Investigation Launched into Mineral Certification Practices in Africa's Great Lakes Area #EastAfrica #Africa #Africas #area #business #BusinessandFinance #CentralAfrica #certification #conflict #currentevents #EASTAFRICA #Economy #great #investigation #Lakes #launched #LegalandJudicialAffairs #Mineral #mining #news #PeaceandSecurity #politics #practices #sports #trade #travel
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Hello sweet people, tell me 3 things you're grateful about today here are mine :
1 - The lake behind me in the photo.
2 - Being able to go on vacation.
3 - Having an amazing partner and family-in-law.
Let's build #gratitude together
Higgins Lake this afternoon. The waves were rolling in, but it wasn't as rough as yesterday.
Too much artificial light at night promotes the growth of blue-green algae in #lakes. This has been shown in a large-scale field experiment. If #LightPollution continues to increase, potentially toxic cyanobacterial blooms could become more common in the future. Read more: https://www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/light-pollution-stimulates-cyanobacterial-growth-and-metabolic-processes-lakes
Ancient Lakes And Rivers Unearthed In Arabia's Vast Desert
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https://phys.org/news/2025-04-ancient-lakes-rivers-unearthed-arabia.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02224-1 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #quaternary #desert #geomorphology #landforms #geomorphometry #Arabia #climatechange #RubalKhali #SaudiArabia #holocene #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #earthsystemmodel #geology #lacustrine #fluvial #sediments #sedimentary #flood #flooding #lakes #AfricanMonsoon #rivers #paleohydrology #stratigraphy #remotesensing #landsat #earthobservation #dating #delta #cliff #terrace #rainfall #precipitation
The path to ascend the Rwenzori runs past Lake Bujuku, one of several lakes partly formed and replenished by glacial meltwater. The mountain range is the highest and most permanent source of the River Nile, with a water catchment relied upon by 5 million people, including the Bakonzo.
Climate warming and heat waves are accelerating global lake deoxygenation, study finds https://phys.org/news/2025-03-climate-global-lake-deoxygenation.html
Rainy Lake, along the border between the United States and Canada.
https://www.earthcam.com/usa/minnesota/internationalfalls/?cam=rainylake
https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.860939&mlon=-93.574463#map=12/48.860939/-93.574463
In another place, I'm doing a thread of islands I've visited, because it fits my username. One photo every day or so. But sometimes an extra photo slips in that I can't use (because one photo per island) so I'll have to share it here.
St Tredwell's Loch, on Papa Westray, one of the smaller islands of Orkney. I don't know why a lake on an island seems so odd, but it does. Maybe because of how close it is to the sea. (You might be able to see the strip of blue sea behind the loch.)
Photo is taken from St Tredwell's Chapel, the ruins of a Medieval chapel built over Iron Age remains, or an overgrown bunch of rocks on a hill. (As you can in the foreground.)
If you're into photos of islands, the thread starts here:
https://bsky.app/profile/islandhopping.bsky.social/post/3li44sq4nxs2t
I arrive in predawn darkness to venture into the Fernhill Wetlands preserve. My eyes glance upward to the nighttime sky already graying in the east. The moon pushes night toward the western horizon, fleeing the advent of morning light. My ears catch the dim hum of traffic hanging at the edges of quiet.
#wetlands #birdwatching #flowers #sunrises #sunsets #rainbows #clouds #mountains #lakes #Oregon #industrialism #landscapephotography #naturephotography #photoessay
Study Warns Of Glacial Outburst [GLOF] Risks From Hydropower Projects In The Himalayas, Caution Comes After Nod To Resume Testa III [Hydroelectric Project, India]
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/study-warns-of-glacial-outburst-risks-from-hydropower-projects-in-himalayas-caution-comes-after-nod-to-resume-teesta-iii/articleshow/117753719.cms <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ads2659 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #GLOF #Sikkim #Himalayas #India #climatechange #flood #flooding #risk #hazard #hydroelectric #HEP #energy #TestaIII #testa #dam #failure #engineeringgeology #engineering #construction #multihazard #melting #glacier #glacial #climatechange #weather #lowpressuresystem #planning #glaciallakes #lakes #water #hydrology #naturaldisaster #Lhonak #downstream #elevation #steepness #slope #geometry #infrastructure #publicsafety #lateral #moraine #sedimentation #cost #economics #remotesensing #model #modeling #imagery #outburstflood #overtopping #hydropower #vulnerable #humanimpact #policy #riskmanagement #warning #rainfall #precipitation
It's still grey and overcast here these days, but we're still enjoying a walk by the winter lake. Take a deep breath and clear our minds. Hopefully there's something nice for you today too.