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Remote Sensing And GIS-Supported Framework Of Pre-Monsoon Drought Assessment In Bangladesh (2000–2022) Using CHIRPS-Based SPI-3 And MODIS-Derived Vegetation And Temperature Indices
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-026-12848-x <-- shared paper
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H/T MD. ABDULLAH AL MAMUNM | Studying PhD in Rural and Environmental Sciences
“১ বছর ২০ দিন লেগে গেল! প্রথম ৪ জন রিভিউয়ারের প্রায় ৫০+ কমেন্টের পর মনে হয়েছিল আর এগোব না। তবে আমার সুপারভাইজার বলেছিলেন, “রিজেকশনের চেয়ে কমেন্ট ফেস করা ভালো।”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #Bangladesh #earthobservation #water #hydrology #premoonsoon #moonsoon #drought #CHIRPS #MODIS #SPI #vegetation #temperature #indices #parameters #SPI #NDVI #VCI #TCI #VHI #monitoring #droughts #agriculture #farming #crop #cultivation #yield #foodsecurity #weather #rainfall #precipitation #Pearsoncorrelation #geostatistics #irrigation #watersecurity #foodsecurity #policy #planning

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Apr 22

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

CBC Thunder Bay Apr 2

Kindergarten class hatches baby chicks — just in time for Easter
Mrs. Albert's kindergarten class at Holy Cross Elementary School in Thunder Bay, Ont., has been transformed into a full-on hatchery. The CBC's Marc Doucette stopped by to catch the chirps and giggles and get a first-hand look at the new baby chicks.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7150167?cmp=rss

Ed Mar 26

Every day at my work has become people complaining about shit being broken in the UI, only for me to have to waste time digging in so that I can show them emperical evidence, saying "no guys, you literally just forgot to properly configure proxy and firewall rules. The same as EVERY TIME this comes up."

jesus fuck i'm so tired of this.

#frustratedMothNoises #edAttemptsToWork #chirps #programming

peaoPerdido Aug 8, 2025

I've been following the news about discontinuing #NOAA data with sadness and apprehension. This is all very messed up.

Currently I rely heavily on #nasapower #gpm and #chirps data for monitoring agroclimatic risks. So I have two questions:

1) How are those data affected by those NOAA cuts?

2) Even if the data is not affected, I'm considering substituting those sources. What are some candidates? For NasaPower, #era5 looks like a good candidate. What about precipitation? Any jaxa products?

Chimera Magazine Feb 13, 2025

Ducks swimming in pond. Snow on foreground. Sounds of cars, birds chirping. Patos nadando en el estanque. Nieve en primer plano. Sonidos de coches, pájaros cantando. 鸭子在池塘里游泳。前景有雪。汽车的声音，鸟儿的鸣叫。#duck #snow #winter #chirps

Sara Faye Dec 30, 2023

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_tBzxPhoVLY&si=aNp3R1OOW-7LNtTC #birds #birbs #birdwatching #youtube #youtubeshorts #outdoors #chirps #chirping #birdsounds #birdvideosforcatstowatch #animals #cuteanimals #shortsyoutube #wildlife #wildanimals #wildbirds #cuteanimalvideos #featheredfriends #nature #natureshorts #finches #naturebeauty #wildlfevideos

Small Birds Fluttering About in a Tree

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Dezene Huber 🌻Jan 19, 2023

Turns out that day-calling #crickets (as opposed to night-calling species) tune their #chirps to avoid the same #bandwidth as other nosy #insects (like #cicadas). We know #birds do this type of thing ("#acoustic #niche partitioning"). Interesting to see it in insects.

Title: The #circadian calling activity of a lebinthine cricket with high-frequency calls is unaffected by cicada choruses in the day

Link: https://peerj.com/articles/14641/

The circadian calling activity of a lebinthine cricket with high-frequency calls is unaffected by cicada choruses in the day

Background Many factors can influence circadian rhythms in animals. For acoustically communicating species, both abiotic cues (such as light and temperature) and biotic cues (such as the activity of other animals), can influence the timing of signalling activity. Here we compare the 24-h singing activity of the cricket Lebinthus luae in the laboratory and field to assess whether the presence of other singing insects influences circadian rhythm. Methods Acoustic monitors were placed in four localities in Singapore and the number of L. luae calls were counted for 10 min of each hour. Individuals from the same localities were captured and recorded in the laboratory in silence but with similar abiotic conditions (temperature and light cycle) as they experience in the field, and the number of calls over 24 h was quantified. Results The 24-h pattern of L. luae singing was not significantly different between laboratory and field recordings. Singing activity peaked in the morning, with a secondary peak in the afternoon and a smaller peak at night. In the field, L. luae sang in the same locations and at the same time as diurnally singing cicadas, suggesting that the sympatric cicada chorus did not affect the circadian rhythm of communication in this species. Acoustic niche partitioning could potentially explain the ability of this cricket to call alongside cicadas: L. luae sings at higher frequencies than sympatric cicadas, unlike nocturnally singing cricket species that overlap with cicadas in frequency.

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