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Small Scale Farming: Simple, Successful, Sustainable

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Small Scale Farming: Simple, Successful, Sustainable

Sugeno-san is a philosopher. His love affair with the land is poetry. “These trees are planted by our ancestors. These ‘tambos’ — the orderly descending terraces of rice paddy fields — are blessings from our communal mountains and forests. We smallholder farmers are the guardians of this Earth. It is our ancestral connection with their spirits. We pay our respects by respecting the land.” I realise that this deep and profound link between our planet and our humanity is being shattered by our human greed and ever-rising consumption.  Read more…

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Impacts on Water Quality after Hurricane Sandy

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Impacts on Water Quality after Hurricane Sandy

NOAA – Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center
Center Director: Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi
The City College of New York
June 12, 2013
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New Book: Evapotranspiration Principles and Applications for Water Management

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I am happy to announce that our new book will be released soon.
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NY to LA for Free: Tesla Plans Dramatic Expansion of Charger Network

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Erosion onUPRM Campus

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The Plastic Water Bottle Effect

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GOES-PRWEB results questionable until NEXRAD is back online

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I received an email from Ernesto Rodriguez of the National Weather Service in San Juan this morning, regarding the rainfall data from NOAA’s Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS).  GOES-PRWEB uses the AHPS, so until NEXRAD is back online, the GOES-PRWEB results will be questionable.

Eric

Here is the email from Ernesto:

AHPS data is questionable without the NEXRAD. Until the NEXRAD returns, the AHPS analysis will be created using the Terminal Doppler Radar(TWDR) at Punta Salinas(Toa Baja) and rain gauges(from USGS).
Please, remember that the TDWR is not very useful to detect showers over the southern half of Puerto Rico and the extreme west of Puerto Rico.
Regards,
–Ernesto Rodriguez

NASA Study Projects Warming-Driven Changes in Global Rainfall

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NASA Study Projects Warming-Driven Changes in Global Rainfall

A NASA-led modeling study provides new evidence that global warming may increase the risk for extreme rainfall and drought.

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Photos from TMAG 4035 Soil and Water Management Course, UPRM, Spring 2013

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Click here to see Soil and  Water Management Course photos

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