📄 earth science

Indigenous Knowledge in Disaster Management Research: A Science-Mapping Analysis

This study employs a bibliometric analysis of 1,018 publications from 2005 to 2025 to map the rapidly growing research landscape of Indigenous Knowledge in disaster management, revealing its increasing integration into disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation while identifying key thematic clusters such as flood management and community resilience.

Haneena Sulthana KP, Adarsh T, Sandhya Aravind C.A2026-09-30
📄 earth science

Magnitude Compression at Two Completeness Thresholds and the Likelihood of Large Earthquakes: Pre-registered Tests of Blue-Dominance and Red-Persistence Rules

This pre-registered study analyzing earthquake catalogues from Japan, Chile, and Turkey found that while a "blue-dominance" rule (where magnitude compression at a lower threshold exceeds that at a higher threshold) successfully identified periods of significantly reduced large earthquake likelihood, none of the tested rules could reliably predict the approach of large earthquakes.

RamaKrishna Pasupuleti2026-09-30
📄 earth science

A Comprehensive Review on Performance Evaluation and Modelling of Wastewater Treatment Plants Using GPS-X

This systematic literature review evaluates the application of GPS-X software in modeling wastewater treatment plants, highlighting its effectiveness in optimizing pollutant removal, energy use, and costs while identifying the need for advanced calibration and AI integration to bridge the gap between simulated and actual performance.

MOHAMMAD ALJAMHAWI, Bashar Ammary, Kamel Alzboon, Husam Mahasneh2026-09-30
📄 earth science

Planetary Energy Imbalance, ENSO Variability and Cryospheric Instability: A Multi-Scale Analysis of Himalayan Climate Risk and the 2026 Nepal Flood

This study employs a multi-scale analytical framework to demonstrate that the 2026 Nepal flood was not caused by a single factor like planetary energy imbalance or ENSO, but rather emerged from the complex interaction of long-term cryospheric warming, permafrost degradation, and short-term hydrometeorological triggers within a multi-hazard context.

C. S.A. Raj2026-09-30
📄 earth science

Ecological Footprint of Road Congestion in Kolkata City: An Integrated Traffic, Carbon Emission and Spatial Assessment Framework

This study proposes and demonstrates the Ecological Footprint of Road Congestion (EFRC) framework, which quantifies the carbon and spatial impact of traffic congestion in Kolkata by integrating traffic, emission, and spatial data, while clarifying that the presented numerical results are derived from synthetic data to validate the methodology rather than to report actual field measurements.

SHATRAJIT GOSWAMI2026-09-30
📄 earth science

A review of spatially explicit climate emulators as agile tools for decision-support

This review of 76 studies reveals that while spatially explicit climate emulators are emerging as agile decision-support tools, their effectiveness is currently hindered by a fragmented landscape, a lack of robust long-term validation, misalignment between development and application, and concerns over equitable access, necessitating clearer definitions and stronger cross-domain integration.

Sarah Schoengart, Lukas Gudmunsson, Christopher B. Womack, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Sonia I. Seneviratne2026-09-30
📄 earth science

A modelling approach to identify habitat suitability for Indian squid (Uroteuthis (Photololigo) duvaucelii) in the northeastern Arabian Sea

This study utilizes a generalized additive model to identify key environmental factors—including sea surface temperature, salinity, chlorophyll-a, and current speed—that determine the habitat suitability and seasonal distribution of the Indian squid (*Uroteuthis duvaucelii*) in the northeastern Arabian Sea, thereby supporting sustainable fisheries management.

Santosh Bhendekar, K. Sunil Mohamed, Latha Shenoy, Ajay Sonavane, Anulekshmi Chellappan, Ajay Nakhawa, Akhilesh K.V., Ra (…)2026-09-29
📄 earth science

Spatial Estimation of Near-surface Density From Gravity–topography Relationships Using Nettleton Analysis and a Moving-window Parasnis Approach

This study introduces a computationally efficient moving-window Parasnis approach that extends classical gravity–topography analysis to generate spatially distributed empirical density maps, enabling the identification of near-surface mass contrasts in both synthetic models and real-world data from northern Brazil.

Nelson Ribeiro-Filho, Mauricio Amorim, Luiz Antônio Melo Viegas, Valdeides Marques Lima2026-09-29
📄 earth science

Rituals on the move? Unusual dietary habits among non-local elite female “priestesses” at the Hallstatt period cemetery of Modřice, Czech Republic

Isotopic analysis of the Hallstatt period cemetery at Modřice reveals that lavishly buried, non-local elite female "priestesses" in a distinct burial district exhibited unusually low animal protein consumption, suggesting a deliberate, ritualistic dietary restriction potentially linked to their religious roles and origins in South-Eastern Pre-Alpine areas.

Zdeněk Vytlačil, Petr Kos, Zdeněk Tvrdý, Roman Skála, Sylva Drtikolová Kaupová2026-09-29