Climate Change

Space-based quantification of per capita CO2 emissions from cities

Urban areas are currently responsible for ~70% of the global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and rapid ongoing global urbanization is increasing the number and size of cities. Thus, understanding city-scale CO2 emissions and how they vary between cities with different urban densities is a critical task.

Publication Date: 
09/03/2020
Dien Wu, John C Lin, Tomohiro Oda & et al
Environmental Research Letters
1-9
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, Remote Sensing, Urban Habitat, Green Spaces, NASA, Coal, Fossil Fuels, China, Air Pollution, Atmosphere
Climate Change

Global lake thermal regions shift under climate change

Water temperature is critical for the ecology of lakes. However, the ability to predict its spatial and seasonal variation is constrained by the lack of a thermal classification system. Here we define lake thermal regions using objective analysis of seasonal surface temperature dynamics from satellite observations.

Publication Date: 
06/03/2020
Stephen C. Maberly, Ruth A. O’Donnell, R. Iestyn Woolway & et al
Nature Communications
1232
1-9
Tags:
Climate Change, Lakes, Climate Impacts, Remote Sensing, Solar Radiation
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding preventive and remedial action to stop unscientific rat hole mining, Meghalaya, 17/01/2020

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Threat to life arising out of coal mining in South Garo Hills district Vs State of Meghalaya & Others dated 17/01/2020 regarding unscientific rat hole mining in the state of Meghalaya - for preventive and remedial action. The committee appointed for the purpose submitted its 6th Interim Report dated December 3, 2019.

Judgement Date: 
17/01/2020
Tags:
Coal, Mining, Meghalaya, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Remote Sensing, Mining Reclamation, Mining Waste, Health Effects, North East
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding polluting industrial units along Jojari river, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 15/01/2020

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gram Panchayat ARABA Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 15/01/2020.

Judgement Date: 
15/01/2020
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, River Pollution, Jodhpur (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Rajasthan, Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Groundwater, Remote Sensing
Agriculture

Evaluation of a combined drought indicator and its potential for agricultural drought prediction in southern Spain

A new combined drought indicator (CDI) is proposed that integrates rainfall, soil moisture and vegetation dynamics. The performance of this indicator was evaluated against crop damage data from agricultural insurance schemes in five different areas in SW Sp

Publication Date: 
03/01/2020
María del Pilar Jiménez-Donaire, Ana Tarquis, Juan Vicente Giráldez
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
21-33
Tags:
Droughts, Agriculture, Spain, Weather Predictions, Rainfall Pattern, Remote Sensing, Soil Capability, Natural Disaster
Solid Waste

Report on landfills in Kerala, 01/01/2020

Report by Kerala State Pollution Control Board to the Central Pollution Control Board in OA No. 519 of 2019 dated 01/01/2020. The matter related to mangement of legacy waste. The NGT had directed the Central Pollution Control Board to compile the latest data on the dumpsites with the assistance of State PCBs/PCCs and Secretaries, Urban Development of all the states/UTs within one month and place the information of such dumpsites on its website. 

Judgement Date: 
01/01/2020
Tags:
Landfill, Kerala, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Remote Sensing, Waste Management
Air Pollution

Managing India’s air quality through an eye in the sky

This brief evaluates the merits of using satellite observations in aiding air quality management. It identifies challenges in the effective application of satellite observations.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2020
L S Kurinji, Tanushree Ganguly
Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Tags:
Air Quality Management, Air Pollution, Remote Sensing, Health Effects, India
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding industrial pollution along Jojari river, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 11/12/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gram Panchayat ARABA Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 11/12/2019 regarding Jojari river pollution, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Counsel for Central Ground Water Board submits that they have by now inspected around 1000 units out of which 42 units were found illegally extracting ground water and the same has been sealed.

Judgement Date: 
12/12/2019
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Jodhpur (T), River Pollution, Industrial Waste, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Groundwater, Rajasthan, Remote Sensing, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Air Pollution

Technical considerations for choosing a metric for vehicle remote-sensing regulations

An increasing number of countries, including mainland China, are considering enforcing emission regulations for in-use diesel vehicles via remote sensing, a promising technology that measures exhaust emissions from a large number of on-road vehicles without interrupting traffic.

Publication Date: 
19/11/2019
Liuhanzi Yang, Yoann Bernard, Tim Dallmann
Tags:
Air Pollution, Compliance And Enforcement, Green House Gases, Diesel, Vehicles, Remote Sensing, China
Climate Change

Degradation and forgone removals increase the carbon impact of intact forest loss by 626%

Intact tropical forests, free from substantial anthropogenic influence, store and sequester large amounts of atmospheric carbon but are currently neglected in international climate policy.

Publication Date: 
30/10/2019
Sean L. Maxwell, Tom Evans, James E. M. Watson & et al
Science Advances
5
10
1-10
Tags:
Tropical Forests, Climate Change, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Sinks, Remote Sensing, South America, Brazil, Congo, Asia, Africa, Carbon Dioxide, Indonesia, Bolivia, Land Use

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