Hydrologists Find Environmental Damage From Fog Reduction Is Observable From Outer Space

Posted on 14 May 2018 14 May 2018 by

Fog Related Vegetation Changes Namib Desert — Two satellite images show vegetation change from fog in two areas of the Namib desert. The left image shows the areas during periods of lower fog; the right image shows the areas during periods of higher fog. Greener areas inside the squares indicate vegetation greening. Credit: Image courtesy of Lixin Wang, Indiana University

IUPUI-led study is the first to find satellite data can detect fog's impact on vegetation levels under climate change.

A new study led by ecohydrologists at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) has shown for the first time that it's possible to use satellite data to measure the threat of climate change to ecological systems that depend on water from fog.