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Green grape plants grow in neat rows on light brown soil. Interspersed trees and buildings line the background.
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New Forecasting Tool Could Help Indian Farmers Plan Irrigation

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 18 May 202318 May 2023

Tropical weather is unpredictable, but a new tool could help farmers get a better grasp on it.

Diagrams showing the two effects of water storage change can be sensed by GPS.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

GPS Observations Sense Groundwater Change in Australia

by Annette Eicker 20 April 202319 April 2023

By exploiting the fact that changes in groundwater cause deformations of the Earth’s surface, GPS receivers are used to detect groundwater changes related to extreme events and to seasonal oscillations.

Irrigated fields in Srinagar, Jammu, and Kashmir
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Irrigation in Indo-Gangetic Plain Has Little Impact on Heat Stress

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 30 August 20223 October 2022

Irrigation-related cooling during summer months is overestimated by roughly 5 times, highlighting the need for climate models to accurately reflect local agricultural practices.

Excavated causeway built in the Birds of Paradise wetlands
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Ancient Maya Made Widespread Changes to Wetland Landscape

Joshua Learn, Science Writer by Joshua Rapp Learn 5 May 20212 March 2023

A system of canals 2 millennia old sustained a local population after the collapse of its neighbors, and it continues to affect local ecology today.

A farm field in southern Alberta, Canada, is irrigated
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Can Satellites Fill Gaps in Agricultural Water Monitoring?

by David Shultz 1 December 202020 October 2021

Past studies that have estimated irrigation water usage based on satellite remote sensing have had large uncertainties that could hamper effective water management.

Irrigation machinery sprays water on the green vegetation of a mango farm in South Africa.
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Minireservorios Podrían Salvar a Agricultores con Suelos Arenosos

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 28 September 202031 October 2022

Una tecnología de retención de agua subterránea recientemente reactivada podría conservar el agua y aumentar drásticamente el rendimiento de los cultivos en paisajes áridos con suelos arenosos como el África Subsahariana.

Map of Land subsidence predictions in the western United States obtained via machine learning
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Machine Learning Predicts Subsidence from Groundwater Pumping

by Marc F. P. Bierkens 17 August 202031 March 2023

Machine learning and data on aquifer type, sediment thickness, and proxies for irrigation water use has been used to produce the most comprehensive map of land subsidence in the western U.S. to date.

Irrigation machinery sprays water on the green vegetation of a mango farm in South Africa.
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Minireservoirs Could Save Farmers with Sandy Soils

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 29 January 202031 October 2022

A recently revived subsurface water retention technology could conserve water and drastically increase crop yields in arid landscapes with sandy soils like sub-Saharan Africa.

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Massive Scale Evaporative Water Losses from Irrigation

by D. Scott Mackay 21 September 20189 May 2022

Evaporation can demonstrate the effects of crop irrigation on decadal trends in evapotranspiration at a regional spatial extent.

A Pakistani farmer checks his cell phone for weather updates and irrigation water estimates.
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Growing More with Less Using Cell Phones and Satellite Data

by F. Hossain, N. Biswas, M. Ashraf and A. Z. Bhatti 21 June 201719 October 2021

Researchers from the University of Washington and Pakistan are using 21st century technology to revive farming as a profitable profession in the Indus Valley.

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