📄 earth science

Diagnosing Global South underrepresentation in integrated assessment models through circular economy integration

This paper utilizes the integration of circular economy strategies into Integrated Assessment Models to diagnose the self-reinforcing cycle of Global South underrepresentation, identifying multi-dimensional challenges and proposing a collaborative framework to achieve recognitional and epistemic justice in global climate policymaking.

Fergus Haswell, Oreane Y. Edelenbosch, Laura Piscicelli, Lucas Straub, Detlef P. Vuuren2026-09-21
📄 earth science

Exploring Heat-Related 311 Service Requests as Indicators of Neighborhood Heat Burden in New York City

This study demonstrates that specific 311 service requests in New York City—particularly those regarding hydrants, power outages, and ventilation—serve as effective, resident-generated indicators of neighborhood heat burden that correlate with socioeconomic vulnerability and complement traditional census-based metrics for targeting urban heat interventions.

Josefina Nuñez Sahr, Kylen Solvik, Matthew J. Hill, Christine Mourani, Rachael Piltch-Loeb2026-09-21
📄 earth science

A Multi-Scale Framework for Assessing Long-Term Drought Persistence and Spatial Synchronization: Application to the Urmia Lake Basin

This study presents a multi-scale framework for assessing long-term meteorological drought in the Urmia Lake Basin (1981–2024) using bias-corrected precipitation data, revealing that while overall drought frequency remains stable, the region is experiencing a shift toward fewer but significantly more persistent and spatially synchronized events that require multi-timescale monitoring for effective water management.

Mozhgan Rezazadeh, Farshad Jahangiri, Hossein Rezaei, Keyvan Khalili2026-09-21
📄 earth science

Community-Based Ecotourism in a Protected Coastal Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities from Guang-Guang Mangrove Park, Pujada Bay, Mati, Philippines

This study evaluates the Guang-Guang Mangrove Park in the Philippines as a multi-stakeholder ecotourism site that, despite favorable visitor attitudes, faces significant infrastructural, governance, and benefit-sharing challenges that currently prevent the full institutionalization of community-based ecotourism principles.

Christopher Clarke, Lorjie Bation, Lea A. Jimenez2026-09-21
📄 earth science

Assessing policy linkages and collaboration in response to climate change extreme weather events in Malawi. A case of the agriculture, environment, and health sectors

This study assesses Malawi's agriculture, environment, and health sector policies regarding climate change extreme weather events, finding that while health-related strategies are mainstreamed and some cross-sectoral linkages exist, significant implementation gaps and insufficient coordination hinder effective multisectoral responses.

Chancy Skenard Chimatiro, Martina Lembani2026-09-20
📄 earth science

An Integrated Geospatial Framework for Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of Surface Albedo, Thermal and Vegetation Dynamics in Amrapali Coal-Mine Overburden, Eastern India

This study establishes a reproducible geospatial framework for monitoring the Amrapali coal-mine overburden in Eastern India, demonstrating that surface albedo serves as a more sensitive early-stage indicator of landscape stabilization than traditional vegetation indices by revealing a significant darkening trend driven by material changes rather than canopy growth.

Sonu Choudhary, Surojit Konar, Yogheshwar Mishra, Sharad Tiwari2026-09-20
📄 earth science

Beyond participation: where carbon accounts cannot distinguish sustainable practice from development constraint

This paper argues that current consumption-based carbon accounts fail to distinguish between voluntary sustainable practices and constrained consumption due to their strong correlation with development indicators, thereby proposing a new measurement framework that reports per-capita rates and population totals without rankings to better inform post-2030 sustainability strategies.

Jasim Mohamed2026-09-20
📄 earth science

Flood Arrival Time Reporting in Dam-Breach Emergency Action Planning: Why the Reference Point Matters

This paper highlights a critical "warning time paradox" in dam-breach emergency planning, where reporting flood arrival times from simulation start rather than breach initiation dangerously overestimates evacuation windows, and advocates for breach-referenced reporting and tiered zoning to ensure accurate emergency response for the proposed Naumure Dam in Nepal.

Prashant Prashant2026-09-20
📄 earth science

Petrophysical attributes of the Seixo Amarelo-Gonçalo Li-bearing aplite-pegmatites (Guarda-Belmonte area, central Portugal)

This study characterizes the petrophysical properties of Seixo Amarelo-Gonçalo Li-bearing pegmatites and their host granites, revealing distinct trends in magnetic susceptibility and electrical resistivity linked to mineralogy and alteration that can guide high-resolution geophysical exploration despite significant data overlap between lithologies.

Saman Tavakoli, William Keyser, Castelo Joao, José Oliveira, Paulo Moutela, Thorkild Maack Rasmussen2026-09-20