- In Pakistan, thousands of protesters have fought against the Cholistan Canal Project, which would divert water from the Indus River to irrigate millions of hectares of desert for corporate farming.
- Opponents say the…
Category: 9. Environment
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In Pakistan, desert irrigation plans spark protests & fears among Sindh farmers
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How Costa Rica’s ranchers contribute to jaguar and puma conservation
Ranches in Costa Rica occasionally overlap with jaguar and puma hunting areas, creating conflict that can sometimes be unavoidable. But with the help of conservationists, ranchers…
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A fast and lightweight implementation of the Gaussian puff model for near-field atmospheric transport of trace gasses
Gaussian puff algorithm
In designing efficient algorithms to simulate dynamic concentration profiles using the Gaussian puff model there are two main use cases we will consider: calculation at a small number of specified sensor locations, and…
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A multi-task learning model for global soil moisture prediction based on adaptive weight allocation
Experimental setting
Implementation details
In this study, we conducted four experiments to validate the advantages of our proposed model. The hyperparameter settings in our experiments are consistent with those in LandBench 1.0. The hidden size of…
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Analysis of the impact mechanisms and driving factors of urban spatial morphology on urban heat islands
This study consists of four steps (see Fig. 1): (1) Collect and calculate 10 driving factors affecting urban heat islands, select Landsat 8 and MODIS data, derive LST using the windowing algorithm, and divide both factors and LST into…
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Shipboard observational evidence of supercooled liquid water clouds in the mid-troposphere over the Southern Ocean
McCoy, D. T., Hartmann, D. L., Zelinka, M. D., Ceppi, P. & Grosvenor, D. P. Mixed-phase cloud physics and Southern Ocean cloud feedback in climate models. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 120, 9539–9554 (2015).
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Mongabay journalist Karla Mendes profiled in new book on climate leaders
Mongabay reporter Karla Mendes has been featured as one of 36 global climate leaders in a new book launched in the U.S. on May 27.
What Will Your Legacy Be?: Conversations With…
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Young Rwandans support bird conservation through mobile app recordings
A young tour guide and his group of student mentees are helping monitor bird species in Rwanda with the help of a mobile app, Mongabay contributor Mariam Kone reported.
Joseph…
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Future of Mexican communal land in limbo as mining company overstays agreement
- Canadian mining company Equinox Gold has failed to implement a closure process after its land use and social-cooperation agreement with the Carrizalillo ejido in Mexico’s Guerrero state ended on March 31.
- It…
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Managing forests and other ecosystems under rising threats requires thinking across wide-ranging scenarios
In Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California, trees that have persisted through rain and shine for thousands of years are now facing multiple threats triggered by a changing climate.
Scientists and park managers once thought…
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