493 papers
This study analyzes production data from a Middle Eastern carbonate oilfield to establish normalized water cut rise curves, revealing that reservoir pore structure and fracture development are the primary factors controlling the predominantly "convex" and "convex-S" water cut rise patterns, thereby providing a theoretical basis for optimizing water injection strategies.
This study analyzes Lithuanian data from 2014 to 2024 to reveal that while the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily altered water use and air pollution patterns, it ultimately redistributed rather than reduced environmental pressures, underscoring the need for structural solutions to achieve long-term sustainability.
This study utilizes valence electron energy loss spectroscopy and radiative transfer modeling to demonstrate that airborne tire wear particles are significant light-absorbing aerosols with a global shortwave direct radiative forcing of 0.0148 W m⁻², suggesting they will become an increasingly important contributor to anthropogenic climate warming as the global vehicle fleet shifts toward heavier electric models.
Using a 69-year dataset, this study reveals that the Baltic Sea's deep basins are trapped in an alternative stable state driven by a 14-to-19-year lag in internal phosphorus release, proving that legacy effects rather than external nutrient reductions currently dictate ecosystem recovery and necessitating a recalibration of global marine management timelines.
This study evaluates a pristine waterfall in Abuja, Nigeria, revealing that seasonal shifts significantly alter its physicochemical properties and microbial populations, with rainy season conditions driving higher microbial counts and distinct temperature-pH interactions that are effectively modeled using Response Surface Methodology to predict ecological and public health risks.
This study introduces a robust classification framework combining Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (MFDFA) with machine learning to effectively distinguish tectonic earthquakes from glacial tremors by leveraging their distinct multifractal signatures, achieving up to 97.35% accuracy in complex, noisy environments.
This study examines the Ripa village in Nepal to demonstrate how financial, technological, geographical, socio-structural, and political constraints, exacerbated by climate-induced inequalities, render adaptation measures insufficient and lead to massive economic and non-economic loss and damage, thereby underscoring the urgent need to document adaptation limits to inform more effective future risk reduction strategies.
This study identifies that the breeding abundance of the endangered Yuma Ridgway's Rail in the Cienega de Santa Clara is primarily driven by surface water availability and vegetation productivity, highlighting the critical need for adaptive binational water management to preserve complex emergent vegetation and ensure the species' survival.
This study of 147 households in South Ethiopia's Omo Valley reveals that while local communities demonstrate moderate levels of knowledge, positive attitudes, and good practices regarding large carnivore conservation, these outcomes vary significantly by socio-demographic and livelihood factors, highlighting the need for targeted awareness campaigns, livelihood diversification, and improved livestock protection measures to mitigate human–carnivore conflict.
Using Malawi's 2019–2020 household data, this study reveals that while water access is high, combined water, energy, and food access is moderate and heavily shaped by wealth disparities, regional inequalities, and spatial dependencies, necessitating integrated district-level interventions to address these intersecting deprivations.