Weekly Literature Review

Week 33 · August 14–August 20, 2023

50 relevant papers found across 5 themes

Executive Summary

This week’s review covers 50 papers across 5 themes. The most cited paper examines Global methane emissions from rivers and streams, with 285 citations. Key research areas include climate change and terrestrial water storage, flood risk assessment and extreme precipitation, machine learning and ai for hydrological prediction.


Table of Contents

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Climate Change and Terrestrial Water Storage
    1. Global methane emissions from rivers and streams
    2. The Role of Soils in Sustainability, Climate Change, and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities
    3. Widespread and complex drought effects on vegetation physiology inferred from space
    4. Soil moisture–atmosphere coupling accelerates global warming
    5. Current issues in tourism: Mitigating climate change in sustainable tourism research
    6. Spatial and temporal driving mechanisms of ecosystem service trade-off/synergy in national key urban agglomerations: A case study of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration in China
    7. Cotton and drought stress: An updated overview for improving stress tolerance
    8. Spatial patterns and evolution trend of coupling coordination of pollution reduction and carbon reduction along the Yellow River Basin, China
    9. Melatonin enhances drought tolerance by affecting jasmonic acid and lignin biosynthesis in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
    10. Propagation in the Drought Cascade: Observational Analysis Over the Continental US
    11. Examining the role of AMF-Biochar in the regulation of spinach growth attributes, nutrients concentrations, and antioxidant enzymes in mitigating drought stress
    12. A blended TROPOMI+GOSAT satellite data product for atmospheric methane using machine learning to correct retrieval biases
    13. Modeling of meteorological, agricultural, and hydrological droughts in semi-arid environments with various machine learning and discrete wavelet transform
    14. Evaluating nitrogen cycling in terrestrial biosphere models: a disconnect between the carbon and nitrogen cycles
    15. Climate change–induced stress disrupts ectomycorrhizal interaction networks at the boreal–temperate ecotone
    16. Harnessing human and machine intelligence for planetary-level climate action
    17. Generation Z Worries, Suffers and Acts against Climate Crisis—The Potential of Sensing Children’s and Young People’s Eco-Anxiety: A Critical Analysis Based on an Integrative Review
    18. Developing IoT Sustainable Real-Time Monitoring Devices for Food Supply Chain Systems Based on Climate Change Using Circular Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set
    19. Exploring interpretable and non-interpretable machine learning models for estimating winter wheat evapotranspiration using particle swarm optimization with limited climatic data
    20. Economic empowerment of women through climate change mitigation
    21. Ericoid shrub encroachment shifts aboveground–belowground linkages in three peatlands across Europe and Western Siberia
    22. Phosphate starvation response precedes abscisic acid response under progressive mild drought in plants
    23. Mitigating climate change for negative CO2 emission via syngas methanation: Techno-economic and life-cycle assessments of renewable methane production
  3. Flood Risk Assessment and Extreme Precipitation
    1. Novel integrated modelling based on multiplicative long short-term memory (mLSTM) deep learning model and ensemble multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) models for mapping flood risk
    2. An effective geospatial-based flash flood susceptibility assessment with hydrogeomorphic responses on groundwater recharge
  4. Machine Learning and AI for Hydrological Prediction
    1. U-Net-STN: A Novel End-to-End Lake Boundary Prediction Model
    2. Pollution prediction for heavy metals in soil-groundwater systems at smelting sites
    3. Land use and land cover (LULC) performance modeling using machine learning algorithms: a case study of the city of Melbourne, Australia
    4. Machine learning prediction of wave characteristics: Comparison between semi-empirical approaches and DT model
    5. Drought prediction: Insights from the fusion of LSTM and multi-source factors
  5. Water Management, Irrigation, and Groundwater
    1. Biomimetic hydrogel with directional heat regulation for efficient solar desalination
    2. Photocatalytically reactive surfaces for simultaneous water harvesting and treatment
    3. Mapping center pivot irrigation systems in global arid regions using instance segmentation and analyzing their spatial relationship with freshwater resources
    4. A comprehensive and systematic study in smart drip and sprinkler irrigation systems
    5. Groundwater Quality and Public Health
    6. Cloud-based Water Tank Management and Control System
  6. Hydrological Processes, Snow Dynamics, and Remote Sensing
    1. Future emergence of new ecosystems caused by glacial retreat
    2. Spatial and wavelet analysis of precipitation and river discharge during operation of the Three Gorges Dam, China
    3. Intricate unconventional fracture networks provide fluid diffusion pathways to reactivate pre-existing faults in unconventional reservoirs
    4. Free-floating Planet Mass Function from MOA-II 9 yr Survey toward the Galactic Bulge
    5. FedLEO: An Offloading-Assisted Decentralized Federated Learning Framework for Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks
    6. Potential of Precision Farming Technologies for Eco-Friendly Agriculture
    7. Evaluation of ecological governance in the Yellow River basin based on Uninorm combination weight and MULTIMOORA-Borda method
    8. Assessing water quality in the Pearl River for the last decade based on clustering: Characteristic, evolution and policy implications
    9. Global change scenarios in coastal river deltas and their sustainable development implications
    10. Fluorine mass balance analysis of PFAS in communal waters at a wastewater plant from Austria
    11. Nontarget Identification of Novel Organophosphorus Flame Retardants and Plasticizers in Rainfall Runoffs and Agricultural Soils around a Plastic Recycling Industrial Park
    12. Cost-efficient bathymetric mapping method based on massive active–passive remote sensing data
    13. Optimizing brackish water and nitrogen application regimes for soil salinity, yield, fertilizer and water productivity of a mulched drip irrigated cotton cropping system
    14. Estimation of the impact of combined sewer overflows on surface water quality in a sparsely monitored area
  7. Statistics
    1. Papers by journal
  8. Filtering Criteria

Climate Change and Terrestrial Water Storage

This week features 23 papers examining the intersection of climate change and terrestrial water dynamics. Studies investigate water storage changes, drought mechanisms and projections, vegetation-water interactions, and Earth system model uncertainties. Key contributions address large-scale water storage trends, land-atmosphere coupling effects on drought onset, and methods for characterizing future drought under climate change scenarios.

Global methane emissions from rivers and streams

Authors: Gerard Rocher‐Ros, Emily H. Stanley, Luke C. Loken, Nora J. Casson, Peter A. Raymond, Shaoda Liu et al.

Journal: Nature · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06344-6 · Citations: 285

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, river, earth system model

supply to running waters, which is vulnerable not only to direct human modifications but also to several climate change responses on land.


The Role of Soils in Sustainability, Climate Change, and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities

Authors: José Telo da Gama

Journal: Ecologies · DOI: 10.3390/ecologies4030036 · Citations: 172

Matched topics: water management, climate change

Soils are crucial life supporters and nutrient providers, their functionality impacted by their nutritional balance, pH, and organic matter content. These substrates help regulate water, support diverse organisms, and play a critical role in carbon sequestration, especially in the context of climate change. However, soils are under threat from anthropogenic and climatic pressures, warranting active resource management strategies. The European Union (EU) has acknowledged soil sustainability’s …


Widespread and complex drought effects on vegetation physiology inferred from space

Authors: Wantong Li, J. Pacheco‐Labrador, M. Migliavacca, D. Miralles, Anne J. Hoek van Dijke, M. Reichstein et al.

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40226-9 · Citations: 119

Matched topics: drought, land surface model, earth system model

The response of vegetation physiology to drought at large spatial scales is poorly understood due to a lack of direct observations. Here, we study vegetation drought responses related to photosynthesis, evaporation, and vegetation water content using remotely sensed data, and we isolate physiological responses using a machine learning technique. We find that vegetation functional decreases are largely driven by the downregulation of vegetation physiology such as stomatal conductance and light…


Soil moisture–atmosphere coupling accelerates global warming

Authors: Liang Qiao, Zhiyan Zuo, Renhe Zhang, Shilong Piao, D. Xiao, Kaiwen Zhang

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40641-y · Citations: 131

Matched topics: land surface model

Soil moisture-atmosphere coupling (SA) amplifies greenhouse gas-driven global warming via changes in surface heat balance. The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project projects an acceleration in SA-driven warming due to the ‘warmer climate - drier soil’ feedback, which continuously warms the globe and thereby exerts an acceleration effect on global warming. The projection shows that SA-driven warming exceeds 0.5 °C over extratropical landmasses by the end of the 21st Century. The likelihood of…


Current issues in tourism: Mitigating climate change in sustainable tourism research

Authors: Paul Peeters, Erdinç Çakmak, Jo Guiver

Journal: Tourism Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2023.104820 · Citations: 92

Matched topics: climate change

This paper adopts a problematising review approach to examine the extent of mitigating climate change research in the sustainable tourism literature. As climate change has developed into an existential global environmental crisis and while tourism’s emissions are still increasing, one would expect it to be at the heart of sustainable tourism research. However, from a corpus of 2573 journal articles featuring ‘sustainable tourism’ in their title, abstract, or keywords, only 6.5% covered climat…


Spatial and temporal driving mechanisms of ecosystem service trade-off/synergy in national key urban agglomerations: A case study of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration in China

Authors: Yuting Huang, Juanyu Wu

Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110800 · Citations: 80

Matched topics: river, water management

Clarifying the ecosystem service (ES) trade-off/synergy is a prerequisite for scientific implementation and optimization of integrated ecological system management strategies, especially in highly urbanized areas with declining eco-environmental carrying capacity. This study took China’s Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration (YRDUA) as an example. First, we used a pixel-by-pixel analysis based on dynamic spatial correlation to quantify the trade-off/synergy among the 6 primary ESs’ change a…


Cotton and drought stress: An updated overview for improving stress tolerance

Authors: Sadia Zafar, Hadiqa Afzal, Areeba Ijaz, Athar Mahmood, Atif Ayub, Airish Nayab et al.

Journal: South African Journal of Botany · DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2023.08.029 · Citations: 69

Matched topics: drought

Owing to changing climatic conditions, drought stress has emerged as a global issue significantly affecting the production of cotton. Enhancing water use efficiency and implementing water conservation practices have become primary challenges in irrigated agriculture. Consequently, efforts have been dedicated to better understand the adaptation mechanisms of cotton against drought stress. Closure of stomata is considered a major physiological response of plants under drought stress, triggering…


Spatial patterns and evolution trend of coupling coordination of pollution reduction and carbon reduction along the Yellow River Basin, China

Authors: Xiaolan Chen, Qinggang Meng, Kaikai Wang, Yufei Liu, Wanfang Shen

Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110797 · Citations: 57

Matched topics: river

Collaborative efforts to reduce pollution and carbon emissions are a notable feature of the current era. Achieving the “pollution reduction” and “carbon reduction” dual-driven new development model is the inevitable requirement and significant practical measure for building a new development pattern and realizing a comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development. The synergistic effects between pollution reduction and carbon reduction (PRCR) have been demonstrated. Howev…


Melatonin enhances drought tolerance by affecting jasmonic acid and lignin biosynthesis in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Authors: Mingzhao Luo, Daoping Wang, Pierre Delaplace, Yinghong Pan, Yongbin Zhou, Wensi Tang et al.

Journal: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry · DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107974 · Citations: 55

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.


Propagation in the Drought Cascade: Observational Analysis Over the Continental US

Authors: Dara Entekhabi

Journal: Water Resources Research · DOI: 10.1029/2022wr032608 · Citations: 31

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, drought, earth system model

Abstract Persistent deficits in meteorological, hydrological and ecological variables define different types of drought that are often linked together in a cascade. The drought cascade is an emergent phenomenon in the climatic system. A quantitative evaluation of the drought cascade based on observations is both a rigorous test of how different components of numerical Earth System models interact with one‐another and a useful tool for practitioners concerned with drought impacts on water reso…


Examining the role of AMF-Biochar in the regulation of spinach growth attributes, nutrients concentrations, and antioxidant enzymes in mitigating drought stress

Authors: Modhi O. Alotaibi, Muhammad Ikram, Nahaa M. Alotaibi, Ghulam Sabir Hussain, Adel M. Ghoneim, Uzma Younis et al.

Journal: Plant Stress · DOI: 10.1016/j.stress.2023.100205 · Citations: 50

Matched topics: drought

Drought stress is one of the serious threats to crop production. It causes significant deterioration of crop growth and yield by inducing oxidative stress. The biochar and arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi (AMF) can be an effective technique to overcome drought stress. Activated carbon biochar (BC) has the potential to improve soil water holding capacity while AMF inoculation can increase root surface area for better uptake of water. However, their combined application as an amendment against drou…


A blended TROPOMI+GOSAT satellite data product for atmospheric methane using machine learning to correct retrieval biases

Authors: Nicholas Balasus, Daniel J. Jacob, Alba Lorente, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Robert J. Parker, Hartmut Boesch et al.

Journal: Atmospheric measurement techniques · DOI: 10.5194/amt-16-3787-2023 · Citations: 50

Matched topics: land surface model

Abstract. Satellite observations of dry-column methane mixing ratios (XCH4) from shortwave infrared (SWIR) solar backscatter radiation provide a powerful resource to quantify methane emissions in service of climate action. The TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI), launched in October 2017, provides global daily coverage at a 5.5 × 7 km2 (nadir) pixel resolution, but its methane retrievals can suffer from biases associated with SWIR surface albedo, scattering from aerosols and cirrus c…


Modeling of meteorological, agricultural, and hydrological droughts in semi-arid environments with various machine learning and discrete wavelet transform

Authors: Mohammed Achite, Okan Mert Katipoğlu, Serkan Şenocak, Nehal Elshaboury, Ommolbanin Bazrafshan, Hüseyin Yıldırım Dalkılıç

Journal: Theoretical and Applied Climatology · DOI: 10.1007/s00704-023-04564-4 · Citations: 37

Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, drought

Abstract not available.


Evaluating nitrogen cycling in terrestrial biosphere models: a disconnect between the carbon and nitrogen cycles

Authors: Sian Kou‐Giesbrecht, Vivek K. Arora, Christian Seiler, Almut Arneth, Stefanie Falk, Atul K. Jain et al.

Journal: Earth System Dynamics · DOI: 10.5194/esd-14-767-2023 · Citations: 40

Matched topics: land surface model, earth system model

Abstract. Terrestrial carbon (C) sequestration is limited by nitrogen (N), an empirically established constraint that could intensify under CO2 fertilization and future global change. The terrestrial C sink is estimated to currently sequester approximately a third of annual anthropogenic CO2 emissions based on an ensemble of terrestrial biosphere models, which have been evaluated in their ability to reproduce observations of the C, water, and energy cycles. However, their ability to reproduce…


Climate change–induced stress disrupts ectomycorrhizal interaction networks at the boreal–temperate ecotone

Authors: Christopher W. Fernandez, Louis A. Mielke, Artur Stefański, Raimundo Bermúdez, Sarah E. Hobbie, Rebecca Montgomery et al.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2221619120 · Citations: 44

Matched topics: climate change

) hosts to a factorial combination of experimentally elevated temperatures and reduced rainfall in a long-term open-air field experiment. The study was conducted at the B4WarmED (Boreal Forest Warming at an Ecotone in Danger) experiment in Minnesota, USA, where infrared lamps and buried heating cables elevate temperatures (ambient, +3.1 °C) and rain-out shelters reduce growing season precipitation (ambient, ~30% reduction). EMF communities were characterized and interaction networks inferred …


Harnessing human and machine intelligence for planetary-level climate action

Authors: Ramit Debnath, Felix Creutzig, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Emily Shuckburgh

Journal: npj Climate Action · DOI: 10.1038/s44168-023-00056-3 · Citations: 41

Matched topics: earth system model

The ongoing global race for bigger and better artificial intelligence (AI) systems is expected to have a profound societal and environmental impact by altering job markets, disrupting business models, and enabling new governance and societal welfare structures that can affect global consensus for climate action pathways. However, the current AI systems are trained on biased datasets that could destabilize political agencies impacting climate change mitigation and adaptation decisions and comp…


Generation Z Worries, Suffers and Acts against Climate Crisis—The Potential of Sensing Children’s and Young People’s Eco-Anxiety: A Critical Analysis Based on an Integrative Review

Authors: Irida Tsevreni, Nikolaos Proutsos, Magdalini Tsevreni, Dimitris Tigkas

Journal: Climate · DOI: 10.3390/cli11080171 · Citations: 39

Matched topics: hydrology

The adverse and severe impacts of climate-induced natural hazards, which are expected to be aggravated by climate change, are forming a wider outline of the environmental crisis, being a source of negative emotions for human societies. Children and young people, in particular, are one of the most vulnerable social groups to this distress. In this research, we intend to analyze the eco-anxiety and climate anxiety aspects of Generation Z, based on a critical review of studies on children’s and …


Developing IoT Sustainable Real-Time Monitoring Devices for Food Supply Chain Systems Based on Climate Change Using Circular Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set

Authors: Hassan A. Alsattar, Nahia Mourad, A. A. Zaidan, Muhammet Deveci, Sarah Qahtan, Vaidyanathan Jayaraman et al.

Journal: IEEE Internet of Things Journal · DOI: 10.1109/jiot.2023.3305910 · Citations: 38

Matched topics: climate change

Internet of Things (IoT) real-time monitoring devices, which compromise sustainable sensing parameter-based climate change, are developed to minimise food loss and waste to support supply chain systems during natural disasters. Numerous studies have shown that current IoT real time monitoring devices offer remarkable prospects for future developments involving food supply chain systems with sustainable sensing parameters. Hence, modelling effective IoT real time monitoring devices to minimise…


Exploring interpretable and non-interpretable machine learning models for estimating winter wheat evapotranspiration using particle swarm optimization with limited climatic data

Authors: Xin Zhao, Lei Zhang, Ge Zhu, Chenguang Cheng, Jun He, Seydou Traoré et al.

Journal: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture · DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2023.108140 · Citations: 33

Matched topics: hydrologic model, water management

Abstract not available.


Economic empowerment of women through climate change mitigation

Authors: Misbah Nosheen, Javed Iqbal, Shahzad Ahmad

Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production · DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.138480 · Citations: 37

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Ericoid shrub encroachment shifts aboveground–belowground linkages in three peatlands across Europe and Western Siberia

Authors: Alexandre Buttler, Luca Bragazza, Fatima Laggoun‐Défarge, Sébastien Gogo, Marie‐Laure Toussaint, Mariusz Lamentowicz et al.

Journal: Global Change Biology · DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16904 · Citations: 35

Matched topics: hydrology

In northern peatlands, reduction of Sphagnum dominance in favour of vascular vegetation is likely to influence biogeochemical processes. Such vegetation changes occur as the water table lowers and temperatures rise. To test which of these factors has a significant influence on peatland vegetation, we conducted a 3-year manipulative field experiment in Linje mire (northern Poland). We manipulated the peatland water table level (wet, intermediate and dry; on average the depth of the water table…


Phosphate starvation response precedes abscisic acid response under progressive mild drought in plants

Authors: Yukari Nagatoshi, Kenta Ikazaki, Yasufumi Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Mizuno, Ryohei Sugita, Yumiko Takebayashi et al.

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40773-1 · Citations: 35

Matched topics: drought

Drought severely damages crop production, even under conditions so mild that the leaves show no signs of wilting. However, it is unclear how field-grown plants respond to mild drought. Here, we show through six years of field trials that ridges are a useful experimental tool to mimic mild drought stress in the field. Mild drought reduces inorganic phosphate levels in the leaves to activate the phosphate starvation response (PSR) in soybean plants in the field. Using Arabidopsis thaliana and i…


Mitigating climate change for negative CO2 emission via syngas methanation: Techno-economic and life-cycle assessments of renewable methane production

Authors: Changgwon Choe, Seunghyun Cheon, Heehyang Kim, Hankwon Lim

Journal: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2023.113628 · Citations: 35

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Flood Risk Assessment and Extreme Precipitation

Flood risk assessment and extreme precipitation research are well represented this week with 2 papers advancing methodologies for flood susceptibility mapping, early warning systems, and resilience evaluation. Multiple studies employ GIS-based multi-criteria approaches and machine learning methods for spatial flood hazard assessment across diverse regions. Research also addresses the social dimensions of flood preparedness and strategic planning for flood mitigation.

Novel integrated modelling based on multiplicative long short-term memory (mLSTM) deep learning model and ensemble multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) models for mapping flood risk

Authors: Aliakbar Mohammadifar, Hamid Gholami, Shahram Golzari

Journal: Journal of Environmental Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118838 · Citations: 45

Matched topics: flood

Abstract not available.


An effective geospatial-based flash flood susceptibility assessment with hydrogeomorphic responses on groundwater recharge

Authors: Aqil Tariq, Leila Hashemi Beni, Shoaib Ali, Shahzada Adnan, Wesam Atef Hatamleh

Journal: Groundwater for Sustainable Development · DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2023.100998 · Citations: 36

Matched topics: hydrologic model, flood

Abstract not available.


Machine Learning and AI for Hydrological Prediction

This week’s 5 papers demonstrate continued momentum in applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to hydrological prediction challenges. Contributions span groundwater level forecasting, streamflow prediction, river flow modeling, and physics-informed approaches that integrate domain knowledge with data-driven methods. Notable advances include uncertainty quantification in ML predictions and optimization of model architectures for improved hydrological forecasting.

U-Net-STN: A Novel End-to-End Lake Boundary Prediction Model

Authors: Lirong Yin, Lei Wang, Tingqiao Li, Siyu Lu, Zhengtong Yin, Xuan Liu et al.

Journal: Land · DOI: 10.3390/land12081602 · Citations: 150

Matched topics: land surface model, earth system model

Detecting changes in land cover is a critical task in remote sensing image interpretation, with particular significance placed on accurately determining the boundaries of lakes. Lake boundaries are closely tied to land resources, and any alterations can have substantial implications for the surrounding environment and ecosystem. This paper introduces an innovative end-to-end model that combines U-Net and spatial transformation network (STN) to predict changes in lake boundaries and investigat…


Pollution prediction for heavy metals in soil-groundwater systems at smelting sites

Authors: Shengguo Xue, Wenshun Ke, Jiaqing Zeng, Carlito Baltazar Tabelin, Yi Xie, Lu Tang et al.

Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal · DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.145499 · Citations: 108

Matched topics: hydrologic model

Abstract not available.


Land use and land cover (LULC) performance modeling using machine learning algorithms: a case study of the city of Melbourne, Australia

Authors: Jagannath Aryal, Chiranjibi Sitaula, Alejandro C. Frery

Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-40564-0 · Citations: 97

Matched topics: hydrology

Accurate spatial information on Land use and land cover (LULC) plays a crucial role in city planning. A widely used method of obtaining accurate LULC maps is a classification of the categories, which is one of the challenging problems. Attempts have been made considering spectral (Sp), statistical (St), and index-based (Ind) features in developing LULC maps for city planning. However, no work has been reported to automate LULC performance modeling for their robustness with machine learning (M…


Machine learning prediction of wave characteristics: Comparison between semi-empirical approaches and DT model

Authors: Abbas Yeganeh‐Bakhtiary, Hossein Eyvazoghli, Naser Shabakhty, Soroush Abolfathi

Journal: Ocean Engineering · DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.115583 · Citations: 55

Matched topics: hydrology

Abstract not available.


Drought prediction: Insights from the fusion of LSTM and multi-source factors

Authors: Tian Wang, Xinjun Tu, Vijay P. Singh, Xiaohong Chen, Kairong Lin, Zonglin Zhou

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166361 · Citations: 45

Matched topics: runoff, drought

Abstract not available.


Water Management, Irrigation, and Groundwater

Water management research this week spans 6 papers covering integrated water resources management, irrigation scheduling, groundwater monitoring, and water-energy-food nexus analyses. Studies range from global-scale assessments to site-specific irrigation optimization, with particular attention to satellite-based monitoring of water use and land subsidence from groundwater extraction.

Biomimetic hydrogel with directional heat regulation for efficient solar desalination

Authors: He Zhang, Xiaoke Li, Xiyuan Liu, Yuping Du, Wei Xie, Size Zheng et al.

Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal · DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.145484 · Citations: 85

Matched topics: water management

Abstract not available.


Photocatalytically reactive surfaces for simultaneous water harvesting and treatment

Authors: Ritwick Ghosh, Adrien Baut, Giorgio Belleri, Michael Kappl, Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Thomas M. Schutzius

Journal: Nature Sustainability · DOI: 10.1038/s41893-023-01159-9 · Citations: 65

Matched topics: surface water

Abstract Atmospheric water harvesting provides decentralized and sustainable supplies of fresh water in areas away from natural water resources. However, an important challenge is that water sources such as fog are subject to contamination from airborne pollutants, especially near population centres. Here we demonstrate a rationally designed system that can capture fog at high efficiency while simultaneously degrading organic pollutants. At the heart of our design is a wire mesh coated with a…


Mapping center pivot irrigation systems in global arid regions using instance segmentation and analyzing their spatial relationship with freshwater resources

Authors: Chen Fen, Haojie Zhao, Dar A. Roberts, Tim Van de Voorde, Okke Batelaan, Tao Fan et al.

Journal: Remote Sensing of Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2023.113760 · Citations: 52

Matched topics: water management, surface water, irrigation

Abstract not available.


A comprehensive and systematic study in smart drip and sprinkler irrigation systems

Authors: Drashti Bhavsar, Bhargav Limbasia, Yash Mori, Mohmmadali Aglodiya, Manan Shah

Journal: Smart Agricultural Technology · DOI: 10.1016/j.atech.2023.100303 · Citations: 60

Matched topics: irrigation

Many regions of the world have unpredictable rainfall, making agriculture impossible to sustain without diverse irrigation technologies. Irrigation has a huge impact on crop productivity, but traditional irrigation systems can be replaced with Advanced and Smart irrigation techniques, which can enhance production yield even more. In arid regions where water is scarce, drip irrigation is a good option because water is supplied at a low rate and it also saves a lot of water, whereas, in horticu…


Groundwater Quality and Public Health

Authors: Xianjun Xie, Jianbo Shi, Kunfu Pi, Yamin Deng, Bing Yan, Lei Tong et al.

Journal: Annual Review of Environment and Resources · DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-112321-114701 · Citations: 58

Matched topics: hydrology

Groundwater deterioration due to enrichment with contaminants of either geogenic or anthropogenic origin has adversely affected safe water supply for drinking and irrigation, with pervasive impacts on human health and ecosystem functions. However, the spatiotemporal evolution and public health effects of groundwater quality remain unclarified, posing a grand challenge for the safe and sustainable supply of global groundwater resources. This article provides a state-of-the-art review of the co…


Cloud-based Water Tank Management and Control System

Authors: Ch. Chandra Sekhar, V. Vedanarayanan, K. Vijayalakshmi, Madona B. Sahaai, A. Sanyasi Rao, S. Murugan

Journal: ** · DOI: 10.1109/smarttechcon57526.2023.10391730 · Citations: 50

Matched topics: water management

The solution to water constraints and the advancement of sustainable resource usage is effective water management. This research presents a cloud-based water tank management system that uses Raspberry Pi, sensors, a Wi-Fi connection, and the ThingSpeak platform for real-time monitoring and control. A Raspberry Pi flexible single-board computer controls the system. To keep updated on how much water is in each storage tank, use various sensors, including ultrasonic and pressure sensors. The dat…


Hydrological Processes, Snow Dynamics, and Remote Sensing

This theme encompasses 14 papers advancing understanding of hydrological processes through field observations, modeling, and remote sensing. Research covers snow distribution and dynamics in cold regions, forest-hydrology interactions, land use change impacts on river systems, rainfall-runoff modeling uncertainty, and satellite-based monitoring of terrestrial water resources.

Future emergence of new ecosystems caused by glacial retreat

Authors: Jean‐Baptiste Bosson, Matthias Huss, Sophie Cauvy‐Fraunié, Jean‐Christophe Clément, Guillaume Costes, Mauro Fischer et al.

Journal: Nature · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06302-2 · Citations: 163

Matched topics: hydrology, land surface model, hydropower, earth system model

Abstract not available.


Spatial and wavelet analysis of precipitation and river discharge during operation of the Three Gorges Dam, China

Authors: Lirong Yin, Lei Wang, Barry D. Keim, Kory Konsoer, Zhengtong Yin, Mingzhe Liu et al.

Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110837 · Citations: 128

Matched topics: river

The Three Gorges Dam and Reservoir on the Yangtze River is one of the world’s largest dams. After the dam’s construction in 1997, the reservoir started filling up, expanding to a size of over 600 km2. Therefore, its possible influence on maintaining the size and water level of this waterbody is significant and concerning. This research utilized wavelet coherence analysis to examine the temporal correlation and phase coherence among various datasets, including dam injection (1998–2018) and dis…


Intricate unconventional fracture networks provide fluid diffusion pathways to reactivate pre-existing faults in unconventional reservoirs

Authors: Gang Hui, Zhangxin Chen, Ryan Schultz, Shengnan Chen, Zhaojie Song, Zhaochen Zhang et al.

Journal: Energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.128803 · Citations: 79

Matched topics: reservoir

Abstract not available.


Free-floating Planet Mass Function from MOA-II 9 yr Survey toward the Galactic Bulge

Authors: T. Sumi, Naoki Koshimoto, D. P. Bennett, Nicholas J. Rattenbury, Fumio Abe, Richard Barry et al.

Journal: The Astronomical Journal · DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ace688 · Citations: 71

Matched topics: earth system model

Abstract We present the first measurement of the mass function of free-floating planets (FFPs), or very wide orbit planets down to an Earth mass, from the MOA-II microlensing survey in 2006–2014. Six events are likely to be due to planets with Einstein radius crossing times t E < 0.5 days, and the shortest has t E = 0.057 ± 0.016 days and an angular Einstein radius of θ E = 0.90 ± 0.14 μ as. We measure the detection efficiency depending on both t E and θ E with image-level simulations for …


FedLEO: An Offloading-Assisted Decentralized Federated Learning Framework for Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks

Authors: Zhiwei Zhai, Qiong Wu, Shuai Yu, Rui Li, Fei Hu Zhang, Xu Chen

Journal: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing · DOI: 10.1109/tmc.2023.3304988 · Citations: 66

Matched topics: earth system model

Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites enable complex Earth observation tasks ( e.g., remote sensing and cooperative monitoring) by leveraging large-scale satellite-generated Earth imageries and state-of-the-art machine learning (ML) techniques. However, due to restricted downlink bandwidth and spotty connectivity, it is infeasible for the satellites to transmit all the imageries to ground stations for ML model training. To address this issue, we use federated learning (FL) to mitigate the signific…


Potential of Precision Farming Technologies for Eco-Friendly Agriculture

Authors: Vaishnavi Gawande, D. R. K. Saikanth, B. S. Sumithra, S. Ashokh Aravind, G. Narayana Swamy, Manojit Chowdhury et al.

Journal: International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · DOI: 10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193528 · Citations: 62

Matched topics: water management

Precision farming technologies have the potential to revolutionize agriculture by promoting eco-friendly practices. The review explores the potential advantages of precision farming technologies in achieving sustainable and environmentally conscious agriculture. The application of precision farming techniques allows for the targeted use of resources such as water, fertilizers, and pesticides, minimizing waste and reducing environmental impact. By incorporating advanced technologies like GPS, …


Evaluation of ecological governance in the Yellow River basin based on Uninorm combination weight and MULTIMOORA-Borda method

Authors: Peng Wang, Yingxin Fu, Пэйдэ Лю, Baoying Zhu, Fubin Wang, Dragan Pamučar

Journal: Expert Systems with Applications · DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2023.121227 · Citations: 61

Matched topics: river

Abstract not available.


Assessing water quality in the Pearl River for the last decade based on clustering: Characteristic, evolution and policy implications

Authors: Jiang Wu, Shu-Peng Cheng, Ling‐Yan He, Yichu Wang, Yao Yue, Hui Zeng et al.

Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120492 · Citations: 52

Matched topics: river, water management

Abstract not available.


Global change scenarios in coastal river deltas and their sustainable development implications

Authors: Murray Scown, Frances Dunn, Stefan C. Dekker, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Sitar Karabil, Edwin H. Sutanudjaja et al.

Journal: Global Environmental Change · DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102736 · Citations: 45

Matched topics: river, hydropower

Deltas play a critical role in the ambition to achieve global sustainable development given their relatively large shares in population and productive croplands, as well as their precarious low-lying position between upstream river basin development and rising seas. The large pressures on these systems risk undermining the persistence of delta societies, economies, and ecosystems. We analyse possible future development in 49 deltas around the globe under the Shared Socio-economic and Represen…


Fluorine mass balance analysis of PFAS in communal waters at a wastewater plant from Austria

Authors: Viktoria Müller, Andrew Kindness, Jörg Feldmann

Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120501 · Citations: 49

Matched topics: surface water

in sludge. Mass balance analysis showed an increase in the identified PFAS compounds in the effluent compared to the influent (from 0.9% - 1.3% to 3.6% - 6.1%), suggesting biotransformation of non-targeted PFAS precursor compounds. In conclusion, wastewater treatment plants transform some PFAS, and wastewater effluent is a source of PFAS contamination in surface water.


Nontarget Identification of Novel Organophosphorus Flame Retardants and Plasticizers in Rainfall Runoffs and Agricultural Soils around a Plastic Recycling Industrial Park

Authors: Xiaoxiao Li, Yiming Yao, Maosen Zhao, Yang Ji, Yumeng Shi, Hao Yu et al.

Journal: Environmental Science & Technology · DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c02156 · Citations: 47

Matched topics: runoff

Plastic recycling and reprocessing activities may release organophosphate ester (OPE) flame retardants and plasticizers into the surrounding environment. However, the relevant contamination profiles and impacts remain not well studied. This study investigated the occurrence of 28 OPEs and their metabolites (mOPEs) in rainfall runoffs and agricultural soils around one of the largest plastic recycling industrial parks in North China and identified novel organophosphorus compounds (NOPs) using h…


Cost-efficient bathymetric mapping method based on massive active–passive remote sensing data

Authors: Tong Han, Huaguo Zhang, Wenting Cao, Chengfeng Le, Wang Chen, Xinke Yang et al.

Journal: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2023.07.028 · Citations: 39

Matched topics: land surface model

Accurate bathymetric mapping is critical for island reef research, coastal ecosystem monitoring, and nearshore engineering. Increasing amounts of remote sensing data have promoted the development of optical bathymetric remote sensing. However, large-scale and efficient bathymetric mapping of shallow oceanic islands is difficult due to the limited availability of high-quality optical remote sensing images. In this study, we propose a cost-efficient method for bathymetric mapping based on a qua…


Optimizing brackish water and nitrogen application regimes for soil salinity, yield, fertilizer and water productivity of a mulched drip irrigated cotton cropping system

Authors: Ying Wang, Wenjuan Shi, Bo Jing

Journal: Field Crops Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2023.109097 · Citations: 33

Matched topics: water management, irrigation

Abstract not available.


Estimation of the impact of combined sewer overflows on surface water quality in a sparsely monitored area

Authors: Daan Bertels, Joke De Meester, Geert Dirckx, Patrick Willems

Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120498 · Citations: 28

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, surface water

Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) can have a severe negative, local impact on surface water systems. To assure good ecological surface water quality and drinking water production that meets the demands, the impact of sewer system overflows on the surrounding water bodies for current and future climate conditions needs to be assessed. Typically, integrated, detailed hydrological and hydrodynamic water quantity and quality models are used for this purpose, but often data and computational resourc…


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