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RICA: A rice crop calendar for Asia based on MODIS multi year data by Mishra, Bhogendra, Busetto, Lorenzo, Boschetti, Mirco, Laborte, Alice, Nelson, Andrew

“…Asia-wide rice crop calendars exist (e.g., RiceAtlas) but are based on heterogeneous data sources with varying levels of detail and are challenging to update. Earth observations can contribute to consistent and replicable crop calendars. …”
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Impacts of climate change and the end of deforestation on land use in the Brazilian legal amazon by Lapola, David Montenegro, Schaldach, Ruediger, Alcamo, Joseph, Bondeau, Alberte, Msangi, Siwa, Priess, Joerg A., Silvestrini, Rafaella, Soares-Filho, Britaldo Silveira

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Global irrigated area map (GIAM), derived from remote sensing, for the end of the last millennium by Thenkabail, Prasad S., Biradar, Chandrashekhar M., Noojipady, P., Dheeravath, Venkateswarlu, Li, Yuan Jie, Velpuri, Naga Manohar, Gumma, Murali K., Gangalakunta, O.R.P., Turral, Hugh, Xueliang Cai, Vithanage, Jagath, Schull, M.A., Dutta, R.

“…A Global Irrigated Area Map (GIAM) has been produced for the end of the last millennium using multiple satellite sensor, secondary, Google Earth and groundtruth data. …”
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A global map of rainfed cropland areas (GMRCA) at the end of last millennium using remote sensing by Biradar, Chandrashekhar M., Thenkabail, Prasad S., Noojipady, P., Li, Yuan Jie, Dheeravath, Venkateswarlu, Turral, Hugh, Velpuri, Naga Manohar, Gumma, Murali K., Gangalakunta, O.R.P., Cai, X.L., Xiao, X., Schull, M.A., Alankara, Ranjith, Gunasinghe, Sarath, Mohideen, Sadir

“…The accuracies and errors of GMRCA were assessed using field-plot and Google Earth data points. The accuracy varied between 92 and 98% with kappa value of about 0.76, errors of omission of 2-8%, and the errors of commission of 19-36%.…”
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A description of recent drought prevalence in the Limpopo River Basin by Ghosh, Surajit, Vigneswaran, Kayathri, Dickens, Chris, Retief, H., Garcia Andarcia, Mariangel

“…Historical drought data and earth observation (EO) datasets are used to monitor and forecast drought severity. …”
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Livestock epidemic by Grace, Delia, McDermott, John J.

“…Section Two contains treatments of potentially damaging natural events/phenomena organized by major earth system. Section Three critically reviews progress in responding to disasters including warning, relief and recovery. …”
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Put more carbon in soils to meet Paris climate pledges by Rumpel, Cornelia, Amiraslani, Farshad, Koutika, Lydie-Stella, Smith, Pete, Whitehead, David, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline

“…Of that, about 10–15% ends up in the earth. Carbon is also essential for soil fertility and agriculture. …”
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Alternative oxidase respiration in the mycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor by Mikaelsson, Hilda

“…The temperature on Earth is rising, and one of the main drivers is anthropogen-ic greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2). …”

Barnen & jorden by Herngren, Linnea, Ågren, Josefin

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Hajfiske by Grepp, Katarina

“…Fish regulate a large amount of plankton, which accounts for about half of the creation of oxygen on Earth. Oxygen is something that is essential for the majority of all living things on Earth, particularly humans. …”
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Understanding anticipatory climate governance in Central America: The links between anticipation and policy by Veeger, Marieke, Muidermann, Karlijn, Tulloch Lapresa, Alexander

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Equity, well-being and ecosystem health: participatory research for natural resource management by Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

“…As a result of our activities, the earth’s forests are receding, while its deserts are expanding. …”
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Research on the draught animal power systems in Ethiopia by Astatke, A.

“…Implement development for primary and secondary cultivation was the main focus until the end of the 70s. Some work on transport, earth movment and land shaping started in the mid-80s. …”
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Assessing GHG emissions of a tropical large hydropower reservoir using G-res and GEE by De Sarkar, K., Ghosh, Surajit, Bhattacharyya, S., Chowdhury, A., Holmatov, Bunyod

“…Alternatively, cloud-based tools like Google Earth Engine (GEE), G-res, and Earth Observation (EO) data related to biophysical and climatic conditions with in-situ reservoir water levels provide an opportunity to quantify GHG emissions from LHRs efficiently. …”
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Heat, rain and livestock: Impacts of climate change on Africa’s livestock herders by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Although their animals produce few of the greenhouse gasses harming the earth, these people will be among those most hurt by the climate changes we expect. …”
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Att nyttja tills vidare by Dahlström, Matilda

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A global spectral library to characterize the world’s soil by Viscarra Rossel, Raphael A., Behrens, T, Ben-Dor, E., Brown, D.J., Demattê, JAM, Shepherd, Keith D., Shi, Z, Stenberg, B, Stevens, A, Adamchuk, V, Aïchik, H, Barthèsl, BG, Bartholomeus, H.M., Bayer, AD, Bernoux, Martial, Böttchero, K, Brodský, L, Du, CW, Chappell, A, Fouad, Y, Genot, V, Gómez, C., Grunwald, S., Gubler, A, Hedley, CB, Knadel, M, Morrás, HJM, Nocita, M, Ramírez Lopez, L., Roudier, P., Rufasto Campos, EM, Sanborn, P, Sellitto, VM, Sudduth, KA, Rawlins, BG, Walter, C, Winowiecki, Leigh Ann, Hong, SY, Ji, W

“…It is important that we learn more about soil to sustainably manage and preserve it for future generations. To this end, we developed and analyzed a global soil visible–near infrared (vis–NIR) spectral library. …”
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Pathways for the sustainable intensification of wheat production under current and future climate change scenarios in the Mediterranean region by Tita, Davide

“…This scientific inquiry delves into the far-reaching implications of global warming and the continuous emission of anthropogenic greenhouse gases into the Earth's atmosphere. With a primary focus on the semi-arid regions of Morocco, the study broadens its perspective to conduct a comparative analysis of similar challenges faced by Spain, Egypt, Italy, Jordan, Turkey, and Iran. …”
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Investigating unproductive water losses from irrigated agricultural crops in the humid tropics through analyses of stable isotopes of water by Mahindawansha, Amani, Külls, Christoph, Kraft, Philipp, Breuer, Lutz

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Hot topics in governance for forests and trees: Towards a (just) transformative research agenda by Larson, A.M., Mausch, K., Bourne, M., Luttrell, C., Schoneveld, George C., Cronkleton, P., Locatelli, Bruno, Catacutan, D., Cerutti, P.O., Chomba, S., Djoudi, H., Ihalainen, Markus, Lawry, S., Minang, Peter A., Monterroso, I., Myers, R., Naito, D., Pham Thu Thuy, Reed, J., Sarmiento Barletti, J.P., Sola, P., Stoian, D.

“…We are living in a time of crisis on planet Earth. Urgent calls for transformational change are getting louder. …”
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