📄 earth science

Food Water and Energy Security Under Compound Global Stress: Building integrated systems capable of surviving climate and geopolitical disruption

This report argues that food, water, and energy security must be managed as a single, integrated "nexus" system rather than as separate silos to effectively withstand compound climate and geopolitical shocks, advocating for a strategic shift toward double-duty investments, cross-border cooperation, and proactive infrastructure design to avoid maladaptive burden-shifting and secure resilience by 2050.

Hunter Hughes2026-09-14
📄 earth science

Occurrence of Parabens and Paraben Transformation Products in Sediment and Water Systems of the Brazos River Above and Below a Low Water Dam

This study quantified parabens and their transformation products in the water and sediment of the Brazos River around a low water dam, revealing that transformation products were the dominant analytes and that measured partitioning coefficients deviated from models due to nonequilibrium conditions and specific sediment interactions.

Amanda Ellis, Caroline Graham, Michael T Penrose, George P. Cobb2026-09-14
📄 earth science

A fuel model classification approach for Central Europe: A high-resolution fire risk assessment example from the Czech Republic

This study presents a novel 30-meter resolution fuel model classification for the Czech Republic that, by integrating national datasets and ecological descriptors, reveals significantly higher wildfire spread and intensity risks compared to existing lower-resolution European products, thereby offering a critical tool for enhanced fire risk assessment and management in Central Europe.

Lucie Kudláčková, Jan Novotný, Jana Beranová, Radka Mašková, Monika Hlavsová, Emil Cienciala, Jakub Dvořák, Markéta Podě (…)2026-09-14
📄 earth science

Two Faces of Wind Vulnerability: Structural Fragility and Economic Exposure in Coastal Louisiana

By integrating building-level wind damage modeling with sociodemographic data across coastal Louisiana, this study reveals that wind vulnerability comprises distinct structural and economic dimensions, where rurality and renter concentration drive physical damage while income influences economic exposure, ultimately diverging from the racialized patterns typically observed in flood-focused environmental justice research.

Ayat Al Assi, Fuad Hasan, Kevin T. Smiley, Naduni Jayasinghe, Rubayet Bin Mostafiz, Md Adilur Rahim, Carol Friedland2026-09-14
📄 earth science

Disproportionate Contributions of Baseflow to Nitrogen and Phosphorus Export in an Agricultural Watershed of Southwest China

This study reveals that in the Miju River catchment of Southwest China, baseflow—despite constituting only 40.9% of total runoff—disproportionately contributes to nitrogen (44.3%) and especially phosphorus (55.9%) export, driven primarily by total runoff and dryness conditions, thereby challenging the classical view of divergent nutrient behaviors and supporting joint management of subsurface pollution in agricultural lake basins.

Mingmin Li, Qiuying Shen, Hailong Wang, Haitao Feng, Leilin Yang, Guoqing Li, Letian Ji, Huimei Wang, Junsong Wang, Zhen (…)2026-09-13
📄 earth science

Contrasting precipitation-associated suitability and future range shifts of Hyalomma anatolicum and Hyalomma dromedarii in Sindh, Pakistan

This study utilizes precipitation-driven models to reveal that while the tick species *Hyalomma anatolicum* faces a projected range contraction in Sindh, Pakistan under future climate scenarios, *Hyalomma dromedarii* is expected to expand its suitable habitat, providing critical data for One Health surveillance and targeted tick monitoring.

Mansoor Hussain, Haroon Ahmed, Benjamin Cull2026-09-13
📄 earth science

Carbon fraction-specific microbial–mineral regulation outweighs direct calcium control in carbonate karst soils

This study demonstrates that in southwest China's carbonate karst soils, microbial properties and mineral-associated mechanisms are the primary regulators of soil organic carbon fractions, significantly outweighing any direct influence from calcium geochemistry.

Mubarak Mubarak Ibrahim, Chunpei Li, Junfang Cui, Mei Lu, Jigao Wang, Jie Zhang, Wei Tian, Jialiang Tang2026-09-13
📄 earth science

Turbid coastal reefs act as paradoxical climate refugia for corals

This study reveals that turbid coastal reefs in Brazil's Abrolhos Bank serve as paradoxical climate refugia for the coral *Mussismilia hispida*, where chronic environmental variability enhances thermal tolerance and suppresses algal competitors, ultimately supporting healthier coral populations despite higher frequencies of acute thermal stress.

Rafael Menezes, Carolina Schlosser, Mariana Couto, Ericka Coni, Camilo Ferreira, Pedro Meirelles, Andreia Barbosa, Marce (…)2026-09-12