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Beyond the Grid: Earth Observation Enabled Energy Storage Pathways for Renewable Powered Resilient Energy Systems: A PRISMA-Based Systematic Review

This PRISMA-based systematic review synthesizes 25 studies to demonstrate how integrating Earth observation, geospatial intelligence, and energy storage technologies can optimize renewable-powered resilient energy systems, while identifying a critical research gap in unifying geospatial evidence, lifecycle assessment, and justice-oriented policy within a single decision framework.

Md. Hasanuzzaman Vuia, Abu Sayed Md Za, Rafiqul Islam, Md. Sanwar Hossain, Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Johir Uddin Khan, Borun C (…)2026-07-22
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Seismic Energy Partitioning Across the Continuum of Laboratory Fault Slip Modes

This study demonstrates that slow and fast earthquakes represent end-members of a continuous fault slip spectrum governed by elastodynamic interactions, revealing a unified physical mechanism where energy partitioning shifts systematically from acoustic swarms in slow slip to high-amplitude bursts in fast rupture.

Federico Pignalberi, Giacomo Mastella, Carolina Giorgetti, Chris Marone, Marco Maria Scuderi2026-07-22
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Evaluating Evacuation Challenges for Vulnerable Populations During the 2023 Lahaina (Maui) Wildfire: A Wildland–Urban Interface Analysis of Emergency Evacuation Systems

This study analyzes the 2023 Lahaina wildfire's evacuation failures for vulnerable populations by identifying critical deficiencies in infrastructure and regulatory compliance, ultimately proposing an Accessible Wildfire Evacuation Model that integrates Universal Design principles with key building and fire codes to enhance equitable disaster resilience.

Aly Haidar2026-07-22
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Multiscale land-atmospheric feedbacks intensify hot droughts over global river-basins

This study reveals that hot drought severity across 30 major global river basins is driven not only by regional mean land-atmospheric feedbacks but also by the spatial coherence of soil drying and inter-basin propagation, with these scale-dependent mechanisms explaining up to 32% of severity and showing a shift toward soil-moisture-driven intensification in subtropical regions.

Auroop Ganguly2026-07-22
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The Equity of the Built-Nature Interface: Perceivable Landscape Connectivity and Urban Health across Korean Cities

This study introduces perceivable landscape connectivity (PLC) to analyze how the spatial arrangement of urban nature, distinct from mere green space quantity, relates to cardiometabolic health and life satisfaction across seven Korean cities, revealing that while most beneficial configuration effects are intertwined with socioeconomic advantage, specific aspects like built-fabric contiguity and water aggregation independently support walking and well-being, particularly among older adults.

Baysok JUN2026-07-22
📄 earth_science

Validation of a Modified Normalized Spotted Hyena Optimization Fractal Dimension of Characterizing Pore Structure in Permo–Triassic Khuff Carbonate Reservoirs, Central Saudi Arabia

This study validates modified statistical and optimization-based methods, specifically the Modified Normalized Kruskal–Wallis and Modified Normalized Spotted Hyena Optimization approaches, for accurately characterizing pore-network heterogeneity and predicting permeability in Permo–Triassic Khuff carbonate reservoirs through robust fractal dimension analysis.

Khalid Elyas Mohamed Elameen Alkhidir2026-07-22
📄 earth_science

The new microclimatic scenario of the Pantanal: a temporal analysis of thermo-pollutant dynamics

This study analyzes 24 years of data (2000–2024) to reveal that the Pantanal biome and the city of Cáceres are experiencing a critical new microclimatic scenario characterized by synergistic warming, drying, and severe particulate pollution that threatens both ecological integrity and public health.

Cleverson Ricardo Soares Viana, Maísa Consuelo Santos, Daiana Ferreira Dias, Adriana Gioda, Wilkinson Lopes Lázaro, Erna (…)2026-07-22