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1371 papers

📄 earth_science

Reconstructing the 2018 Lombok Earthquake Sequence: Insight from An Incident-Angle Corrected InSAR Analysis

This study utilizes incident-angle corrected InSAR analysis to quantify the coseismic surface displacements of the 2018 Lombok earthquake sequence, revealing distinct uplift patterns along the Flores Back-Arc Thrust and significant volcanic subsidence at Mt. Rinjani that underscore the necessity of geometric corrections for accurate hazard assessment in complex volcanic back-arc environments.

Guruh Sukarno Putra2026-09-03
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Climate warming accelerates plastic degradation and secondary microplastic formation

This study demonstrates that global warming significantly accelerates the photodegradation and fragmentation of common plastics (PP, PE, and PET) into secondary microplastics, with the most pronounced relative increases occurring in rapidly warming high-latitude regions despite the highest absolute rates being found in the tropics.

Xin-Feng Wei, Zhou Li, Xinjie Wang, Garance Lefevre, Maud Bescond, Rui-Ying Bao, Emmanuel Richaud, Matthew MacLeod2026-09-03
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Projected Changes in Annual Precipitation from Wet Days (PRCPTOT) across Global Warming Levels in the Rapti River Basin: A CMIP6 Multi-Model Analysis

This study utilizes a CMIP6 multi-model ensemble to project that annual precipitation from wet days (PRCPTOT) in the Rapti River Basin will consistently increase across global warming levels of 1.5°C, 2°C, and 3°C, highlighting heightened flood risks and the urgent need for climate adaptation strategies.

sonali kumari, Vikram Singh, Shakti Suryavanshi2026-09-03
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Spatial distribution and driving factors of naturally regenerated vegetation in the Yellow River Basin, China, from 1990 to 2020

This study utilized remote sensing and machine learning models to map the spatial distribution and identify key climatic, topographic, and anthropogenic drivers of naturally regenerated vegetation in China's Yellow River Basin from 1990 to 2020, revealing its predominant grassland composition, southeast-to-northwest gradient, and significant clustering to inform differentiated ecological restoration strategies.

Jiaxin Mi, Ke Qi, Junyu Chen, Huping Hou, Shaoliang Zhang2026-09-02
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An assessment of the environmental sensitive geochemical anomalies in Cenozoic lignite deposits of Sonari, Barmer Basin, Rajasthan (India) using advanced technologies

This study utilizes advanced petrological, geochemical, and mineralogical techniques to assess the organic and inorganic composition of Cenozoic lignite deposits in the Sonari region of the Barmer Basin, Rajasthan, with a specific focus on identifying environmentally sensitive trace elements and their potential impacts during mining and utilization.

Ishwar Chandra Rahi, Pramod Kumar Rajak, A. S. Naik, Neeraj Upadhyay, Govind Kumar, Aniruddha Kumar, Om Prakash K., Vija (…)2026-09-02
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Remote sensing and Community perception evidences on the Impacts of land use/cover change on natural resources in Rungwe Volcanic Province in Tanzania

This study combines remote sensing data and community surveys to reveal that rapid population growth and agricultural expansion in Tanzania's Rungwe Volcanic Province are driving significant land-use changes that degrade forests, alter water levels, and reduce crop yields, necessitating urgent ecosystem management and land-use planning.

Benard Mwakisunga, Hance Njobelo2026-09-02
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Very Wet Day Precipitation (R95p) Projections under 1.5°C, 2°C, and 3°C Global Warming Levels: A CMIP6 Multi-Model Analysis for the Rapti River Basin

This study utilizes a CMIP6 multi-model analysis to demonstrate that very wet day precipitation (R95p) in the Rapti River Basin intensifies significantly across 1.5°C, 2°C, and 3°C global warming levels, with the ACCESS-ESM1-5 model projecting the most substantial increases and highlighting critical spatial heterogeneity and the urgent need for adaptive flood management strategies.

Sonali kumari, Vikram Singh, Shakti Suryavanshi2026-09-02
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The Hidden Material Footprint and Circularity Limits of Spacecraft Expansion

This study quantifies the hidden material footprint of over 18,000 historical and projected spacecraft, revealing that their rapid expansion will drastically intensify environmental pressures and critical resource depletion due to the unrecoverable nature of embedded materials, thereby creating a significant trade-off between space exploration and terrestrial sustainability.

Xianlai Zeng, Moisés Gómez, Jinhui Li2026-09-02
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A hierarchical cascade derivation of the bathymetric spectral order governing tsunami coda excitation and scattering attenuation

This paper demonstrates that the von Kármán order governing tsunami coda excitation and scattering attenuation is not a free parameter but is fundamentally fixed by the hierarchical NN-body cascade structure of the seafloor, thereby predicting a Mittag-Leffler temporal decay for tsunami codas without the need for empirical fitting.

Farrukh Chishtie2026-09-02
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Flood-scale shifts in effective sediment source zones and signal transmission through a gated-weir cascade

By integrating satellite imagery with hydrological data from 38 monsoon floods, this study reveals that sediment connectivity in the Nakdong River's gated-weir cascade is driven by flood-specific source activation and infrastructure operation rather than nominal storage, resulting in significant shifts in sediment source zones and minimal attenuation of sediment signals across the system.

Jun Song Kim, Siyoon Kwon2026-09-02