Tethys Geoscience Foundation

10/12/2026

Better hydrologic models depend on better data. A new 40-year, distributed dataset for U.S. basins provides high-resolution hydrologic information that could support data-driven modeling, watershed analysis, and new approaches to understanding water systems.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-026-08030-4

10/07/2026

From expanding cities to shifting forests, Earth's surface is changing faster than ever. How can satellite remote sensing protect our ecosystems, agriculture, and water quality? Discover how cutting-edge land cover monitoring helps us track and safeguard our planet. Read more below!
https://tethysgeoscience.org/2026/10/06/tracking-earths-dynamic-surface-land-cover-monitoring/

10/05/2026

NASA recently enhanced its MODIS and VIIRS near-real-time flood products and released a 23-year archive, including the ability to distinguish unusual flooding from recurring flooding.

https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news/blog/nasa-enhances-global-flood-products-smarter-detection-flooding-release-23-year-archive?

09/30/2026

Build the future of together! Collaborate on open-source web apps, share global data, and develop solutions for natural hazards with researchers worldwide. Join the Tethys Geoscience Foundation community today! 🌍💻

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09/28/2026

Can freezing ground actually unleash mini-earthquakes in the subarctic? New hyper-resolution soil modeling in Finland is helping researchers map and predict "frost quakes" by accurately tracking subsurface ice and temperature dynamics across changing Arctic landscapes.
https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/30/5049/2026/

09/23/2026

Natural hazards are interconnected—heavy rainfall triggers floods and landslides, while drought feeds wildfires. Discover how hydrological monitoring tools expand to predict compound environmental risks and build safer communities.

Read more: https://tethysgeoscience.org/2026/09/22/natural-hazards-beyond-water-landslides-earthquakes-and-wildfires/

09/21/2026

From satellites orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth to sensors embedded deep in the soil—how do we bridge the gap in root-zone water monitoring? 🛰️🌱

A recent study published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Retrieving root-zone soil moisture from land surface modelling and GRACE/-FO and validating its dynamics with in-situ data over West Africa, combines satellite observations, land surface modeling, and ground observations to better understand root-zone water storage dynamics across the region.

https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/30/5023/2026/

Abstract. Rainfall variability in West Africa, driven by the West African Monsoon, poses significant challenges to agricultural productivity and livelihoods. In this context, understanding root-zone soil moisture (RZSM) dynamics is crucial since it serves as the primary water source for crops. While...

09/16/2026

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09/14/2026

This paper explores how conceptual hydrologic models can be reformulated as physically constrained, interpretable neural networks. The researchers tested their approach across 513 CAMELS-US basins and found that relatively compact neural-network representations could achieve strong predictive performance.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.26492?utm_source=chatgpt.com

The Mass-Conserving Perceptron (MCP) establishes a modeling paradigm in which conceptual hydrologic models can be reformulated as physically constrained, conceptually interpretable neural networks. Here, we develop a snow-water MCP network framework and evaluate it across 513 CAMELS-US basins. We fi...

09/09/2026

What lies beneath our feet directly drives environmental stability.

Discover how innovative web applications built on Tethys Platform harness soil moisture, erosion assessment, and remote sensing data to transform hidden ground data into actionable decision-making tools.

Read the full insight: https://tethysgeoscience.org/2026/09/08/soil-science-applications-from-monitoring-to-decision-making/