#watermanagement — Public Fediverse posts

How beavers can help create fire breaks as part of a drought preparation plan
#Environment #Wetlands #Beavers
#UKNature #Wildfire #Drought #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #NatureRestoration #Water #UK #WaterManagement #Management
#BeaverReintroduction
https://the-14.com/how-beavers-can-help-create-fire-breaks-as-part-of-a-drought-preparation-plan/

How beavers can help create fire breaks as part of a drought preparation plan
#Environment #Wetlands #Beavers
#UKNature #Wildfire #Drought #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #NatureRestoration #Water #UK #WaterManagement #Management
#BeaverReintroduction
https://the-14.com/how-beavers-can-help-create-fire-breaks-as-part-of-a-drought-preparation-plan/

How beavers can help create fire breaks as part of a drought preparation plan
#Environment #Wetlands #Beavers
#UKNature #Wildfire #Drought #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #NatureRestoration #Water #UK #WaterManagement #Management
#BeaverReintroduction
https://the-14.com/how-beavers-can-help-create-fire-breaks-as-part-of-a-drought-preparation-plan/

How beavers can help create fire breaks as part of a drought preparation plan
#Environment #Wetlands #Beavers
#UKNature #Wildfire #Drought #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #NatureRestoration #Water #UK #WaterManagement #Management
#BeaverReintroduction
https://the-14.com/how-beavers-can-help-create-fire-breaks-as-part-of-a-drought-preparation-plan/

How beavers can help create fire breaks as part of a drought preparation plan
#Environment #Wetlands #Beavers
#UKNature #Wildfire #Drought #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #NatureRestoration #Water #UK #WaterManagement #Management
#BeaverReintroduction
https://the-14.com/how-beavers-can-help-create-fire-breaks-as-part-of-a-drought-preparation-plan/

Hydro-Climatic Extremes And Water Conflicts In The Kamala River Basin Of Nepal
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2026.100871 <-- shared paper
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https://jvs.org.np/news/%22kamala-river-basin-20-year-water-management-strategy <-- 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

Top 10 Gardening Trends for 2025 from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society https://www.allforgardening.com/1926089/top-10-gardening-trends-for-2025-from-the-pennsylvania-horticultural-society/ #annuals #ClimateChange #drought #education #FeaturedHome #GardeningPennsylvania #GardeningTrends #houseplants #MentalHealth #pennsylvania #PennsylvaniaHorticulturalSociety #perennials #SocialMedia #sustainability #trend!! #tropicals #UrbanAgriculture #UrbanFarming #VerticalFarming #water #WaterManagement #YearInReview

Statistical Characterization Of High Flow Volumes Across The Conterminous United States Supporting Managed Aquifer Recharge
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025WR041955 <-- shared paper
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https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-06-24/california-2024-groundwater-report <-- shared media article
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#water #hydrology #groundwater #watersecurity #waterresources #watersupply #watermanagement #USA #CONUS #aquifer #ManagedAquiferRecharge #MAR #FloodMAR #depletion #overpumping #flood #flooding #recharge #planning #policy #streamflow #extremes #hydrography #highflowvolumes #HFV #model #modeling #uncertainly #siting #screening #usecase #spatialanalysis #geostatics #spatiotemporal #mapping #hydrogeomorphology

Hydrological Response To Climate Change In An Ethiopian Rift Valley Basin - A Multi-Model Ensemble Analysis
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2026.103483 <-- shared paper
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#climatechange #SWAT #multimodelensemble #hydrologicalresponse #water #hydrology #hydrography #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #Hamessa #watershed #Africa #EthiopianRiftValley #waterresources #watermanagement #climatemodel #evapotranspiration #ET #groundwater #watersecurity #CausalChainAnalysis #CCA #rainfall #precipitation #extremeweather #drought #wateryield #streamflow #planning #policy #forecasting

Hydrological Response To Climate Change In An Ethiopian Rift Valley Basin - A Multi-Model Ensemble Analysis
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2026.103483 <-- shared paper
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#climatechange #SWAT #multimodelensemble #hydrologicalresponse #water #hydrology #hydrography #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #Hamessa #watershed #Africa #EthiopianRiftValley #waterresources #watermanagement #climatemodel #evapotranspiration #ET #groundwater #watersecurity #CausalChainAnalysis #CCA #rainfall #precipitation #extremeweather #drought #wateryield #streamflow #planning #policy #forecasting

Hydrological Response To Climate Change In An Ethiopian Rift Valley Basin - A Multi-Model Ensemble Analysis
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2026.103483 <-- shared paper
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#climatechange #SWAT #multimodelensemble #hydrologicalresponse #water #hydrology #hydrography #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #Hamessa #watershed #Africa #EthiopianRiftValley #waterresources #watermanagement #climatemodel #evapotranspiration #ET #groundwater #watersecurity #CausalChainAnalysis #CCA #rainfall #precipitation #extremeweather #drought #wateryield #streamflow #planning #policy #forecasting

Hydrological Response To Climate Change In An Ethiopian Rift Valley Basin - A Multi-Model Ensemble Analysis
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2026.103483 <-- shared paper
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#climatechange #SWAT #multimodelensemble #hydrologicalresponse #water #hydrology #hydrography #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #Hamessa #watershed #Africa #EthiopianRiftValley #waterresources #watermanagement #climatemodel #evapotranspiration #ET #groundwater #watersecurity #CausalChainAnalysis #CCA #rainfall #precipitation #extremeweather #drought #wateryield #streamflow #planning #policy #forecasting

Hydrological Response To Climate Change In An Ethiopian Rift Valley Basin - A Multi-Model Ensemble Analysis
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2026.103483 <-- shared paper
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#climatechange #SWAT #multimodelensemble #hydrologicalresponse #water #hydrology #hydrography #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #Hamessa #watershed #Africa #EthiopianRiftValley #waterresources #watermanagement #climatemodel #evapotranspiration #ET #groundwater #watersecurity #CausalChainAnalysis #CCA #rainfall #precipitation #extremeweather #drought #wateryield #streamflow #planning #policy #forecasting

EFU: When We Stop Merely Measuring Reality and Start Learning Its Language

There are moments when a new unit of measurement seems, at first glance, like a technical detail. Later, it turns out to be something much more important: a change in how we think. I believe EFU may be exactly that kind of shift. It is not just another number. It is a new language for describing the flows that sustain human civilization — material, energetic, ecological, and social.

The real importance of EFU is not only what it measures, but what it reveals. It invites us to stop seeing the world as a collection of isolated data points and start seeing it as a connected system of flows. Water, energy, materials, waste, agriculture, transport, and environmental pressure are not separate stories. They are chapters of the same larger story. EFU helps make that story visible.

A New Unit, Not Just a New Label

The most interesting thing about EFU is not the number itself, but the way of thinking it encourages. When we begin to look at a problem through EFU, we no longer see only statistics. We see relationships. We see dependencies. We see thresholds, bottlenecks, imbalances, and patterns of stress that are otherwise easy to miss.

That is why EFU matters. It does not merely describe the present. It helps us ask whether a system is stable, whether it is being overburdened, and whether it can remain viable over time. In that sense, EFU is not only a measuring tool. It is a tool for understanding resilience.

Why This Could Matter More Than It First Appears

Every major historical era has had its own dominant way of measuring reality. The industrial age centered on mass, energy, and power. The digital age elevated information, data, and connectivity. The next era may well revolve around flows, pressures, limits, and ecological coherence.

EFU fits naturally into that future. It suggests that the question is not merely “how much is there?” but also:

• How does it move?
• What system is it part of?
• What does it cost?
• How long can it continue?

That is a much deeper way of thinking. It is not just accounting. It is civilizational self-awareness.

The Future Vision: When Measurement Becomes Thoughtful

What makes EFU especially exciting is that it points beyond itself. If some of the most advanced ideas in modern physics suggest that spacetime, locality, and even causality may not be fundamental, but rather emergent from a deeper layer of reality, then we are already living in a world where our old intuitions may not be enough.

EFU belongs to that broader intellectual horizon. It does not need to claim that it is “new physics.” But it can certainly be understood as a step toward a new kind of structured thinking: a way of measuring reality that is more aligned with systems, thresholds, and hidden dependencies.

In that future, artificial intelligence could become a particularly powerful partner. Not because it merely computes faster, but because it may detect patterns that are too complex for human intuition alone. If EFU is paired with AI-driven symbolic reasoning, we may not just analyze data more efficiently — we may discover new kinds of relationships:

• hidden ratios,
• tipping points,
• structural imbalances,
• and system-level laws that are difficult to express in ordinary terms.

The Intuitive Advantage

One of the strongest qualities of EFU may be its intuitive power. A good unit of measurement does not oversimplify reality. It organizes it. It makes complexity legible without distorting it.

That is especially valuable in areas like:

• water management,
• agriculture,
• energy systems,
• waste treatment,
• urban planning,
• and environmental policy.

In these fields, raw numbers often fail to communicate what is really happening. EFU can help bridge that gap. It can create a shared framework in which experts, decision-makers, and ordinary citizens can discuss the same problem in the same conceptual language.

That is a rare and valuable thing. A unit that improves understanding is more than a unit. It becomes a bridge.

A Small Concept With a Large Horizon

EFU may still be an emerging idea. It may need refinement, testing, and better formalization. That is not a weakness. In fact, it is often the mark of a genuinely important idea. The most transformative concepts rarely arrive in finished form. They begin as a direction, a hunch, an intuition that something essential is missing.

And perhaps that is what EFU is really pointing to: a civilization that no longer measures only what it extracts, consumes, or produces, but also what it sustains, balances, and preserves.

If that is true, then EFU is not a side project. It is a possible step toward a new intellectual culture — one that understands that the future will not be shaped only by growth, but by balance.

EFU: When We Stop Merely Measuring Reality and Start Learning Its Language

There are moments when a new unit of measurement seems, at first glance, like a technical detail. Later, it turns out to be something much more important: a change in how we think. I believe EFU may be exactly that kind of shift. It is not just another number. It is a new language for describing the flows that sustain human civilization — material, energetic, ecological, and social.

The real importance of EFU is not only what it measures, but what it reveals. It invites us to stop seeing the world as a collection of isolated data points and start seeing it as a connected system of flows. Water, energy, materials, waste, agriculture, transport, and environmental pressure are not separate stories. They are chapters of the same larger story. EFU helps make that story visible.

A New Unit, Not Just a New Label

The most interesting thing about EFU is not the number itself, but the way of thinking it encourages. When we begin to look at a problem through EFU, we no longer see only statistics. We see relationships. We see dependencies. We see thresholds, bottlenecks, imbalances, and patterns of stress that are otherwise easy to miss.

That is why EFU matters. It does not merely describe the present. It helps us ask whether a system is stable, whether it is being overburdened, and whether it can remain viable over time. In that sense, EFU is not only a measuring tool. It is a tool for understanding resilience.

Why This Could Matter More Than It First Appears

Every major historical era has had its own dominant way of measuring reality. The industrial age centered on mass, energy, and power. The digital age elevated information, data, and connectivity. The next era may well revolve around flows, pressures, limits, and ecological coherence.

EFU fits naturally into that future. It suggests that the question is not merely “how much is there?” but also:

• How does it move?
• What system is it part of?
• What does it cost?
• How long can it continue?

That is a much deeper way of thinking. It is not just accounting. It is civilizational self-awareness.

The Future Vision: When Measurement Becomes Thoughtful

What makes EFU especially exciting is that it points beyond itself. If some of the most advanced ideas in modern physics suggest that spacetime, locality, and even causality may not be fundamental, but rather emergent from a deeper layer of reality, then we are already living in a world where our old intuitions may not be enough.

EFU belongs to that broader intellectual horizon. It does not need to claim that it is “new physics.” But it can certainly be understood as a step toward a new kind of structured thinking: a way of measuring reality that is more aligned with systems, thresholds, and hidden dependencies.

In that future, artificial intelligence could become a particularly powerful partner. Not because it merely computes faster, but because it may detect patterns that are too complex for human intuition alone. If EFU is paired with AI-driven symbolic reasoning, we may not just analyze data more efficiently — we may discover new kinds of relationships:

• hidden ratios,
• tipping points,
• structural imbalances,
• and system-level laws that are difficult to express in ordinary terms.

The Intuitive Advantage

One of the strongest qualities of EFU may be its intuitive power. A good unit of measurement does not oversimplify reality. It organizes it. It makes complexity legible without distorting it.

That is especially valuable in areas like:

• water management,
• agriculture,
• energy systems,
• waste treatment,
• urban planning,
• and environmental policy.

In these fields, raw numbers often fail to communicate what is really happening. EFU can help bridge that gap. It can create a shared framework in which experts, decision-makers, and ordinary citizens can discuss the same problem in the same conceptual language.

That is a rare and valuable thing. A unit that improves understanding is more than a unit. It becomes a bridge.

A Small Concept With a Large Horizon

EFU may still be an emerging idea. It may need refinement, testing, and better formalization. That is not a weakness. In fact, it is often the mark of a genuinely important idea. The most transformative concepts rarely arrive in finished form. They begin as a direction, a hunch, an intuition that something essential is missing.

And perhaps that is what EFU is really pointing to: a civilization that no longer measures only what it extracts, consumes, or produces, but also what it sustains, balances, and preserves.

If that is true, then EFU is not a side project. It is a possible step toward a new intellectual culture — one that understands that the future will not be shaped only by growth, but by balance.

EFU: When We Stop Merely Measuring Reality and Start Learning Its Language

There are moments when a new unit of measurement seems, at first glance, like a technical detail. Later, it turns out to be something much more important: a change in how we think. I believe EFU may be exactly that kind of shift. It is not just another number. It is a new language for describing the flows that sustain human civilization — material, energetic, ecological, and social.

The real importance of EFU is not only what it measures, but what it reveals. It invites us to stop seeing the world as a collection of isolated data points and start seeing it as a connected system of flows. Water, energy, materials, waste, agriculture, transport, and environmental pressure are not separate stories. They are chapters of the same larger story. EFU helps make that story visible.

A New Unit, Not Just a New Label

The most interesting thing about EFU is not the number itself, but the way of thinking it encourages. When we begin to look at a problem through EFU, we no longer see only statistics. We see relationships. We see dependencies. We see thresholds, bottlenecks, imbalances, and patterns of stress that are otherwise easy to miss.

That is why EFU matters. It does not merely describe the present. It helps us ask whether a system is stable, whether it is being overburdened, and whether it can remain viable over time. In that sense, EFU is not only a measuring tool. It is a tool for understanding resilience.

Why This Could Matter More Than It First Appears

Every major historical era has had its own dominant way of measuring reality. The industrial age centered on mass, energy, and power. The digital age elevated information, data, and connectivity. The next era may well revolve around flows, pressures, limits, and ecological coherence.

EFU fits naturally into that future. It suggests that the question is not merely “how much is there?” but also:

• How does it move?
• What system is it part of?
• What does it cost?
• How long can it continue?

That is a much deeper way of thinking. It is not just accounting. It is civilizational self-awareness.

The Future Vision: When Measurement Becomes Thoughtful

What makes EFU especially exciting is that it points beyond itself. If some of the most advanced ideas in modern physics suggest that spacetime, locality, and even causality may not be fundamental, but rather emergent from a deeper layer of reality, then we are already living in a world where our old intuitions may not be enough.

EFU belongs to that broader intellectual horizon. It does not need to claim that it is “new physics.” But it can certainly be understood as a step toward a new kind of structured thinking: a way of measuring reality that is more aligned with systems, thresholds, and hidden dependencies.

In that future, artificial intelligence could become a particularly powerful partner. Not because it merely computes faster, but because it may detect patterns that are too complex for human intuition alone. If EFU is paired with AI-driven symbolic reasoning, we may not just analyze data more efficiently — we may discover new kinds of relationships:

• hidden ratios,
• tipping points,
• structural imbalances,
• and system-level laws that are difficult to express in ordinary terms.

The Intuitive Advantage

One of the strongest qualities of EFU may be its intuitive power. A good unit of measurement does not oversimplify reality. It organizes it. It makes complexity legible without distorting it.

That is especially valuable in areas like:

• water management,
• agriculture,
• energy systems,
• waste treatment,
• urban planning,
• and environmental policy.

In these fields, raw numbers often fail to communicate what is really happening. EFU can help bridge that gap. It can create a shared framework in which experts, decision-makers, and ordinary citizens can discuss the same problem in the same conceptual language.

That is a rare and valuable thing. A unit that improves understanding is more than a unit. It becomes a bridge.

A Small Concept With a Large Horizon

EFU may still be an emerging idea. It may need refinement, testing, and better formalization. That is not a weakness. In fact, it is often the mark of a genuinely important idea. The most transformative concepts rarely arrive in finished form. They begin as a direction, a hunch, an intuition that something essential is missing.

And perhaps that is what EFU is really pointing to: a civilization that no longer measures only what it extracts, consumes, or produces, but also what it sustains, balances, and preserves.

If that is true, then EFU is not a side project. It is a possible step toward a new intellectual culture — one that understands that the future will not be shaped only by growth, but by balance.

EFU: When We Stop Merely Measuring Reality and Start Learning Its Language

There are moments when a new unit of measurement seems, at first glance, like a technical detail. Later, it turns out to be something much more important: a change in how we think. I believe EFU may be exactly that kind of shift. It is not just another number. It is a new language for describing the flows that sustain human civilization — material, energetic, ecological, and social.

The real importance of EFU is not only what it measures, but what it reveals. It invites us to stop seeing the world as a collection of isolated data points and start seeing it as a connected system of flows. Water, energy, materials, waste, agriculture, transport, and environmental pressure are not separate stories. They are chapters of the same larger story. EFU helps make that story visible.

A New Unit, Not Just a New Label

The most interesting thing about EFU is not the number itself, but the way of thinking it encourages. When we begin to look at a problem through EFU, we no longer see only statistics. We see relationships. We see dependencies. We see thresholds, bottlenecks, imbalances, and patterns of stress that are otherwise easy to miss.

That is why EFU matters. It does not merely describe the present. It helps us ask whether a system is stable, whether it is being overburdened, and whether it can remain viable over time. In that sense, EFU is not only a measuring tool. It is a tool for understanding resilience.

Why This Could Matter More Than It First Appears

Every major historical era has had its own dominant way of measuring reality. The industrial age centered on mass, energy, and power. The digital age elevated information, data, and connectivity. The next era may well revolve around flows, pressures, limits, and ecological coherence.

EFU fits naturally into that future. It suggests that the question is not merely “how much is there?” but also:

• How does it move?
• What system is it part of?
• What does it cost?
• How long can it continue?

That is a much deeper way of thinking. It is not just accounting. It is civilizational self-awareness.

The Future Vision: When Measurement Becomes Thoughtful

What makes EFU especially exciting is that it points beyond itself. If some of the most advanced ideas in modern physics suggest that spacetime, locality, and even causality may not be fundamental, but rather emergent from a deeper layer of reality, then we are already living in a world where our old intuitions may not be enough.

EFU belongs to that broader intellectual horizon. It does not need to claim that it is “new physics.” But it can certainly be understood as a step toward a new kind of structured thinking: a way of measuring reality that is more aligned with systems, thresholds, and hidden dependencies.

In that future, artificial intelligence could become a particularly powerful partner. Not because it merely computes faster, but because it may detect patterns that are too complex for human intuition alone. If EFU is paired with AI-driven symbolic reasoning, we may not just analyze data more efficiently — we may discover new kinds of relationships:

• hidden ratios,
• tipping points,
• structural imbalances,
• and system-level laws that are difficult to express in ordinary terms.

The Intuitive Advantage

One of the strongest qualities of EFU may be its intuitive power. A good unit of measurement does not oversimplify reality. It organizes it. It makes complexity legible without distorting it.

That is especially valuable in areas like:

• water management,
• agriculture,
• energy systems,
• waste treatment,
• urban planning,
• and environmental policy.

In these fields, raw numbers often fail to communicate what is really happening. EFU can help bridge that gap. It can create a shared framework in which experts, decision-makers, and ordinary citizens can discuss the same problem in the same conceptual language.

That is a rare and valuable thing. A unit that improves understanding is more than a unit. It becomes a bridge.

A Small Concept With a Large Horizon

EFU may still be an emerging idea. It may need refinement, testing, and better formalization. That is not a weakness. In fact, it is often the mark of a genuinely important idea. The most transformative concepts rarely arrive in finished form. They begin as a direction, a hunch, an intuition that something essential is missing.

And perhaps that is what EFU is really pointing to: a civilization that no longer measures only what it extracts, consumes, or produces, but also what it sustains, balances, and preserves.

If that is true, then EFU is not a side project. It is a possible step toward a new intellectual culture — one that understands that the future will not be shaped only by growth, but by balance.

Integrated Data-Driven Multi-Criteria Analysis and Machine Learning Approaches for Assessment of Flood Susceptibility Mapping
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https://doi.org/10.3390/w18070844 <-- shared paper
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https://youtu.be/N7nyU1cMg5k?si=8WuXIaz4-JKPdCE0 <-- shared video, Mohmand Dam flooding
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#FloodSusceptibility #FloodMapping #MachineLearning #GIS #RemoteSensing #Hydrology #Water #EnvironmentalResearch #AHP #FAHP #climatechange #extremeweather #GoogleEarthEngine #GIS #spatial #mapping #AI #model #modeling #MohmandDam #SwatRiver #Pakistan #machinelearning #AI #criteria #parameters #indices #rainfall #precipitation #LULC #soiltexture #planning #policy #water #hydrology #hydrography #riskmanagement #risk #hazard #flood #flooding #mitigation #watershed #watermanagement #resilence

Detecting Land Use And Land Cover Changes And Quantifying Soil Erosion And Sediment Export Using GIS And Remote Sensing In The GERD Catchment, Ethiopia
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2026.100657 <-- shared paper
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https://infonile.org/en/2023/05/battling-for-survival-along-the-warming-source-of-the-blue-nile/ <-- shared technical media article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65241-7_4 <-- shared technical book chapter
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8121020 <-- shared 2016 paper
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#landuse #landcover #RUSLE #model #soil #erosion #sedimentation #GERD #catchment #NorthAfrica #Ethiopia #AbbayBasin #sustainability #landmanagement #agriculture #farmland #foodsecurity #water #hydrogology #reservior #watermanagement #watersecurity #waterresources #catchment #GrandEthiopianRenaissanceDam #BlueNile #hydrography #impoundment #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #thematic #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #landsat #elevation #DEM #CHIRPS #rainfall #precipitation #LULC #AI #forest #grazing #grassland #field #crops #cropland #waterbodies #urban #biophysical #risk #hazard #mitigation #soilquality

Changes In Dominant Streamflow Drivers As Network-Scale Flow Regime Shifts From Intermittent To Ephemeral Across A Multi-Year Drought
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https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70413 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #fluvial #pluvial #precipitation #extremeweather #California #USA #semiarid #watershed #headwaters #weather #metrology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #geostatistics #monitoring #sensors #instrumentation #insitu #drought #streamflow #ephemeral #intermittent #catchments #waterresources #watermanagement #watersecurity #planning
#coast #coastal #hydrogeomorphic #geology #climate

The Federal Government has listed the Lower Murray River as a critically endangered ecosystem, in a move that has already threatened to spark a new political battle over its management. The designated area stretches nearly a thousand kilometres from western New South Wales, through Victoria and to the ocean in South Australia. It means the highly biodiverse region will now be granted stronger protections under environmental laws.

#lowermurrayriver #criticallyendangered #murraydarlingbasin #riverprotection #australianenvironment #biodiversity #environmentallaw #watermanagement

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/lower-murray-river-now-a-critically-endangered-ecosystem-will-be-granted-greater-protections/4l6gk819q

Ensemble Deep Learning Towards High-Resolution Soil-Moisture Mapping For Enhanced Water Management In California's Central Valley
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106824 <-- shared paper
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#agriculture #crops #groundwater #pumping #monitoring #agronomic #irrigation #planning #scheduling #wateruse #sustainability #wateruse #watersecurity #deeplearning #framework #soilmoisture #downscaling #watermanagement #california #centralvalley #ensemblemodeling #model #modeling #SMAP #satellite #rootzone #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #AI #sensitivityanalysis #fieldobservation #instrumentation #fieldchecking #seasonal #crop #crops #production #foodsecurity #NVDI #NDWI #ET #evapotranspiration #MODIS #pluvial

Ensemble Deep Learning Towards High-Resolution Soil-Moisture Mapping For Enhanced Water Management In California's Central Valley
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106824 <-- shared paper
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#agriculture #crops #groundwater #pumping #monitoring #agronomic #irrigation #planning #scheduling #wateruse #sustainability #wateruse #watersecurity #deeplearning #framework #soilmoisture #downscaling #watermanagement #california #centralvalley #ensemblemodeling #model #modeling #SMAP #satellite #rootzone #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #AI #sensitivityanalysis #fieldobservation #instrumentation #fieldchecking #seasonal #crop #crops #production #foodsecurity #NVDI #NDWI #ET #evapotranspiration #MODIS #pluvial

Ensemble Deep Learning Towards High-Resolution Soil-Moisture Mapping For Enhanced Water Management In California's Central Valley
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106824 <-- shared paper
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#agriculture #crops #groundwater #pumping #monitoring #agronomic #irrigation #planning #scheduling #wateruse #sustainability #wateruse #watersecurity #deeplearning #framework #soilmoisture #downscaling #watermanagement #california #centralvalley #ensemblemodeling #model #modeling #SMAP #satellite #rootzone #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #AI #sensitivityanalysis #fieldobservation #instrumentation #fieldchecking #seasonal #crop #crops #production #foodsecurity #NVDI #NDWI #ET #evapotranspiration #MODIS #pluvial

Ensemble Deep Learning Towards High-Resolution Soil-Moisture Mapping For Enhanced Water Management In California's Central Valley
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106824 <-- shared paper
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#agriculture #crops #groundwater #pumping #monitoring #agronomic #irrigation #planning #scheduling #wateruse #sustainability #wateruse #watersecurity #deeplearning #framework #soilmoisture #downscaling #watermanagement #california #centralvalley #ensemblemodeling #model #modeling #SMAP #satellite #rootzone #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #AI #sensitivityanalysis #fieldobservation #instrumentation #fieldchecking #seasonal #crop #crops #production #foodsecurity #NVDI #NDWI #ET #evapotranspiration #MODIS #pluvial

Ensemble Deep Learning Towards High-Resolution Soil-Moisture Mapping For Enhanced Water Management In California's Central Valley
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106824 <-- shared paper
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#agriculture #crops #groundwater #pumping #monitoring #agronomic #irrigation #planning #scheduling #wateruse #sustainability #wateruse #watersecurity #deeplearning #framework #soilmoisture #downscaling #watermanagement #california #centralvalley #ensemblemodeling #model #modeling #SMAP #satellite #rootzone #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #AI #sensitivityanalysis #fieldobservation #instrumentation #fieldchecking #seasonal #crop #crops #production #foodsecurity #NVDI #NDWI #ET #evapotranspiration #MODIS #pluvial

Surface Water Transitions 1984–2022 - A Global Dataset at Annual Resolution
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06013-5 <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #hydrospatial #globe #global #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #watertransition #river #stream #lake #coast #coastal #landsat #timeseries #WCD #WTTD #OTSU #NDWI #landuse #landcover #NLDI #soil #vegetation #forest #urban #industrial #advance #recession #wetland #engineered #agriculture #floodplain #deforestration #reservior #delta #model #modeling #surfacewater #change #seasonal #climate #annual #historic #recenthistory #waterresources #watermanagement #watersecurity

Surface Water Transitions 1984–2022 - A Global Dataset at Annual Resolution
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06013-5 <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #hydrospatial #globe #global #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #watertransition #river #stream #lake #coast #coastal #landsat #timeseries #WCD #WTTD #OTSU #NDWI #landuse #landcover #NLDI #soil #vegetation #forest #urban #industrial #advance #recession #wetland #engineered #agriculture #floodplain #deforestration #reservior #delta #model #modeling #surfacewater #change #seasonal #climate #annual #historic #recenthistory #waterresources #watermanagement #watersecurity

Surface Water Transitions 1984–2022 - A Global Dataset at Annual Resolution
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06013-5 <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #hydrospatial #globe #global #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #watertransition #river #stream #lake #coast #coastal #landsat #timeseries #WCD #WTTD #OTSU #NDWI #landuse #landcover #NLDI #soil #vegetation #forest #urban #industrial #advance #recession #wetland #engineered #agriculture #floodplain #deforestration #reservior #delta #model #modeling #surfacewater #change #seasonal #climate #annual #historic #recenthistory #waterresources #watermanagement #watersecurity

Surface Water Transitions 1984–2022 - A Global Dataset at Annual Resolution
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06013-5 <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #hydrospatial #globe #global #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #watertransition #river #stream #lake #coast #coastal #landsat #timeseries #WCD #WTTD #OTSU #NDWI #landuse #landcover #NLDI #soil #vegetation #forest #urban #industrial #advance #recession #wetland #engineered #agriculture #floodplain #deforestration #reservior #delta #model #modeling #surfacewater #change #seasonal #climate #annual #historic #recenthistory #waterresources #watermanagement #watersecurity

Surface Water Transitions 1984–2022 - A Global Dataset at Annual Resolution
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06013-5 <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #hydrospatial #globe #global #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #watertransition #river #stream #lake #coast #coastal #landsat #timeseries #WCD #WTTD #OTSU #NDWI #landuse #landcover #NLDI #soil #vegetation #forest #urban #industrial #advance #recession #wetland #engineered #agriculture #floodplain #deforestration #reservior #delta #model #modeling #surfacewater #change #seasonal #climate #annual #historic #recenthistory #waterresources #watermanagement #watersecurity

Thirty Years of the U.S. National Land Cover Database - Impacts and Future Direction
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https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.25-00121R2 <-- shared paper
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“Editor's choice article for the October Issue of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing.”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #opendata #earthobservation #landcover #USA #NLCD #MRLCC #history #datacollection #impervioussurface #classifaction #landform #forestcanopy #fedscience #fedservice #deeplearning #AI #spatialanalysis #change #monitoring #usecase #research #landmanagement #management #policy #planning #support #agriculture #urbanplanning #environment #ecosystems #biodiversity #conservation #water #hydrology #humanhealth #risk #hazard #soils #naturalhazard #spatiotemporal #landchange #forestry #watermanagement #waterquality #publicsafety #groundwater #NCLA #wildfire #stormwater #extremeweather
#USGS #EROS #NASA #USFS

Open Access article on water management in medieval Trondheim, Norway, by Elisabeth Forrestad Swensen, Roos M.R. van Oosten, & Axel Christophersen:
https://brill.com/view/journals/acar/92/2/article-p244_9.xml?ebody=pdf-130820

#watermanagement #waterhistory #disease #urbaninfrastructure #publichealth #archaeology

A Planetary Boundary For Geological Resources - Exploring The Limits Of Regional Water Availability
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https://phys.org/news/2025-03-planetary-boundary-geological-resources-exploring.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk5318 <-- shared paper
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https://im-mining.com/2023/04/26/united-thinking-on-mining-water-solutions-can-save-money-and-protect-the-environment-worley-says/ <-- shared industry article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #regional #water #hydrology #waterresources #watersecurity #mine #mining #processing #minerals #criticalmetals #energy #products #services #surfacewater #groundwater #naturalresources #resources #geology #ecosphere #technosphere #watermanagement #sustainability #sustainableuselimit #waterconsumption #industry #production #constraints #mineralproduction #economy #economics #model #modeling #coal #iron #copper #gold

Performance And Accuracy Of Cross-Section Tracking Methods For Hydromorphological Habitat Assessment In Wadable Rivers With Sparse Canopy Conditions
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https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.4252 <-- shared research article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #streams #depth #bathymetry #RTK #GNSS #GPS #CPGPS #hydromorphological #hydromorphology #riverrestoration #monitoring #research #corrleation #metrics #turbidity #wadeable #canopy #vegetation #watermanagement #survey #efficient #lowcost #robust #methodology #comparasion #interpolation #SarineRiver #Fribourg #Switzerland #biodiversity #habitat #ecosystem #waterdepth #manual #treecanopy #tree #streamgaging #streamgauging #remotesensing #stream #topobathy

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