493 papers
This study reveals that U.S. hyperscale data centers consume nearly 300 GL of water annually through two distinct pathways—direct cooling and electricity generation—demonstrating that effective water governance requires addressing both local facility design and regional power procurement strategies rather than relying solely on local cooling permits.
This study introduces the UCRD–NFG framework, a model-independent method that combines upward-continuation-based decomposition with the Normalized Full Gradient technique to efficiently reconstruct subsurface structural geometry and estimate depths directly from Bouguer gravity anomalies without requiring inversion or prior geological information.
This study employs a qualitative comparative analysis of Konya and Bukavu to reveal how formal planning in the former fosters structured yet car-dependent expansion, while informal dynamics in the latter drive unregulated growth, ultimately demonstrating that effective urban sprawl management requires context-specific policies rather than assuming all Global South cities lack governance capacity.
This study integrates hydrochemical analysis and Electrical Resistivity Tomography to demonstrate that seawater intrusion in the Gir-Somnath coastal aquifer is primarily driven by excessive groundwater extraction and pumping-induced upconing through permeable limestone, resulting in significant salinization that varies seasonally with recharge and extraction rates.
This study characterizes a low-level jet over the central East China Sea during the Bai-u season as a phenomenon driven by thermal wind strengthening from warm air advection and diurnal ageostrophic cycles, which occurs independently of the Bai-u front and precedes heavy rainfall in Kyushu.
By applying Sentinel-1 SAR interferometry to the western Greenland Ice Sheet, this study reveals that late-season ice flow recovery and trough-aligned subsidence are driven by coexisting weakly connected and well-connected subglacial drainage components, respectively, highlighting the critical role of bed troughs in storing and releasing meltwater well after surface melting ceases.
This study uses high-resolution sedimentary records from the southwestern Barents Sea to demonstrate that a major freshwater outburst from the Baltic Ice Lake around 11.5 to 11 thousand years ago triggered widespread Arctic cooling, sea-ice expansion, and ocean circulation changes during the onset of the Preboreal period.
By combining Lagrangian tracking with radionuclide tracer observations, this study reveals that while Arctic dense water formation occurs rapidly within a few years, its export to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is delayed by decades, suggesting a stable supply of dense water will persist over the coming decades despite ongoing sea ice loss.
This systematic review synthesizes evidence from 48 sources to demonstrate that decades of industrial and artisanal mining in the DRC's Katanga region have generated severe acid mine drainage and hazardous waste, causing metal concentrations in water and soil to far exceed WHO guidelines while exposing vulnerable communities, particularly women and children, to significant health risks amidst a critical gap between environmental regulations and enforcement.
This study develops and evaluates a high-performing machine learning prototype for predicting early-season wildfire risk in Ghana's Guinea Savannah by integrating multi-source environmental and human data, demonstrating superior accuracy over traditional indices while offering illustrative future projections under CMIP6 climate scenarios with the caveat that it remains a research tool rather than a fully validated operational warning system.