Soil across the planet is drying fast—sending billions of tons of water into oceans and accelerating sea level rise. #ClimateCrisis #SeaLevelRise #SoilMoisture

https://geekoo.news/vanishing-soil-moisture-fuels-faster-sea-level-rise/

A mild storm hitting soaked soil can unleash major floods. New research shows why timing — and terrain — is everything. #AtmosphericRivers #FloodRisk #SoilMoisture

https://geekoo.news/when-wet-soils-supercharge-west-coast-floods/

Environmental NASA satellite publishes EW detection in the clear.

Explanation: EM spectrum used for soil moisture is adjacent spectrum used for drones.

https://radioandnukes.substack.com/p/how-dare-you-transmit-at-14-ghz

Via hackaday: https://hackaday.com/2025/05/11/open-source-elint-accidentally-from-nasa/

#ELINT #INFOSEC #EW #War #radio #HAM #Environment #NASA #OceanSalinity #SoilMoisture #Ukraine #Space #Satellites #Jamming #FMyLife #Science #Engineering

New study reveals how soil moisture contrasts can boost storm rainfall by up to 30%, reshaping weather forecasting strategies. #ClimateResearch #WeatherForecasting #SoilMoisture

https://geekoo.news/soil-moisture-contrasts-amplify-rainfall-in-global-megastorm-hotspots/

Earth's Storage Of Water In Soil, Lakes And Rivers Is Dwindling - And It's Especially Bad For Farming
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https://phys.org/news/2025-03-earth-storage-soil-lakes-rivers.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adq6529 <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #waterresources #global #management #watersecurity #soil #lake #river #snow #groundwater #agriculture #sealevelerise #SLR #climatechange #farming #overuse #waste #moisture #soilmoisture #ecology #ecosystems #storage #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #rainfall #drought #consistency #wateruse #crop #plant #vegetation #irrigation #foodsecurity #evapotranspiration #ET #surfacewater #flux #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #waterstorage #depletion

Global #SoilMoisture in ‘permanent’ decline due to #ClimateChange

"The findings, published in Science, suggest the decline is primarily driven by an increasingly thirsty atmosphere as global temperatures rise, as well as shifts in rainfall patterns

The drying out of soil “increases the severity and frequency” of major droughts, with consequences for humans, ecosystems and agriculture."

https://www.carbonbrief.org/global-soil-moisture-in-permanent-decline-due-to-climate-change/
#water #HydrologicalCycle

#DioeciousPlants show #SexualDimorphism in their #Phosphorus (P) availability responses. Thus, Shengwei Si et al. explored the #Sex-specific P-use and -acquisition in dioecious #PopulusEuphratica under different #SoilMoisture levels.
Details: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae064

Working on #soilmoisture, #hydrology or #spaceweather ?

Join us at #EGU25, session GI4.4 "Cosmic rays across scales and disciplines: the new frontier in environmental research", call for abstracts is open!

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/51684

As well as our related splinter meeting:

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/54499

Fiber-Optic Seismic Sensing Of Vadose Zone Soil Moisture Dynamics
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50690-6 <-- shared paper
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[broadly, a 'seismic' listening technique could help researchers map water movement, moisture levels in soil, with these researchers at Caltech have figured out a way to use vibrations from passing cars to see how much water sits directly beneath the ground’s surface…]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #array #survey #soil #regolith #seismic #water #hydrology #waterresources #watersecurity #subsurface #vadose #vadosezone #soilmoisture #moisture #weather #precipitation #rainfall #surfacewater #groundwater #ecology #agriculture #ecosystems #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #fiberoptics #fibreoptics #evapotranspiration #insitu #climatechange #drought #extremeweather #watermanagement #semiarid #geophysics

RT @RemoteSens_MDPI: The Joint Assimilation of Remotely Sensed #LeafAreaIndex and Surface #SoilMoisture into a #Land Surface Model
by Azbina Rahman et al.
Welcome to read the paper: https://buff.ly/3YUr5tx

Soil Moisture‐Temperature Coupling Increases Population Exposure to Future Heatwaves #soilmoisture #heatwaves #ClimateCrisis #globalwarming #drought https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF004697?utm_campaign=Daily+Briefing+16+07+2024&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_term=2024-07-16

Looking at satellite #SoilMoisture trends over a decade, we can see how different areas recovered, or were unable to recover, during long periods of #drought.

Source: @lobeliaearth

How can we monitor drought impacts?

Impacts show up first as low #SoilMoisture (SM) & quickly affect plant life, soil microbes, & eventually the wider ecosystem.

Using satellite data and in situ measurements, we generate high-resolution SM maps with a precision down to 100m.

Source: @lobeliaearth

We're happy to present at #EGU24! Both presentations are on Monday April 15
@planetwater

Time
ID
Session
Title
Authors
08:55–09:05
EGU24-7899
HS8.1.7
Immobilization of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) – Experimental and Model-based Analysis of Leaching Behavior
Claus Haslauer, Thomas Bierbaum, Simon Kleinknecht, and Tobias Junginger
15:25–15:35
EGU24-7820
HS3.9
Data-driven surrogate-based Bayesian model calibration for predicting vadose zone temperatures in drinking water supply pipes
Ilja Kröker, Elisabeth Nißler, Sergey Oladyshkin, Wolfgang Nowak, and Claus Haslauer

Ping us or looking forward to meet and chat in Vienna!

#Pfas #Remediation #Soil #Groundwater #DrinkingWater #Hydrogeology #Temperature #SoilMoisture

Increasing Prevalence Of Hot Drought Across Western North America Since The 16th Century
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj4289 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #model #modeling #USA #USWest #NorthAmerica #historicrecord #drought #climatechange #anthropogenicwarming #hightemperature #heat #extremeweather #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #soil #soilmoisture #temperature #maximum #hydroclimate #paleoclimate #climate #water #hydrology #waterresources #droughts #megadrought #hot #dry

The calculated soil moisture ranking percentile is lowest along the northern and southern borders of the continental U.S.
#SoilMoisture #drought

That's a delightful sight for Mid August - at least for #SoCal

#Satellite #SoilMoisture #FireWx

The calculated soil moisture ranking percentile shows driest soil in #Texas, in the Pacific Northwest, #Montana, North Dakota and #Missouri.
The calculated soil moisture anomaly map shows the largest deficits west of the upper Mississippi River in Missouri and Iowa.
#drought #SoilMoisture

Both the calculated soil moisture ranking percentile and the calculated #soilmoisture anomaly indicate exceedingly dry conditions in eastern #Nebraska and northern #Missouri.
#drought
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Soilmst_Monitoring/index.shtml

Implementing #EarlyWarningSystems & improving monitoring of #SoilMoisture can help anticipate & respond to drier conditions.
Hazard fuel reduction, for ex removing excess vegetation, can reduce the spread of wildfires.
These are just examples of how to tackle this issue.

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