Ma Quest May 5

Bioneers: "Climate Change Has Two Drivers"
https://bioneers.org/climate-change-has-two-drivers-weve-been-largely-ignoring-one-ztvz2604/

#Bioneers #Nature #WildLife #Soil #SoilBioDiversity #RestoringNature #Ecology #Desertification #ReWilding #ClimateChange #Climate #SoilQuality #ClimateDiary #WaterIsLife #ClimateAction #BioDiversity

Climate Change Has Two Drivers. We’ve Been Largely Ignoring One. - Bioneers

Brett KenCairn explores how nature-based solutions can address the overlooked role of land degradation in driving climate change.

Bioneers
💧🌏 Greg CocksApr 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 Nova ScotiaApr 18
'Ready to ignite': Risks of burning grass outweigh perceived benefits, warns DNR
The risk of inadvertently starting a wildfire when burning grass to deal with ticks, improve soil quality, or remove weeds and dead foliage outweigh any perceived benefits, warns Nova Scotia's manager of forest protection.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/risks-of-burning-grass-outweigh-perceived-benefits-dnr-9.7164657?cmp=rss
Ma Quest Jul 6, 2025

RHS
"Recycling your garden waste into home-made compost is both easy and environmentally friendly. Here we look at the basics of making this valuable soil improver and mulch."
https://www.rhs.org.uk/soil-composts-mulches/composting

#Composting #Compost #Gardening #SolarPunkSunday #Waste #Horticulture #GardeningMastodon #RHS #SoilQuality #SoilBiodiversity #SoilRemediation #Recycling #Mulch

Composting | RHS Advice

Recycle garden waste into nutrient-rich compost easily with our guide to making this valuable soil improver.

Show threadCelloMom On CarsJul 5, 2024

A study in Germany and Luxembourg "has shown for the first time that #permaculture brings about a significant improvement in #biodiversity, #SoilQuality and #CarbonStorage.

According to the study, the soil quality and biodiversity on the permaculture plots was distinctly higher compared to the surrounding conventional agricultural land as well as compared to the literature values for conventional agriculture."

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-permaculture-sustainable-alternative-conventional-agriculture.html

Permaculture found to be a sustainable alternative to conventional agriculture

RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau has shown for the first time, in a joint study with BOKU University, that permaculture brings about a significant improvement in biodiversity, soil quality and carbon storage.

Phys.org
💧🌏 Greg CocksNov 10, 2023
Smart Irrigation Technology Covers "More Crop Per Drop"
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https://news.mit.edu/2023/gear-lab-creates-affordable-user-driven-smart-irrigation-controller-1025 <-- shared technical article
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“Placing solutions in the cloud but learning with boots on the ground, GEAR Lab researchers build low-cost, solar-powered irrigation tools to make precision agriculture more accessible..."
#water #waterresources #hydrology #irrigation #smartirrigation #GEAR #MIT #agriculture #farming #global #watermanagement #watersecurity #solarpowered #precisionagriculture #subsistencefarmers #crops #foodproduction #waterscarcity #soilquality #smallholder #farms #farmers #waterstress #sustainableagriculture #dripirrigation #MoreCropPerDrop #appliedscience #appliedtechnology
Smart irrigation technology covers “more crop per drop”

MIT Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Lab researchers build low-cost, solar powered irrigation tools to make precision agriculture more accessible to small farms.

MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ferdi MagellanJul 23, 2023

#ClimateEmergency #GlobalHeating #USPol #FoodShortages #WaterQuality #AirQuality #SoilQuality

“Recently, after a series of extreme heatwaves in California forced her family to run the AC, her monthly electricity costs rose to about $500. Her water bill averages around $100, but because the water is contaminated with pesticides from nearby agricultural fields, her family spends an additional $140 each month to purchase jugs of drinking water. Her grocery bills have gone up as well, after a spate of winter storms disrupted harvests across the state.”

From: @RebelGeo
https://mastodon.social/@RebelGeo/110761256625727898

NIOO-KNAWJul 21, 2023
New NIOO publication: #Phosphorus-mediated succession of microbial #nitrogen, #carbon, and #sulfur functions in rice-driven saline-alkali soil remediation. #rice #soilquality #phosphorusavailability #energymetabolism #shotgunmetagenome
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109125
EU Research ResultsMay 16, 2023

Listen to the latest episode of #CORDIScovery to dig out valuable research on #SoilQuality & #FoodSecurity. 🔊

Our guest Juan Suárez unfolds how Earth observation technologies can help improve food security and sustainable development. 📡

🎧 https://europa.eu/!73ypkb

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CORDIS_EU/status/1658444554813440001

Soil quality and food security

News article from ongoing EU Research projects

CORDIS | European Commission
Three Percent Earth FoundationDec 13, 2022
Our recent posts have tried to highlight some existing #agricultural #pesticides issues w/in #ASEAN. Like the #ClimateCrisis, the pesticides problem is both ubiquitous and existential, i.e., #food production. Wholesale tolerance/acceptance of it is insidious,
1. It degrades food's nutritional value
2. It readily impacts #SoilQuality #biodiversity and #EcosystemServices
3. It exploits occupational health-related disparity among #migrantworkers
4. Its industry profits in the name of #foodsecurity