2385 papers
This study quantifies vehicular greenhouse gas emissions in Gorakhpur, India, revealing significant spatial and temporal variations driven by weekend activity at institutional sites and dominated by two-wheelers, thereby establishing a critical baseline for localized traffic management and climate policy.
This study investigates the water-induced degradation of three representative schist lithologies through a 70-day immersion experiment and multiscale analysis, revealing that macroscopic strength loss is driven by a self-reinforcing coupling of physical hydration and chemical reactions, particularly in clay-rich varieties, leading to a proposed physicochemical coupling model for assessing slope stability.
This study establishes a pre-construction baseline in the Celtic Sea revealing that planned floating offshore wind areas significantly overlap with seasonal thermal fronts and fishing hotspots, whereas fixed-bottom wind zones primarily intersect persistent coastal fronts with minimal fishing activity, highlighting distinct spatial conflict regimes for future management.
This study of residential yards in Los Angeles reveals that urban forest structure, diversity, and ecosystem services are significantly shaped by the interplay of yard location, socioeconomic factors (such as affluence and education), housing age, and soil quality, with front yards generally supporting greater tree density and shade potential while back yards offer more cultural services.
This study evaluates six satellite and reanalysis precipitation products against gauge data in Ethiopia's Guder Sub-basin, revealing that while performance varies by temporal scale and rainfall intensity, CHIRPS, MSWEP, and IMERG emerge as the most reliable datasets for hydrological and climate applications.
This study demonstrates that *Pinus patula*, originally introduced for reforestation in central Nepal, has successfully overcome reproductive and dispersal barriers to aggressively invade surrounding natural forests, necessitating urgent containment measures to protect native Himalayan biodiversity.
This study utilizes Ground Penetrating Radar to characterize the subsurface structure and degradation stages of permafrost in the Tsokar Lake Basin of Ladakh, establishing a terrestrial calibration framework that validates the region as a critical analogue for interpreting ice-rich terrains on Mars.
This study demonstrates that machine-learning precipitation downscaling models trained on current climate data fail to accurately project future extreme rainfall at convection-permitting scales (below 12 km) because the underlying physical dynamics governing fine-scale variance are non-stationary and change significantly under future climate conditions.
This study validates the consistency of predefined hydrogeological units with hydrologically meaningful groundwater organization in North China's heterogeneous mountainous terrain by integrating Self-Organizing Maps and K-Nearest Neighbors to refine statistical zonation and improve the determination of natural background levels.
This study utilizes 3D magnetotelluric imaging of the eastern Gawler Craton to demonstrate that the continuity and geometry of deep conductive pathways, interpreted as CO₂-rich fluid channels linked to magmatism, are critical controls on the formation and prospectivity of Iron Oxide Copper-Gold (IOCG) mineral systems.