📄 earth science

Coexistence of Microplastics and Foramsulfuron in Agricultural Soils Treated with a Digestate: Effects on Herbicide Persistence and Soil Functionality

This study demonstrates that the coexistence of microplastics and digestate in agricultural soils significantly alters the persistence and adsorption of the herbicide Foramsulfuron while differentially affecting soil microbial enzyme activities depending on soil type and exposure time.

Maria Vittoria Pinna, Stefania Diquattro, Enrico Buscaroli, Caterina Senette, Daniela Pezzolla, Paola Castaldi2026-07-23
📄 earth science

Statistical evidence for the Mediterranean response to the 2012 North Atlantic great salinity anomaly

This study provides statistical evidence that the 2012 North Atlantic Great Salinity Anomaly persisted until 2023 and significantly impacted the Mediterranean Sea through 2024, primarily by reducing southwestern Mediterranean salinity and increasing halosteric sea level, although global warming-driven thermosteric effects remain the dominant factor for basin-wide sea level rise.

Gian Luca Eusebi Borzelli, Sandro Carniel, Ernesto Napolitano, Cosimo Enrico Carniel, Mauro Sclavo2026-07-23
📄 earth science

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
📄 earth science

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
📄 earth science

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
📄 earth science

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