Daud Hamidi
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Daud Hamidi
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Water & Development
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A study by our group members, @marit-vantiel.bsky.social & @matthias-huss.bsky.social, shows glacier melt in 2022 sustained streamflow during drought. But with glacier retreat, meltwater supply is declining, raising concerns for future droughts. 💧🌍

egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
March 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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🚨 Preprint! We combine our recent open dataset of #APC prices with the article counts per journal-year from #OpenAlex to estimate how much the academic community has paid in APCs over the last 5 years.

A. $8.349 billion ($8.968 B in 2023 USD)

$2.5B in 2023 alone.

arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551 #metasci
Estimating global article processing charges paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023
This study presents estimates of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. APCs are fees charged for publishing in some ...
arxiv.org
November 18, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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African solar installations are projected to grow by 42 percent this year, according to an industry group.

Read more: bit.ly/4byoslG
March 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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🚨 Check out this new article “Between a rock and a hard place: A geosocial approach to water insecurity in Kabul”

Read about the findings and implications: doi.org/10.1016/j.wa...

#water
June 30, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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The Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology was recently featured in @telegraphnews.bsky.social.

Our Chronology is the largest open-source database tracking water as a trigger, casualty, and weapon in conflicts worldwide for thousands of years.

➡️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
‘We’re just like fish: no water, no life’: Drought and dams push Iraq’s marshes to the edge of extinction
Storied marshlands thought by some to be the original Garden of Eden could see conflict over water, activists fear
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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As the northern latitudes warm, ice is melting and vegetation is growing more abundant.

But instead of absorbing more carbon, the region is becoming a source of heat-trapping gas, a new study shows.

Read more: bit.ly/40JX3sQ
January 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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The International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation is a call to action to reduce emissions, adapt to a warming world, and protect our planet’s future. Let 2025 be the tipping point where we changed course. #Glaciers2025

Tune into the launch event here: www.un-glaciers.org/en/official-...
January 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Oxford University Press will be awarding as many as 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in fully open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-...
January 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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🚨 Check out this new article “Between a rock and a hard place: A geosocial approach to water insecurity in Kabul”

Read about the findings and implications: doi.org/10.1016/j.wa...

#water
June 30, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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A Montana judge has ruled that state officials have failed to impose adequate limits on the construction of new homes that rely on groundwater, a decision that could considerably curtail building in areas of the state where water supplies are disappearing.
Montana Court Restricts Use of Groundwater for New Homes
The scion of a political dynasty sought to build a subdivision in a water-stressed valley. A judge said no, a decision that could slow development across the state.
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2024 at 7:19 PM
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Human-caused climate change has affected snow patterns across the Northern Hemisphere, including declines of snowpack in at least 31 individual river basins, a study confirms. It has serious implications for places that rely on snow melt as a water source. nyti.ms/3vCDZQ9
January 10, 2024 at 9:37 PM
After 11 years of tweeting with the birds, excited to spread my wings on Blue Sky!
#HelloWorld
January 10, 2024 at 9:00 AM