Weekly Literature Review

Week 3 · January 15–January 21, 2024

50 relevant papers found across 5 themes

Executive Summary

This week’s review covers 50 papers across 5 themes. The most cited paper examines Assessing the accuracy of OpenET satellite-based evapotranspiration data to supp, with 146 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. Drought stress effect, tolerance, and management in wheat – a review
    2. Exploring the nano-wonders: unveiling the role of Nanoparticles in enhancing salinity and drought tolerance in plants
    3. Exploring the complex trade-offs and synergies of global ecosystem services
    4. ClimateGPT: Towards AI Synthesizing Interdisciplinary Research on Climate Change
    5. Earth system models must include permafrost carbon processes
    6. Toward sustainable development goals 7 and 13: A comprehensive policy framework to combat climate change
    7. Drought may exacerbate dryland soil inorganic carbon loss under warming climate conditions
    8. European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care consensus document on sustainability
    9. Global pattern of forest disturbances and its shift under climate change
    10. Serious underestimation of reduced carbon uptake due to vegetation compound droughts
    11. Monitoring of species’ genetic diversity in Europe varies greatly and overlooks potential climate change impacts
    12. Risks of climate change effects on renewable energy resources and the effects of their utilisation on the environment
    13. Carbon cycle responses to climate change across China’s terrestrial ecosystem: Sensitivity and driving process
    14. A Glimpse into the Future: The 2023 Ocean Temperature and Sea Ice Extremes in the Context of Longer-Term Climate Change
    15. Molecular Mechanisms and Regulatory Pathways Underlying Drought Stress Response in Rice
    16. Evaluation of seven satellite-based and two reanalysis global terrestrial evapotranspiration products
    17. Climate change determines the sign of productivity trends in US forests
    18. Climate change mitigation with CCUS - A case study with benchmarking for selected countries in adapting the European Union’s Green Deal
    19. Fostering plant growth performance under drought stress using rhizospheric microbes, their gene editing, and biochar
    20. Impact of future climate change on energy consumption in residential buildings: A case study for representative cities in Japan
    21. A global fuel characteristic model and dataset for wildfire prediction
    22. Probabilistic monitoring of meteorological drought impacts on water quality of major rivers in South Korea using copula models
    23. Drought-related wildfire accounts for one-third of the forest wildfires in subtropical China
  3. Flood Risk Assessment and Extreme Precipitation
    1. Uncertainty Reduction in Flood Susceptibility Mapping Using Random Forest and eXtreme Gradient Boosting Algorithms in Two Tropical Desert Cities, Shibam and Marib, Yemen
    2. Alternate pathway for regional flood frequency analysis in data-sparse region
    3. Building green infrastructure for mitigating urban flood risk in Beijing, China
    4. Flood susceptibility mapping through geoinformatics and ensemble learning methods, with an emphasis on the AdaBoost-Decision Tree algorithm, in Mazandaran, Iran
  4. Machine Learning and AI for Hydrological Prediction
    1. Surface stratification determines the interfacial water structure of simple electrolyte solutions
    2. Quantitative prediction and spatial analysis of structural fractures in deep shale gas reservoirs within complex structural zones: A case study of the Longmaxi Formation in the Luzhou area, southern Sichuan Basin, China
    3. Residual wave vision U-Net for flood mapping using dual polarization Sentinel-1 SAR imagery
    4. Mapping Compound Flooding Risks for Urban Resilience in Coastal Zones: A Comprehensive Methodological Review
    5. Leveraging multisource data for accurate agricultural drought monitoring: A hybrid deep learning model
    6. Peak operation optimization of cascade hydropower reservoirs and solar power plants considering output forecasting uncertainty
  5. Water Management, Irrigation, and Groundwater
    1. Assessing the accuracy of OpenET satellite-based evapotranspiration data to support water resource and land management applications
    2. Review of smart water management: IoT and AI in water and wastewater treatment
    3. On-orbit calibration and performance of the EMIT imaging spectrometer
    4. Urbanization and Its Impact on Environmental Sustainability
    5. Evolution of groundwater hydrochemical characteristics and formation mechanism during groundwater recharge: A case study in the Hutuo River alluvial–pluvial fan, North China Plain
    6. Risks from solar-powered groundwater irrigation
  6. Hydrological Processes, Snow Dynamics, and Remote Sensing
    1. TRIMS LST: a daily 1 km all-weather land surface temperature dataset for China’s landmass and surrounding areas (2000–2022)
    2. A Robust Biomimetic Superhydrophobic Coating with Superior Mechanical Durability and Chemical Stability for Inner Pipeline Protection
    3. Perspectives of compound-specific isotope analysis of organic contaminants for assessing environmental fate and managing chemical pollution
    4. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Chinese surface water: Temporal trends and geographical distribution.
    5. Atmospheric CO2 emissions and ocean acidification from bottom-trawling
    6. Microplastics in commercial marine fish species in the UK – A case study in the River Thames and the River Stour (East Anglia) estuaries
    7. River ecological status is shaped by agricultural land use intensity across Europe
    8. Hydrological alteration drives chemistry of dissolved organic matter in the largest freshwater lake of China (Poyang Lake)
    9. Ammonia, nitrite transformations and their fixation by different biological and chemical agents
    10. Terrestrial dissolved organic matter inputs accompanied by dissolved oxygen depletion and declining pH exacerbate CO2 emissions from a major Chinese reservoir
    11. A catchment-wide microplastic pollution investigation of the Yangtze River: The pollution and ecological risk of tributaries are non-negligible
  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.

Drought stress effect, tolerance, and management in wheat – a review

Authors: Shivalal Nyaupane, M. Poudel, Binod Panthi, Anjali Dhakal, Harikala Paudel, Radhakrishna Bhandari

Journal: Cogent Food & Agriculture · DOI: 10.1080/23311932.2023.2296094 · Citations: 108

Matched topics: drought

Abstract Wheat is the most important cereal crop in the world. It contributes as a major source of protein and calories in the daily human diet. Drought has become a major abiotic stress that severely affects wheat production globally. Changing rainfall patterns, increased atmospheric CO2 levels, rises in atmospheric temperature and hot and dry winds are the major causes of drought stress. It has morphological, physiological, and biochemical consequences such as reduced yield performance, yie…

Exploring the nano-wonders: unveiling the role of Nanoparticles in enhancing salinity and drought tolerance in plants

Authors: Abdul Rehman, Sana Khan, Fenlei Sun, Zhen Peng, Keyun Feng, Ning Wang et al.

Journal: Frontiers in Plant Science · DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1324176 · Citations: 104

Matched topics: drought

Plants experience diverse abiotic stresses, encompassing low or high temperature, drought, water logging and salinity. The challenge of maintaining worldwide crop cultivation and food sustenance becomes particularly serious due to drought and salinity stress. Sustainable agriculture has significant promise with the use of nano-biotechnology. Nanoparticles (NPs) have evolved into remarkable assets to improve agricultural productivity under the robust climate alteration and increasing drought a…

Exploring the complex trade-offs and synergies of global ecosystem services

Authors: Wang Jinnan, Wenjun Wu, Meng Yang, Yueming Gao, Jiacheng Shao, Weishan Yang et al.

Journal: Environmental Science and Ecotechnology · DOI: 10.1016/j.ese.2024.100391 · Citations: 81

Matched topics: water management

The trade-off and synergy relationship of ecosystem services is an important topic in the current assessment. The value of each service provided by the ecosystem is substantially affected by human activities, and conversely, its changes will also affect the relevant human decisions. Due to varying trade-offs among ecosystem services and synergies between them that can either increase or decrease, it is difficult to optimize multiple ecosystem services simultaneously, making it a huge challeng…

ClimateGPT: Towards AI Synthesizing Interdisciplinary Research on Climate Change

Authors: David Thulke, Yingbo Gao, P. Pelser, Rein Brune, Rricha Jalota, Floris Fok et al.

Journal: arXiv.org · DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2401.09646 · Citations: 72

Matched topics: climate change

This paper introduces ClimateGPT, a model family of domain-specific large language models that synthesize interdisciplinary research on climate change. We trained two 7B models from scratch on a science-oriented dataset of 300B tokens. For the first model, the 4.2B domain-specific tokens were included during pre-training and the second was adapted to the climate domain after pre-training. Additionally, ClimateGPT-7B, 13B and 70B are continuously pre-trained from Llama~2 on a domain-specific d…

Earth system models must include permafrost carbon processes

Authors: Christina Schädel, Brendan M. Rogers, David M. Lawrence, Charles D. Koven, Victor Brovkin, Eleanor Burke et al.

Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-023-01909-9 · Citations: 72

Matched topics: earth system model

Abstract not available.

Toward sustainable development goals 7 and 13: A comprehensive policy framework to combat climate change

Authors: Kashif Raza Abbasi, Qingyu Zhang, Badr Saad Alotaibi, Mohammed Awad Abuhussain, Rafael Alvarado

Journal: Environmental Impact Assessment Review · DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107415 · Citations: 68

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.

Drought may exacerbate dryland soil inorganic carbon loss under warming climate conditions

Authors: Jinquan Li, Junmin Pei, C. Fang, Bo Li, M. Nie

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44895-y · Citations: 57

Matched topics: drought, earth system model

Drought is shown to enhance the temperature sensitivity of soil inorganic carbon dissolution but to weaken that of soil organic carbon decomposition, indicating that drought may exacerbate dryland soil carbon loss from inorganic carbon under warming. Low moisture conditions result in substantially more soil inorganic carbon (SIC) than soil organic carbon (SOC) in drylands. However, whether and how changes in moisture affect the temperature response of SIC in drylands are poorly understood. He…

European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care consensus document on sustainability

Authors: Patricio González‐Pizarro, Luca Brazzi, Susanne Koch, Alexandra Trinks, Jane Muret, Niek Sperna Weiland et al.

Journal: European Journal of Anaesthesiology · DOI: 10.1097/eja.0000000000001942 · Citations: 64

Matched topics: hydropower

Climate change is a defining issue for our generation. The carbon footprint of clinical practice accounts for 4.7% of European greenhouse gas emissions, with the European Union ranking as the third largest contributor to the global healthcare industry’s carbon footprint, after the United States and China. Recognising the importance of urgent action, the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) adopted the Glasgow Declaration on Environmental Sustainability in June 2023. …

Global pattern of forest disturbances and its shift under climate change

Authors: Jan Altman, Pavel Fibich, Volodymyr Trotsiuk, Nela Altmanová

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170117 · Citations: 63

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.

Serious underestimation of reduced carbon uptake due to vegetation compound droughts

Authors: Jiaxi Song, Sha Zhou, Bofu Yu, Yan Li, Yanxu Liu, Ying Yao et al.

Journal: npj Climate and Atmospheric Science · DOI: 10.1038/s41612-024-00571-y · Citations: 58

Matched topics: drought, earth system model

Abstract Compound droughts with low soil moisture (SM) and high vapor pressure deficit (VPD) pose significant threats to terrestrial carbon sink and agricultural production. However, the frequency and intensity of compound droughts and their adverse impacts on the carbon cycle remain highly uncertain. Here, we define and identify vegetation compound droughts (VCDs) when low SM and high VPD severely limit and adversely affect vegetation carbon uptake. We find frequent and severe VCDs and their…

Monitoring of species’ genetic diversity in Europe varies greatly and overlooks potential climate change impacts

Authors: Peter B. Pearman, Olivier Broennimann, Tsipe Aavik, Tamer Albayrak, Paulo C. Alves, Filippos A. Aravanopoulos et al.

Journal: Nature Ecology & Evolution · DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02260-0 · Citations: 60

Matched topics: climate change

Genetic monitoring of populations currently attracts interest in the context of the Convention on Biological Diversity but needs long-term planning and investments. However, genetic diversity has been largely neglected in biodiversity monitoring, and when addressed, it is treated separately, detached from other conservation issues, such as habitat alteration due to climate change. We report an accounting of efforts to monitor population genetic diversity in Europe (genetic monitoring effort, …

Risks of climate change effects on renewable energy resources and the effects of their utilisation on the environment

Authors: Nebiyu Girgibo, Erkki Hiltunen, Xiaoshu Lü, Anne Mäkiranta, Ville Tuomi

Journal: Energy Reports · DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2024.01.024 · Citations: 48

Matched topics: streamflow, climate change, hydropower

Renewable energy resources are essential for combating climate change. However, their use, production and collection have environmental impacts and climate change effects also affect them. The unique contributions were that the risks of climate change to renewable energy resources were addressed, which is addressed rarely before. Climate change, marked the increase of Greenhouse gases (GHGs), affects ground heat source, Asphalt/concrete-covered areas and borehole energy at about 0.5 risk leve…

Carbon cycle responses to climate change across China’s terrestrial ecosystem: Sensitivity and driving process

Authors: Kewei Jiao, Zhihua Liu, Wenjuan Wang, Kailiang Yu, Matthew J. McGrath, Wenru Xu

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170053 · Citations: 52

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.

A Glimpse into the Future: The 2023 Ocean Temperature and Sea Ice Extremes in the Context of Longer-Term Climate Change

Authors: Till Kuhlbrodt, Ranjini Swaminathan, Paulo Ceppi, Thomas Wilder

Journal: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · DOI: 10.1175/bams-d-23-0209.1 · Citations: 47

Matched topics: climate change, earth system model

Abstract In the year 2023, we have seen extraordinary extrema in high sea surface temperature (SST) in the North Atlantic and in low sea ice extent in the Southern Ocean, outside the 4 σ envelope of the 1982–2011 daily time series. Earth’s net global energy imbalance (12 months up to September 2023) amounts to +1.9 W m −2 as part of a remarkably large upward trend, ensuring further heating of the ocean. However, the regional radiation budget over the North Atlantic does not show signs of a su…

Molecular Mechanisms and Regulatory Pathways Underlying Drought Stress Response in Rice

Authors: Anjing Geng, Wenli Lian, Yihan Wang, Minghao Liu, Yue Zhang, Xu Wang et al.

Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences · DOI: 10.3390/ijms25021185 · Citations: 48

Matched topics: drought

Rice is a staple food for 350 million people globally. Its yield thus affects global food security. Drought is a serious environmental factor affecting rice growth. Alleviating the inhibition of drought stress is thus an urgent challenge that should be solved to enhance rice growth and yield. This review details the effects of drought on rice morphology, physiology, biochemistry, and the genes associated with drought stress response, their biological functions, and molecular regulatory pathwa…

Evaluation of seven satellite-based and two reanalysis global terrestrial evapotranspiration products

Authors: Zijing Xie, Yunjun Yao, Qingxin Tang, Meng Liu, Joshua B. Fisher, Jiquan Chen et al.

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130649 · Citations: 46

Matched topics: land surface model

Abstract not available.

Authors: J. Aaron Hogan, Grant M. Domke, Kai Zhu, Daniel J. Johnson, Jeremy W. Lichstein

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2311132121 · Citations: 46

Matched topics: climate change

fertilization) contributed roughly equally to biomass carbon sinks. Thus, adverse effects of climate change appear to overwhelm any positive drivers in the water-limited forests of the western United States, whereas forest maturation and positive responses to age-independent drivers contribute to eastern US carbon sinks. The future land carbon balance of forests will likely depend on the geographic extent of drought and heat stress.

Climate change mitigation with CCUS - A case study with benchmarking for selected countries in adapting the European Union’s Green Deal

Authors: Paulina Popielak, Izabela Majchrzak‐Kucęba, Dariusz Wawrzyńczak

Journal: International journal of greenhouse gas control · DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2023.104057 · Citations: 46

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.

Fostering plant growth performance under drought stress using rhizospheric microbes, their gene editing, and biochar

Authors: Prabhat K. Chauhan, Sudhir K. Upadhyay, Vishnu D. Rajput, Padmanabh Dwivedi, Tatiana Minkina, Ming Hung Wong

Journal: Environmental Geochemistry and Health · DOI: 10.1007/s10653-023-01823-1 · Citations: 43

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.

Impact of future climate change on energy consumption in residential buildings: A case study for representative cities in Japan

Authors: Jihui Yuan, Zhichao Jiao, Xiong Xiao, Kazuo Emura, Craig Farnham

Journal: Energy Reports · DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2024.01.042 · Citations: 42

Matched topics: climate change

This study examines the impact of future climate change on energy consumption in residential buildings in Japan, taking into account both the current and future typical meteorological year (TMY) database. TMY data is widely used in the building sector for energy performance assessments, system sizing, and optimization. To investigate the impact of current and future TMY databases on energy consumption of buildings, the study predicts the cooling and heating loads of residential buildings in f…

A global fuel characteristic model and dataset for wildfire prediction

Authors: Joe McNorton, Francesca Di Giuseppe

Journal: Biogeosciences · DOI: 10.5194/bg-21-279-2024 · Citations: 37

Matched topics: land surface model, earth system model

Abstract. Effective wildfire management and prevention strategies depend on accurate forecasts of fire occurrence and propagation. Fuel load and fuel moisture content are essential variables for forecasting fire occurrence, and whilst existing operational systems incorporate dead fuel moisture content, both live fuel moisture content and fuel load are either approximated or neglected. We propose a mid-complexity model combining data driven and analytical methods to predict fuel characteristic…

Probabilistic monitoring of meteorological drought impacts on water quality of major rivers in South Korea using copula models

Authors: Jiyu Seo, Jeongeun Won, Hosun Lee, Sangdan Kim

Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121175 · Citations: 32

Matched topics: hydrologic model, river, drought

Abstract not available.

Authors: Jianpeng Yin, Binbin He, Chunquan Fan, Rui Chen, Hongguo Zhang, Yiru Zhang

Journal: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.109893 · Citations: 37

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.

Flood Risk Assessment and Extreme Precipitation

Flood risk assessment and extreme precipitation research are well represented this week with 4 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.

Uncertainty Reduction in Flood Susceptibility Mapping Using Random Forest and eXtreme Gradient Boosting Algorithms in Two Tropical Desert Cities, Shibam and Marib, Yemen

Authors: Ali R. Al-Aizari, Hassan Alzahrani, Omar F. Althuwaynee, Yousef A. Al-Masnay, Kashif Ullah, Hyuck‐Jin Park et al.

Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs16020336 · Citations: 57

Matched topics: hydrologic model, flood

Flooding is a natural disaster that coexists with human beings and causes severe loss of life and property worldwide. Although numerous studies for flood susceptibility modelling have been introduced, a notable gap has been the overlooked or reduced consideration of the uncertainty in the accuracy of the produced maps. Challenges such as limited data, uncertainty due to confidence bounds, and the overfitting problem are critical areas for improving accurate models. We focus on the uncertainty…

Alternate pathway for regional flood frequency analysis in data-sparse region

Authors: Nikunj K. Mangukiya, Ashutosh Sharma

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130635 · Citations: 46

Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow, flood

Abstract not available.

Building green infrastructure for mitigating urban flood risk in Beijing, China

Authors: Zehao Wang, Zhihui Li, Yifei Wang, Xinqi Zheng, Xiangzheng Deng

Journal: Urban forestry & urban greening · DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128218 · Citations: 54

Matched topics: flood

Abstract not available.

Flood susceptibility mapping through geoinformatics and ensemble learning methods, with an emphasis on the AdaBoost-Decision Tree algorithm, in Mazandaran, Iran

Authors: Maryam Jahanbani, Mohammad H. Vahidnia, Hossein Aghamohammadi, Zahra Azizi

Journal: Earth Science Informatics · DOI: 10.1007/s12145-023-01213-2 · Citations: 42

Matched topics: hydrology, flood

Abstract not available.

Machine Learning and AI for Hydrological Prediction

This week’s 6 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.

Surface stratification determines the interfacial water structure of simple electrolyte solutions

Authors: Yair Litman, Kuo-Yang Chiang, Takakazu Seki, Yuki Nagata, Mischa Bonn

Journal: Nature Chemistry · DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01416-6 · Citations: 118

Matched topics: surface water

The distribution of ions at the air/water interface plays a decisive role in many natural processes. Several studies have reported that larger ions tend to be surface-active, implying ions are located on top of the water surface, thereby inducing electric fields that determine the interfacial water structure. Here we challenge this view by combining surface-specific heterodyne-detected vibrational sum-frequency generation with neural network-assisted ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. …

Quantitative prediction and spatial analysis of structural fractures in deep shale gas reservoirs within complex structural zones: A case study of the Longmaxi Formation in the Luzhou area, southern Sichuan Basin, China

Authors: Cunhui Fan, Shan Nie, Hu Li, Ahmed E. Radwan, Qingchuan Pan, Xiangchao Shi et al.

Journal: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences · DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2024.106025 · Citations: 63

Matched topics: reservoir

Abstract not available.

Residual wave vision U-Net for flood mapping using dual polarization Sentinel-1 SAR imagery

Authors: Ali Jamali, Swalpa Kumar Roy, Leila Hashemi-Beni, Biswajeet Pradhan, Jonathan Li, Pedram Ghamisi

Journal: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation · DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2024.103662 · Citations: 59

Matched topics: flood

The increasing severity, duration, and frequency of destructive floods can be attributed to shifts in climate, infrastructure, land use, and population demographics. Obtaining precise and timely data about the extent of floodwaters is crucial for effective emergency preparedness and mitigation efforts. Deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have shown astonishing effectiveness in various remote sensing applications, including flood mapping. One of the key limitations of CNNs is that they c…

Mapping Compound Flooding Risks for Urban Resilience in Coastal Zones: A Comprehensive Methodological Review

Authors: Hai Sun, Xiaowei Zhang, Xuejing Ruan, Hui Jiang, Wenchi Shou

Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs16020350 · Citations: 36

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

Coastal regions, increasingly threatened by floods due to climate-change-driven extreme weather, lack a comprehensive study that integrates coastal and riverine flood dynamics. In response to this research gap, we conducted a comprehensive bibliometric analysis and thorough visualization and mapping of studies of compound flooding risk in coastal cities over the period 2014–2022, using VOSviewer and CiteSpace to analyze 407 publications in the Web of Science Core Collection database. The anal…

Leveraging multisource data for accurate agricultural drought monitoring: A hybrid deep learning model

Authors: Xin Xiao, Wenting Ming, Xuan Luo, Luyi Yang, Meng Li, Pengwu Yang et al.

Journal: Agricultural Water Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2024.108692 · Citations: 51

Matched topics: drought

Accurate monitoring of agricultural droughts in data-scarce areas remains a challenge due to their intricate spatiotemporal patterns. Deep learning represents a promising approach for developing efficient drought monitoring models. In this study, a hybrid deep learning model, combining convolutional neural network and random forest (CNN-RF), is proposed to monitor agricultural droughts in a mountainous region located in Southwest China. The model integrates multisource data obtained from the …

Peak operation optimization of cascade hydropower reservoirs and solar power plants considering output forecasting uncertainty

Authors: Zhong-kai Feng, Qingqing Huang, Wenjing Niu, Huaying Su, Shushan Li, Huijun Wu et al.

Journal: Applied Energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122533 · Citations: 37

Matched topics: reservoir, hydropower

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.

Assessing the accuracy of OpenET satellite-based evapotranspiration data to support water resource and land management applications

Authors: John Volk, Justin Huntington, Forrest Melton, Richard G. Allen, Martha C. Anderson, Joshua B. Fisher et al.

Journal: Nature Water · DOI: 10.1038/s44221-023-00181-7 · Citations: 146

Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow, water management, land surface model, earth system model

Abstract Remotely sensed evapotranspiration (ET) data offer strong potential to support data-driven approaches for sustainable water management. However, practitioners require robust and rigorous accuracy assessments of such data. The OpenET system, which includes an ensemble of six remote sensing models, was developed to increase access to field-scale (30 m) ET data for the contiguous United States. Here we compare OpenET outputs against data from 152 in situ stations, primarily eddy covaria…

Review of smart water management: IoT and AI in water and wastewater treatment

Authors: Michael Ayorinde Dada, Michael Tega Majemite, Alexander Obaigbena, Onyeka Henry Daraojimba, Johnson Sunday Oliha, Zamathula Queen Sikhakhane Nwokediegwu

Journal: World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews · DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2024.21.1.0171 · Citations: 77

Matched topics: water management

Integrating the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in smart water management revolutionizes sustainable water resource utilization. This comprehensive review explores these technologies’ benefits, challenges, regulatory implications, and future trends. Smart water management enhances operational efficiency, predictive maintenance, and resource conservation while addressing data security and infrastructure investment challenges. Regulatory frameworks play a pivotal role …

On-orbit calibration and performance of the EMIT imaging spectrometer

Authors: David R. Thompson, Robert O. Green, Christine Bradley, Philip G. Brodrick, N. M. Mahowald, Eyal Ben Dor et al.

Journal: Remote Sensing of Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2023.113986 · Citations: 70

Matched topics: earth system model

The Earth surface Mineral dust source InvesTigation (EMIT) is a remote visible to shortwave infrared (VSWIR) imaging spectrometer that has been operating onboard the International Space Station since July 2022. This article describes EMIT’s on-orbit spectroradiometric calibration and validation. Accurate spectroscopy is vital to achieve consistent mapping results with orbital imaging spectrometers. EMIT takes a unique approach to this challenge, with just six optical elements, no shutter, and…

Urbanization and Its Impact on Environmental Sustainability

Authors: Noella James

Journal: Journal of Applied Geographical Studies · DOI: 10.47941/jags.1624 · Citations: 45

Matched topics: water management

Purpose: The main objective of this study was to assess urbanization and its impact on environmental sustainability. Methodology: The study adopted a desktop research methodology. Desk research refers to secondary data or that which can be collected without fieldwork. Desk research is basically involved in collecting data from existing resources hence it is often considered a low cost technique as compared to field research, as the main cost is involved in executive’s time, telephone charges …

Evolution of groundwater hydrochemical characteristics and formation mechanism during groundwater recharge: A case study in the Hutuo River alluvial–pluvial fan, North China Plain

Authors: Ping Wang, Wei Zhang, Yuchen Zhu, Yaci Liu, Yasong Li, Shengwei Cao et al.

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170159 · Citations: 42

Matched topics: river

Abstract not available.

Risks from solar-powered groundwater irrigation

Authors: S. Balasubramanya, D. Garrick, Nicholas Brozović, Claudia Ringler, E. Zaveri, A. Rodella et al.

Journal: Science · DOI: 10.1126/science.adi9497 · Citations: 39

Matched topics: irrigation

Emissions reductions may not meet expectations, and groundwater use will likely increase Solar-powered groundwater irrigation is expanding exponentially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), creating opportunities and risks. In South Asia, more than 500,000 small stand-alone pumps have already been installed (see the figure). In Sub-Saharan Africa, solar pumps are gaining traction to expand food production and alleviate poverty. There is optimism about solar-powered irrigation helping …

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.

TRIMS LST: a daily 1 km all-weather land surface temperature dataset for China’s landmass and surrounding areas (2000–2022)

Authors: Wenbin Tang, Ji Zhou, Jin Ma, Ziwei Wang, Lirong Ding, Xiaodong Zhang et al.

Journal: Earth system science data · DOI: 10.5194/essd-16-387-2024 · Citations: 93

Matched topics: land surface model

Abstract. Land surface temperature (LST) is a key variable within Earth’s climate system and a necessary input parameter required by numerous land–atmosphere models. It can be directly retrieved from satellite thermal infrared (TIR) observations, which contain many invalid pixels mainly caused by cloud contamination. To investigate the spatial and temporal variations in LST in China, long-term, high-quality, and spatiotemporally continuous LST datasets (i.e., all-weather LST) are urgently nee…

A Robust Biomimetic Superhydrophobic Coating with Superior Mechanical Durability and Chemical Stability for Inner Pipeline Protection

Authors: Xuerui Zang, Jiang Bian, Yimeng Ni, Weiwei Zheng, Tianxue Zhu, Zhong Chen et al.

Journal: Advanced Science · DOI: 10.1002/advs.202305839 · Citations: 81

Matched topics: surface water

Durable superhydrophobic anti-erosion/anticorrosion coatings are highly demanded across various applications. However, achieving coatings with exceptional superhydrophobicity, mechanical strength, and corrosion resistance remains a grand challenge. Herein, a robust microstructure coating, inspired by the cylindrical structures situated on the surface of conch shell, for mitigating erosion and corrosion damages in gas transportation pipelines is reported. Specifically, citric acid monohydrate …

Perspectives of compound-specific isotope analysis of organic contaminants for assessing environmental fate and managing chemical pollution

Authors: Thomas B. Hofstetter, Rani Bakkour, Daniel Büchner, Heinrich Eisenmann, Anko Fischer, Matthias Gehre et al.

Journal: Nature Water · DOI: 10.1038/s44221-023-00176-4 · Citations: 68

Matched topics: hydrology, water management, surface water

Abstract not available.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Chinese surface water: Temporal trends and geographical distribution.

Authors: Jie Wang, Cheng Shen, Jin Zhang, Guangyu Lou, S. Shan, Yaqian Zhao et al.

Journal: Science of the Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170127 · Citations: 70

Matched topics: surface water

PFAS, recognized as persistent organic pollutants, present risks to both the ecological environment and human health. Studying PFASs in surface water yields insights into pollution dynamics. However, existing research on PFASs surface water pollution in China often focuses on specific regions, lacking comprehensive nationwide analyses. This study examined 48 research papers covering PFAS pollution in Chinese surface water, involving 49 regions and 1338 sampling sites. The results indicate wid…

Atmospheric CO2 emissions and ocean acidification from bottom-trawling

Authors: Trisha B. Atwood, Anastasia Romanou, Tim DeVries, Paul Lerner, Juan Mayorga, Darcy Bradley et al.

Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science · DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1125137 · Citations: 67

Matched topics: water management, earth system model

Trawling the seafloor can disturb carbon that took millennia to accumulate, but the fate of that carbon and its impact on climate and ecosystems remains unknown. Using satellite-inferred fishing events and carbon cycle models, we find that 55-60% of trawling-induced aqueous CO 2 is released to the atmosphere over 7-9 years. Using recent estimates of bottom trawling’s impact on sedimentary carbon, we found that between 1996-2020 trawling could have released, at the global scale, up to 0.34-0.3…

Microplastics in commercial marine fish species in the UK – A case study in the River Thames and the River Stour (East Anglia) estuaries

Authors: Alice A. Horton, K. D. Isuri Weerasinghe, Daniel J. Mayor, Richard S. Lampitt

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170170 · Citations: 46

Matched topics: hydrology, river

The aim of this study was to assess the abundance of microplastics in the gastro-intestinal tracts of three commercially important fish species in the UK, to determine whether catch location, feeding habits and fish size influence the amount of microplastics within fish. Fish were collected from two rivers in the UK: the River Thames and the River Stour (East Anglia). Fish were collected from two sites in the River Thames and one site in the River Stour. Species selected were European flounde…

River ecological status is shaped by agricultural land use intensity across Europe

Authors: Christian Schürings, Lidija Globevnik, Jan U. Lemm, Alexander Psomas, Luka Snoj, Daniel Hering et al.

Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121136 · Citations: 48

Matched topics: river

Agriculture impacts the ecological status of freshwaters through multiple pressures such as diffuse pollution, water abstraction, and hydromorphological alteration, strongly impairing riverine biodiversity. The agricultural effects, however, likely differ between agricultural types and practices. In Europe, agricultural types show distinct spatial patterns related to intensity, biophysical conditions, and socioeconomic history, which have been operationalised by various landscape typologies. …

Hydrological alteration drives chemistry of dissolved organic matter in the largest freshwater lake of China (Poyang Lake)

Authors: Lei Xu, Qian Hu, Zetian Liu, Minfei Jian, Yansong Peng, Ruichang Shen et al.

Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121154 · Citations: 48

Matched topics: flood

Abstract not available.

Ammonia, nitrite transformations and their fixation by different biological and chemical agents

Authors: Arti Chamoli, Anne Bhambri, Santosh Kumar Karn, Vivek Raj

Journal: Chemistry and Ecology · DOI: 10.1080/02757540.2023.2300780 · Citations: 42

Matched topics: runoff

Nitrogen compounds like ammonia and nitrite can antagonistically affect the environment and human health in many ways. The high rise in demand for food has led to excessive use of fertilisers eventually causing increased losses of reactive nitrogen to the environment. Ammonia and nitrite can be introduced into the environment through agricultural runoff, wastewater discharges and other anthropogenic activities. The over-accumulation of different forms of nitrogen (ammonia and nitrite) in the …

Terrestrial dissolved organic matter inputs accompanied by dissolved oxygen depletion and declining pH exacerbate CO2 emissions from a major Chinese reservoir

Authors: Ting Zhang, Lei Zhou, Yongqiang Zhou, Yunlin Zhang, Jinxin Guo, Yicai Han et al.

Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121155 · Citations: 40

Matched topics: reservoir

Abstract not available.

A catchment-wide microplastic pollution investigation of the Yangtze River: The pollution and ecological risk of tributaries are non-negligible

Authors: Hongyu Chen, Teng Wang, Yongcheng Ding, Feng Yuan, Hexi Zhang, Chenglong Wang et al.

Journal: Journal of Hazardous Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133544 · Citations: 32

Matched topics: river, surface water

Abstract not available.

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After deduplication 624
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