Agriculture is the world’s biggest water user, and understanding how that water is consumed is key to shaping food systems. A new study maps blue and green water use for 46 crops at 10 km resolution, revealing where and how water powers our plates.
👉 on.cgiar.org/3IUbK6L

@davyvanham.bsky.social

Open access model and data on blue and green water consumption of crops to help close water data gap www.iwmi.org/news/open-ac...

Proud to have contributed to this impactful IWMI-led global study on crop water consumption.

Today's Cartoon- Jane Goodall

AI tools are starting to help scientists fill gaps in our knowledge of how weather and climate has varied in the past, with a focus on instrumental weather observations stored in paper archives worldwide

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Climate models need more frequent releases of input data — here’s how to do it

To keep Earth habitable, humanity must recognize the value of Antarctica and seek to save it from irreversible damage.

go.nature.com/41PkgKn

The Royal Astronomical Society is pleased to congratulate Professor Michele Dougherty on her appointment as the first female Astronomer Royal. 🔭💫🪐

Read more at: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

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You don’t need a senior title or a travel budget to make an international impact as an early-career #academic. Here’s how to start forming global partnerships using the tools you already have – beginning with your inbox: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/makin... #highered #academicsky #edusky

Changes in July temperatures in the #Arctic by decade...

Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.

Carl Sagan on why books are human’s greatest invention:

If you put googly eyes on the Pillars of Creation you get muppets 😄😄

Nature research paper: Impacts of climate change on global agriculture accounting for adaptation

https://go.nature.com/44jB3Hb

The cost-of-living crisis and sky-high rents mean students feel there “is much less room for enjoyment” and are organising their university life around “saving and earning”

#highered #EduSky

The shock victory of Geert Wilders’ far-right party in the Netherlands’ 2023 election has led to reduced funding for higher education and research, curbs on international student numbers and concerns for academic freedom and the country’s reputation as a research powerhouse
#AcademicSky

A study in Nature Communications quantifies how rising temperatures linked to climate change would increase the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and reports projected losses of healthy life years and workplace productivity due to OSA. go.nature.com/3HMqsMg #medsky 🧪

"A global open-source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas (MIRCA-OS) for the 21st century"
#OpenAccess
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Out now! Available in the #C3S data store: ERA5 hourly time-series data on single levels from 1940 to present. As a regridded subset of the full #ERA5 dataset on native resolution, it is designed for retrieving long time-series for a single point.

👉 cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/rea...

Adrien Brody wins Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Brutalist at the #Oscars

This is his second win after 2002’s The Pianist. He has won from 2 out of 2 nominations.