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<![CDATA[EARTH OBSERVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM & LIVELIHOOD (EASEL) LAB - Blog]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:38:09 -0400Weebly<![CDATA[Nature Communities Blog: Coastal farmlands across US mid-Atlantic turning too salty for traditional farming]]>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:43:23 GMThttps://www.easel-lab-mondal.com/blog/nature-communities-blog-coastal-farmlands-across-us-mid-atlantic-turning-too-salty-for-traditional-farming

Photo: Jarrod Miller

Many of the world's productive farmlands are experiencing water scarcity issues due to inadequate rainfall or groundwater depletion. But what about a region where there’s too much water but not the right kind? In this study, we found that hundreds of hectares of farmland have visible salt patches, and thousands of additional hectares have turned into marsh. The annual loss in profit might be in millions of US dollars, especially in a corn-based economy.

]]><![CDATA[Cornell Economics that Really Matters Blog Post: Can we climate-proof global food systems?]]>Tue, 03 Nov 2015 14:41:13 GMThttps://www.easel-lab-mondal.com/blog/cornell-economics-that-really-matters-blog-post-can-we-climate-proof-global-food-systems

How is climate change expected to impact global agriculture and our ability to feed 9 billion people across the globe? Can we reduce climate risks to food systems? What is climate-smart agriculture and what role will it play?

]]><![CDATA[Columbia Earth Institute Blog: Help for Indian Small Farmers in a Changing Climate]]>Fri, 10 Jul 2015 20:01:16 GMThttps://www.easel-lab-mondal.com/blog/columbia-earth-institute-blog-help-for-indian-small-farmers-in-a-changing-climate

While a much-needed insurance reform is a welcome change in the Indian agricultural sector, enabling smallholders to be self-sufficient in the wake of climate change and India’s alarming problem of groundwater depletion would be an added plus.

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