📄 earth_science

Petrogenesis and crustal evolution of Hunza Plutonic Unit, Karakoram batholith, NW Pakistan

This study integrates petrographic, geochemical, and geochronological data to characterize the Hunza Plutonic Unit as post-collisional I-type granitoids formed between 21 and 64 Ma, which evolved through fractional crystallization of mantle-derived melts modified by crustal contributions in the Karakoram batholith.

Rafique Ahmad, Asghar Ali, Martin Ondrejka, Ondrej Nemec, Marián Putiš, Matti Ullah, Nasser Maurad Mahdy2026-08-20
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Fine-scale thermal stress heterogeneity decouples bleaching from mortality across a Caribbean fringing reef

Despite near-universal coral bleaching across the Puerto Morelos fringing reef during the 2023 record-breaking marine heatwave, fine-scale thermal stress heterogeneity driven by local oceanographic conditions determined divergent outcomes, where heat-tolerant sites facilitated recovery while high-stress sites suffered severe mortality, ultimately pushing the reef to critically low functional levels.

Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, Ana Molina-Hernández, Esmeralda Pérez-Cervantes, Nuria Estrada-Saldívar2026-08-20
📄 earth_science

Region-wide distribution models of aquatic species in the Baltic Sea

This paper presents a unified, harmonized dataset of 630 high-resolution species distribution models for fish, macrophytes, and invertebrates across the entire Baltic Sea, designed to overcome existing data fragmentation and support effective transboundary conservation and spatial planning.

Edmond Sacre, Antti Takolander, Ants Kaasik, Javier Lenzi, Ulf Bergström, Elina Virtanen, Jonne Kotta, Mårten Erlandsson (…)2026-08-19
📄 earth_science

Evaluating Potentials of Coal-gangue-derived Building Materials Utilization in China: based on GCAM with Multi-dimensional Corrections

This study utilizes a multi-dimensional GCAM framework to reveal that China's coal gangue utilization in building materials is structurally capped at 100 Mt/yr, demonstrating that a province-differentiated, diversified strategy shifting toward power generation and mine backfill is necessary to overcome capacity limits and achieve greater environmental benefits than the current building-material-first approach.

Guangwen Hu, Tong Wang, Yifan Gu, Yufeng Wu2026-08-19
📄 earth_science

Seasonality of water temperature and conductivity regulates phytoplankton richness dynamics by changing turnovers rates in a freshwater shallow lake

Based on a two-year survey of a freshwater shallow lake, this study reveals that seasonal variations in water temperature and conductivity drive phytoplankton richness dynamics by differentially regulating the gain and loss rates of dominant versus non-dominant phyla, thereby highlighting the critical role of turnover processes in maintaining community structure and ecosystem functions.

Jinhua Zhang, Ying Wang, Lingwei Zhao, Lisheng Zhu, Shiping Cai, Jingyi Ru, Xueli Qiu, Yang Li, Jiayin Feng, Shiqiang Wa (…)2026-08-19
📄 earth_science

Beyond Objective Supply and Static Demand: Incorporating Residents’ Behavioral Perceptions into Urban Park Accessibility Assessment

This study enhances urban park accessibility assessment in Kunming by integrating residents' behavioral perceptions from social media data into an improved Gaussian two-step floating catchment area model, revealing how perception feedback and usage popularity significantly refine supply-demand evaluations and exhibit distinct scale-dependent effects.

Quanli Xu, Shengfeng Li, Wen Dong, Junhua Yi, Youyou Li, Shu Wang, Xiao Wang2026-08-19