{
  "id": 11021792,
  "title": "NASA satellite can monitor most of world's irrigation canals, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/nasa-satellite-can-monitor-most-of-worlds-irrigation-canals-study",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-30T19:50:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-nasa-satellite-world-irrigation-canals.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Irrigation canals form a sort of circulatory system for global agriculture. Across the world, millions of kilometers of human-made canals carry water from lakes, rivers and reservoirs downhill to farmland. Canals are vitally important to human food production, yet many agricultural areas lack the means to monitor the ebb and flow of water through these waterways. This forces farmers and water…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}