πŸ’§πŸŒ Greg Cocks6d ago
A Review Of Current Best Practices And Future Directions In Assimilating GRACE/-FO Terrestrial Water Storage Data Into Numerical Models
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-985-2026 <-- shared technical article/review πŸ“– πŸ”—
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https://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/ <-- @nasa @JPL home page, Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
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#GRACE #GRACEFO #DataAssimilation #EarthObservation #Hydrology #WaterResources #ClimateScience #RemoteSensing #CRC1502 #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #satellite #earthobservation #water #hydrology #model #modeling #landsurface #hydrogeomorphology #geomorphology #geomorphometry #waterresources #waterstorage #monitoring #groundwater #trends #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #droughts #floods #extremeweather #literature #review #summary #watercycle #geostatistics #humanimpacts #irrigation #watermanagement #anthropogenic #pumping #extraction #AI #ML #machinelearning
πŸ’§πŸŒ Greg CocksFeb 26
Fatal Debris Avalanche On An Anthropogenically Disturbed, Earthquake-Perturbed Slope During Antecedent Rainfall [Turkey]
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-026-02713-0 <-- shared paper
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https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/gungoren-hillslope-1 <-- shared technical article
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https://geohazard.itu.edu.tr/en/news-detail/2025/01/23/could-the-g%C3%BCng%C3%B6ren-arhavi-%28artvin%29-landslide-be-predicted <-- shared technical article
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https://zenodo.org/records/14625940 <-- shared technical article/paper
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#rainfall #precipitation #pluvial #massmovement #monitoring #Turkey #TΓΌrkiye #GΓΌngΓΆren #Artvin #remotesensing #earthobservation #GIS #spatial #mapping #LiDAR #UAV #InSAR #radar #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #massmovement #risk #hazard #geology #landslide #engineeringgeology #anthropogenic #humnacimpacts #manmade #quarry #highway #stability #earthquake #trigger #slopestability #naturalhazard #disaster #debrisflow #fatal #lossoflife #publicsafety #fieldwork #model #failure #geomorphology #kinematic #geomorphometry #creeping #extremeweather #multiple #recurrence #progressive #groundmotion #susceptibility
Scientific FrontlineFeb 14
#Anthropogenic #noise significantly alters #bird behavior and physiology globally, with distinct negative impacts on fitness and reproduction that vary by species traits but are largely predictable and reversible.
#Ecology #Environmental #Conservation #Ornithology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/eco02142601.html
Noise pollution is affecting birds’ reproduction, stress levels and more. The good news is we can fix it.

Since 1970, bird populations have declined at a staggering rate

πŸ’§πŸŒ Greg CocksFeb 5
Climatic And Anthropogenic Controls On Late Holocene Sediment Transport To The Gulf Of Mexico By The Mississippi River
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2026.105401 <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #hydrography #humanimpacts #human #settlement #anthropogenic #levees #engineering #spatialanalysis #spatialtemporal #erosion #weathering #Mississippi #River #Sediment #Provenance #Zircon #grainsize #alluvial #alluvium #hydrogeomorphology #headwater #coast #coastal #delta #geology #Holocene #geochemistry #Sr #Nd #isotope #Strontium #Neodymium #detrital #climate #GulfofMexico
πŸ’§πŸŒ Greg CocksJan 17
Global Subsidence Of River Deltas
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09928-6 <-- shared paper
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H/T Wageningen University & Research
β€œπŸŒŠπŸ” River deltas are sinking!
A new study [link above] reveals that river deltas worldwide are sinking significantly, faster than sea levels rise..."
#GIS #mapping #spatial #remotesensing #NASA #earthobservation #RiverDelta #ClimateChange #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #water #hydrology #marine #river #delta #coast #coastal #global #subsidence #groundwater #extraction #pumping #overpumping #watertable #hydrogeology #sediment #waterresources #planning #policy #landuse #landscape #hydrogeomorphology #worldwide #riverdelta #humanimpacts #ecosystems #sealevel #sealevelrise #SLR #flood #flooding #landloss #salinity #risk #hazard #salinization #vulnerable #measurements #monitoring #elevation #insar #radar #surfaceelevation #anthropogenic #urbanexpansion
πŸ’§πŸŒ Greg CocksJan 10
Leaching Of Legacy Paper Mill Sludge Induces Lithification By Cementation Of Fluvial Sediment
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2025.100523 <-- shared paper
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[For almost 300 years – from 1709 to 2004 – Penicuik and district was producing high-quality paper which went out all over the world; Walter Scott’s Waverley novels and Robert Louis Stevenson’s notebooks were printed on Penicuik paper, and Turner painted on it too.]
#Legacy #Papermill #Penicuik #Midlothian #scotland #Sludge #Anthropogenic #lithification #Conglomerate #Cementation #geology #water #hydrology #fluvial #sediment #calcium #leacging #river #stream #waterways #streambed #calciumcarbonate #CaCO3 #SEM #EDX #sampling #XRD #waste #wastemanagement #industrial #industry #industrialwaste #pollution #sedimentology #geochemistry #papermillsludge #PMS
πŸ’§πŸŒ Greg CocksDec 31
Northern Hemisphere Wintertime Teleconnections from the 2023–24 El NiΓ±o Offset by Background SST Trends
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-25-0227.1 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108946 <-- shared paper
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#USA #Canada #NorthAmerica #Mexico #NorthernEurope #PacificOcean #ElNiΓ±o #ElNino #pluvial #precipitation #rainfall #snow #weather #climate #humanimpacts #model #modeling #spatial #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #atmosphere #extremeweather #CONUS #California #atmosphericriver #AtlanticOcean #IndianOcean #tropical #ENSO #winter #ocean #trend #teleconnections #seasurfacetemperature #SST #atmospheric #climatechange #natural #anthropogenic #noaa #NSF
#NationalCenterforAtmosphericResearch
Weekend StoriesDec 19

#Buddhism's #ecological #philosophy frames #environmental care as #ethical imperative rather than mere conservation. Through #interdependence (#paαΉ­iccasamuppāda), non-harming (#ahiαΉƒsā), and the #Bodhisattva ideal, it extends #compassion to all sentient beings affected by #ClimateChange. #Impermanence (#anicca) invites #mindful engagement, not passivity, distinguishing natural cycles from #anthropogenic destruction.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-17-buddhism_and_the_environment/

#WeekendStories

πŸ’§πŸŒ Greg CocksDec 19
Past And Future Change In Global River Flows
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-025-00745-z <-- shared paper
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#review #water #hydrology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #waterresources #model #modeling #flow #global #watercycle #humanimpacts #climate #extremeweather #seasonal #dynamics #changes #riverflow #regional #fluvial #pluvial #cryosphere #climatemodel #climatechange #anthropogenic #landuse #watermanagement #model #modeling #terrestrial #ecosystems
J of Systematics and EvolutionDec 17

A recent #anthropogenic bottleneck event likely reduced #population and increased #genetic load for Cupressus austrotibetica, a rare conifer and the tallest recorded #tree in #Asia, stressing the urgent need for #conservation efforts.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70030
@WileyLifeSci
#JSE #botany