2385 papers
This study demonstrates that cork-based substrates serve as sustainable and effective filter media in constructed wetlands, offering superior nitrate removal and bisphenol A attenuation, supporting plant growth, and fostering diverse microbial communities compared to conventional gravel systems.
This study demonstrates that in arid ecosystems, seasonal litter decomposition is governed by distinct hydrothermal thresholds that drive microbial physiological trade-offs, where summer decomposition relies on phosphorus-enhanced carbon use efficiency and hydrolase activity, while winter decomposition shifts to a nutrient-mining strategy constrained by low temperatures and high lignin content.
This study develops a Modified Remote Sensing Ecological Index (MRSEI) incorporating topographic correction and ecological constraints to accurately assess and project spatiotemporal ecological quality in plateau–mountain regions, revealing significant improvements from 1996 to 2025 driven primarily by topographic and climatic factors, yet forecasting a slight decline by 2034 under natural development.
This study analyzes Jombang Regency's river water quality by correlating livestock statistics with monitoring data from 2023 to 2025, revealing significant exceedances in organic, nutrient, and fecal indicators that align with high livestock density and supporting targeted non-spatial pollution control measures despite the presence of other pollution sources.
This study demonstrates that while sediment budgets primarily control short- to medium-term shoreline dynamics along the Rio Grande do Sul coast, sea-level rise becomes the dominant driver of coastal retreat over centennial timescales, highlighting the necessity of integrating multitemporal sediment estimates with morphological data to inform effective shoreline protection and climate adaptation strategies.
By jointly inverting GPS velocities and earthquake slip vectors, this study reveals that the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake ruptured across a previously unrecognized forearc plate boundary known as the Nicobar Neck, which separates two microplates with distinct loading conditions and explains the event's variable slip distribution and the lack of large earthquakes on the adjacent creeping Andaman–Nicobar Fault.
This study demonstrates that while extreme mixed-phase cloud thinning in the wintertime Arctic yields only limited large-scale climatic impacts—offsetting roughly 4% of warming and 3.5% of sea ice loss under doubled CO2—it may still hold value for locally targeted applications near vulnerable marginal ice zones.
This study utilizes network science and diffusion simulations to demonstrate that while socioeconomic similarity determines local receptiveness to solar adoption, commuter-based information flow serves as the primary driver of social contagion, suggesting that effective policies must combine broad information campaigns with targeted community engagement.
A study of white-throated dippers across 11 French rivers reveals that mercury exposure is driven by persistent territory-level contamination and stable individual differences, with human footprint unexpectedly showing a negative association.
This paper introduces a three-tiered classification system for the Antarctic ozone hole to contextualize its annual severity, revealing that Major events have recently become more frequent and are projected to persist for several more decades despite ongoing recovery.