2455 papers
This study utilized HEC-HMS and GIS to demonstrate that rapid urbanization in the Adigrat watershed, northern Ethiopia, significantly increased peak discharge and flood volume by approximately 30% between 2000 and 2018, underscoring the critical need to integrate hydrological considerations into urban planning and flood risk management.
This study experimentally demonstrates a consistent positive relationship between landscape connectivity and juvenile Chinook Salmon densities in the Skagit River Delta by analyzing population changes following a natural river avulsion, thereby validating connectivity as a key predictor for habitat restoration success.
This study evaluates spatial patterns of benthic macrofaunal communities and sediment contaminants in Newfoundland's Placentia Bay, revealing that reduced biodiversity at the bay's head is linked to elevated organic matter and heavy metal concentrations, particularly arsenic, chromium, and copper, which exceed sediment quality guidelines.
This paper provides exploratory evidence linking upstream atmospheric water resource manipulation to increased downstream economic exposure, arguing that such cross-border risks require new climate governance mechanisms to address the inefficiencies of non-cooperative state behavior.
This study reveals that the 2023/24 El Niño triggered an unusually delayed and persistent atmospheric CO₂ growth response driven by a prolonged land–atmosphere carbon imbalance, which resulted in a cumulative carbon anomaly twice as large as that of the 2015/16 event despite weaker initial forcing.
This study demonstrates that tree shade's heat mitigation effect is significantly stronger in semi-natural landscapes than in urban areas and is primarily driven by canopy height variation and proximity to forests rather than land-cover composition, suggesting that adaptation strategies should prioritize vegetation structure and landscape configuration over simply increasing tree cover.
This study utilizes a novel satellite-only attribution framework to demonstrate that while identical climatic drying trends drove hydrological drought in two adjacent Mediterranean lakes, their divergent propagation timescales were governed by basin morphology, and their similar non-climatic declines were caused by distinct land-cover and water-use changes, offering a scalable diagnostic tool for data-scarce regions.
This study characterizes the geographic setting of Saïda, Algeria, and reveals a statistically significant 24-year trend of rising temperatures and declining precipitation, providing a critical climatic baseline for optimizing vector-control strategies and surveillance for cutaneous leishmaniasis in this semi-arid region.
This study utilizes SEM–CL and EPMA analyses of ultracataclasites from the Minami-Awa Fault to demonstrate that cyclic alternations between rapid, Al-rich quartz precipitation under disequilibrium conditions and slower, Al-poor precipitation near equilibrium provide direct microstructural evidence for repeated fault healing and permeability evolution in subduction zones.
This study assesses the temporal and spatial variations in fish assemblage ecological indices within the port-influenced Coqueiros Strait estuary in Brazil, revealing that while seasonal factors drive community structure and some sampling points show signs of anthropogenic pressure, the overall ecological indices remain relatively stable, underscoring the area's critical role as a nursery and the need for continued sustainable management.