Weekly Literature Review

Week 5 · January 30–February 5, 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 Shifts in vegetation activity of terrestrial ecosystems attributable to climate , with 238 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. Shifts in vegetation activity of terrestrial ecosystems attributable to climate trends
    2. Global vegetation resilience linked to water availability and variability
    3. ICON-Sapphire: simulating the components of the Earth system and their interactions at kilometer and subkilometer scales
    4. Global mapping of urban nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation
    5. The influencing factors and mechanisms for urban flood resilience in China: From the perspective of social-economic-natural complex ecosystem
    6. Spatial Downscaling of GRACE Data Based on XGBoost Model for Improved Understanding of Hydrological Droughts in the Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS)
    7. Drought trigger thresholds for different levels of vegetation loss in China and their dynamics
    8. Natural hybridization reduces vulnerability to climate change
    9. Urbanization Amplified Asymmetrical Changes of Rainfall and Exacerbated Drought: Analysis Over Five Urban Agglomerations in the Yangtze River Basin, China
    10. Future Changes in Climate and Hydroclimate Extremes in East Africa
    11. Stress memory and its regulation in plants experiencing recurrent drought conditions
    12. For whom the bell tolls: Climate change and income inequality
    13. Interactive effects of changes in UV radiation and climate on terrestrial ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, and feedbacks to the climate system
    14. Effect of hydrogen on calcite reactivity in sandstone reservoirs: Experimental results compared to geochemical modeling predictions
    15. The impact of climate change on the water quality of Baiyangdian Lake (China) in the past 30 years (1991–2020)
    16. Comparative Assessment of Improved SVM Method under Different Kernel Functions for Predicting Multi-scale Drought Index
    17. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve drought tolerance of tea plants via modulating root architecture and hormones
    18. Assessing hydrological performance for optimized integrated grey-green infrastructure in response to climate change based on shared socio-economic pathways
    19. Triple exposure: Reducing negative impacts of climate change, blue growth, and conservation on coastal communities
    20. Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in the garment industry supply chain network
    21. Universities confronting climate change: beyond sustainable development and solutionism
    22. Impacts of existing and planned hydropower dams on river fragmentation in the Balkan Region
  3. Flood Risk Assessment and Extreme Precipitation
    1. Cost-effective adaptation strategies to rising river flood risk in Europe
    2. Physics‐Informed Neural Networks of the Saint‐Venant Equations for Downscaling a Large‐Scale River Model
    3. Towards flood risk reduction: Commonalities and differences between urban flood resilience and risk based on a case study in the Pearl River Delta
    4. Enhancing flood susceptibility modeling using multi-temporal SAR images, CHIRPS data, and hybrid machine learning algorithms.
    5. Natural flood management: Opportunities to implement nature‐based solutions on privately owned land
  4. Machine Learning and AI for Hydrological Prediction
    1. Data-driven predictions of the time remaining until critical global warming thresholds are reached
    2. A hybrid decomposition and Machine learning model for forecasting Chlorophyll-a and total nitrogen concentration in coastal waters
  5. Water Management, Irrigation, and Groundwater
    1. RETRACTED: Middle East energy consumption and potential renewable sources: An overview
    2. Modeling Post‐Wildfire Hydrologic Response: Review and Future Directions for Applications of Physically Based Distributed Simulation
    3. Effects of Agricultural Large‐And Medium‐Sized Reservoirs on Hydrologic Processes in the Arid Shiyang River Basin, Northwest China
    4. Bioaccumulation and risk assessment of potential toxic elements in the soil-vegetable system as influenced by historical wastewater irrigation
    5. Advancing water footprint assessments: Combining the impacts of water pollution and scarcity
  6. Hydrological Processes, Snow Dynamics, and Remote Sensing
    1. Caravan - A global community dataset for large-sample hydrology
    2. Widespread Occurrence and Transport of p-Phenylenediamines and Their Quinones in Sediments across Urban Rivers, Estuaries, Coasts, and Deep-Sea Regions
    3. Future global streamflow declines are probably more severe than previously estimated
    4. Large-scale monitoring and risk assessment of microplastics in the Amazon River.
    5. Steroid hormones in wastewater: Sources, treatments, environmental risks, and regulations
    6. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) may serve as a wildlife reservoir for nearly extinct SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
    7. Occurrence and distribution characteristics of aged microplastics in the surface water, sediment, and crabs of the aquaculture pond in the Yangtze River Delta of China
    8. From meteorological to agricultural drought: Propagation time and probabilistic linkages
    9. Towards nutrient neutrality: A review of agricultural runoff mitigation strategies and the development of a decision-making framework.
    10. Large-scale underground hydrogen storage: Integrated modeling of reservoir-wellbore system
    11. Coal rank-pressure coupling control mechanism on gas adsorption/desorption in coalbed methane reservoirs
    12. Can Hydrological Models Benefit From Using Global Soil Moisture, Evapotranspiration, and Runoff Products as Calibration Targets?
    13. Changes in soil surface properties under simulated rainfall and the effect of surface roughness on runoff, infiltration and soil loss
    14. Cross-sectoral impacts of the 2018–2019 Central European drought and climate resilience in the German part of the Elbe River basin
    15. Distribution and risk assessment of microplastics in Liujiaxia Reservoir on the upper Yellow River
    16. Global Observations of Riverbank Erosion and Accretion From Landsat Imagery
  7. Statistics
    1. Papers by journal
  8. Filtering Criteria

Climate Change and Terrestrial Water Storage

This week features 22 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.

Authors: Steven I. Higgins, Timo Conradi, Edward Muhoko

Journal: Nature Geoscience · DOI: 10.1038/s41561-022-01114-x · Citations: 238

Matched topics: earth system model

Abstract Climate change is expected to impact the functioning of the entire Earth system. However, detecting changes in ecosystem dynamics and attributing such change to anthropogenic climate change has proved difficult. Here we analyse the vegetation dynamics of 100 sites representative of the diversity of terrestrial ecosystem types using remote-sensing data spanning the past 40 years and a dynamic model of plant growth, forced by climate reanalysis data. We detect a change in vegetation ac…


Global vegetation resilience linked to water availability and variability

Authors: Taylor Smith, Niklas Boers

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36207-7 · Citations: 225

Matched topics: land surface model

Quantifying the resilience of vegetated ecosystems is key to constraining both present-day and future global impacts of anthropogenic climate change. Here we apply both empirical and theoretical resilience metrics to remotely-sensed vegetation data in order to examine the role of water availability and variability in controlling vegetation resilience at the global scale. We find a concise global relationship where vegetation resilience is greater in regions with higher water availability. We …


ICON-Sapphire: simulating the components of the Earth system and their interactions at kilometer and subkilometer scales

Authors: Cathy Hohenegger, Peter Korn, Leonidas Linardakis, René Redler, Reiner Schnur, Panagiotis Adamidis et al.

Journal: Geoscientific model development · DOI: 10.5194/gmd-16-779-2023 · Citations: 164

Matched topics: earth system model

Abstract. State-of-the-art Earth system models typically employ grid spacings of O(100 km), which is too coarse to explicitly resolve main drivers of the flow of energy and matter across the Earth system. In this paper, we present the new ICON-Sapphire model configuration, which targets a representation of the components of the Earth system and their interactions with a grid spacing of 10 km and finer. Through the use of selected simulation examples, we demonstrate that ICON-Sapphire can (i) …


Global mapping of urban nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation

Authors: Sean Goodwin, Marta Olazabal, Antonio Arjona Castro, Unai Pascual

Journal: Nature Sustainability · DOI: 10.1038/s41893-022-01036-x · Citations: 153

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


The influencing factors and mechanisms for urban flood resilience in China: From the perspective of social-economic-natural complex ecosystem

Authors: Shi‐Yao Zhu, Dezhi Li, Haibo Feng, Na Zhang

Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.109959 · Citations: 124

Matched topics: flood

Urban flood is one of the most frequent and deadly natural disasters in the world, seriously affecting urban sustainability and people’s well-being in China. As the largest developing country in the world, China urgently needs to improve its urban flood resilience. Previous studies related to urban flood resilience are mostly focused on its assessment method and simulation. However, few studies directly aim to reveal the influencing factors of urban flood resilience and their inner relationsh…


Spatial Downscaling of GRACE Data Based on XGBoost Model for Improved Understanding of Hydrological Droughts in the Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS)

Authors: Shoaib Ali, Behnam Khorrami, Muhammad Jehanzaib, Aqil Tariq, Muhammad Ajmal, Arfan Arshad et al.

Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs15040873 · Citations: 110

Matched topics: hydrologic model, drought, irrigation

Climate change may cause severe hydrological droughts, leading to water shortages which will require to be assessed using high-resolution data. Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite Terrestrial Water Storage (TWSA) estimates offer a promising solution to monitor hydrological drought, but its coarse resolution (1°) limits its applications to small regions of the Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS). Here we employed machine learning models such as Extreme Gradient Boosting …


Drought trigger thresholds for different levels of vegetation loss in China and their dynamics

Authors: Wenwen Guo, Shengzhi Huang, Qiang Huang, Guoyong Leng, Zhenxia Mu, Zhiming Han et al.

Journal: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109349 · Citations: 113

Matched topics: water management, drought

Abstract not available.


Natural hybridization reduces vulnerability to climate change

Authors: Chris J. Brauer, Jonathan Sandoval‐Castillo, Katie Gates, Michael P. Hammer, Peter J. Unmack, Louis Bernatchez et al.

Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-022-01585-1 · Citations: 114

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract Under climate change, species unable to track their niche via range shifts are largely reliant on genetic variation to adapt and persist. Genomic vulnerability predictions are used to identify populations that lack the necessary variation, particularly at climate-relevant genes. However, hybridization as a source of novel adaptive variation is typically ignored in genomic vulnerability studies. We estimated environmental niche models and genomic vulnerability for closely related spec…


Urbanization Amplified Asymmetrical Changes of Rainfall and Exacerbated Drought: Analysis Over Five Urban Agglomerations in the Yangtze River Basin, China

Authors: Shuzhe Huang, Yuan Gan, Xiang Zhang, Nengcheng Chen, Chao Wang, Xihui Gu et al.

Journal: Earth s Future · DOI: 10.1029/2022ef003117 · Citations: 92

Matched topics: hydrology, river, drought

Abstract Urbanization has become a prominent anthropogenic activity globally, resulting in the substantial modification of temperature and rainfall in and around urban areas. Studies also indicate that rainfall exhibits an asymmetrical shift from light to extreme rainfall, causing both floods and droughts over different parts of the globe. However, to what extent urbanization influences the asymmetrical changes in rainfall and urban drought remains understudied. Accordingly, we provided an in…


Future Changes in Climate and Hydroclimate Extremes in East Africa

Authors: Solomon H. Gebrechorkos, Meron Teferi Taye, B. Birhanu, Dawit Solomon, Teferi Demissie

Journal: Earth s Future · DOI: 10.1029/2022ef003011 · Citations: 87

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow

Abstract Climate change is affecting the agriculture, water, and energy sectors in East Africa and the impact is projected to increase in the future. To allow adaptation and mitigation of the impacts, we assessed the changes in climate and their impacts on hydrology and hydrological extremes in East Africa. We used outputs from seven CMIP‐6 Global Climate Models (GCMs) and 1981–2010 is used as a reference period. The output from GCMs are statistically downscaled using the Bias Correction‐Cons…


Stress memory and its regulation in plants experiencing recurrent drought conditions

Authors: Carolyn Mukiri Kambona, P. Koua, J. Léon, A. Ballvora

Journal: Theoretical and Applied Genetics · DOI: 10.1007/s00122-023-04313-1 · Citations: 99

Matched topics: drought

Developing stress-tolerant plants continues to be the goal of breeders due to their realized yields and stability. Plant responses to drought have been studied in many different plant species, but the occurrence of stress memory as well as the potential mechanisms for memory regulation is not yet well described. It has been observed that plants hold on to past events in a way that adjusts their response to new challenges without altering their genetic constitution. This ability could enable t…


For whom the bell tolls: Climate change and income inequality

Authors: Serhan Cevik, João Tovar Jalles

Journal: Energy Policy · DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113475 · Citations: 97

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Interactive effects of changes in UV radiation and climate on terrestrial ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, and feedbacks to the climate system

Authors: Paul W. Barnes, T. Matthew Robson, Richard G. Zepp, Janet F. Bornman, Marcel A. K. Jansen, Rachele Ossola et al.

Journal: Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences · DOI: 10.1007/s43630-023-00376-7 · Citations: 95

Matched topics: climate change

Terrestrial organisms and ecosystems are being exposed to new and rapidly changing combinations of solar UV radiation and other environmental factors because of ongoing changes in stratospheric ozone and climate. In this Quadrennial Assessment, we examine the interactive effects of changes in stratospheric ozone, UV radiation and climate on terrestrial ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles in the context of the Montreal Protocol. We specifically assess effects on terrestrial organisms, agricul…


Effect of hydrogen on calcite reactivity in sandstone reservoirs: Experimental results compared to geochemical modeling predictions

Authors: Orsolya Gelencsér, Cs. Árvai, L.T. Mika, D. Breitner, D. LeClair, Csaba Szabó et al.

Journal: Journal of Energy Storage · DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2023.106737 · Citations: 84

Matched topics: reservoir

Geologic reservoirs including calcite bearing sandstones are among the highest potential structures that can serve as sites for underground hydrogen storage (UHS). However, to confirm the viability of sandstone reservoirs, better knowledge about rock–porewater–hydrogen gas (H2) systems is needed. Previous geochemical modeling studies predicted significant H2 loss induced by the reaction of carbonate minerals with H2. Our recent combined experimental-modeling study investigated the geochemical…


The impact of climate change on the water quality of Baiyangdian Lake (China) in the past 30 years (1991–2020)

Authors: Yuli Han, Hongmei Bu

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161957 · Citations: 77

Matched topics: water management, climate change

Abstract not available.


Comparative Assessment of Improved SVM Method under Different Kernel Functions for Predicting Multi-scale Drought Index

Authors: Chaitanya B. Pande, Nand Lal Kushwaha, Israel R. Orimoloye, Rohitashw Kumar, Hazem Ghassan Abdo, Abebe Debele Tolche et al.

Journal: Water Resources Management · DOI: 10.1007/s11269-023-03440-0 · Citations: 77

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.


Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve drought tolerance of tea plants via modulating root architecture and hormones

Authors: Chunyan Liu, Yong Hao, Xiaolong Wu, Feng-Jun Dai, Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah, Qiang‐Sheng Wu et al.

Journal: Plant Growth Regulation · DOI: 10.1007/s10725-023-00972-8 · Citations: 74

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.


Assessing hydrological performance for optimized integrated grey-green infrastructure in response to climate change based on shared socio-economic pathways

Authors: Mo Wang, Ming Liu, Dongqing Zhang, Yu Zhang, Jin Su, Shiqi Zhou et al.

Journal: Sustainable Cities and Society · DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2023.104436 · Citations: 60

Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, climate change

Abstract not available.


Triple exposure: Reducing negative impacts of climate change, blue growth, and conservation on coastal communities

Authors: David Gill, Jessica Blythe, Nathan Bennett, Louisa Evans, Katrina Brown, Rachel A. Turner et al.

Journal: One Earth · DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.01.010 · Citations: 65

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in the garment industry supply chain network

Authors: Surajit Bag, Muhammad Sabbir Rahman, Helen Rogers, Gautam Srivastava, J.H.C. Pretorius

Journal: Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review · DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2023.103031 · Citations: 61

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Universities confronting climate change: beyond sustainable development and solutionism

Authors: Sharon Stein

Journal: Higher Education · DOI: 10.1007/s10734-023-00999-w · Citations: 60

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Impacts of existing and planned hydropower dams on river fragmentation in the Balkan Region

Authors: Mauro Carolli, Carlos García de Leániz, Joshua Jones, Barbara Belletti, Helena Huđek, Martin Pusch et al.

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161940 · Citations: 47

Matched topics: hydrology, river, hydropower

The Balkan region has some of the best conserved rivers in Europe, but is also the location of ~3000 planned hydropower dams that are expected to help decarbonise energy production. A conflict between policies that promote renewable hydropower and those that prioritise river conservation has ensued, which can only be resolved with the help of reliable information. Using ground-truthed barrier data, we analysed the extent of current longitudinal river fragmentation in the Balkan region and sim…


Flood Risk Assessment and Extreme Precipitation

Flood risk assessment and extreme precipitation research are well represented this week with 5 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.

Cost-effective adaptation strategies to rising river flood risk in Europe

Authors: Francesco Dottori, Lorenzo Mentaschi, Alessandra Bianchi, Lorenzo Alfieri, Luc Feyen

Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-022-01540-0 · Citations: 140

Matched topics: hydrology, river, streamflow, flood

Abstract River flood risk in Europe could rise to unprecedented levels due to global warming and continued development in flood-prone areas. Here, we appraise the potential of four key adaptation strategies to reduce flood risk across Europe based on flood risk modelling and cost–benefit analysis. We find that reducing flood peaks using detention areas is economically the most attractive option. In a scenario without climate mitigation (3 °C global warming), they can lower projected flood los…


Physics‐Informed Neural Networks of the Saint‐Venant Equations for Downscaling a Large‐Scale River Model

Authors: Dongyu Feng, Zeli Tan, Qizhi He

Journal: Water Resources Research · DOI: 10.1029/2022wr033168 · Citations: 89

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

Abstract Large‐scale river models are being refined over coastal regions to improve the scientific understanding of coastal processes, hazards and responses to climate change. However, coarse mesh resolutions and approximations in physical representations of tidal rivers limit the performance of such models at resolving the complex flow dynamics especially near the river‐ocean interface, resulting in inaccurate simulations of flood inundation. In this research, we propose a machine learning (…


Towards flood risk reduction: Commonalities and differences between urban flood resilience and risk based on a case study in the Pearl River Delta

Authors: Jiaxuan Zheng, Guoru Huang

Journal: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction · DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103568 · Citations: 75

Matched topics: river, flood

Abstract not available.


Enhancing flood susceptibility modeling using multi-temporal SAR images, CHIRPS data, and hybrid machine learning algorithms.

Authors: Mostafa Riazi, K. Khosravi, K. Shahedi, Sajjad Ahmad, C. Jun, S. M. Bateni et al.

Journal: Science of the Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162066 · Citations: 69

Matched topics: flood

Flood susceptibility maps are useful tool for planners and emergency management professionals in the early warning and mitigation stages of floods. In this study, Sentinel-1 dB radar images, which provide Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR) data were used to delineate flooded and non-flooded locations. 12 input parameters, including elevation, lithology, drainage density, rainfall, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), curvature, ground slope, Stream Power Index (SPI), Topographic Wetness…


Natural flood management: Opportunities to implement nature‐based solutions on privately owned land

Authors: Thomas Thaler, Paul Hudson, Christophe Viavattene, Colin Green

Journal: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water · DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1637 · Citations: 51

Matched topics: hydrology, water management, flood

Abstract The implementation of Natural Flood Management (NFM), as an example of a nature‐based solution (NbS), is promoted as a risk reduction strategy to support sustainable flood risk management and climate change adaptation more widely. Additionally, as an NbS, NFM aims to provide further multiple benefits, such as increased biodiversity and improved water quality as well as improved mental health. The implementation of NbS often needs private‐owned or managed land, yet can create conflict…


Machine Learning and AI for Hydrological Prediction

This week’s 2 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.

Data-driven predictions of the time remaining until critical global warming thresholds are reached

Authors: Noah S. Diffenbaugh, Elizabeth A. Barnes

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2207183120 · Citations: 162

Matched topics: earth system model

Leveraging artificial neural networks (ANNs) trained on climate model output, we use the spatial pattern of historical temperature observations to predict the time until critical global warming thresholds are reached. Although no observations are used during the training, validation, or testing, the ANNs accurately predict the timing of historical global warming from maps of historical annual temperature. The central estimate for the 1.5 °C global warming threshold is between 2033 and 2035, i…


A hybrid decomposition and Machine learning model for forecasting Chlorophyll-a and total nitrogen concentration in coastal waters

Authors: Xiaotong Zhu, Hongwei Guo, Jinhui Jeanne Huang‬‬‬‬, Shang Tian, Zijie Zhang

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129207 · Citations: 60

Matched topics: hydrologic model

Abstract not available.


Water Management, Irrigation, and Groundwater

Water management research this week spans 5 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.

RETRACTED: Middle East energy consumption and potential renewable sources: An overview

Authors: Qusay Hassan, Mohammed Al-Hitmi, Vahid Sohrabi Tabar, Aws Zuhair Sameen, Hayder Mahmood Salman, Marek Jaszczur

Journal: Cleaner Engineering and Technology · DOI: 10.1016/j.clet.2023.100599 · Citations: 75

Matched topics: water management

Despite having enormous fossil fuel resources, the Middle East is susceptible to drops in oil and gas prices, which hurts the country budget. Even while the Middle Eastern countries that import energy enjoy cheaper energy costs, several of these nations have experienced war, social disorder, and political upheaval, which has made the position of the energy of the region very difficult. Water shortages are another significant issue in the Middle East. This region might be classified as a deser…


Modeling Post‐Wildfire Hydrologic Response: Review and Future Directions for Applications of Physically Based Distributed Simulation

Authors: Brian A. Ebel, Zachary M. Shephard, Michelle A. Walvoord, Sheila F. Murphy, Trevor F. Partridge, K. S. Perkins

Journal: Earth s Future · DOI: 10.1029/2022ef003038 · Citations: 62

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow

Abstract Wildfire is a growing concern as climate shifts. The hydrologic effects of wildfire, which include elevated hazards and changes in water quantity and quality, are increasingly assessed using numerical models. Post‐wildfire application of physically based distributed models provides unique insight into the underlying processes that affect water resources after wildfire. This work reviews and synthesizes post‐wildfire applications of physically based distributed models by examining the…


Effects of Agricultural Large‐And Medium‐Sized Reservoirs on Hydrologic Processes in the Arid Shiyang River Basin, Northwest China

Authors: Liyuan Sang, Guofeng Zhu, Yuanxiao Xu, Zhigang Sun, Zhuanxia Zhang, Huali Tong

Journal: Water Resources Research · DOI: 10.1029/2022wr033519 · Citations: 53

Matched topics: hydrology, river, reservoir, hydropower

Abstract Agricultural large and medium‐sized reservoirs in arid regions increase the water stresses within local hydrologic systems, adding to pressures on aquatic ecosystems and also threatening the sustainability of water resources. Yet, there is limited research concerning how agricultural reservoirs affect the hydrology of inland river basins, which has hampered a comprehensive assessment of sustainable water use in these systems. We explore the use of stable isotopes of water to evaluate…


Bioaccumulation and risk assessment of potential toxic elements in the soil-vegetable system as influenced by historical wastewater irrigation

Authors: Xinling Ruan, Shiji Ge, Zhiqiang Jiao, Wenhao Zhan, Yangyang Wang

Journal: Agricultural Water Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108197 · Citations: 67

Matched topics: irrigation

To investigate the pollution status and probable health risk of potential toxic elements (PTEs) in soil and vegetables in historical wastewater irrigation region, eight types of vegetables (n = 73) and corresponding soils were collected to determine the contents of Pb, Cd, Cu, Zn, Ni and Cr, and their potential health risk to local vegetable consumers. The results showed that the mean contents of Pb, Cd, Cu, Zn, Ni and Cr in these soils were 39.72, 1.06, 38.47, 255.00, 27.45 and 61.83 mg/kg, …


Advancing water footprint assessments: Combining the impacts of water pollution and scarcity

Authors: Éléonore Pierrat, Alexis Laurent, Martin Dorber, Martin Rygaard, Francesca Verones, Michael Zwicky Hauschild

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161910 · Citations: 66

Matched topics: streamflow

Several water footprint indicators have been developed to curb freshwater stress. Volumetric footprints support water allocation decisions and strive to increase water productivity in all sectors. In contrast, impact-oriented footprints are used to minimize the impacts of water use on human health, ecosystems, and freshwater resources. Efforts to combine both perspectives in a harmonized framework have been undertaken, but common challenges remain, such as pollution and ecosystems impacts mod…


Hydrological Processes, Snow Dynamics, and Remote Sensing

This theme encompasses 16 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.

Caravan - A global community dataset for large-sample hydrology

Authors: Frederik Kratzert, G. Nearing, N. Addor, T. Erickson, M. Gauch, Oren Gilon et al.

Journal: Scientific Data · DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-01975-w · Citations: 218

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow

High-quality datasets are essential to support hydrological science and modeling. Several CAMELS (Catchment Attributes and Meteorology for Large-sample Studies) datasets exist for specific countries or regions, however these datasets lack standardization, which makes global studies difficult. This paper introduces a dataset called Caravan (a series of CAMELS) that standardizes and aggregates seven existing large-sample hydrology datasets. Caravan includes meteorological forcing data, streamfl…


Widespread Occurrence and Transport of p-Phenylenediamines and Their Quinones in Sediments across Urban Rivers, Estuaries, Coasts, and Deep-Sea Regions

Authors: Lixi Zeng, Yi Li, Yuxin Sun, Liang‐Ying Liu, Mingjie Shen, Bibai Du

Journal: Environmental Science & Technology · DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c07652 · Citations: 200

Matched topics: river

) also presented a clear decreasing trend. Our field measurements implied that riverine outflows of PPDs and PPD-Qs may be an important route to transport these tire rubber-derived chemicals to coastal and open oceans.


Future global streamflow declines are probably more severe than previously estimated

Authors: Yongqiang Zhang, Hongxing Zheng, Xuanze Zhang, L. Leung, Changming Liu, Chunmiao Zheng et al.

Journal: Nature Water · DOI: 10.1038/s44221-023-00030-7 · Citations: 124

Matched topics: streamflow, earth system model

Abstract not available.


Large-scale monitoring and risk assessment of microplastics in the Amazon River.

Authors: A. Rico, P. Redondo-Hasselerharm, M. Vighi, A. Waichman, G. Nunes, Rhaul de Oliveira et al.

Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119707 · Citations: 115

Matched topics: river

Microplastics (MPs) are one of the most widespread contaminants worldwide, yet their risks for freshwater ecosystems have seldom been investigated. In this study, we performed a large monitoring campaign to assess the presence and risks of MPs in Amazonian freshwater ecosystems. We investigated MP pollution in 40 samples collected along 1500 km in the Brazilian Amazon, including the Amazon River, three major tributaries, and several streams next to the most important urban areas. MPs in the 5…


Steroid hormones in wastewater: Sources, treatments, environmental risks, and regulations

Authors: Balqees Almazrouei, Deema Islayem, Feryal A. Alskafi, Mary Krystelle Catacutan, Riffat Amna, Sara Nasrat et al.

Journal: Emerging contaminants · DOI: 10.1016/j.emcon.2023.100210 · Citations: 106

Matched topics: runoff

Steroid hormones are micropollutants that contaminate the water worldwide and exhibit a significant threat to human health and the environment even at low concentrations. Steroid hormones are among the most common endocrine disruptors investigated due to their widespread use as active ingredients in hormonal treatments and natural secretions. Three main types of steroids that are critical for human development and multiorgan homeostasis are estrogens, progesterone, and androgens. The common s…


White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) may serve as a wildlife reservoir for nearly extinct SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Authors: L. Caserta, M. Martins, S. L. Butt, Nicholas A. Hollingshead, Lina M. Covaleda, Sohel Ahmed et al.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2215067120 · Citations: 96

Matched topics: reservoir

Significance This comprehensive cross-sectional study demonstrates widespread infection of WTD with SARS-CoV-2 across the State of New York. We showed cocirculation of three major SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs; Alpha, Delta, and Gamma) in this species, long after their last detection in humans. Interestingly, the viral sequences recovered from WTD were highly divergent from SARS-CoV-2 sequences recovered from humans, suggesting rapid adaptation of the virus in WTD. The impact of these …


Occurrence and distribution characteristics of aged microplastics in the surface water, sediment, and crabs of the aquaculture pond in the Yangtze River Delta of China

Authors: Fei Yu, Yizhi Pei, Xiaochen Zhang, Xugan Wu, Guangbao Zhang, Jie Ma

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162039 · Citations: 85

Matched topics: river, surface water

The artificial breeding of freshwater crabs in China has become the main source, accounting for 45.69 % of the total output in 2020. However, microplastics widely exist in ponds due to the addition of meals, and the aging and breakage of plastic tools, and people know little about the occurrence of microplastics in the environment and the tissues of crabs during the cultivation of crabs in ponds. In this study, the abundance and characteristics of microplastics in ponds and crabs were studied…


From meteorological to agricultural drought: Propagation time and probabilistic linkages

Authors: Zhengguang Xu, Zhiyong Wu, Quanxi Shao, Hai He, Guo Xiao

Journal: Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies · DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101329 · Citations: 88

Matched topics: drought

Yangtze River Basin, China As agricultural drought originates from meteorological drought, exploring the propagation from meteorological to agricultural drought is an important step in providing early warning of agricultural drought. In this study, Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Improved Soil Moisture Anomaly Percentage Index (ISMAPI) were adopted to indicate meteorological and agricultural droughts, respectively. The propagation time from meteorological drought to agricultural dr…


Towards nutrient neutrality: A review of agricultural runoff mitigation strategies and the development of a decision-making framework.

Authors: M. J. Luna Juncal, Pietro Masino, E. Bertone, R. Stewart

Journal: Science of the Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162408 · Citations: 79

Matched topics: runoff

Nutrient runoff from agriculture practices poses a significant risk to waterway health and can have long-lasting and complex implications for the environment, ecosystems, and the human population. Consequently, a systematic quantitative literature review (SQLR) was conducted to identify different nutrient runoff mitigation strategies (NRMS) that are currently used globally to prevent or remediate environmental damage from excessive agricultural fertilisation. Empirical data on the outcomes fr…


Large-scale underground hydrogen storage: Integrated modeling of reservoir-wellbore system

Authors: Mohab Abdellatif, Mehrdad Hashemi, Siroos Azizmohammadi

Journal: International journal of hydrogen energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.01.227 · Citations: 79

Matched topics: reservoir

Abstract not available.


Coal rank-pressure coupling control mechanism on gas adsorption/desorption in coalbed methane reservoirs

Authors: Fengrui Sun, Dameng Liu, Yidong Cai, Yongkai Qiu

Journal: Energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.126849 · Citations: 79

Matched topics: reservoir

Abstract not available.


Can Hydrological Models Benefit From Using Global Soil Moisture, Evapotranspiration, and Runoff Products as Calibration Targets?

Authors: Yiwen Mei, Juliane Mai, Hong Xuan, Andrew D. Gronewold, Howard W. Reeves, Sandra M. Eberts et al.

Journal: Water Resources Research · DOI: 10.1029/2022wr032064 · Citations: 66

Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow

Abstract Hydrological models are usually calibrated to in‐situ streamflow observations with reasonably long and uninterrupted records. This is challenging for poorly gage or ungaged basins where such information is not available. Even for gaged basins, the single‐objective calibration to gaged streamflow cannot guarantee reliable forecasts because, as has been documented elsewhere, the inverse problem is mathematically ill‐posed. Therefore, the inclusion of other observations, and the reprodu…


Changes in soil surface properties under simulated rainfall and the effect of surface roughness on runoff, infiltration and soil loss

Authors: Sophia Bahddou, Wilfred Otten, W. Richard Whalley, Ho-Chul Shin, Mohamed El Gharous, R. J. Rickson

Journal: Geoderma · DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116341 · Citations: 67

Matched topics: hydrology, runoff

Soil erosion by water is a result of detachment of particles or small aggregates from the soil surface followed by transport of the detached material. One of the elements that affects surface runoff and soil erosion is the soil surface roughness (SSR). Prior research reports that increasing SSR reduces generation of runoff and soil loss. In addition to that, it is widely reported that across-slope oriented roughness is better at controlling soil and water losses. However, to date there have b…


Cross-sectoral impacts of the 2018–2019 Central European drought and climate resilience in the German part of the Elbe River basin

Authors: Tobias Conradt, Henry Engelhardt, Christoph Menz, Sergio M. Vicente‐Serrano, Begoña Á. Farizo, Dhais Peña‐Angulo et al.

Journal: Regional Environmental Change · DOI: 10.1007/s10113-023-02032-3 · Citations: 52

Matched topics: hydrology, river, runoff, streamflow, drought

including the cities of Berlin and Hamburg and contributing about 18% to the German GDP. We employ meteorological, hydrological and socio-economic data to build a comprehensive picture of the drought severity, its multiple effects and cross-sectoral consequences in the basin. Time series of different drought indices illustrate the severity of the 2018-2019 drought and how it progressed from meteorological water deficits via soil water depletion towards low groundwater levels and river runoff,…


Distribution and risk assessment of microplastics in Liujiaxia Reservoir on the upper Yellow River

Authors: Rui Min, Kai Ma, Hongwei Zhang, Jiaqian Zhang, Siyi Yang, Tianhong Zhou et al.

Journal: Chemosphere · DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138031 · Citations: 60

Matched topics: river, reservoir

Microplastics (MPSs) distribution in global freshwater systems is extensively reported, but the distribution of MPSs in reservoirs of the Yellow River has rarely been studied. To fill in this gap, we systematically investigated the distribution of MPSs in surface water and bank sediments gleaned from Liujiaxia Reservoir of the upper Yellow River for the first time and conducted an ecological risk assessment in succession in this work. The results showed that the main polymer types of MPSs in …


Global Observations of Riverbank Erosion and Accretion From Landsat Imagery

Authors: Theodore Langhorst, Tamlin M. Pavelsky

Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface · DOI: 10.1029/2022jf006774 · Citations: 65

Matched topics: hydrology

Abstract Riverbank migration has historically been seen as a risk to infrastructure that can be combated through channelization, bank stabilization, and sediment trapping. The physical processes involved with riverbank erosion and deposition are well defined, yet the solutions to equations that describe these processes are computationally and data intensive over large domains. While current understanding of large‐scale river channel mobility largely comes from reach‐ and watershed‐scale obser…


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