation to regional and global forcings, as well as land–ocean–atmosphere feedbacks, using large ensemble climate model simulations, storm-resolving high-resolution models and emerging machine learning methods…
    #water #hydrology #hydroclimate #whiplash #global #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #weatherwhiplash #ecogeomorphology #sustainability #ecology# ###
    #water #hydrology #hydroclimate #volatility #dry #wet #drought #flood #flooding #wildfire #landslide #massmovement #whiplash #global #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #weatherwhiplash #ecogeomorphology #sustainability #ecology #hydrogeomorphology #climatechange #extremeweather #anthropogenicwarming #climate #weather #connection #StandardizedPrecipitationEvapotranspiration #precipitation #rainfall #research #evapotranspiration #risk #hazard #riskassessment #disease #pandemic #publichealth #publicsafety #waterquality #watersecurity #watermanagement #hydrography #atmospheric #regional #global #forcing #climatemodel #model #modeling #AI #machinelearning

  6. [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

  7. Hygienic conditions in Pompeii’s early baths were poor: Limescale deposits in wells, pipes, and bathing facilities provide information about Pompeii's ancient water supply 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/hygienic-co

    #WaterManagement #Pompeii #geoarchaeology #carbonate #geosciences #geoscience

  8. Where ‘#DayZeroDroughts’ could happen as soon as this decade

    Story by Laura Paddison, September 23, 2025

    Excerpt: "Cities are particularly at risk as booming populations increase demand on water resources already under pressure from #ClimateChange and mismanagement. Low-income communities are expected to be disproportionately affected, the study found.

    "Some parts of the world, including the Mediterranean, southern Africa, Asia and Australia, are projected to endure more prolonged day-zero drought events with less time between each one, limiting their ability to recover, the report found. This can have devastating effects on agriculture and ecosystems, and for some particularly badly affected areas, it throws into question 'whether people might still be able to live there long term,' Franzke said.

    The findings point to the clear need to speed up the clean energy transition, he said, as well as improve water management — huge amounts are wasted through leaky pipes, for example.

    "The research should also guide industry, he added, pointing to the proliferation of water-guzzling #SemiconductorManufacturing and #DataCenters in water-stressed areas such as #Texas and #Arizona."

    Read more:
    msn.com/en-us/news/world/where

    #WaterIsLife #Rainbarrels #WaterManagement #GreywaterSystems #Greywater #Graywater #WaterConservation #NoWaterForAI #NoWaterForDatacenters #AISucks #ClimateChange #Drought #FossilFuels #DayZero

  9. 🎥Don’t miss EvoLand’s 2nd webinar:

    📅 Wed, 4 Dec | 14:00-15:30 CET
    🏢14:00: Innovations in urban monitoring
    🌊🏞️14:45: Advances in water & general land cover

    📢 Save your spot evo-land.eu/evoland-webinars-n

    #UrbanMonitoring #WaterManagement #LandCoverMapping

    @EU_HaDEA @euenvironment @DLR @cnes

  10. The #NASA Small Business Ignite solicitation is accepting proposals until Sept 21 in 5 broad areas:

    1. #HybridElectric Power for 1500-5000 lb. #Airplanes or #Drones
    2. Accelerate In-Space Production Applications in #lowEarthOrbit
    3. #EarthScience Apps that mitigate #Climate Change Impacts in the Areas of #Wildfires and #WaterManagement
    4. Commercial Development of #OrbitalDebris Tracking and remediation Services
    5. #Mining and #Mineral Processing for Earth and Moon

    sbir.nasa.gov/solicit-detail/9

  11. The #NASA Small Business Ignite solicitation is accepting proposals until Sept 21 in 5 broad areas:

    1. #HybridElectric Power for 1500-5000 lb. #Airplanes or #Drones
    2. Accelerate In-Space Production Applications in #lowEarthOrbit
    3. #EarthScience Apps that mitigate #Climate Change Impacts in the Areas of #Wildfires and #WaterManagement
    4. Commercial Development of #OrbitalDebris Tracking and remediation Services
    5. #Mining and #Mineral Processing for Earth and Moon

    sbir.nasa.gov/solicit-detail/9

  12. The #NASA Small Business Ignite solicitation is accepting proposals until Sept 21 in 5 broad areas:

    1. #HybridElectric Power for 1500-5000 lb. #Airplanes or #Drones
    2. Accelerate In-Space Production Applications in #lowEarthOrbit
    3. #EarthScience Apps that mitigate #Climate Change Impacts in the Areas of #Wildfires and #WaterManagement
    4. Commercial Development of #OrbitalDebris Tracking and remediation Services
    5. #Mining and #Mineral Processing for Earth and Moon

    sbir.nasa.gov/solicit-detail/9

  13. The #NASA Small Business Ignite solicitation is accepting proposals until Sept 21 in 5 broad areas:

    1. #HybridElectric Power for 1500-5000 lb. #Airplanes or #Drones
    2. Accelerate In-Space Production Applications in #lowEarthOrbit
    3. #EarthScience Apps that mitigate #Climate Change Impacts in the Areas of #Wildfires and #WaterManagement
    4. Commercial Development of #OrbitalDebris Tracking and remediation Services
    5. #Mining and #Mineral Processing for Earth and Moon

    sbir.nasa.gov/solicit-detail/9

  14. The #NASA Small Business Ignite solicitation is accepting proposals until Sept 21 in 5 broad areas:

    1. #HybridElectric Power for 1500-5000 lb. #Airplanes or #Drones
    2. Accelerate In-Space Production Applications in #lowEarthOrbit
    3. #EarthScience Apps that mitigate #Climate Change Impacts in the Areas of #Wildfires and #WaterManagement
    4. Commercial Development of #OrbitalDebris Tracking and remediation Services
    5. #Mining and #Mineral Processing for Earth and Moon

    sbir.nasa.gov/solicit-detail/9