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Camels as a Climate‐Resilient Linchpin for Sustainable Development in Global Drylands

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Camels represent a significant, yet underutilized, asset for advancing integrated sustainable development in the world's expanding drylands. Previous reviews have examined camels' physiology, milk composition, or pastoral systems in isolation; this review examines their potential as a climate‐resilient linchpin for food systems by synthesizing
Ayana Angassa, Minyahel Tilahun, Solomon G. Tesfamichael   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Generic Approach to Creating a National Soil Security Strategy

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil is a living and non‐renewable resource that underpins our very existence. It produces our food, filters our water, stores vast amounts of carbon, cycles essential nutrients, and sustains the rich tapestry of biodiversity on which our planet depends.
Alex McBratney, Pasquale Borrelli, Sandra J. Evangelista, Julia Feeth, Damien Field, Nicolas Francos, Irene Heuser, Anilkumar Hunakunti, Daniel Irving, Thilini Jayasekara, Bruce Lascelles, Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira, Budiman Minasny, Cristine L. S. Morgan, Wartini Ng, Julio C. Pachón Maldonado, Mercedes Román Dobarco, Amin Sharififar, Quentin Styc, Mara Thiene, David Watt, Jae E. Yang   +21 more
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Preliminary Evaluation of the SMAP Radiometer Soil Moisture Product over China Using In Situ Data

Remote Sensing, 2017
The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite makes coincident global measurements of soil moisture using an L-band radar instrument and an L-band radiometer.
Yayong Sun, Shifeng Huang, Jianwei Ma, Jiren Li, Xiaotao Li, Hui Wang, Sheng Chen, Wenbin Zang   +7 more
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Biocrust restoration in novel climates: assisted migration, habitat amelioration, and varied community composition as climate‐smart techniques

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Successful restoration of terrestrial drylands depends on stable, fertile soils that retain water. These functions are provided by biological soil crusts (biocrust), suggesting their reestablishment is a critical step in dryland restoration.
Colin Tucker, Anita Antoninka, Matthew A. Bowker, Sasha C. Reed   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Floods From Space: How Remote Sensing, AI, and Cloud Platforms Are Reshaping Disaster Risk Reduction

Journal of Flood Risk Management, Volume 19, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Flooding remains one of the most damaging climate‐related hazards globally, yet flood remote sensing has historically developed largely along sensor‐specific pathways. This review addresses the need for a systematic and decision‐oriented synthesis of how space‐borne remote sensing has evolved toward integrated flood monitoring and disaster ...
Ricky Anak Kemarau, Nurfashareena Muhamad, Aida Soraya Shamsuddin, Zulfaqar Sa'adi, Zaini Sakawi, Oliver Valentine Eboy, Nik Norliati Fitri Md Nor   +6 more
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Vertical Coherence Dominates Decadal Land Water Storage Change Despite Hydroclimatic Extremes and Groundwater Pumping

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 15, 16 August 2026.
Abstract Whether surface and deeper water storage trends move in the same direction underpins assessments of freshwater availability. Theory predicts vertical coherence, yet it is untested globally and questioned under climate extremes and human management. Using depth‐sensitive satellite observations spanning surface soil moisture (SSM) (Soil Moisture
Meng Zhao, Runze Zhang, Geruo A, Dara Entekhabi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of SMAP (soil moisture active and passive) Freeze/Thaw algorithms adapted for the Canadian Tundra [PDF]

2012 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2012
This study is conducted in the framework of the NASA SMAP mission. The frozen soil mapping would certainly be improved by using the future NASA SMAP instruments which include both a Radiometer and a SAR operating at L-band. SMAP will have the ability to sense the soil conditions through moderate land cover.
Kalantari, Parvin, Bernier, Monique, McDonald, Kyle, Poulin, Jimmy   +3 more
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Impacts of Maritime Continent Forest and Peat Fires on Regional Air Quality During 2019 CAMP2Ex Using MUSICAv0

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 14, 28 July 2026.
Abstract The NASA Cloud, Aerosol and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex) field campaign from 24 August to 05 October 2019 observed a complex mixture of aerosols—biomass burning smoke transported from Maritime Continent (MC)/Indonesia fires to the Philippines and Metro Manila's urban pollution.
S. M. A. Visaga, R. B. Pierce, R. Holz, W. Tang, L. Emmons, G. Pfister, M. Oo, A. Gumber, R. C. Levy, R. Ferrare, C. Hostetler, L. D. Ziemba, M. A. Shook, M. O. Cambaliza, J. B. Simpas, A. Graham   +15 more
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Spatial downscaling of SMAP radiometer soil moisture using radar data: Application of machine learning to the SMAPEx and SMAPVEX campaigns

Science of Remote Sensing
This study developed a random forest approach for downscaling the coarse-resolution (36 km) soil moisture measured by The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission to 1 km spatial resolution ...
Elaheh Ghafari, Jeffrey P. Walker, Liujun Zhu, Andreas Colliander, Alireza Faridhosseini   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reconstruction of a Global 9 km, 8-Day SMAP Surface Soil Moisture Dataset during 2015–2020 by Spatiotemporal Fusion

Journal of Remote Sensing, 2022
Soil moisture, a crucial property for Earth surface research, has been focused widely in various studies. The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) global products at 36 km and 9 km (called P36 and AP9 in this research) have been published from April 2015.
Haoxuan Yang, Qunming Wang, Wei Zhao, Xiaohua Tong, Peter M. Atkinson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source