Weekly Literature Review

Week 28 · July 7–July 13, 2025

50 relevant papers found across 5 themes

Executive Summary

This week’s review covers 50 papers across 5 themes. The most cited paper examines Climate change has increased the odds of extreme regional forest fire years glob, with 53 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. Climate change has increased the odds of extreme regional forest fire years globally
    2. Hydrological extremes in the Mediterranean basin: interactions, impacts, and adaptation in the face of climate change
    3. Simultaneous adsorptive removal of Pb2+, Cd2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+ using raw Norway Spruce biomass: a low-cost and eco-friendly solution for wastewater treatment
    4. Multidecadal changes in hydrological droughts across Sub-Saharan Africa
    5. Climate change risks on key open marine and coastal mediterranean ecosystems
    6. Groundwater head responses to droughts across Germany
    7. Seasonal contrast in dryland vegetation response to meteorological drought across South Asia
    8. Seasonal stabilization effects slowed the greening of the Northern Hemisphere over the last two decades
    9. Integrating the Food-Energy-Water Nexus: Strategies for climate change mitigation with SDG alignment
    10. Rainfall, air temperature, and reference evapotranspiration variability and trend and their implication for agroforestry development in the Lake Tana sub-basin of Ethiopia
    11. BiLSTM-Kalman framework for precipitation downscaling under multiple climate change scenarios
    12. Widespread and Divergent Post‐Drought Loss of Gross Primary Production
    13. The effect of dams and land use changes on river water characteristics and primary producers
    14. Evolution of East Asian subtropical evergreen broad‐leaved forests: When and how?
    15. Disruption of Drought Teleconnections Between ENSO‐Influenced Regions Around 1700 CE
    16. Molecular Scale Interfacial Water Management Switching Reaction Pathway of Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction
    17. Continuous In‐Situ Water Stable Isotopes Reveal Rapid Changes in Root Water Uptake by Fagus sylvatica During Severe Drought
  3. Flood Risk Assessment and Extreme Precipitation
    1. Extreme river flood exposes latent erosion risk
    2. Future increase in European compound events where droughts end in heavy precipitation
    3. Flood risk mapping in an urbanized tropical river basin in India using MCDA-AHP: a post-storm event evaluation
    4. Alternative rainfall storylines for the Western European July 2021 floods from ensemble boosting
  4. Machine Learning and AI for Hydrological Prediction
    1. Comprehensive review of artificial intelligence applications in renewable energy systems: current implementations and emerging trends
    2. Landslide Susceptibility Level Mapping in Kozhikode, Kerala, Using Machine Learning-Based Random Forest, Remote Sensing, and GIS Techniques
    3. Multi-Output Prediction and Optimization of CO2 Laser Cutting Quality in FFF-Printed ASA Thermoplastics Using Machine Learning Approaches
    4. JutulDarcy.jl - a fully differentiable high-performance reservoir simulator based on automatic differentiation
    5. A novel TCN-augmented CNN-LSTM architecture for accurate monthly runoff forecasting
    6. Trends and Applications of Principal Component Analysis in Forestry Research: A Literature and Bibliometric Review
    7. Enhancing Landslide Displacement Prediction Using a Spatio‐Temporal Deep Learning Model With Interpretable Features
  5. Water Management, Irrigation, and Groundwater
    1. Bioinspired photothermal zwitterionic fibrous membrane for high-efficiency solar desalination and electricity generation
    2. Integrated evaluation of groundwater hydrochemistry using multivariate statistics and irrigation-based water quality indices
    3. Water quality and physicochemical conditions drive chlorophyll-a concentrations in two connected subtropical off-stream reservoirs
    4. Supramolecular nanocrystalline membranes with well-aligned subnanochannels for enhanced reverse osmosis desalination
    5. Increasingly enhanced water resources management effectively promotes the synergistic development of ecosystem services in inland river basins in arid regions – a case study of Tarim River
    6. Water Saving and Environmental Issues in the Hetao Irrigation District, the Yellow River Basin: Development Perspective Analysis
    7. Urbanization in Denver produces more streamflow because of contributions from excess irrigation, leaking pipes, and stormwater
  6. Hydrological Processes, Snow Dynamics, and Remote Sensing
    1. Bioinspired Sulfo oxygen bridges optimize interfacial water structure for enhanced hydrogen oxidation and evolution reactions
    2. A High-Resolution Gridded Dataset for China’s Monthly Sectoral Water Use
    3. Evaluation of landslide susceptibility of mountain highway based on RF and SVM models
    4. Anthropogenic and climatic drivers of the 2022 mega-flood in Pakistan
    5. Benchmarking historical performance and future projections from a large-scale hydrologic model with a watershed hydrologic model
    6. Identifying dominant river contributions to urban flooding: a scenario-based study of Makassar City
    7. Seasonal Trends in Heavy Metal Pollution and Water Quality in the Chashma (Indus River, Pakistan): A Study on Environmental Health Risks
    8. The Alterations in Ecological Flow Indicators Caused by Coal Mining Operations
    9. Water yield service flow assessment under future SSP-RCP scenarios in the Yellow River Basin: Coupled effect of climate and land use change
    10. 2022 McKinney rain-on-wildfire event, dissolved oxygen sags, and a fish kill on the Klamath River, California
    11. Co-benefits for cropland yield, nitrogen emissions, and climate impact through multi-objective optimization agricultural manure solutions
    12. Applying geological unit distribution and chemical weathering indices to evaluate potential lithological sources of Al, As and Pb to the San Juan River, Four Corners region, USA
    13. Seasonal Hydrogeochemistry and Suitability Assessment of Spring Water in the Rajouri and Reasi Districts, Western Himalayas, India, using GIS and Multivariate Analysis
    14. Fundamental Properties of the Characteristic Function using the Compound Poisson Distribution as the Sum of the Gamma Model
    15. Technical note: Streamflow seasonality using directional statistics
  7. Statistics
    1. Papers by journal
  8. Filtering Criteria

Climate Change and Terrestrial Water Storage

This week features 17 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.

Climate change has increased the odds of extreme regional forest fire years globally

Authors: John T. Abatzoglou, Crystal A. Kolden, Alison C. Cullen, Mojtaba Sadegh, Emily Williams, Marco Turco et al.

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61608-1 · Citations: 53

Matched topics: land surface model, climate change, earth system model

Regions across the globe have experienced devastating fire years in the past decade with far-reaching impacts. Here, we examine the role of antecedent and concurrent climate variability in enabling extreme regional fire years across global forests. These extreme years commonly coincided with extreme (1-in-15-year) fire weather indices (FWI) and featured a four and five-fold increase in the number of large fires and fire carbon emissions, respectively, compared with non-extreme years. Years wi…

Hydrological extremes in the Mediterranean basin: interactions, impacts, and adaptation in the face of climate change

Authors: Francesco Granata, Senlin Zhu, Fabio Di Nunno

Journal: Regional Environmental Change · DOI: 10.1007/s10113-025-02432-7 · Citations: 24

Matched topics: hydrologic model, flood, climate change

Abstract not available.

Simultaneous adsorptive removal of Pb2+, Cd2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+ using raw Norway Spruce biomass: a low-cost and eco-friendly solution for wastewater treatment

Authors: Ibrahim G. Al-Labadi, Márk Horváth, Ayah T. Alkilani, Alaa M. Al-Ma’abreh, Mohammed J.K. Bashir, Basem E. Keshta et al.

Journal: Frontiers in Water · DOI: 10.3389/frwa.2025.1612232 · Citations: 26

Matched topics: water management, earth system model

This study evaluated the unmodified Norway Spruce Wood Residue (NSWR), an abundant lignocellulosic biomass, for the simultaneous removal of Pb 2+ , Cd 2+ , Zn 2+ , and Cu 2+ from a quaternary aqueous system. A series of batch adsorption experiments were performed to assess the influence of key operational parameters (pH, contact time, adsorbent dose, temperature, particle size, initial concentration), with equilibrium data subsequently fitted to Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models, and th…

Multidecadal changes in hydrological droughts across Sub-Saharan Africa

Authors: Dhais Peña‐Angulo, Yves Tramblay, Sergio M. Vicente‐Serrano, Job Ekolu, Bastien Dieppois, Ahmed El Kenawy

Journal: Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies · DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102595 · Citations: 4

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

Sub-Saharan Africa, a region highly vulnerable to climate variability, faces significant challenges from hydrological droughts due to their widespread socio-economic and environmental impacts. This study investigates the spatiotemporal evolution of hydrological droughts and their links to meteorological droughts across Sub-Saharan Africa. Using the African Database of Hydrometric Indices (ADHI), we analyze streamflow data from 1466 gauging stations spanning 1951–2018 to detect trends in droug…

Climate change risks on key open marine and coastal mediterranean ecosystems

Authors: Abed El Rahman Hassoun, Meryem Mojtahid, Mohammad Merheb, Piero Lionello, Jean‐Pierre Gattuso, Wolfgang Crämer

Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-07858-x · Citations: 14

Matched topics: climate change, earth system model

Mediterranean open marine and coastal ecosystems face multiple risks that impact their unique biodiversity, with climate change representing a major ongoing threat. While these ecosystems are also under pressure from non-climatic anthropogenic drivers (e.g., overfishing, pollution), this study primarily focuses on risks related to climate change. To assess these risks and evaluate their confidence levels, we adopt the scenario-based approach of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I…

Groundwater head responses to droughts across Germany

Authors: Pia Ebeling, Andréas Musolff, Rohini Kumar, Andreas Hartmann, Jan H. Fleckenstein

Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-29-2925-2025 · Citations: 8

Matched topics: hydrology, drought, earth system model

Abstract. Groundwater is a crucial resource for society and the environment, e.g., for drinking-water supply and dry-weather stream flows. The recent severe drought in Europe (2018–2020) has demonstrated that these services could be jeopardized by ongoing global warming and the associated increase in the frequency and duration of hydroclimatic extremes such as droughts. To assess the effects of meteorological variability on groundwater heads throughout Germany, we systematically analyzed the …

Seasonal contrast in dryland vegetation response to meteorological drought across South Asia

Authors: Rafi Riaz, Jie Zhang, Irfan Ullah, Akintomide A. Akinsanola, Sidra Syed, Chemeda Tizazu Geremew et al.

Journal: Environmental Research Letters · DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/adeeac · Citations: 12

Matched topics: drought, seasonal

Abstract Understanding vegetation sensitivity to drought in South Asia is essential due to the region’s exposure to frequent, seasonally varying drought driven by complex hydroclimatic factors. This study addresses a significant knowledge gap by investigating seasonal vegetation-drought sensitivity using multiple vegetation indicators and the influence of hydroclimatic factors. Our results show vegetation-drought sensitivity peaks in spring, rising from 0.2 in summer to 0.6, with drought-pron…

Seasonal stabilization effects slowed the greening of the Northern Hemisphere over the last two decades

Authors: Wen Zhang, William K. Smith, Trevor F. Keenan, Matthew P. Dannenberg, Yang Li, Songhan Wang et al.

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61308-w · Citations: 6

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

Rising atmospheric CO₂ and warming spring temperatures increase vegetation growth and the terrestrial carbon sink. However, drought, heat stress, phenology, and resource limitations may stabilize or limit theses projected increases. We investigate the balance between these amplifying and stabilizing ecological factors by asking whether enhanced early-season growth leads to continued late-season growth. Using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) leaf area index (LAI) datas…

Integrating the Food-Energy-Water Nexus: Strategies for climate change mitigation with SDG alignment

Authors: Rama Rao Karri, Gobinath Ravindran, Vydehi Pingili, Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak, Khairunnisa Nabilah Ruslan, Yie Hua Tan

Journal: Environmental Impact Assessment Review · DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108070 · Citations: 10

Matched topics: water management, climate change

Abstract not available.

Rainfall, air temperature, and reference evapotranspiration variability and trend and their implication for agroforestry development in the Lake Tana sub-basin of Ethiopia

Authors: Antensay Mekoya, Abebe Tesfaye, Daniel Asfaw Bekele

Journal: Discover Atmosphere · DOI: 10.1007/s44292-025-00045-7 · Citations: 5

Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow, water management

This study analyzes the variability and trends of precipitation (P), air temperature, and reference evapotranspiration (ET₀) in Ethiopia’s Lake Tana sub-basin from 1980 to 2023, evaluating their impacts on water resources, agriculture, and forestry. As a vital ecological and socio-economic area in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, the sub-basin faces growing climate-related risks. Using monthly climate data from five sources (MSWX-Past, MERRA-2, ERA-5, CRUTS4.06, and TerraClimate), the study assesse…

BiLSTM-Kalman framework for precipitation downscaling under multiple climate change scenarios

Authors: Melika Jahangiri, Mahdi Asghari, Mohammad Hossein Niksokhan, Mohammad Reza Nikoo

Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-08264-z · Citations: 5

Matched topics: streamflow, land surface model, climate change

: 0.638, KGE: 0.684), with the adaptive Kalman filter dynamically adjusting its parameters according to precipitation intensity. Our novel contributions are a symmetric dependence loss for predicting extremes and graduated correction using percentiles. Examination of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) 1 to 5 revealed surprising findings: the SSP1-2.6 (more sustainable) pathway predicted the highest extremes, with a 24.3% increase in 99th percentile intensity over the past. SSP2-4.5, SSP…

Widespread and Divergent Post‐Drought Loss of Gross Primary Production

Authors: Zhuoyi Zhao, Yanlian Zhou, Weimin Ju, Jingfeng Xiao, X. Li

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2025gl115825 · Citations: 4

Matched topics: hydrology, drought, land surface model

Abstract The impacts of droughts on the terrestrial ecosystem gross primary production (GPP) are evident with contemporaneous and lagged effects. However, the magnitude of post‐drought vegetation GPP loss remains unclear. This study quantitatively assessed the global post‐drought GPP loss during 2000–2022. The results showed that ∼23.89% of the drought‐induced GPP loss occurred after the drought, with a global mean of ∼0.74 Pg C yr −1 . The higher proportions of post‐drought GPP loss were evi…

The effect of dams and land use changes on river water characteristics and primary producers

Authors: Binh-Minh Hoang, Alejandra Goldenberg‐Vilar, José Barquín, Francisco J. Peñas

Journal: Journal of Environmental Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126431 · Citations: 4

Matched topics: river, hydropower, irrigation

• Irrigation dams modified a wide range of physiochemical, biological characteristics. • Hydropower dams changed suspended solids, phosphorus, nitrogen concentration and algal biomass. • Land use alteration increased diatom mats abundance which characterizes impacted river systems. • Water temperature and dissolved organic carbon were associated to changes on river algae and macrophytes.

Evolution of East Asian subtropical evergreen broad‐leaved forests: When and how?

Authors: Hong‐Hu Meng, Yi‐Gang Song, Guo‐Xiong Hu, Pei‐Han Huang, Min Li, Ou‐Yan Fang et al.

Journal: Journal of Systematics and Evolution · DOI: 10.1111/jse.70001 · Citations: 13

Matched topics: earth system model

Abstract Understanding how East Asian subtropical evergreen broad‐leaved forests (EBLFs) have evolved over time is not only vital for biodiversity conservation but also facilitates predictive modeling of ecosystem services under global change scenarios. During recent decades, numerous studies have been devoted to investigating the evolution of EBLFs. However, there are often contradictory interpretations of the different taxa associated with different geological events and environmental backg…

Disruption of Drought Teleconnections Between ENSO‐Influenced Regions Around 1700 CE

Authors: Max C. A. Torbenson, David W. Stahle, Edward R. Cook, Benjamin I. Cook, Ulf Büntgen, Feng Chen et al.

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2025gl115600 · Citations: 3

Matched topics: streamflow, drought, earth system model

Abstract Our understanding of pre‐modern El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) variability is reliant on proxy records, often distant from the center of ENSO activity in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Here, we assess the relationship between reconstructed soil moisture in four distant ENSO‐influenced regions over the past 400 years. A major breakdown in the teleconnection of regional drought conditions in Asia, Eastern Australia, and North America is identified around 1700 CE. The statistically …

Molecular Scale Interfacial Water Management Switching Reaction Pathway of Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction

Authors: Zongying Li, Rongzhen Chen, Wangxin Ge, Kunchi Xie, Yating Wang, Ling Zhang et al.

Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition · DOI: 10.1002/anie.202508801 · Citations: 12

Matched topics: water management

reduction pathways.

Continuous In‐Situ Water Stable Isotopes Reveal Rapid Changes in Root Water Uptake by Fagus sylvatica During Severe Drought

Authors: Laura Kinzinger, Simon Haberstroh, Judith Mach, Markus Weiler, Natalie Orlowski, Christiane Werner

Journal: Plant Cell & Environment · DOI: 10.1111/pce.70055 · Citations: 7

Matched topics: hydrology, drought

Adaptation of root water uptake (RWU) is critical for drought resilience in temperate forest trees, yet information on water sources and uptake depths dynamics is scarce. Continuous in-situ stable isotope measurements in soil and xylem water of Fagus sylvatica during the severe drought 2022 revealed daily changes in RWU depth and water ages. Xylem water comprised mainly recent precipitation in early summer, but winter and spring precipitation contributed up to 70% during drought, with longer …

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.

Extreme river flood exposes latent erosion risk

Authors: H. Barneveld, R. Frings, E. Mosselman, J. Venditti, M. Kleinhans, A. Blom et al.

Journal: Nature · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09305-3 · Citations: 16

Matched topics: river, flood

Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and magnitude of river floods1. Floods not only cause damage by inundation and loss of life2,3 but also jeopardize infrastructure because of bank failure and riverbed erosion processes that are poorly understood. Common flood safety programmes include dyke reinforcement and river widening4, 5, 6, 7, 8–9. The 2021 flood in the Meuse Basin caused 43 fatalities and billions of dollars of damage to infrastructure10. Here, on the basis of analys…

Future increase in European compound events where droughts end in heavy precipitation

Authors: Birthe Marie Steensen, Gunnar Myhre, Øivind Hodnebrog, Erich Fischer

Journal: npj Climate and Atmospheric Science · DOI: 10.1038/s41612-025-01139-0 · Citations: 9

Matched topics: runoff, drought, earth system model

Abstract Compound events where droughts end with heavy precipitation can lead to damage to infrastructure, crops and ecosystems that exceed those of an isolated drought or heavy precipitation event due to increased flooding and runoff from the hardened dry ground. Based on regional climate models we show that the occurrence of these compound events (drought ending with one in 100-day precipitation event) during summer in Europe increases by around 35% (+/−22%) for both the mid-century and end…

Flood risk mapping in an urbanized tropical river basin in India using MCDA-AHP: a post-storm event evaluation

Authors: R. S. Ajin, Chandini Padmanabha Panicker Chandr Senan, B. Rupa Devi, Romulus Costache, Jitendra K. Nagar, A. Rajaneesh et al.

Journal: Smart Construction and Sustainable Cities · DOI: 10.1007/s44268-025-00053-x · Citations: 7

Matched topics: hydrology, river, flood

Abstract Flooding is a persistent hazard in tropical regions of India, primarily driven by intense precipitation and further aggravated by anthropogenic activities. Despite ongoing efforts, a gap persists in the development of comprehensive risk models that integrate hazard, vulnerability, and exposure components at a watershed level. This research seeks to bridge that gap by implementing a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) technique, specifically the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP),…

Alternative rainfall storylines for the Western European July 2021 floods from ensemble boosting

Authors: Vikki Thompson, Dim Coumou, Urs Beyerle, Joy Ommer, Hannah Cloke, Erich Fischer

Journal: Communications Earth & Environment · DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02386-y · Citations: 7

Matched topics: flood, earth system model

In July 2021, a cut-off low-pressure system brought extreme rainfall to Western Europe, leading to flooding that caused loss of life and infrastructure damage. Here, we use ensemble boosting to investigate alternative storylines of the event, given the observed dynamical situation. Using a fully coupled free-running climate model, we identify atmospheric flow analogues of the 2021 event in an initial-condition large ensemble. These analogues are re-initialised with slightly perturbed atmosphe…

Machine Learning and AI for Hydrological Prediction

This week’s 7 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.

Authors: Chukwuebuka Joseph Ejiyi, Dongsheng Cai, D. A. H. Thomas, Sandra Obiora, Emmanuel Osei-Mensah, Caroline Acen et al.

Journal: Journal Of Big Data · DOI: 10.1186/s40537-025-01178-7 · Citations: 38

Matched topics: earth system model

As the world faces pressing climate and energy challenges, Artificial Intelligence is proven as a transformative force in advancing renewable energy systems. This study reviews the current and future applications of Artificial Intelligence in renewable energy, highlighting its transformative role in enhancing the efficiency, reliability, and scalability of renewable energy systems. The study draws from over 400 recent publications, selected based on their relevance to Artificial Intelligence …

Landslide Susceptibility Level Mapping in Kozhikode, Kerala, Using Machine Learning-Based Random Forest, Remote Sensing, and GIS Techniques

Authors: Pradeep Kumar Badapalli, Anusha Boya Nakkala, Raghu Babu Kottala, Sakram Gugulothu, Fahdah Falah Ben Hasher, Varun Narayan Mishra et al.

Journal: Land · DOI: 10.3390/land14071453 · Citations: 16

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff, land surface model, earth system model

Landslides are among the most destructive natural hazards in the Western Ghats region of Kerala, driven by complex interactions between geological, hydrological, and anthropogenic factors. This study aims to generate a high-resolution Landslide Susceptibility Level Map (LSLM) using a machine learning (ML)-based Random Forest (RF) model integrated with Geographic Information Systems (GIS). A total of 231 historical landslide locations obtained from the Bhukosh portal were used as reference dat…

Multi-Output Prediction and Optimization of CO2 Laser Cutting Quality in FFF-Printed ASA Thermoplastics Using Machine Learning Approaches

Authors: Oğuzhan Der

Journal: Polymers · DOI: 10.3390/polym17141910 · Citations: 21

Matched topics: hydropower

laser cutting performance of Fused Filament Fabricated Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate (ASA) thermoplastics by analyzing the influence of plate thickness, laser power, and cutting speed on four quality characteristics: surface roughness (Ra), top kerf width (Top KW), bottom kerf width (Bottom KW), and bottom heat-affected zone (Bottom HAZ). Forty-five experiments were conducted using five thickness levels, three power levels, and three cutting speeds. To model and predict these outputs, seven …

JutulDarcy.jl - a fully differentiable high-performance reservoir simulator based on automatic differentiation

Authors: O. Møyner

Journal: Computational Geosciences · DOI: 10.1007/s10596-025-10366-6 · Citations: 16

Matched topics: reservoir

Abstract Reservoir simulators are highly complex computer programs and are often treated as “black boxes” that act on standardized input formats. In part, this is due to the closed-source nature of commercial offerings commonly used in industry, but even when the source-code is available, modification of a fully featured simulator can be a daunting task: A reservoir simulation problem, when fully specified, can have a great number of parameters and functional relationships that are tightly co…

A novel TCN-augmented CNN-LSTM architecture for accurate monthly runoff forecasting

Authors: Dong-mei Xu, Qi-qi Zeng, Wenchuan Wang, M. H. Gu, Yiyang Wang, Zong Li

Journal: Earth Science Informatics · DOI: 10.1007/s12145-025-01966-y · Citations: 10

Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff

Abstract not available.

Authors: Gabriel Murariu, Lucian Dincă, Dan Munteanu

Journal: Forests · DOI: 10.3390/f16071155 · Citations: 15

Matched topics: earth system model

Principal component analysis (PCA) is a widely applied multivariate statistical technique across scientific disciplines, with forestry being one of its most dynamic areas of use. Its primary strength lies in reducing data dimensionality and classifying parameters within complex ecological datasets. This study provides the first comprehensive bibliometric and literature review focused exclusively on PCA applications in forestry. A total of 96 articles published between 1993 and 2024 were analy…

Enhancing Landslide Displacement Prediction Using a Spatio‐Temporal Deep Learning Model With Interpretable Features

Authors: Jia Wang, Hong‐Hu Zhu, Wei Zhang, Dao‐Yuan Tan, Alessandro Pasuto

Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research Machine Learning and Computation · DOI: 10.1029/2025jh000592 · Citations: 7

Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow

Abstract Landslides cause significant economic losses and pose severe risks to human safety, making accurate predictions of landslide displacements essential for effective early warning systems. Many prediction models focus primarily on time series forecasting at individual monitoring points. Consequently, challenges are faced in capturing the spatial correlations of landslide displacements. In addition, the black‐box characteristics of the model limit the interpretability of the decision‐mak…

Water Management, Irrigation, and Groundwater

Water management research this week spans 7 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.

Bioinspired photothermal zwitterionic fibrous membrane for high-efficiency solar desalination and electricity generation

Authors: Yuzhu Wang, Feng Chen, Qiaochu Chen, Wei Liu, Qihang Huang, Xinru Hou et al.

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61244-9 · Citations: 55

Matched topics: earth system model

). This work presents a synergistic strategy for salt resistance, water purification and energy generation, advancing the design of solar-thermal-electric integrated systems.

Integrated evaluation of groundwater hydrochemistry using multivariate statistics and irrigation-based water quality indices

Authors: Raisul Islam, Vinod Kumar Kushwah, Nakul Gupta, Ashish Kumar, Rajesh Goyal, Parveen Berwal et al.

Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-09874-3 · Citations: 22

Matched topics: hydrology, runoff, water management, irrigation, earth system model

attributed to interfaces between water and rock and ion exchange processes in Sodium-Potassium from water and Calcium-Magnesium from rock. Furthermore, the US Salinity graphic confirms that the majority of groundwater samples demonstrate very high salinity risks and Sodium hazard, especially for elevated salt concentrations. Influence the soil fertility, permeability of soil and crop growth. The findings of this study will be beneficial to policymakers and decision-making authorities in execu…

Water quality and physicochemical conditions drive chlorophyll-a concentrations in two connected subtropical off-stream reservoirs

Authors: Yi‐Ming Kuo, Yi-Hsuan Chen, Yi-Ting Chiu, Tsair–Fuh Lin

Journal: Sustainable Environment Research · DOI: 10.1186/s42834-025-00252-2 · Citations: 5

Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow, reservoir, water management

Abstract The assessment of reservoir water quality is essential for ecosystem preservation and sustainable water resource management. Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) serves as a key bioindicator of phytoplankton dynamics and trophic status in aquatic ecosystems. This study applied Generalized Additive Mixed Models to investigate the environmental drivers of Chl-a variations in two interconnected subtropical off-stream reservoirs, Ren-Yi and Lan-Tan, in Taiwan. Water temperature and rainfall were identi…

Supramolecular nanocrystalline membranes with well-aligned subnanochannels for enhanced reverse osmosis desalination

Authors: Gang Lü, Wentao Shang, Xinyao Ma, Hengyue Xu, A Hubao, Jiawei Sun et al.

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61352-6 · Citations: 17

Matched topics: hydropower

Thin-film composite membranes are integral to the reverse osmosis (RO) process, effectively converting seawater and brackish water into potable water. While significant strides have been made in improving water permeability and salt rejection, there has been a corresponding lag in enhancing chlorine resistance and boron rejection. This study presents a suprasmolecular nanocrystalline membrane (SNM) with abundant subnanometer channels created through precisely assembled and well-oriented tetra…

Increasingly enhanced water resources management effectively promotes the synergistic development of ecosystem services in inland river basins in arid regions – a case study of Tarim River

Authors: Ayong Jiao, Xiaoya Deng, Yanming Gong, Hongbo Ling

Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113835 · Citations: 8

Matched topics: river, water management

• Ecosystem services in Tarim River improved significantly with water management. • Synergies between NPP, CS, HQ, and WS strengthened under intensified water management. • Interaction of groundwater depth and NDVI significantly drives CS, HQ, and NPP. • Proposes key future ecosystem management strategies. Arid inland river basins face severe water scarcity and uneven seasonal distribution, crucial for maintaining ecosystem services (ESs). Water availability and management directly impact eco…

Water Saving and Environmental Issues in the Hetao Irrigation District, the Yellow River Basin: Development Perspective Analysis

Authors: Zhuangzhuang Feng, Qingfeng Miao, Haibin Shi, José Manuel Gonçalves, Ruiping Li

Journal: Agronomy · DOI: 10.3390/agronomy15071654 · Citations: 3

Matched topics: river, water management, irrigation

Global changes and society’s development necessitate the improvement of water use and irrigation water saving, which require a set of water management measures to best deal with the necessary changes. This study considers the framework of the change process for water management in the Hetao Irrigation District (HID) of the Yellow River Basin. This paper presents the main measures that have been applied to ensure the sustainability and modernization of Hetao, mitigating water scarcity while ma…

Urbanization in Denver produces more streamflow because of contributions from excess irrigation, leaking pipes, and stormwater

Authors: Abdullah Al Fatta, Aditi S. Bhaskar

Journal: PLOS Water · DOI: 10.1371/journal.pwat.0000299 · Citations: 3

Matched topics: streamflow, water management, irrigation

Urban streams in the Denver, Colorado, USA region flow more often than undeveloped grassland streams. We sought to identify the sources of this increased flow using water stable isotope data and an analysis of streamflow responses to rain events. We collected and assessed 402 urban stream, 522 tap, and 38 precipitation samples across 2019, 2021, and 2022. Two endmember mixing analysis was utilized to obtain the percentage of precipitation-derived groundwater and tap water contributing to urba…

Hydrological Processes, Snow Dynamics, and Remote Sensing

This theme encompasses 15 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.

Bioinspired Sulfo oxygen bridges optimize interfacial water structure for enhanced hydrogen oxidation and evolution reactions

Authors: Chengdong Yang, Yun Gao, Zhenyu Xing, Xinxin Shu, Zechao Zhuang, Yueqing Wang et al.

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61871-2 · Citations: 37

Matched topics: surface water, earth system model

-SO-Ru) optimizes interfacial water structure via a favorable hydrogen-bond network, promoting hydrogen oxidation and evolution reactions. Mechanistic studies reveal that the stereoscopic sulfo-oxygen bridges enhance the connectivity of hydrogen-bond network to promote the proton transfer process via repelling cations from the electrode surface. Furthermore, electron donating Co sites reduce the surface oxophilicity of Ru to optimize the adsorption-desorption behaviors of hydroxyl, governing …

A High-Resolution Gridded Dataset for China’s Monthly Sectoral Water Use

Authors: Yuqian Zhang, Yunhe Yin, Mijia Yin, Xufang Zhang

Journal: Scientific Data · DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-05400-2 · Citations: 15

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

= 0.88), while the captured spatiotemporal patterns are broadly consistent with existing datasets.

Evaluation of landslide susceptibility of mountain highway based on RF and SVM models

Authors: Qingfeng He, Shoulong Wu, Xia Zhao, Zhankun Hui, Zhengang Wang, Paraskevas Tsangaratos et al.

Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-08774-w · Citations: 12

Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow, earth system model

Geological complexities along mountain highways frequently trigger landslides, posing significant threats to transportation safety and infrastructure. This study evaluates landslide susceptibility along the Lizha-Jiezi section of China’s G345 national highway using Random Forest (RF) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) models. Eleven conditioning factors including altitude, slope, aspect, plan curvature, profile curvature, lithology, distance to fault, rainfall, distance to river, normalized dif…

Anthropogenic and climatic drivers of the 2022 mega-flood in Pakistan

Authors: Arfan Arshad, Ali Mirchi, Cenlin He, Azeem Ali Shah, Amir AghaKouchak

Journal: npj natural hazards. · DOI: 10.1038/s44304-025-00109-z · Citations: 7

Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow, flood, land surface model

The convergence of climatic and anthropogenic factors that triggered the August 2022 mega-flood in Southern Pakistan caused 1486 fatalities and approximately $30 billion in economic damages. After a multi-year drought, the pre-monsoon rainfall was 111% higher than the long-term average of 1951–2021, increasing soil moisture by 30% in the Indus Basin floodplains. Monsoon rains were 547% above average, with record-breaking cumulative weekly rainfall in July (200 mm) on already saturated soils. …

Benchmarking historical performance and future projections from a large-scale hydrologic model with a watershed hydrologic model

Authors: Rajesh R. Shrestha, Alex J. Cannon, Sydney Hoffman, Marie Whibley, Aranildo R. Lima

Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-29-2881-2025 · Citations: 4

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, land surface model

Abstract. Large-scale hydrologic models (LHMs) are increasingly relied upon for assessing climate-driven hydrologic changes from watershed to global scales. However, their ability to provide robust projections for a range of hydrologic variables remains unclear. Here, we evaluate the historical performance and future projections from the Community Water Model (CWatM) LHM against the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) watershed hydrologic model for the Liard River basin (drainage area of ∼ 2…

Identifying dominant river contributions to urban flooding: a scenario-based study of Makassar City

Authors: Siska Wulandari, Firman Pratama, Neil Andika, Piter Wongso, Winda Wijayasari, Faizal Immaddudin Wira Rohmat

Journal: Frontiers in Built Environment · DOI: 10.3389/fbuil.2025.1612416 · Citations: 4

Matched topics: hydrologic model, river, runoff, flood

Makassar City, a fast-growing urban center in Eastern Indonesia, is highly vulnerable to flooding due to a combination of extreme rainfall, urban expansion, sedimentation, and a limited flood management system. This study investigates the main contributors to flooding in Makassar, based on the city’s extreme flood event in January 2019 and evaluates the effectiveness of the Bili-Bili Reservoir in mitigating flood impacts through integrated hydrologic–hydrodynamic modeling. A combination of HE…

Authors: Saira Naz, Syed Sikandar Habib, Madeeha Arshad, Saima Majeed, Mohamed Mohany

Journal: Water Air & Soil Pollution · DOI: 10.1007/s11270-025-08317-z · Citations: 8

Matched topics: river, runoff, seasonal

Abstract not available.

The Alterations in Ecological Flow Indicators Caused by Coal Mining Operations

Authors: Jinkai Luan, Ning Ma, Ran Zhang

Journal: Land Degradation and Development · DOI: 10.1002/ldr.70054 · Citations: 1

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow

ABSTRACT Over coal mining catchments, reduced or interrupted river flow is particularly prominent, significantly impacting regional economic development and the environment. However, the impact of coal mining on the characteristics of ecological flows, which is of paramount importance for ensuring the catchment ecosystem sustainability, remains elusive. This study utilized the SIMHYD‐PML model (a coupled framework that combines the simulation of hydrology (SIMHYD) and Penman‐Monteith‐Leuning …

Water yield service flow assessment under future SSP-RCP scenarios in the Yellow River Basin: Coupled effect of climate and land use change

Authors: Yuanyuan Cui, Chuanbao Wu, Geng Niu, G.H. Huang

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133852 · Citations: 10

Matched topics: river, land surface model

Abstract not available.

2022 McKinney rain-on-wildfire event, dissolved oxygen sags, and a fish kill on the Klamath River, California

Authors: Jennifer A. Curtis, Grant S. Johnson, James F. Cahill, Laurel Genzoli, C. N. Dahm, Liam N. Schenk et al.

Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-08179-9 · Citations: 5

Matched topics: river, runoff, streamflow

of the Klamath National Forest, with 83% of the burned area classified as moderate to high severity. During the active wildfire, a high-intensity monsoonal rain event triggered sediment-laden flooding and runoff-initiated debris flows, causing extreme water-quality impairments and a 95 km fish kill zone along the main-stem Klamath River. This rain-on-wildfire event produced a flood wave that outpaced a sediment pulse, diminishing the dilution effect of the floodwaters. A network of high-frequ…

Co-benefits for cropland yield, nitrogen emissions, and climate impact through multi-objective optimization agricultural manure solutions

Authors: Yinghua Yin, Shufang Guo, Qiyu Xu, Jian Liu, Hongyuan Wang, Yanhua Zhuang et al.

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61885-w · Citations: 14

Matched topics: runoff

Optimizing manure use and reducing chemical fertilizers are crucial for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. However, optimal manure redistribution for cropland yield, nitrogen emissions, and greenhouse gas benefit remains unclear at large spatial scales. Here, we employed genetic algorithms and meta-analysis to obtain an optimal substitution rate for major crops in China. This could reduce synthetic nitrogen use and reactive nitrogen pollution by 13.3 and 2.0 Tg, cut ammonia and nitr…

Applying geological unit distribution and chemical weathering indices to evaluate potential lithological sources of Al, As and Pb to the San Juan River, Four Corners region, USA

Authors: Christina L. Ferguson, Johanna M. Blake, C.A. Van Zante, Rachel Mixon, Douglas B. Yager

Journal: Geochemistry Exploration Environment Analysis · DOI: 10.1144/geochem2024-035 · Citations: 4

Matched topics: river, streamflow, surface water

In arid to semi-arid landscapes, sporadic monsoonal events, varying widely in scale and distribution, can generate overland flow resulting in streamflow in ephemeral channels. These channels may contain metal-laden sediments that are a by-product of the weathering and erosion of local geological units. To evaluate the potential for local geology to contribute aluminium (Al), arsenic (As) and lead (Pb) to the San Juan River, northwestern New Mexico, USA, the distributions of geological units w…

Seasonal Hydrogeochemistry and Suitability Assessment of Spring Water in the Rajouri and Reasi Districts, Western Himalayas, India, using GIS and Multivariate Analysis

Authors: Shafia Choudhary, Shashi Kant, Sunil Dhar, Anchal Chib, Shvetambri Jasrotia

Journal: Water Air & Soil Pollution · DOI: 10.1007/s11270-025-08119-3 · Citations: 3

Matched topics: runoff, seasonal, irrigation

Abstract not available.

Fundamental Properties of the Characteristic Function using the Compound Poisson Distribution as the Sum of the Gamma Model

Authors: Mohammed Amine Meraou, Noriah M. Al-Kandari, Raqab Z. Mohammad

Journal: Modern Journal of Statistics · DOI: 10.64389/mjs.2025.01110 · Citations: 12

Matched topics: hydrology

Probability distribution has proven its usefulness in almost every discipline of human endeavor. For this, the zero-truncated Poisson gamma (ZTP-G) model is widely recognized in probability theory and extensively used in various applied fields, specifically in survival, hydrology, insurance, and energy theory. The characterization of the zero-truncated Poisson sum of independent and identically distributed gamma random variables is proposed in this paper by applying the Laplace-Stieltjes tran…

Technical note: Streamflow seasonality using directional statistics

Authors: Wouter R. Berghuijs, Kate Hale, Harsh Beria

Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-29-2851-2025 · Citations: 2

Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow, seasonal

Abstract. Hydrological fluxes typically vary across seasons with several existing metrics available to characterize their seasonality. These metrics are beneficial when many catchments across diverse climates and landscapes are studied concurrently. Here, we present directional statistics to characterize streamflow seasonality, capturing the timing of the streamflow (center of mass timing) and the strength of its seasonal cycle (center of mass concentration). We show that directional statisti…

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