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The food we grow is thirsty
Growing our food consumes plenty of water – globally 70% of human uses of water. Choices in what food we eat have tremendous impact on our planet’s land and water resources, and on our human health. Growing one kg of rice takes 3 to 10 times the amount of water compared to 1 kg of…
Radar imagery for mapping inundated areas
Radar imagery provides a convenient way to map inundated areas, because of it’s ability to penetrate cloud cover. Below, try the application to check out inundated areas for some of the major floods of 2024, for example. The default application centers on the town Malavalli in South India. Between July 30th and August 1st 2024,…