📄 earth_science

Decoding Europe’s Data Centre Landscape: An Analysis based on the EU EED DC Dashboard

This paper addresses significant data quality issues in the EU's initial Data Centre Registry by developing an automated refinement process to create a reliable, curated dataset that reveals a sharp north-south efficiency gradient and highlights critical reporting anomalies, thereby establishing a robust baseline for tracking Europe's digital infrastructure toward net-zero goals.

Benjamin Ott, Kalojan Koch, Peter Radgen2026-07-20
📄 earth_science

An Integrated Framework for Ecological Security Assessment, Early Warning, and Future Prediction in the North Eastern Himalayan Region of India

This study develops an integrated framework using the Pressure–State–Response model and Grey Model projections to assess historical trends and forecast a significant decline in ecological security across India's North Eastern Himalayan Region by 2040, identifying population density and its interaction with forest cover as the primary driving factors.

Thangjam Clinton Singh, Abujam Manglem Singh2026-07-20
📄 earth_science

Quantifying the impacts of cloud seeding on severe winter sea fog dissipation and visibility using a coupled atmosphere–ocean model

This study demonstrates that calcium chloride cloud seeding, particularly when released at lower altitudes within the fog layer, effectively accelerates the dissipation of severe winter sea fog and improves visibility along South Korea's western coast by enhancing collision–coalescence processes and altering marine boundary layer conditions.

Soo-Hwan Moon, Yun-Kyu Lim, Sang-Keun Song, Ki-Young Heo, Sung-Bin Lee, Seoung Soo Lee, Jin Ho Kim2026-07-20
📄 earth_science

A Bayesian framework to assess future local climate risks on small islands using heterogeneous data and knowledge: application on Rangiroa atoll

This study develops a Bayesian Network framework that integrates heterogeneous biophysical, socio-economic, and climatic data to quantify future climate risks to habitability on Rangiroa Atoll, revealing significant scenario-dependent uncertainties and highlighting how local characteristics create varying risk levels across individual islands.

Mirna Badillo-Interiano, Gonéri Le Cozannet, Jérémy Rohmer, Virginie Duvat2026-07-20
📄 earth_science

Climate Mitigation Benefits of Forest Restoration Increase Over Time in East Africa

This study demonstrates that while active forest restoration interventions in East Africa initially lag behind natural regeneration in carbon accumulation, they ultimately yield superior long-term gains, particularly in dry and montane systems, underscoring the critical need for sustained commitment to fully realize their climate mitigation potential by 2050.

Mengyu Liang, David Minor, Julie Silva, Lola Fatoyinbo, Nathan Thomas, Wouter van Goor, Kars Riemer, Richard Kigenyi, Ra (…)2026-07-20
📄 earth_science

Integrated Remote Sensing Techniques and Field Investigation in Identification of Potential Sources for Alluvial Gold Deposit in Kapoeta, South Sudan

This study demonstrates that an integrated approach combining Landsat remote sensing techniques (including PCA, band ratios, and MNF) with field investigations effectively maps lithological units, structural features, and alteration zones to identify potential sources of alluvial gold deposits within the Karasuk Supergroup of Kapoeta, South Sudan.

Francis Bali2026-07-20
📄 earth_science

From Land-Cover Transitions to Water Conflict: A Systematic Review of Hydrological Variability, Resource Competition and Governance Responses in Intermittent River Catchments

This systematic review synthesizes evidence from 104 studies to demonstrate that water-related conflict in intermittent river catchments is driven not by physical scarcity alone, but by coupled socio-hydrological processes where land-cover transitions and hydrological variability intensify resource competition, necessitating governance responses that address both ecological and institutional dimensions.

Beryl Adhiambo, Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum, Ruth Wambui Wainaina, Allena Laura Njala, Harineck Mayamiko Tholo, Sylvester K (…)2026-07-20
📄 earth_science

Integrated Remote Sensing Techniques and Field Investigation for the Identification of Potential Sources for Alluvial Gold Deposits in the Kapoeta Area, South Sudan

This study demonstrates that an integrated approach combining Landsat and SRTM remote sensing techniques with field investigations effectively maps lithological units, structural features, and alteration zones to identify potential sources for alluvial gold deposits within the Kapoeta area of South Sudan.

Francis Bali2026-07-20
📄 earth_science

Near-term impacts of the 2024 mass coral bleaching event on benthic and fish communities in Okinawa Island, southern Japan

The 2024 unprecedented mass bleaching event in Okinawa Island caused severe, depth-dependent coral mortality and benthic shifts dominated by *Acropora* loss and algal proliferation, while fish community responses remained largely stable in the short term with declines limited to obligate corallivores.

Lucas Yutaka Kimura, Rickdane Gomez, Takashi Nakamura2026-07-20