Preprint‼️ A study by our group members, @marit-vantiel.bsky.social & @matthias-huss.bsky.social, shows glacier melt in 2022 sustained streamflow during drought. But with glacier retreat, meltwater supply is declining, raising concerns for future droughts. 💧🌍 egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

🚨 Preprint! We combine our recent open dataset of #APC prices with the article counts per journal-year from #OpenAlex to estimate how much the academic community has paid in APCs over the last 5 years. A. $8.349 billion ($8.968 B in 2023 USD) $2.5B in 2023 alone. arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551 #metasci

Estimating global article processing charges paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023

This study presents estimates of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. APCs are fees charged for publishing in some ...

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African solar installations are projected to grow by 42 percent this year, according to an industry group. Read more: bit.ly/4byoslG

🚨 Check out this new article “Between a rock and a hard place: A geosocial approach to water insecurity in Kabul” Read about the findings and implications: doi.org/10.1016/j.wa... #water

The Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology was recently featured in @telegraphnews.bsky.social. Our Chronology is the largest open-source database tracking water as a trigger, casualty, and weapon in conflicts worldwide for thousands of years. ➡️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

‘We’re just like fish: no water, no life’: Drought and dams push Iraq’s marshes to the edge of extinction

Storied marshlands thought by some to be the original Garden of Eden could see conflict over water, activists fear

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As the northern latitudes warm, ice is melting and vegetation is growing more abundant. But instead of absorbing more carbon, the region is becoming a source of heat-trapping gas, a new study shows. Read more: bit.ly/40JX3sQ

The International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation is a call to action to reduce emissions, adapt to a warming world, and protect our planet’s future. Let 2025 be the tipping point where we changed course. #Glaciers2025 Tune into the launch event here: www.un-glaciers.org/en/official-...

Oxford University Press will be awarding as many as 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in fully open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-...

🌊 New paper led by @mberesford.bsky.social and the #HWISE #watersharing crew (including me) uses the entitlements framework to examine how and under what circumstances household water sharing advances water security. Published in #EnvironmentalResearchLetters iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Can household water sharing advance water security? An integrative review of water entitlements and entitlement failures - IOPscienceSearch

Can household water sharing advance water security? An integrative review of water entitlements and entitlement failures, Melissa Beresford, Ellis Adams, Jessica Budds, Leila M Harris, Wendy Jepson, Tennille Marley, Chloe Nguyen, Amber Pearson, Anaís Delilah Roque, Asher Y Rosinger, Sameer H Shah, Matthew Stellbauer, Amber Wutich

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🚨 Check out this new article “Between a rock and a hard place: A geosocial approach to water insecurity in Kabul” Read about the findings and implications: doi.org/10.1016/j.wa... #water

A Montana judge has ruled that state officials have failed to impose adequate limits on the construction of new homes that rely on groundwater, a decision that could considerably curtail building in areas of the state where water supplies are disappearing.

Montana Court Restricts Use of Groundwater for New Homes

The scion of a political dynasty sought to build a subdivision in a water-stressed valley. A judge said no, a decision that could slow development across the state.

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Human-caused climate change has affected snow patterns across the Northern Hemisphere, including declines of snowpack in at least 31 individual river basins, a study confirms. It has serious implications for places that rely on snow melt as a water source. nyti.ms/3vCDZQ9

After 11 years of tweeting with the birds, excited to spread my wings on Blue Sky! #HelloWorld