1371 papers
This study reveals that soil-derived compound drought-hot events impose significantly greater and longer-lasting constraints on global vegetation restoration than meteorological sources, a disparity amplified by human activities and atmospheric dryness that necessitates a shift in ecological risk assessments beyond traditional meteorological metrics.
This study demonstrates that in Adama City, Ethiopia, household flood risk perception is strongly predicted by specific behavioral indicators—particularly immediate evacuation intention, unplugging appliances, checking river levels, and home protection measures—which collectively form a highly accurate logistic regression model for identifying at-risk households and guiding targeted interventions.
This study develops a data-driven, PCA-weighted geospatial framework to map agrarian moisture sensitivity in Bangladesh's Barind Tract, revealing that environmental stress follows continuous biophysical corridors rather than administrative boundaries, thereby advocating for integrated water infrastructure and demand management strategies tailored to these functional ecological zones.
This study establishes a preoperational environmental baseline for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos, Nigeria, revealing that while water contamination is low, soil samples near the newly commissioned Dangote Oil Refinery exhibit significant spatial variations and elevated pollution levels dominated by high molecular weight PAHs, likely stemming from anthropogenic combustion and petroleum activities.
This study presents a reproducible hybrid methodology to quantify Germany's 2022 building, construction, and real estate sector emissions, revealing that the sector accounted for 40.3% of the national total, with operational energy use driving 72.1% of emissions while manufacturing contributed 23.3% and end-of-life treatment offering potential recycling credits of approximately 3.2%.
This study utilizes MaxEnt modeling to reveal that over the past four decades (1980–2019), Iran's date palm climatic suitability has undergone a significant west-to-east redistribution driven primarily by rising annual temperatures, resulting in habitat polarization with expanding high-suitability areas in the southeast and contracting medium-suitability zones in the west.
This study utilizes remote sensing and GIS-based morphometric analysis to prioritize thirteen sub-watersheds in the Upper Yamuna River basin, identifying specific high-priority areas requiring targeted water conservation and soil erosion mitigation measures for sustainable management.
This study introduces a standardized framework for monitoring terrestrial litter, which was applied to 240 agricultural fields across Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg to reveal high plastic contamination levels and identify plastic foil and compost use as primary pollution sources.
This study utilized a two-year microwave monitoring campaign in the medieval cave town of Uplistsikhe, Georgia, to characterize complex seasonal moisture patterns and identify diverse water sources—including precipitation, seepage, and air humidity—that drive rock decay in sandstone niches, thereby offering new insights for site preservation despite the challenges of site-specific variability.
This study characterizes the subsurface dynamic properties and seismic site conditions of northeastern Tehran using microtremor-based HVSR analysis and numerical inversion, revealing relatively stiff near-surface materials classified as Site Class II while identifying localized low-velocity layers and a bedrock interface at approximately 250 m depth to inform seismic design for urban development.