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Proglacial lakes drive ice flow decoupling between Himalayan glacier accumulation and ablation zones

This study reveals that the rapid expansion of proglacial lakes across the Himalaya has driven a post-2021 decoupling of ice flow, causing acceleration in the ablation zones of 66% of studied lake-terminating glaciers that overcomes thinning-induced deceleration, thereby necessitating the integration of localized topographic and lake-driven factors into predictive models for water security and flood risk management.

Alex Hyde, J Carr, Stuart Dunning2026-08-05

📄 earth science

A near-certain late-summer drought hotspot across southern and eastern Europe under global warming

Under +3 °C global warming, regional climate projections indicate that isolated drought clusters across southern and eastern Europe will near-certainly merge into a single, recurrent large-scale hotspot, while northern Europe faces increased local drought frequency and amplified extremes.

Henri Funk2026-08-05

📄 earth science

A Structural-State Closure Model for Glacier Basal Friction and Its Validation with Daily Argentiere Glacier Data

This paper extends a structural-state friction model to glacier basal motion, demonstrating that a formulation combining a fixed structural response shape with a hydrology- and bed-state-dependent characteristic speed outperforms existing baselines in predicting basal shear stress for the Argentiere Glacier using daily field data.

GuoJun Pan2026-08-05

📄 earth science

Sentinel-1 SBAS-InSAR detection of pre-failure ground motion at the 2025 Njintout landslide, central Cameroon Volcanic Line.

This study demonstrates that Sentinel-1 SBAS-InSAR analysis of open satellite data successfully detected pre-failure ground acceleration at the 2025 Njintout landslide in Cameroon approximately 4.5 months before the catastrophic event, despite the absence of ground-based monitoring equipment.

Jospen Roméo NEGOU2026-08-05

📄 earth science

Offshore Wind Energy Resource Assessment for Pakistan and the Arabian Sea Using Reanalysis-Based Wind Climatology

This study utilizes W5E5 reanalysis data to assess offshore wind resources in Pakistan and the Arabian Sea, identifying a high-potential southern hotspot with peak summer winds that supports the deployment of floating wind systems in deep waters to advance sustainable energy goals.

IMRAN AHMED KHAN2026-08-05

📄 earth science

Fungal contributions to ecological succession during the Cretaceous–Paleogene transition

This study reveals that fungi played a multifaceted role in post-Cretaceous–Paleogene recovery by proliferating in response to pre-impact volcanic stress, driving ecological succession through distinct stages of decomposition and colonization, and potentially acting as both pathogens and mutualists during the transition to Paleocene vegetation.

Rosanna Baker2026-08-05

📄 earth science

Physics-Regularized Neural Networks for Urban Air Quality Prediction Under Meteorological Variability: Emission Source Estimation from Sparse Observations in London

This paper proposes a physics-regularized neural network framework that integrates sparse urban monitoring data with meteorological reanalysis and atmospheric transport physics to reconstruct spatially continuous PM2.5 emission-related fields in London, effectively constraining ill-posed inverse solutions to provide physically plausible diagnostic insights under data-scarce conditions.

Hao Liu2026-08-05

📄 earth science

Radiological Risk Assessment of Radionuclide Contamination in Sediment and Water of the Halda River Estuary, Bangladesh

A radiological risk assessment of the Halda River Estuary in Bangladesh using HPGe gamma-ray spectrometry found that naturally occurring radionuclide levels in sediment and water are below global averages and pose no current threat to biodiversity or human health, though future monitoring is recommended to anticipate potential increases from natural or anthropogenic sources.

Iqbal Hossain Sumon, Animesh Kumer Chakraborty, Mst. Shafaly Khatun2026-08-05

📄 earth science

Climate change and changing levels of risk exposure for ships operating in the Global Arctic

This study systematically evaluates navigational risk exposure for ships in the Global Arctic from 2015 to 2021, revealing that while a doubling of maritime activity coincided with an overall decrease in risk due to changing sea ice conditions, specific vessel types and regions such as the Kara Sea and Baffin Bay remain significantly more vulnerable.

Jackie Dawson, Sierra Beacher, Alison Cook, Andrew Fleming, Ed Blockly, Jeremy Wilkinson, Michael Karcher, Maribeth Murr (…)2026-08-05

📄 earth science

Dynamic–thermal coupling drives increasing oceanic eddy-to-ice heat fluxes in the Arctic

This study reveals that as Arctic sea ice retreats, dynamic–thermal coupling between friction-velocity fluctuations and upper-ocean temperature anomalies drives an increasing ocean-to-ice heat flux via mesoscale eddies, a state-dependent mechanism not captured by current climate models.

Ruijian Gou, Yingjie Liu, Gerrit Lohmann, Guihua Wang, Dmitry Sein, Peigen Lin, Deliang Chen, Wenju Cai, Lixin Wu2026-08-05

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