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  "id": 14979154,
  "title": "Nigerian researcher wins US award for groundwater study",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/nigerian-researcher-wins-us-award-for-groundwater-study-14979154",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-16T15:26:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/nigerian-researcher-wins-us-award-for-groundwater-study/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ayobami Oni, a Nigerian researcher, has been honored with the Blue Integrated Partnerships Extra Mile Award for his outstanding contributions to water and environmental research during a 2026 summer program in the Caribbean. The award recognized his commitment, research contributions, and exceptional performance during the Blue Integrated Partnerships Summer Institute. The institute's studies focused on precipitation trends, watershed conditions, and surface-water changes in Puerto Rico and various island territories, employing long-term rainfall records, geographic information systems, and spatial analysis. Oni's work extended to researching surface-water conditions in the Río Grande de Loíza watershed in Puerto Rico, utilizing satellite-derived indicators to assess turbidity, suspended sediments, and chlorophyll changes. His research interests also encompass hydrologic modeling, flood behavior, environmental sensing, and geospatial analysis, with a focus on machine learning, remote sensing, and their potential to address water-management challenges in Nigeria.",
  "summary": "A Nigerian-born groundwater researcher, Ayobami Oni, has received the Blue Integrated Partnerships Extra Mile Award in the US for his contributions to wate Read More: https://punchng.com/nigerian-researcher-wins-us-award-for-groundwater-study/",
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        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Nigerian researcher wins US award for groundwater study",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/nigerian-researcher-wins-us-award-for-groundwater-study",
        "published": "2026-10-16T14:48:54.000Z"
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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."
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