Harnessing Satellite Data to Address Water Scarcity
Introduction Water scarcity continues to be a pressing global challenge, threatening communities, industries, and ecosystems alike. Effectively monitoring freshwater resources is critical for sustainable water management, especially in regions where…
Running multiple HYDRUS-1D simulations using R
Introduction Hydrus-1D is a widely used numerical model developed for simulating water, heat, and solute movement in variably saturated porous media such as soil and hydroponic substrates. Its primary focus…
Άλλο ένα (αρνητικό) κλιματικό ρεκόρ για την Κρήτη
Τα τελευταία χρόνια έχουμε συνηθίσει να σπάμε τα κλιματικά ρεκόρ το ένα μετά το άλλο (Wong, 2023), αλλά τον Ιούνιο του 2024 η Κρήτη είχε την τιμητική της. Όπως φαίνεται…
Abrupt events and population synchrony in the dynamics of Bovine Tuberculosis
The study of extreme events poses a great challenge to science as such events take place rarely. However, their effects on natural and man-made systems can be detected over a…
The Hydrological and Erosional Cycles in Karstic Terrains
Karstic landscapes are shaped by the geomorphic work of water on a carbonate bedrock, with various mechanisms taking place at aquifer, soil subsurface, and surface flow level. Due to the…
Spatial Downscaling of Alien Species Presences Using Machine Learning
Spatially explicit assessments of alien species environmental and socio-economic impacts, and subsequent management interventions for their mitigation, require large scale, high-resolution data on species presence distribution. However, these data are…
Can Tomato Inoculation with Trichoderma Compensate Yield and Soil Health Deficiency due to Soil Salinity?
Soil salinity is a major soil degradation threat, especially for arid coastal environments where it hinders agricultural production and soil health. Protected horticultural crops in the Mediterranean region, typically under…
What caught my attention this week
Chairs underwater, photo by yannishimself Water Is the Climate Challenge, Says World Bank Some worry that Yemen, where many farmers have replaced grape vines with more water-intensive qhat, will become…
One Element to Rule them all
Current climate models fed on emissions and more recently green house gas concentrations depict temperature trends with a far greater certainty than any other climate variable. Regardless of one’s view…
2014 NASA mission to aid hydrologists
Dr. Dennis Lettenmaier has had a long standing interest in the application of remote sensing to hydrologic problems and has contributed to the launch of several relevant scientific missions. So…