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Empowering ECS Voices in Wetland Conservation: Insights from COP28

April 4, 2024
Empowering ECS Voices in Wetland Conservation: Insights from COP28

In the arena of environmental conservation, the power of youth engagement is gaining increasing recognition as a force propelling positive change. This recognition is particularly evident in the endeavours aimed towards safeguarding our wetlands – crucial ecosystems brimming with biodiversity and providing indispensable services to both humanity and the natural world. At the 28th Conference of the ...[Read More]

Care to get your boots wet? The ‘Partial Surface Water Challenge’

October 26, 2023
Care to get your boots wet? The ‘Partial Surface Water Challenge’
The author plants a marker alongside a submerged temperature/inundation sensor in a 356 square kilometre wetland in south-eastern Oregon, USA. Photo credit: Anteneh Sarbanes (USGS)

Inland surface water is a critical resource when scarce and a potential hazard when floods occur. Because the extent of surface water affects habitat condition, weather, and biogeochemical cycles, our ability to accurately track variations in surface water extent is important for resource management, science, commerce, hazard mitigation, and policy making.  Openly distributed data derived from sat ...[Read More]