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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

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Beach and Coastal Structure Impacts of Infragravity Waves During the Late December 2023 Swells in Southern California

This study analyzes the late December 2023 Southern California swell, demonstrating how resonant infragravity waves amplified by local harbor geometry caused record-breaking wave heights, severe shoreline erosion, and significant infrastructure damage.

Abigail L. Stehno, Patrick Lynett, Matthew Wesley2026-08-19

📄 earth_science

Monitoring the Effect of Urbanization on Atmospheric Thermodynamics over Bhubaneswar under Recent Climatic Conditions

This study utilizes a decade of satellite and reanalysis data to demonstrate that rapid urbanization in Bhubaneswar has significantly altered local atmospheric thermodynamics, leading to increased surface temperatures, modified moisture profiles, and a general rise in atmospheric instability across seasonal cycles.

Bhavana Thilakan, Jyotirmayee Satapathy2026-08-19

📄 earth_science

UAV-Based Thermal Remote Sensing in Desert Environments: Methodological Framework and Experimental Analysis of the Casma Valley Geoglyphs, Peru

This study utilizes ultra-high-resolution UAV-based thermal imaging to demonstrate that desert geoglyphs in Peru exhibit significant thermal detectability during specific daytime periods, challenging the traditional assumption that nighttime surveys are invariably optimal and establishing a process-based framework for interpreting archaeological thermal signatures based on material properties and environmental dynamics.

Gabriele Ciccone, Nicodemo Abate, Angel Sanchez Borjas, Jeff Contreras, Ivan Ghezzi, Rosa Lasaponara, Nicola Masini2026-08-19

📄 earth_science

Production-network embedding and embodied carbon–energy footprints in semiconductor supply chains: An MRIO scenario analysis of Taiwan, Japan, and the United States

Using a multi-region input–output analysis of Taiwan, Japan, and the United States, this study reveals that the embodied carbon and energy footprints of semiconductor supply chains are driven primarily by upstream production-network embedding rather than by the direct efficiency or electricity mix of the host manufacturing site.

Takuya Shimamura, Shunsuke Managi2026-08-19

📄 earth_science

Freshwater Ecosystems Relative Disturbance to Identify Key Conservation Priorities in Water-stressed Countries

This paper presents a dynamic earth observation-based framework for assessing relative disturbance in freshwater ecosystems across northern African and western Asian countries, revealing widespread declines in Ramsar sites and surface water extent alongside increasing landscape transformations to guide conservation priorities and restoration strategies in water-stressed regions.

Vijaykumar Bejagam, Ibrahim Mohammed2026-08-19

📄 earth_science

Natural Resources and Industry 5.0 as Levers for Sustainable Energy Transition: Policy Lessons from Emerging Markets

This study utilizes panel quantile analysis on emerging markets from 2000 to 2023 to demonstrate that while natural resource consumption initially hinders renewable energy adoption, its long-term sustainable management combined with Industry 5.0 innovations significantly accelerates the transition toward clean energy.

Mubasher Iqbal, Nawaz Ahmad, Muhammad Gulzar, Judit Oláh2026-08-19

📄 earth_science

Can Satellite and Reanalysis Estimates Capture the Intra-Annual Structure of Localised Temperature Trends? Novel Diagnostic Metrics and Station Evidence from a Data-Sparse Tropical Region, with Implications for Climate Adaptation

This study evaluates the ability of satellite and reanalysis estimates (ERA5 and CHIRTS) to capture the intra-annual structure of localised temperature trends in Ghana by introducing novel diagnostic metrics (SS var and SPA), revealing significant biases in seasonal timing and warming intensity that necessitate trend-preserving bias correction before these datasets can be reliably used for climate adaptation planning in data-sparse tropical regions.

John Bagiliko, David Stern, Danny Parsons, Denis Ndanguza2026-08-19

📄 earth_science

Better Together(?): A Textual Study of Coordination Between National Actors and C40 Cities

Through a textual analysis of 39 Nationally Determined Contributions and 65 city climate action plans, this study reveals that cross-level coordination between national and city actors remains limited, with Global South cities demonstrating higher rates of mutual inclusion in governance documents compared to their Global North counterparts.

Devon Cantwell-Chavez2026-08-19

📄 earth_science

Climate drives ignition, firebreak limit spread and intensity: wildfire controls in semi-arid protected area in Chad

In Chad's Ouadi Rime–Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve, wildfire ignition is primarily driven by climate-fuel interactions involving prior-year vegetation productivity and seasonal weather, while strategically positioned firebreaks effectively limit post-ignition spread and intensity without preventing ignition itself.

Caleb Ngaba Waye Taroum, Mamoudou Sow, Richard Tode, Habib Ali Hamid, Abba Eric, Magnus Onyiriagwu, Vladimir Wingate, Ga (…)2026-08-19

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