Weekly Literature Review
Week 23 · June 5–June 11, 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 Indicators of Global Climate Change 2022: annual update of large-scale indicator, with 300 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
- Executive Summary
- Climate Change and Terrestrial Water Storage
- Indicators of Global Climate Change 2022: annual update of large-scale indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence
- Nanofertilizers: Types, Delivery and Advantages in Agricultural Sustainability
- A multi-model assessment of the Global Warming Potential of hydrogen
- Global warming accelerates soil heterotrophic respiration
- Co-benefits of carbon neutrality in enhancing and stabilizing solar and wind energy
- Characteristics of drought propagation and effects of water resources on vegetation in the karst area of Southwest China
- Deep roots mitigate drought impacts on tropical trees despite limited quantitative contribution to transpiration
- Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Adaptation for Small-Scale Land Users in Sub-Saharan Africa
- A CMIP6-based framework for propagation from meteorological and hydrological droughts to socioeconomic drought
- Sustainability and climate resilience metrics and trade-offs in transport infrastructure asset recovery
- Soil moisture retrieval from Sentinel-1 using a first-order radiative transfer model—A case-study over the Po-Valley
- Rapidly evolving aerosol emissions are a dangerous omission from near-term climate risk assessments
- Climate change knowledge, attitude and perception of undergraduate students in Ghana
- 3D-printed tripodal porous wood-mimetic cellulosic composite evaporator for salt-free water desalination
- Drought response strategies are coupled with leaf habit in 35 evergreen and deciduous oak (Quercus) species across a climatic gradient in the Americas
- Microbe‐induced drought tolerance by
ABA ‐mediated root architecture and epigenetic reprogramming - Constitutively active B2 Raf-like kinases are required for drought-responsive gene expression upstream of ABA-activated SnRK2 kinases
- Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and biochar production from Parthenium hysterophorus enhance seed germination and productivity in barley under drought stress
- Incorporating intraspecific variation into species distribution models improves climate change analyses of a widespread West African tree species (Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir, Fabaceae)
- Can renewable energy mitigate the impacts of inflation and policy interest on climate change?
- Influence of drought stress and mycorrhizal (Funneliformis mosseae) symbiosis on growth parameters, chlorophyll fluorescence, antioxidant activity, and essential oil composition of summer savory (Satureja hortensis L.) plants
- Climate change, water availability, and the burden of rural women’s triple role in Muyuka, Cameroon
- Flood Risk Assessment and Extreme Precipitation
- AI for climate impacts: applications in flood risk
- A Deep‐Learning Ensemble Method to Detect Atmospheric Rivers and Its Application to Projected Changes in Precipitation Regime
- The potential for nature-based solutions to combat the freshwater biodiversity crisis
- Assessment of the drainage systems performance in response to future scenarios and flood mitigation measures using stormwater management model
- Influence of personal and collective social capital on flood preparedness and community resilience: Evidence from Old Fadama, Ghana
- Anatomy of perturbed traffic networks during urban flooding
- Machine Learning and AI for Hydrological Prediction
- CONUS404: The NCAR–USGS 4-km Long-Term Regional Hydroclimate Reanalysis over the CONUS
- Experimental demonstration of a skyrmion-enhanced strain-mediated physical reservoir computing system
- Predicting streamflow with LSTM networks using global datasets
- Performance comparison of landslide susceptibility mapping under multiple machine-learning based models considering InSAR deformation: a case study of the upper Jinsha River
- Daily suspended sediment concentration forecast in the upper reach of Yellow River using a comprehensive integrated deep learning model
- Water Management, Irrigation, and Groundwater
- Nanofertilizers: The Next Generation of Agrochemicals for Long-Term Impact on Sustainability in Farming Systems
- Green Approaches in Rubber Recycling Technologies: Present Status and Future Perspective
- Internet of Things (IoT)-Based Wastewater Management in Smart Cities
- The sustainability of desalination as a remedy to the water crisis in the agriculture sector: An analysis from the climate-water-energy-food nexus perspective
- Water management and performance enhancement in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell system using optimized gas recirculation devices
- Estimating Waterborne Infectious Disease Burden by Exposure Route, United States, 2014
- Hydrological Processes, Snow Dynamics, and Remote Sensing
- Animal production predominantly contributes to antibiotic profiles in the Yangtze River.
- Hydrostatic pressure drives microbe-mediated biodegradation of microplastics in surface sediments of deep reservoirs: Novel findings from hydrostatic pressure simulation experiments
- Changes in China’s river water quality since 1980: management implications from sustainable development
- Predicting microplastic masses in river networks with high spatial resolution at country level
- Correlations between chemical, hydrological and biotic factors in rivers from the protected area of Tisa Superioară, Romania
- Evolution of Floods: From Ancient Times to the Present Times (ca 7600 BC to the Present) and the Future
- Adsorption characteristics, isotherm, kinetics, and diffusion of nanoemulsion in tight sandstone reservoir
- Unprecedented snow-drought conditions in the Italian Alps during the early 2020s
- Ecological risk assessment of aquatic organisms induced by heavy metals in the estuarine waters of the Pearl River
- Sub-watershed prioritization using morphometric analysis, principal component analysis, hypsometric analysis, land use/land cover analysis, and machine learning approaches in the Peddavagu River Basin, India
- How does the choice of DEMs affect catchment hydrological modeling?
- Statistics
- 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.
Indicators of Global Climate Change 2022: annual update of large-scale indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence
Authors: Piers Forster, Chris Smith, Tristram Walsh, William F. Lamb, Robin Lamboll, Mathias Hauser et al.
Journal: Earth system science data · DOI: 10.5194/essd-15-2295-2023 · Citations: 300
Matched topics: land surface model, climate change, earth system model
Abstract. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments are the trusted source of scientific evidence for climate negotiations taking place under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including the first global stocktake under the Paris Agreement that will conclude at COP28 in December 2023. Evidence-based decision-making needs to be informed by up-to-date and timely information on key indicators of the state of the climate system and of the human …
Nanofertilizers: Types, Delivery and Advantages in Agricultural Sustainability
Authors: Anurag Yadav, Kusum Yadav, Kamel A. Abd–Elsalam
Journal: Agrochemicals · DOI: 10.3390/agrochemicals2020019 · Citations: 301
Matched topics: runoff
In an alarming tale of agricultural excess, the relentless overuse of chemical fertilizers in modern farming methods have wreaked havoc on the once-fertile soil, mercilessly depleting its vital nutrients while inflicting irreparable harm on the delicate balance of the surrounding ecosystem. The excessive use of such fertilizers leaves residue on agricultural products, pollutes the environment, upsets agrarian ecosystems, and lowers soil quality. Furthermore, a significant proportion of the nu…
A multi-model assessment of the Global Warming Potential of hydrogen
Authors: Maria Sand, Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie, Marit Sandstad, Srinath Krishnan, Gunnar Myhre, Hannah Bryant et al.
Journal: Communications Earth & Environment · DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-00857-8 · Citations: 213
Matched topics: hydrology, earth system model
Abstract With increasing global interest in molecular hydrogen to replace fossil fuels, more attention is being paid to potential leakages of hydrogen into the atmosphere and its environmental consequences. Hydrogen is not directly a greenhouse gas, but its chemical reactions change the abundances of the greenhouse gases methane, ozone, and stratospheric water vapor, as well as aerosols. Here, we use a model ensemble of five global atmospheric chemistry models to estimate the 100-year time-ho…
Global warming accelerates soil heterotrophic respiration
Authors: Alon Nissan, Uria Alcolombri, Nadav Peleg, Nir Galili, Joaquín Jiménez‐Martínez, Péter Molnár et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38981-w · Citations: 158
Matched topics: surface water, earth system model
Carbon efflux from soils is the largest terrestrial carbon source to the atmosphere, yet it is still one of the most uncertain fluxes in the Earth’s carbon budget. A dominant component of this flux is heterotrophic respiration, influenced by several environmental factors, most notably soil temperature and moisture. Here, we develop a mechanistic model from micro to global scale to explore how changes in soil water content and temperature affect soil heterotrophic respiration. Simulations, lab…
Co-benefits of carbon neutrality in enhancing and stabilizing solar and wind energy
Authors: Yadong Lei, Zhili Wang, Deying Wang, Xiaoye Zhang, Huizheng Che, Xu Yue et al.
Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-023-01692-7 · Citations: 155
Matched topics: hydrologic model, earth system model
Abstract not available.
Characteristics of drought propagation and effects of water resources on vegetation in the karst area of Southwest China
Authors: Ying Liu, Fuzhen Shan, Hui Yue, Xu Wang
Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164663 · Citations: 83
Matched topics: runoff, water management, drought, surface water
Abstract not available.
Deep roots mitigate drought impacts on tropical trees despite limited quantitative contribution to transpiration
Authors: Kathrin Kühnhammer, Joost van Haren, Angelika Kübert, Kinzie Bailey, Maren Dubbert, Jia Hu et al.
Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164763 · Citations: 77
Matched topics: hydrology, drought, surface water
Deep rooting is considered a central drought-mitigation trait with vast impact on ecosystem water cycling. Despite its importance, little is known about the overall quantitative water use via deep roots and dynamic shifts of water uptake depths with changing ambient conditions. Knowledge is especially sparse for tropical trees. Therefore, we conducted a drought, deep soil water labeling and re-wetting experiment at Biosphere 2 Tropical Rainforest. We used in situ methods to determine water st…
Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Adaptation for Small-Scale Land Users in Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: William Critchley, Nicole Harari, Eefke Mollee, Rima Mekdaschi-Studer, Joana Eichenberger
Journal: Land · DOI: 10.3390/land12061206 · Citations: 60
Matched topics: water management, climate change
Land is both a source and a sink of carbon dioxide (CO2), the chief greenhouse gas. Through sustainable land management (SLM), it can capture extra CO2 and store it as carbon in vegetation and soil. SLM can also reduce CO2 emissions from the land. Thus, SLM is viewed as the key land-based solution for climate change mitigation. Yet, SLM also provides effective climate change (CC) adaptation practices—such as agroforestry, mulching and water harvesting—which confer resilience, and simultaneous…
A CMIP6-based framework for propagation from meteorological and hydrological droughts to socioeconomic drought
Authors: Tian Wang, Xinjun Tu, Vijay P. Singh, Xiaohong Chen, Kairong Lin, Zonglin Zhou et al.
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129782 · Citations: 53
Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, drought
Abstract not available.
Sustainability and climate resilience metrics and trade-offs in transport infrastructure asset recovery
Authors: Stergios-Aristoteles Mitoulis, D.V. Bompa, Sotirios Argyroudis
Journal: Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2023.103800 · Citations: 56
Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow
Climate change exacerbates natural hazards and continuously challenges the performance of critical infrastructure. Thus, climate resilience and sustainable adaptation of infrastructure are of paramount importance. This paper puts forward a novel framework and metrics for optimising sustainability (Greenhouse Gas emissions - GHG), climate resilience (restoration time), and cost. The framework aims to facilitate decision-making by operators and stakeholders and communicate actionable trade-offs…
Soil moisture retrieval from Sentinel-1 using a first-order radiative transfer model—A case-study over the Po-Valley
Authors: Raphael Quast, Wolfgang Wagner, Bernhard Bauer-Marschallinger, Mariëtte Vreugdenhil
Journal: Remote Sensing of Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2023.113651 · Citations: 59
Matched topics: land surface model
Soil moisture is an important variable controlling many land surface processes and is used to quantify precipitation, drought, flooding, irrigation and other factors that influence decision making and risk-assessment. This paper presents the retrieval of high resolution (∼1 km) soil moisture data from Sentinel-1 C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) backscatter measurements using a new bistatic radiative transfer modeling framework (RT1) previously only tested for scatterometer data. The mode…
Rapidly evolving aerosol emissions are a dangerous omission from near-term climate risk assessments
Authors: Geeta Persad, B. H. Samset, Laura J. Wilcox, Robert J. Allen, Massimo Bollasina, Ben Booth et al.
Journal: Environmental Research Climate · DOI: 10.1088/2752-5295/acd6af · Citations: 57
Matched topics: earth system model
Abstract Anthropogenic aerosol emissions are expected to change rapidly over the coming decades, driving strong, spatially complex trends in temperature, hydroclimate, and extreme events both near and far from emission sources. Under-resourced, highly populated regions often bear the brunt of aerosols’ climate and air quality effects, amplifying risk through heightened exposure and vulnerability. However, many policy-facing evaluations of near-term climate risk, including those in the latest …
Climate change knowledge, attitude and perception of undergraduate students in Ghana
Authors: Benjamin Y. Ofori, Evans Paul Kwame Ameade, Fidelia Ohemeng, Yahaya Musah, Jones K. Quartey, Erasmus H. Owusu
Journal: PLOS Climate · DOI: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000215 · Citations: 54
Matched topics: climate change
Anthropogenic climate change is a serious global environmental issue that threatens food and water security, energy production, and human health and wellbeing, ultimately jeopardizing the attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A good understanding of climate change is essential for societies to adapt to or mitigate it. Yet, studies reveal that most people have limited knowledge, misconceptions and misunderstanding about climate change. Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to ex…
3D-printed tripodal porous wood-mimetic cellulosic composite evaporator for salt-free water desalination
Authors: Lu Chen, Shuaiming He, Wei Huang, Dapeng Liu, Tingting Bi, Chuntao Zhang et al.
Journal: Composites Part B Engineering · DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2023.110830 · Citations: 53
Matched topics: water management
Solar desalination based on interfacial evaporation has been proven promising in producing clean water. However, so far, the lack of a facile preparation strategy and effective salt rejection has profoundly limited its potential for practical applications. Herein, inspired by the unique liquid transportation of natural wood, we report on a three-dimensional (3D) printed tripodal porous wood-mimetic cellulosic composite evaporator for long-term salt rejection, starting from cost-effective mate…
Drought response strategies are coupled with leaf habit in 35 evergreen and deciduous oak (Quercus) species across a climatic gradient in the Americas
Authors: Matthew A. Kaproth, Brett Fredericksen, Antonio González‐Rodríguez, Andrew L. Hipp, Jeannine Cavender‐Bares
Journal: New Phytologist · DOI: 10.1111/nph.19019 · Citations: 48
Matched topics: hydrology, drought
Distinct survival strategies can result from trade-offs in plant function under contrasting environments. Investment in drought resistance mechanisms can enhance survivorship but result in conservative growth. We tested the hypothesis that the widespread oaks (Quercus spp.) of the Americas exhibit an interspecific trade-off between drought resistance and growth capacity. Using experimental water treatments, we isolated adaptive trait associations among species in relation to their broad clima…
Microbe‐induced drought tolerance by ABA ‐mediated root architecture and epigenetic reprogramming
Authors: Khairiah Mubarak Alwutayd, Anamika Rawat, Arsheed H. Sheikh, Marília Almeida-Trapp, Alaguraj Veluchamy, Rewaa S. Jalal et al.
Journal: EMBO Reports · DOI: 10.15252/embr.202256754 · Citations: 49
Matched topics: drought
The use of beneficial microbes to mitigate drought stress tolerance of plants is of great potential albeit little understood. We show here that a root endophytic desert bacterium, Pseudomonas argentinensis strain SA190, enhances drought stress tolerance in Arabidopsis. Transcriptome and genetic analysis demonstrate that SA190-induced root morphogenesis and gene expression is mediated via the plant abscisic acid (ABA) pathway. Moreover, we demonstrate that SA190 primes the promoters of target …
Constitutively active B2 Raf-like kinases are required for drought-responsive gene expression upstream of ABA-activated SnRK2 kinases
Authors: Fumiyuki Soma, Fuminori Takahashi, Satoshi Kidokoro, Haruka Kameoka, Takamasa Suzuki, Yusaku Uga et al.
Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2221863120 · Citations: 48
Matched topics: drought
Osmotic stresses, such as drought and high salinity, adversely affect plant growth and productivity. The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) accumulates in response to osmotic stress and enhances stress tolerance in plants by triggering multiple physiological responses through ABA signaling. Subclass III SNF1-related protein kinases 2 (SnRK2s) are key regulators of ABA signaling. Although SnRK2s have long been considered to be self-activated by autophosphorylation after release from PP2C-mediate…
Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and biochar production from Parthenium hysterophorus enhance seed germination and productivity in barley under drought stress
Authors: Farrukh Gul, Irfan Ullah Khan, Susan Rutherford, Zhicong Dai, Guanlin Li, Daolin Du
Journal: Frontiers in Plant Science · DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1175097 · Citations: 48
Matched topics: drought
and PGPR can be applied to water-deficient areas to improve barley crop production.
Incorporating intraspecific variation into species distribution models improves climate change analyses of a widespread West African tree species (Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir, Fabaceae)
Authors: Séverin Biaou, Gérard Nounagnon Gouwakinnou, Florent Noulèkoun, Kolawolé Valère Salako, Jésugnon Marie Reine Houndjo Kpoviwanou, Thierry D. Houéhanou et al.
Journal: Global Ecology and Conservation · DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02538 · Citations: 44
Matched topics: climate change
Climate change is predicted to affect species distribution worldwide. Most of the methods used to evaluate such impact so far assume that species respond to the environmental gradients in a uniform way along their distribution range. Because populations occupying different niches may differ in their response to climate change due to local adaptation, accounting for intraspecific variation in species distribution models (SDMs) may yield more reliable predictions for widely distributed species….
Can renewable energy mitigate the impacts of inflation and policy interest on climate change?
Authors: Taner Akan
Journal: Renewable Energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.05.023 · Citations: 39
Matched topics: climate change, hydropower
Abstract not available.
Influence of drought stress and mycorrhizal (Funneliformis mosseae) symbiosis on growth parameters, chlorophyll fluorescence, antioxidant activity, and essential oil composition of summer savory (Satureja hortensis L.) plants
Authors: Farzad Rasouli, T Amini, Soňa Škrovánková, Mohammad Asadi, Mohammad Bagher Hassanpouraghdam, Sezai Erċışlı et al.
Journal: Frontiers in Plant Science · DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1151467 · Citations: 43
Matched topics: drought
Introduction: L.) under different irrigation regimes. Methods: ). Results: -cymene, α-terpinene, and myrcene, were recognized as other important components in EO. The higher carvacrol and γ-terpinene contents were obtained from summer savory plants with AMF inoculation and the lowest for plants without AMF and under 30% FC. Conclusion: According to the present findings, using AMF inoculation could be a sustainable and eco-friendly approach to improve physiological and biochemical characterist…
Climate change, water availability, and the burden of rural women’s triple role in Muyuka, Cameroon
Authors: Lotsmart Fonjong, Regina Ndip Zama
Journal: Global Environmental Change · DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102709 · Citations: 37
Matched topics: water management, climate change
Abstract not available.
Flood Risk Assessment and Extreme Precipitation
Flood risk assessment and extreme precipitation research are well represented this week with 6 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.
AI for climate impacts: applications in flood risk
Authors: Anne Jones, Julian Kuehnert, Paolo Fraccaro, Ophélie Meuriot, Tatsuya Ishikawa, Blair Edwards et al.
Journal: npj Climate and Atmospheric Science · DOI: 10.1038/s41612-023-00388-1 · Citations: 73
Matched topics: hydrologic model, flood, land surface model
Abstract In recent years there has been a surge of interest in the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address the global threat of climate change. Here, we consider climate change applications, and review the ability of AI technologies to better quantify climate change-induced hazards, impacts and risks, and address key challenges in this domain. We focus on three application areas: data-driven modeling, enabling uncertainty quantification, and leveraging geospatial big data. For th…
A Deep‐Learning Ensemble Method to Detect Atmospheric Rivers and Its Application to Projected Changes in Precipitation Regime
Authors: Yuan Tian, Yang Zhao, Seok‐Woo Son, Jing‐Jia Luo, Seok‐Geun Oh, Yinjun Wang
Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · DOI: 10.1029/2022jd037041 · Citations: 72
Matched topics: river
Abstract This study aims to detect atmospheric rivers (ARs) around the world by developing a deep‐learning ensemble method using AR catalogs of the ClimateNet data set. The ensemble method, based on 20 semantic segmentation algorithms, notably reduces the bias of the testing data set, with its intersection over union score being 1.7%–10.1% higher than that of individual algorithms. This method is then applied to the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) datasets to quantify AR…
The potential for nature-based solutions to combat the freshwater biodiversity crisis
Authors: Charles B. van Rees, Suman Jumani, Liya E. Abera, Laura Rack, S. Kyle McKay, Seth J. Wenger
Journal: PLOS Water · DOI: 10.1371/journal.pwat.0000126 · Citations: 59
Matched topics: hydrology, hydropower
Enthusiasm for and investments in nature-based solutions (NBS) as sustainable strategies for climate adaptation and infrastructure development is building among governments, the scientific community, and engineering practitioners. This is particularly true for water security and water-related risks. In a freshwater context, NBS may provide much-needed “win-wins” for society and the environment that could benefit imperiled freshwater biodiversity. Such conservation benefits are urgently needed…
Assessment of the drainage systems performance in response to future scenarios and flood mitigation measures using stormwater management model
Authors: Takele Sambeto Bibi, Daniel Reddythta, Abdisa Sime Kebebew
Journal: City and Environment Interactions · DOI: 10.1016/j.cacint.2023.100111 · Citations: 51
Matched topics: runoff, flood, land surface model
Urban Flooding represents a significant problem in developing urban areas caused by inadequate stormwater drainage systems, increased impervious surface areas, and climate change. The performance of drainage systems can be evaluated using simulation models such as the stormwater management simulation model (SWMM). In this study, the potential impacts of future design rainfall on the performance of stormwater management systems were assessed by altering a hyetograph derived from rainfall inten…
Influence of personal and collective social capital on flood preparedness and community resilience: Evidence from Old Fadama, Ghana
Authors: Matthew Abunyewah, Michael Odei Erdiaw‐Kwasie, Seth Asare Okyere, Thayaparan Gajendran, Mitchell K. Byrne, Jonatan Lassa et al.
Journal: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction · DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103790 · Citations: 56
Matched topics: flood
Social capital constitutes an important resource in vulnerable cities of the developing world where formal disaster management capacities are weak, responses are limited, and socio-economic deprivations run deep along spatial dimensions. Yet, little is known about how the different types of social capital contribute to flood preparedness and better community resilience, particularly in informal settlement settings. Drawing on a survey of 391 respondents in Old Fadama, an informal settlement i…
Anatomy of perturbed traffic networks during urban flooding
Authors: Akhil Anil Rajput, Sanjay Nayak, Shangjia Dong, Ali Mostafavi
Journal: Sustainable Cities and Society · DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2023.104693 · Citations: 43
Matched topics: 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.
CONUS404: The NCAR–USGS 4-km Long-Term Regional Hydroclimate Reanalysis over the CONUS
Authors: Roy Rasmussen, Fei Chen, Chun‐Hung Liu, Kyoko Ikeda, Andreas F. Prein, Ju‐Hye Kim et al.
Journal: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · DOI: 10.1175/bams-d-21-0326.1 · Citations: 110
Matched topics: hydrologic model, land surface model
Abstract A unique, high-resolution, hydroclimate reanalysis, 40-plus-year (October 1979–September 2021), 4 km (named as CONUS404), has been created using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model by dynamically downscaling of the fifth-generation European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) atmospheric reanalysis of the global climate dataset (ERA5) over the conterminous United States. The paper describes the approach for generating the dataset, provides an initial evaluation, …
Experimental demonstration of a skyrmion-enhanced strain-mediated physical reservoir computing system
Authors: Yiming Sun, Tao Lin, N. Lei, Xing Chen, W. Kang, Zhiyuan Zhao et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39207-9 · Citations: 72
Matched topics: reservoir
Physical reservoirs holding intrinsic nonlinearity, high dimensionality, and memory effects have attracted considerable interest regarding solving complex tasks efficiently. Particularly, spintronic and strain-mediated electronic physical reservoirs are appealing due to their high speed, multi-parameter fusion and low power consumption. Here, we experimentally realize a skyrmion-enhanced strain-mediated physical reservoir in a multiferroic heterostructure of Pt/Co/Gd multilayers on (001)-orie…
Predicting streamflow with LSTM networks using global datasets
Authors: Katharina Wilbrand, Riccardo Taormina, Marie‐Claire ten Veldhuis, Martijn Visser, Markus Hrachowitz, Jonathan Nuttall et al.
Journal: Frontiers in Water · DOI: 10.3389/frwa.2023.1166124 · Citations: 53
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow
Streamflow predictions remain a challenge for poorly gauged and ungauged catchments. Recent research has shown that deep learning methods based on Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) cells outperform process-based hydrological models for rainfall-runoff modeling, opening new possibilities for prediction in ungauged basins (PUB). These studies usually feature local datasets for model development, while predictions in ungauged basins at a global scale require training on global datasets. In this stud…
Performance comparison of landslide susceptibility mapping under multiple machine-learning based models considering InSAR deformation: a case study of the upper Jinsha River
Authors: Jiaming Yao, Xin Yao, Zheng Zhao, Xinghong Liu
Journal: Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk · DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2023.2212833 · Citations: 42
Matched topics: hydrology, river, hydropower
Landslide susceptibility mapping (LSM) comprehensively evaluates the spatial probability of landslide occurrence by using different environmental factors. However, most of the evaluation methods ignore the dynamic characteristic factors of landslides, which makes it difficult to obtain reliable prediction results. Taking the upper reaches of the Jinsha River as the study area, this article introduces the deformation data into the landslide characteristic model and proposes an improved landsli…
Daily suspended sediment concentration forecast in the upper reach of Yellow River using a comprehensive integrated deep learning model
Authors: Jinsheng Fan, Xiaofang Liu, Weidong Li
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129732 · Citations: 42
Matched topics: hydrologic model, river
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.
Nanofertilizers: The Next Generation of Agrochemicals for Long-Term Impact on Sustainability in Farming Systems
Authors: Aniket Gade, Pramod Ingle, Utkarsha Nimbalkar, Mahendra Rai, Rajesh W. Raut, Mahesh Vedpathak et al.
Journal: Agrochemicals · DOI: 10.3390/agrochemicals2020017 · Citations: 98
Matched topics: runoff
The microflora of the soil is adversely affected by chemical fertilizers. Excessive use of chemical fertilizers has increased crop yield dramatically at the cost of soil vigor. The pH of the soil is temporarily changed by chemical fertilizers, which kill the beneficial soil microflora and can cause absorption stress on crop plants. This leads to higher dosages during the application, causing groundwater leaching and environmental toxicity. Nanofertilizers (NFs) reduce the quantity of fertiliz…
Green Approaches in Rubber Recycling Technologies: Present Status and Future Perspective
Authors: Paulina Wiśniewska, Józef T. Haponiuk, X. Colom, Mohammad Reza Saeb
Journal: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c01314 · Citations: 83
Matched topics: water management
As a consequence of massive production and consumption of rubbers, rubber blends, and rubber composites for myriad applications, elastomeric products have enormously accumulated and become an environmental threat. The disposal and burning of rubber wastes have been banned because of environmental and economic reasons. By contrast, a great deal of attention has been directed toward strategies enabling recycling and reuse of rubbers. Basically, conventional recycling methods suffer from several…
Internet of Things (IoT)-Based Wastewater Management in Smart Cities
Authors: Abdullah I. A. Alzahrani, Sajjad Hussain Chauhdary, Abdulrahman A. Alshdadi
Journal: Electronics · DOI: 10.3390/electronics12122590 · Citations: 55
Matched topics: water management
Wastewater management is a mechanism that is used to extract and refine pollutants from wastewater or drainage that can be recycled to the water supply with minimal environmental effects. New methods and techniques are required to ensure safe and smart wastewater management systems in smart cities because of the present deteriorating environmental state. Wireless sensor networks and the Internet of Things (IoT) represent promising wastewater treatment technologies. The elaborated literature s…
The sustainability of desalination as a remedy to the water crisis in the agriculture sector: An analysis from the climate-water-energy-food nexus perspective
Authors: Babak Zolghadr‐Asli, Neil McIntyre, Slobodan Djordjević, Raziyeh Farmani, Liliana Pagliero
Journal: Agricultural Water Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108407 · Citations: 47
Matched topics: water management
Over the years, desalination has become integral to water resources management, primarily in coastal semi-arid to arid regions. While desalinated seawater has mainly been supplied to municipal and high-revenue industries, the agriculture sector faces increasing irrigation demands, making it a potential user. This review assesses the sustainability of using desalinated seawater for irrigation, shedding light on its limitations and potential. Using desalinated water for irrigation presents chal…
Water management and performance enhancement in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell system using optimized gas recirculation devices
Authors: Yang Liu, Zhengkai Tu, Siew Hwa Chan
Journal: Energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.128029 · Citations: 43
Matched topics: water management
Abstract not available.
Estimating Waterborne Infectious Disease Burden by Exposure Route, United States, 2014
Authors: Megan E. Gerdes, Shanna Miko, Jasen Kunz, Elizabeth J. Hannapel, Michele C. Hlavsa, Michael Hughes et al.
Journal: Emerging infectious diseases · DOI: 10.3201/eid2907.230231 · Citations: 41
Matched topics: water management
More than 7.15 million cases of domestically acquired infectious waterborne illnesses occurred in the United States in 2014, causing 120,000 hospitalizations and 6,600 deaths. We estimated disease incidence for 17 pathogens according to recreational, drinking, and nonrecreational nondrinking (NRND) water exposure routes by using previously published estimates. In 2014, a total of 5.61 million (95% credible interval [CrI] 2.97-9.00 million) illnesses were linked to recreational water, 1.13 mil…
Hydrological Processes, Snow Dynamics, and Remote Sensing
This theme encompasses 11 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.
Animal production predominantly contributes to antibiotic profiles in the Yangtze River.
Authors: Jingrun Hu, Si Li, Wei Zhang, D. Helbling, N. Xu, Weiling Sun et al.
Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120214 · Citations: 110
Matched topics: river, water management
Human-induced antibiotic pollution in the world’s large rivers poses significant risk to riverine ecosystems, water quality, and human health. This study identified geophysical and socioeconomic factors driving antibiotic pollution in the Yangtze River by quantifying 83 target antibiotics in water and sediment samples collected in its 6300-km-long reach, followed by source apportionment and statistical modeling. Total antibiotic concentrations ranged between 2.05-111 ng/L in water samples and…
Hydrostatic pressure drives microbe-mediated biodegradation of microplastics in surface sediments of deep reservoirs: Novel findings from hydrostatic pressure simulation experiments
Authors: Kehong Yu, Beibei Chai, Tianyu Zhuo, Qingfeng Tang, Xia Gao, Jiamin Wang et al.
Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120185 · Citations: 101
Matched topics: reservoir
Abstract not available.
Changes in China’s river water quality since 1980: management implications from sustainable development
Authors: Hanxiao Zhang, Xianghui Cao, Shouliang Huo, Chunzi Ma, Wenpan Li, Yong Liu et al.
Journal: npj Clean Water · DOI: 10.1038/s41545-023-00260-y · Citations: 76
Matched topics: river, streamflow, water management
Abstract Human activities and climate change threaten water quality in China’s rivers. We simulated the monthly concentrations of riverine total nitrogen (TN), ammonia-nitrogen (NH 3 -N), total phosphorus (TP), and chemical oxygen demand (COD Mn ) in 613 sub-watersheds of the nation’s 10 major river basins during the 1980–2050 period based on a 16-year (2003–2018) monitoring dataset using the stacking machine-learning models. The results showed that water quality improved markedly, except for…
Predicting microplastic masses in river networks with high spatial resolution at country level
Authors: David Mennekes, Bernd Nowack
Journal: Nature Water · DOI: 10.1038/s44221-023-00090-9 · Citations: 67
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, river
Abstract Microplastics are a ubiquitous contaminant of natural waters, and a lot of field monitoring is currently performed. However, what is missing so far is a general understanding how emissions of microplastics are linked to environmental exposure, especially on larger geographic scales such as countries. Here we coupled a high-resolution microplastic release model with a fate model in rivers and lakes and parameterized it for Switzerland on a country scale to predict masses of microplast…
Correlations between chemical, hydrological and biotic factors in rivers from the protected area of Tisa Superioară, Romania
Authors: Thomas Dippong, Cristina Mihali, Monica Marian, Oana MARE ROŞCA, Maria-Alexandra Resz
Journal: Process Safety and Environmental Protection · DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2023.06.002 · Citations: 72
Matched topics: river
Abstract not available.
Evolution of Floods: From Ancient Times to the Present Times (ca 7600 BC to the Present) and the Future
Authors: Andreas N. Angelakιs, Andrea G. Capodaglio, Mohammad Valipour, Jens Krasilnikoff, Abdelkader T. Ahmed, Laila Mandi et al.
Journal: Land · DOI: 10.3390/land12061211 · Citations: 49
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, water management, flood
Floods are one of the most dangerous natural disasters, causing great destruction, damage, and even fatalities worldwide. Flooding is the phenomenon of a sudden increase or even slow increase in the volume of water in a river or stream bed as the result of several possible factors: heavy or very long precipitation, melting snowpack, strong winds over the water, unusually high tides, tsunamis, or the failure of dams, gages, detention basins, or other structures that hold back water. To gain a …
Adsorption characteristics, isotherm, kinetics, and diffusion of nanoemulsion in tight sandstone reservoir
Authors: Hang Xu, Yuan Li, Fujian Zhou, Hang Su, Erdong Yao, Jinguang Hu et al.
Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal · DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.144070 · Citations: 51
Matched topics: reservoir
Abstract not available.
Unprecedented snow-drought conditions in the Italian Alps during the early 2020s
Authors: Nicola Colombo, Nicolas Guyennon, Mauro Valt, Franco Salerno, Danilo Godone, Paola Cianfarra et al.
Journal: Environmental Research Letters · DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/acdb88 · Citations: 40
Matched topics: streamflow, drought, hydropower
Abstract Snow represents a fundamental water resource for mountain and lowland areas. Changes in the frequency and magnitude of snow droughts can significantly impact societies and ecosystems that rely on snowmelt to satisfy their water demands. Here we documented and quantified the snow drought that affected the Italian Alps during the early 2020s. We used 15 long-term snow-depth series (period 1930–2023, elevation range: 864–2200 m a.s.l.) to simulate the snow water equivalent (SWE), in con…
Ecological risk assessment of aquatic organisms induced by heavy metals in the estuarine waters of the Pearl River
Authors: Zhihua Tang, Xinyu Liu, Xiaojun Niu, Hua Yin, Minru Liu, Dongqing Zhang et al.
Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-35798-x · Citations: 49
Matched topics: river
With the rapid economic development of China’s coastal areas and the growth of industry and population, the problem of heavy metal contamination in estuarine waters is increasing in sensitivity and seriousness. In order to accurately and quantitatively describe the current status of heavy metal contamination and identify sensitive aquatic organisms with high ecological risks, five heavy metals in eight estuaries of the Pearl River were monitored at monthly intervals from January to December i…
Sub-watershed prioritization using morphometric analysis, principal component analysis, hypsometric analysis, land use/land cover analysis, and machine learning approaches in the Peddavagu River Basin, India
Authors: Padala Raja Shekar, Aneesh Mathew, P. S. Arun, Varun P. Gopi
Journal: Journal of Water and Climate Change · DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2023.221 · Citations: 34
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, water management
Abstract Water resource management is critical in the face of climate change to reduce water scarcity and meet the demands of an expanding population. Prioritization of watersheds has gained significance in natural resource management, particularly in the context of watershed management. This study prioritizes sub-watersheds for the Peddavagu basin using five methods. The four methods mentioned above can be estimated utilizing remote sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS) approa…
How does the choice of DEMs affect catchment hydrological modeling?
Authors: Desalew Meseret Moges, Holger Virro, Alexander Kmoch, Raj Cibin, A. N. Rohith, Alberto Martínez‐Salvador et al.
Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164627 · Citations: 42
Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow
The digital elevation models (DEMs) are the primary and most important spatial inputs for a wide range of hydrological applications. However, their availability from multiple sources and at various spatial resolutions poses a challenge in watershed modeling as they influence hydrological feature delineation and model simulations. In this study, we evaluated the effect of DEM choice on stream and catchment delineation and streamflow simulation using the SWAT model in four distinct geographic r…
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| Databases searched | 2 |
| Topics searched | 16 |
| Total papers fetched | 859 |
| After deduplication | 608 |
| After LLM relevance filtering | 50 |
| Rejected (not relevant) | 558 |
Papers by journal
| Journal | Papers |
|---|---|
| The Science of The Total Environment | 3 |
| Agrochemicals | 2 |
| Nature Communications | 2 |
| Water Research | 2 |
| Land | 2 |
| Journal of Hydrology | 2 |
| Frontiers in Plant Science | 2 |
| Earth system science data | 1 |
| Communications Earth & Environment | 1 |
| Nature Climate Change | 1 |
| Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | 1 |
| npj Clean Water | 1 |
| npj Climate and Atmospheric Science | 1 |
| ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering | 1 |
| Nature Water | 1 |
| Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 1 |
| Process Safety and Environmental Protection | 1 |
| Frontiers in Water | 1 |
| PLOS Water | 1 |
| Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment | 1 |
| City and Environment Interactions | 1 |
| Remote Sensing of Environment | 1 |
| Environmental Research Climate | 1 |
| International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction | 1 |
| Electronics | 1 |
| PLOS Climate | 1 |
| Composites Part B Engineering | 1 |
| New Phytologist | 1 |
| Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk | 1 |
| Chemical Engineering Journal | 1 |
| Environmental Research Letters | 1 |
| Scientific Reports | 1 |
| EMBO Reports | 1 |
| Journal of Water and Climate Change | 1 |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 1 |
| Agricultural Water Management | 1 |
| Global Ecology and Conservation | 1 |
| Renewable Energy | 1 |
| Energy | 1 |
| Sustainable Cities and Society | 1 |
| Global Environmental Change | 1 |
| Emerging infectious diseases | 1 |
Filtering Criteria
Topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, river, runoff, streamflow, reservoir, water management, flood, drought, seasonal, land surface model, climate change, hydropower, surface water, irrigation, earth system model
Databases: Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex