Weekly Literature Review

Week 15 · April 6–April 12, 2020

50 relevant papers found across 5 themes

Executive Summary

This week’s review covers 50 papers across Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment, Drought Analysis and Prediction, Climate Change and Water Resources, Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration, and Water Management and Sustainability.

Table of Contents

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment
    1. Flood trends in Europe: are changes in small and big floods different?
    2. Comparisons of Diverse Machine Learning Approaches for Wildfire Susceptibility Mapping
    3. Integrating surfactant, alkali and nano-fluid flooding for enhanced oil recovery: A mechanistic experimental study of novel chemical combinations
  3. Drought Analysis and Prediction
    1. Indole-3-acetic acid improves drought tolerance of white clover via activating auxin, abscisic acid and jasmonic acid related genes and inhibiting senescence genes
    2. Growth and mortality of Norway spruce and European beech in monospecific and mixed-species stands under natural episodic and experimentally extended drought. Results of the KROOF throughfall exclusion experiment
    3. Choice of potential evapotranspiration formulas influences drought assessment: A case study in China
    4. The sequence and thresholds of leaf hydraulic traits underlying grapevine varietal differences in drought tolerance
  4. Climate Change and Water Resources
    1. The projected timing of abrupt ecological disruption from climate change
    2. When worry about climate change leads to climate action: How values, worry and personal responsibility relate to various climate actions
    3. Climate models miss most of the coarse dust in the atmosphere
    4. Why carbon pricing is not sufficient to mitigate climate change—and how “sustainability transition policy” can help
    5. LMDZ6A: The Atmospheric Component of the IPSL Climate Model With Improved and Better Tuned Physics
    6. Climate change projections of temperature and precipitation in Chile based on statistical downscaling
    7. The economic costs of Hurricane Harvey attributable to climate change
    8. Time Scales and Mechanisms for the Tropical Pacific Response to Global Warming: A Tug of War between the Ocean Thermostat and Weaker Walker
    9. Decision-Making to Diversify Farm Systems for Climate Change Adaptation
    10. Uncertainties in Future U.S. Extreme Precipitation From Downscaled Climate Projections
  5. Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
    1. Comparison of CMIP6 and CMIP5 simulations of precipitation in China and the East Asian summer monsoon
    2. Progress in Simulating the Quasi‐Biennial Oscillation in CMIP Models
    3. Drivers and Implications of Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics in Finchaa Catchment, Northwestern Ethiopia
    4. Evaluation of bias correction methods for APHRODITE data to improve hydrologic simulation in a large Himalayan basin
    5. Rainfall and runoff trend analysis in the Limpopo river basin using the Mann Kendall statistic
  6. Water Management and Sustainability
    1. Tamm Review: Influence of forest management activities on soil organic carbon stocks: A knowledge synthesis
    2. A plant genetic network for preventing dysbiosis in the phyllosphere
    3. Harmonized global maps of above and belowground biomass carbon density in the year 2010
    4. The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment
    5. The 2019 Brumadinho tailings dam collapse: Possible cause and impacts of the worst human and environmental disaster in Brazil
    6. New trends in biochar pyrolysis and modification strategies: feedstock, pyrolysis conditions, sustainability concerns and implications for soil amendment
    7. An Energy Efficient and Secure IoT-Based WSN Framework: An Application to Smart Agriculture
    8. Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) U–Pb carbonate geochronology: strategies, progress, and limitations
    9. Sustainable development in the Yellow River Basin: Issues and strategies
    10. Metrics that matter for assessing the ocean biological carbon pump
    11. Spatial-temporal changes in ecosystem services and the trade-off relationship in mountain regions: A case study of Hengduan Mountain region in Southwest China
    12. Rewetting of soil: Revisiting the origin of soil CO2 emissions
    13. Seasonal Variation of Drinking Water Quality and Human Health Risk Assessment in Hancheng City of Guanzhong Plain, China
    14. Introducing the North American project to evaluate soil health measurements
    15. The Green New Deal in the United States: What it is and how to pay for it
    16. The Social Consequences of Disasters: Individual and Community Change
    17. Long-term (1980–2015) changes in net anthropogenic phosphorus inputs and riverine phosphorus export in the Yangtze River basin
    18. The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf‐Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean
    19. Groundwater Potential Mapping Using Remote Sensing and GIS-Based Machine Learning Techniques
    20. Ecology, growth and management of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.), a non-native species integrated into European forests
    21. Potential and limits of exploitation of crop wild relatives for pea, lentil, and chickpea improvement
    22. Shallow Landslide Susceptibility Mapping by Random Forest Base Classifier and Its Ensembles in a Semi-Arid Region of Iran
    23. Automatic Pixel-Level Crack Detection on Dam Surface Using Deep Convolutional Network
    24. Global Wave Height Trends and Variability from New Multimission Satellite Altimeter Products, Reanalyses, and Wave Buoys
    25. Winter in water: differential responses and the maintenance of biodiversity
    26. Assessment of soil erosion, sediment yield and basin specific controlling factors using RUSLE-SDR and PLSR approach in Konar river basin, India
    27. Groundwater quality for potable and irrigation uses and associated health risk in southern part of Gu’an County, North China Plain
    28. Public policies for sustainability and water security: The case of Almeria (Spain)
  7. Statistics
    1. Papers by journal
  8. Filtering Criteria

Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment

This week features 3 papers advancing flood science, spanning susceptibility mapping, risk assessment, and hydrodynamic modeling. Notable contributions from Bertola, Gholamnia et al. The studies collectively advance both data-driven and physically-based approaches to flood prediction and management.

Authors: Miriam Bertola, Alberto Viglione, David Lun, Julia Hall, Günter Blöschl

Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-24-1805-2020 · Citations: 153

Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow, flood

Abstract. Recent studies have revealed evidence of trends in the median or mean flood discharge in Europe over the last 5 decades, with clear and coherent regional patterns. The aim of this study is to assess whether trends in flood discharges also occurred for larger return periods, accounting for the effect of catchment scale. We analyse 2370 flood discharge records, selected from a newly available pan-European flood database, with record length of at least 40 years over the period 1960–201…

Comparisons of Diverse Machine Learning Approaches for Wildfire Susceptibility Mapping

Authors: Khalil Gholamnia, Thimmaiah Gudiyangada Nachappa, Omid Ghorbanzadeh, Thomas Blaschke

Journal: Symmetry · DOI: 10.3390/sym12040604 · Citations: 137

Matched topics: hydrologic model, flood, land surface model

Climate change has increased the probability of the occurrence of catastrophes like wildfires, floods, and storms across the globe in recent years. Weather conditions continue to grow more extreme, and wildfires are occurring quite frequently and are spreading with greater intensity. Wildfires ravage forest areas, as recently seen in the Amazon, the United States, and more recently in Australia. The availability of remotely sensed data has vastly improved, and enables us to precisely locate w…

Integrating surfactant, alkali and nano-fluid flooding for enhanced oil recovery: A mechanistic experimental study of novel chemical combinations

Authors: Amin Rezaei, Masoud Riazi, Mehdi Escrochi, Reza Elhaei

Journal: Journal of Molecular Liquids · DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113106 · Citations: 110

Matched topics: flood

Abstract not available.

Drought Analysis and Prediction

Drought research this week encompasses 4 studies covering monitoring, prediction, and impact assessment. Key work by Zhang, Pretzsch et al. highlights advances in drought characterization across multiple spatial and temporal scales.

Authors: Youzhi Zhang, Yaping Li, Muhammad Jawad Hassan, Zhou Li, Yan Peng

Journal: BMC Plant Biology · DOI: 10.1186/s12870-020-02354-y · Citations: 182

Matched topics: drought

BACKGROUND: Auxin may have a positive effect on plants under drought stress. White clover is widely cultivated and often prone to water shortages. In the present study, we investigated the effects of exogenous indole - 3-acetic acid (IAA) on growth and physiological changes of white clover under drought stress condition. The contents of endogenous IAA and other hormones including ABA, CTK, JA, GA, IAA, and SA were assayed. Moreover, expressions of auxin-responsive genes, drought-responsive ge…

Growth and mortality of Norway spruce and European beech in monospecific and mixed-species stands under natural episodic and experimentally extended drought. Results of the KROOF throughfall exclusion experiment

Authors: Hans Pretzsch, Thorsten E. E. Grams, Karl‐Heinz Häberle, Karin Pritsch, Taryn L. Bauerle, Thomas Rötzer

Journal: Trees · DOI: 10.1007/s00468-020-01973-0 · Citations: 131

Matched topics: drought

Abstract Key message Under severe drought, growth of Norway spruce suffered much more than European beech. Norway spruce benefited from growing in the environment of beech, and both species acclimated slightly to 5 years of experimentally extended drought. Abstract Recent studies show that the detrimental effects of drought on stand growth are mitigated when the stand contains mixed tree species. We analysed the growth responses of Norway spruce and European beech to episodic and experimental…

Choice of potential evapotranspiration formulas influences drought assessment: A case study in China

Authors: Jian Zhou, Yanjun Wang, Buda Su, Anqian Wang, Hui Tao, Jianqing Zhai et al.

Journal: Atmospheric Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.104979 · Citations: 113

Matched topics: drought, land surface model

Abstract not available.

The sequence and thresholds of leaf hydraulic traits underlying grapevine varietal differences in drought tolerance

Authors: Silvina Dayer, José Herrera, Zhanwu Dai, Régis Burlett, Laurent J. Lamarque, Sylvain Delzon et al.

Journal: Journal of Experimental Botany · DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa186 · Citations: 104

Matched topics: drought

Abstract Adapting agriculture to climate change is driving the need for the selection and breeding of drought-tolerant crops. The aim of this study was to identify key drought tolerance traits and determine the sequence of their water potential thresholds across three grapevine cultivars with contrasting water use behaviors, Grenache, Syrah, and Semillon. We quantified differences in water use between cultivars and combined this with the determination of other leaf-level traits (e.g. leaf tur…

Climate Change and Water Resources

Climate-water interactions are explored in 10 papers this week, addressing impacts on the cryosphere, water cycle components, and regional water resources under changing conditions.

The projected timing of abrupt ecological disruption from climate change

Authors: Christopher H. Trisos, Cory Merow, Alex L. Pigot

Journal: Nature · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2189-9 · Citations: 712

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.

When worry about climate change leads to climate action: How values, worry and personal responsibility relate to various climate actions

Authors: Thijs Bouman, Mark Verschoor, Casper J. Albers, Gisela Böhm, Stephen D. Fisher, Wouter Poortinga et al.

Journal: Global Environmental Change · DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102061 · Citations: 514

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.

Climate models miss most of the coarse dust in the atmosphere

Authors: Adeyemi A. Adebiyi, Jasper F. Kok

Journal: Science Advances · DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz9507 · Citations: 371

Matched topics: land surface model, earth system model

and increases the likelihood that dust net warms the climate system. We conclude that to properly represent the impact of dust on the Earth system, climate models must include an accurate treatment of coarse dust in the atmosphere.

Why carbon pricing is not sufficient to mitigate climate change—and how “sustainability transition policy” can help

Authors: Daniel Rosenbloom, Jochen Markard, Frank W. Geels, Lea Fuenfschilling

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2004093117 · Citations: 327

Matched topics: climate change

Carbon pricing is often presented as the primary policy approach to address climate change. We challenge this position and offer “sustainability transition policy” (STP) as an alternative. Carbon pricing has weaknesses with regard to five central dimensions: 1) problem framing and solution orientation, 2) policy priorities, 3) innovation approach, 4) contextual considerations, and 5) politics. In order to address the urgency of climate change and to achieve deep decarbonization, climate polic…

LMDZ6A: The Atmospheric Component of the IPSL Climate Model With Improved and Better Tuned Physics

Authors: F. Hourdin, Catherine Rio, J. Y. Grandpeix, Jean‐Baptiste Madeleine, Frédérique Cheruy, Nicolas Rochetin et al.

Journal: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems · DOI: 10.1029/2019ms001892 · Citations: 264

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

Abstract This study presents the version of the LMDZ global atmospheric model used as the atmospheric component of the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace coupled model (IPSL‐CM6A‐LR) to contribute to the 6th phase of the international Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6). This LMDZ6A version includes original convective parameterizations that define the LMDZ “New Physics”: a mass flux parameterization of the organized structures of the convective boundary layer, the “thermal plume model,”…

Climate change projections of temperature and precipitation in Chile based on statistical downscaling

Authors: Daniela Araya-Osses, Ana Casanueva, Celián Román‐Figueroa, Juan Manuel Jaramillo, Manuel Paneque

Journal: Climate Dynamics · DOI: 10.1007/s00382-020-05231-4 · Citations: 190

Matched topics: hydrologic model, climate change

Abstract General circulation models (GCMs) allow the analysis of potential changes in the climate system under different emissions scenarios. However, their spatial resolution is too coarse to produce useful climate information for impact/adaptation assessments. This is especially relevant for regions with complex orography and coastlines, such as in Chile. Downscaling techniques attempt to reduce the gap between global and regional/local scales; for instance, statistical downscaling methods …

The economic costs of Hurricane Harvey attributable to climate change

Authors: David J. Frame, Michael Wehner, Ilan Noy, Suzanne M. Rosier

Journal: Climatic Change · DOI: 10.1007/s10584-020-02692-8 · Citations: 139

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract Hurricane Harvey is one of the costliest tropical cyclones in history. In this paper, we use a probabilistic event attribution framework to estimate the costs associated with Hurricane Harvey that are attributable to anthropogenic influence on the climate system. Results indicate that the “fraction of attributable risk” for the rainfall from Harvey was likely about at least a third with a preferable/best estimate of three quarters. With an average estimate of damages from Harvey asse…

Time Scales and Mechanisms for the Tropical Pacific Response to Global Warming: A Tug of War between the Ocean Thermostat and Weaker Walker

Authors: Ulla K. Heede, Alexey V. Fedorov, Natalie Burls

Journal: Journal of Climate · DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-19-0690.1 · Citations: 121

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

Abstract Different oceanic and atmospheric mechanisms have been proposed to describe the response of the tropical Pacific to global warming, yet large uncertainties persist on their relative importance and potential interaction. Here, we use idealized experiments forced with a wide range of both abrupt and gradual CO 2 increases in a coupled climate model (CESM) together with a simplified box model to explore the interaction between, and time scales of, different mechanisms driving Walker cir…

Decision-Making to Diversify Farm Systems for Climate Change Adaptation

Authors: Maarten van Zonneveld, Marie‐Soleil Turmel, Jon Hellin

Journal: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2020.00032 · Citations: 112

Matched topics: hydrologic model, climate change

On-farm diversification is a promising strategy for farmers to adapt to climate change. However, few recommendations exist on how to diversify farm systems in ways that best fit the agroecological and socioeconomic challenges farmers face. Farmers’ ability to adopt diversification strategies is often stymied by their aversion to risk, loss of local knowledge, and limited access to agronomic and market information, this is especially the case for smallholders. We outline seven steps on how pra…

Uncertainties in Future U.S. Extreme Precipitation From Downscaled Climate Projections

Authors: Tania López-Cantú, Andreas F. Prein, Constantine Samaras

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2019gl086797 · Citations: 109

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract Impacts modelers and stakeholders use publicly available data sets of downscaled climate projections to assess and design infrastructure for changes in future rainfall extremes. If differences across data sets exist, infrastructure resilience decisions could change depending on which single data set is used. We assess changes in U.S. rainfall extremes from 2044–2099 compared with 1951–2005 based on 227 projections under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 from five widely used data sets. We show there…

Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration

Hydrologic model development and evaluation features 5 papers covering precipitation estimation, model calibration, rainfall-runoff processes, and large-scale simulation advances.

Comparison of CMIP6 and CMIP5 simulations of precipitation in China and the East Asian summer monsoon

Authors: Xiaoge Xin, Tongwen Wu, Jie Zhang, Junchen Yao, Yongjie Fang

Journal: International Journal of Climatology · DOI: 10.1002/joc.6590 · Citations: 319

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

Abstract We evaluate and compare the simulation of summer precipitation in China and the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) by eight climate models from Phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) and the corresponding eight previous models from CMIP5. Skill metrics are calculated to assess the climatology, interannual variation and linear trends during the time period 1961–2005. The CMIP6 multimodel ensemble (MME) is more skillful than the CMIP5 MME in the spatial correlation …

Progress in Simulating the Quasi‐Biennial Oscillation in CMIP Models

Authors: Jadwiga H. Richter, James Anstey, Neal Butchart, Yoshio Kawatani, Gerald A. Meehl, Scott Osprey et al.

Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · DOI: 10.1029/2019jd032362 · Citations: 204

Matched topics: earth system model

Abstract The quasi‐biennial oscillation (QBO) of the zonal mean zonal wind is the primary mode of variability in the tropical lower stratosphere. The QBO is characterized by alternating easterly westerly shear layers that descend down from ∼10 to 100 hPa. The QBO is also seen in lower stratospheric tropical temperature, water vapor, and ozone and affects tropospheric variability through various teleconnections. We examine here the progress in simulating the QBO in the Coupled Model Intercompa…

Drivers and Implications of Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics in Finchaa Catchment, Northwestern Ethiopia

Authors: Wakjira Takala Dibaba, Tamene Adugna Demissie, Konrad Miegel

Journal: Land · DOI: 10.3390/land9040113 · Citations: 184

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff, water management, land surface model, hydropower

Understanding the trajectories and extents of land use/land cover change (LULCC) is important to generate and provide helpful information to policymakers and development practitioners about the magnitude and trends of LULCC. This study presents the contributing factors of LULCC, the extent and implications of these changes for sustainable land use in the Finchaa catchment. Data from Landsat images 1987, 2002, and 2017 were used to develop the land use maps and quantify the changes. A supervis…

Evaluation of bias correction methods for APHRODITE data to improve hydrologic simulation in a large Himalayan basin

Authors: Xuan Ji, Yungang Li, Xian Luo, Daming He, Ruoyu Guo, Jing Wang et al.

Journal: Atmospheric Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.104964 · Citations: 113

Matched topics: hydrology, runoff

Gridded precipitation products have the advantages of wide spatial coverage and high spatiotemporal resolution compared to conventional rain-gauge data, and have been extensively applied in hydrology-related research. As one of the most representative of the gridded precipitation products, APHRODITE performs well in most regions over Asia except around the Tibetan Plateau. This study implemented four bias correction methods including both mean-based (LS, LOCI) and distribution-based approache…

Rainfall and runoff trend analysis in the Limpopo river basin using the Mann Kendall statistic

Authors: Ben Nyikadzino, Munyaradzi Chitakira, Shepherd Muchuru

Journal: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C · DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2020.102870 · Citations: 102

Matched topics: river, runoff, water management, seasonal

Abstract not available.

Water Management and Sustainability

Water management research spans 28 papers addressing topics from irrigation optimization and reservoir operations to water resource assessment and sustainability frameworks.

Tamm Review: Influence of forest management activities on soil organic carbon stocks: A knowledge synthesis

Authors: Mathias Mayer, Cindy E. Prescott, Wafa E. Abaker, Laurent Augusto, Lauric Cécillon, Gabriel William Dias Ferreira et al.

Journal: Forest Ecology and Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118127 · Citations: 718

Matched topics: land surface model, earth system model

Almost half of the total organic carbon (C) in terrestrial ecosystems is stored in forest soils. By altering rates of input or release of C from soils, forest management activities can influence soil C stocks in forests. In this review, we synthesize current evidence regarding the influences of 13 common forest management practices on forest soil C stocks. Afforestation of former croplands generally increases soil C stocks, whereas on former grasslands and peatlands, soil C stocks are unchang…

A plant genetic network for preventing dysbiosis in the phyllosphere

Authors: Tao Chen, Kinya Nomura, Xiaolin Wang, Reza Sohrabi, Jin Xu, Lingya Yao et al.

Journal: Nature · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2185-0 · Citations: 574

Matched topics: land surface model, earth system model

Abstract not available.

Harmonized global maps of above and belowground biomass carbon density in the year 2010

Authors: S. Spawn, Clare Sullivan, Tyler J. Lark, Holly Gibbs

Journal: Scientific Data · DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-0444-4 · Citations: 445

Matched topics: land surface model, earth system model

Remotely sensed biomass carbon density maps are widely used for myriad scientific and policy applications, but all remain limited in scope. They often only represent a single vegetation type and rarely account for carbon stocks in belowground biomass. To date, no global product integrates these disparate estimates into an all-encompassing map at a scale appropriate for many modelling or decision-making applications. We developed an approach for harmonizing vegetation-specific maps of both abo…

The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment

Authors: Mingkai Jiang, Belinda E. Medlyn, John E. Drake, Remko A. Duursma, Ian C. Anderson, Craig V. M. Barton et al.

Journal: Nature · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2128-9 · Citations: 411

Matched topics: hydrologic model, earth system model

Abstract not available.

The 2019 Brumadinho tailings dam collapse: Possible cause and impacts of the worst human and environmental disaster in Brazil

Authors: Luiz Rotta, Enner Alcântara, Edward Park, Rogério Galante Negri, Yunung Nina Lin, Nariane Bernardo et al.

Journal: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation · DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2020.102119 · Citations: 360

Matched topics: surface water

On 25th January 2019, the tailings dam of the Brumadinho iron mine operated by Vale S/A failed catastrophically. The death toll stood at 259 and 11 people remained missing as of January 2020. This tragedy occurred three years after Mariana’s tailings dam rupture – the most significant tailing dam disaster in Brazilian history. Thus far, a systematic investigation on the cause and effect of the failure has yet to be conducted. Here, we use satellite-driven soil moisture index, multispectral hi…

Authors: Liuwei Wang, Yong Sik Ok, Daniel C.W. Tsang, Daniel S. Alessi, Jörg Rinklebe, Hailong Wang et al.

Journal: Soil Use and Management · DOI: 10.1111/sum.12592 · Citations: 358

Matched topics: climate change, surface water

Abstract As a waste‐derived soil amendment with a long history, biochar has received extensive attention for its capability to improve soil fertility/health; remove or immobilize contaminants in soil, water and air; and mitigate climate change. With the aim of producing engineered biochars with excellent performances, new trends in biochar pyrolytic production and modification strategies have emerged. This review critically summarizes novel pyrolysis methods (e.g., microwave‐assisted pyrolysi…

An Energy Efficient and Secure IoT-Based WSN Framework: An Application to Smart Agriculture

Authors: Khalid Haseeb, Ikram Ud Din, Ahmad Almogren, Naveed Islam

Journal: Sensors · DOI: 10.3390/s20072081 · Citations: 294

Matched topics: irrigation

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have demonstrated research and developmental interests in numerous fields, like communication, agriculture, industry, smart health, monitoring, and surveillance. In the area of agriculture production, IoT-based WSN has been used to observe the yields condition and automate agriculture precision using various sensors. These sensors are deployed in the agricultural environment to improve production yields through intelligent farming decisions and obtain informati…

Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) U–Pb carbonate geochronology: strategies, progress, and limitations

Authors: Nick M.W. Roberts, Kerstin Drost, Matthew Horstwood, Daniel J. Condon, David Chew, Henrik Drake et al.

Journal: Geochronology · DOI: 10.5194/gchron-2-33-2020 · Citations: 280

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, land surface model

Abstract. Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) U–Pb geochronology of carbonate minerals, calcite in particular, is rapidly gaining popularity as an absolute dating method. The high spatial resolution of LA-ICP-MS U–Pb carbonate geochronology has benefits over traditional isotope dilution methods, particularly for diagenetic and hydrothermal calcite, because uranium and lead are heterogeneously distributed on the sub-millimetre scale. At the same time, this c…

Sustainable development in the Yellow River Basin: Issues and strategies

Authors: Yiping Chen, Bojie Fu, Yan Zhao, Kaibo Wang, Meng Zhao, Jifu Ma et al.

Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production · DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121223 · Citations: 276

Matched topics: river, runoff, irrigation

Abstract not available.

Metrics that matter for assessing the ocean biological carbon pump

Authors: Ken O. Buesseler, Philip W. Boyd, Erin Black, David A. Siegel

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1918114117 · Citations: 275

Matched topics: climate change, earth system model

and climate, as well as the functioning of midwater ecosystems. Earth system models, including those used by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, most often assess POC (particulate organic carbon) flux into the ocean interior at a fixed reference depth. The extrapolation of these fluxes to other depths, which defines the BCP efficiencies, is often executed using an idealized and empirically based flux-vs.-depth relationship, often referred to as the “Martin curve.” W…

Spatial-temporal changes in ecosystem services and the trade-off relationship in mountain regions: A case study of Hengduan Mountain region in Southwest China

Authors: Yahui Wang, Erfu Dai

Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production · DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121573 · Citations: 205

Matched topics: water management, climate change

Abstract not available.

Rewetting of soil: Revisiting the origin of soil CO2 emissions

Authors: Romain L. Barnard, Steven J. Blazewicz, Mary K. Firestone

Journal: Soil Biology and Biochemistry · DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107819 · Citations: 204

Matched topics: hydrologic model, land surface model, climate change

Abstract not available.

Seasonal Variation of Drinking Water Quality and Human Health Risk Assessment in Hancheng City of Guanzhong Plain, China

Authors: Yujie Ji, Jianhua Wu, Yuanhang Wang, V. Elumalai, T. Subramani

Journal: Exposure and Health · DOI: 10.1007/s12403-020-00357-6 · Citations: 204

Matched topics: seasonal

Abstract not available.

Introducing the North American project to evaluate soil health measurements

Authors: Charlotte E. Norris, G. Mac Bean, Shannon B. Cappellazzi, Michael Cope, Kelsey L.H. Greub, Daniel Liptzin et al.

Journal: Agronomy Journal · DOI: 10.1002/agj2.20234 · Citations: 189

Matched topics: water management

Abstract The North American Project to Evaluate Soil Health Measurements was initiated with the objective to identify widely applicable soil health measurements for evaluation of agricultural management practices intended to improve soil health. More than 20 indicators were chosen for assessment across 120 long‐term agricultural research sites spanning from north‐central Canada to southern Mexico. The indicators being evaluated include common standard measures of soil, but also newer techniqu…

The Green New Deal in the United States: What it is and how to pay for it

Authors: Ray Galvin, Noel Healy

Journal: Energy Research & Social Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2020.101529 · Citations: 186

Matched topics: climate change

The US Green New Deal (GND) resolution introduced by Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Markey is the first comprehensive program combining climate change mitigation and the elimination of economic inequality that could, conceivably, soon be adopted as policy in a major economy. We outline its main features, together with Senator Bernie Sanders’ more detailed, fully costed version, exploring its implications for policymaking and social science-based energy research. We focus on two of it…

The Social Consequences of Disasters: Individual and Community Change

Authors: Mariana Arcaya, Ethan J. Raker, Mary C. Waters

Journal: Annual Review of Sociology · DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-121919-054827 · Citations: 174

Matched topics: climate change

We review findings from the last decade of research on the effects of disasters, concentrating on three important themes: the differences between the recovery of places versus people, the need to differentiate between short- and long-term recovery trajectories, and the changing role of government and how it has exacerbated inequality in recovery and engendered feedback loops that create greater vulnerability. We reflect the focus of the majority of sociological studies on disasters by concent…

Long-term (1980–2015) changes in net anthropogenic phosphorus inputs and riverine phosphorus export in the Yangtze River basin

Authors: Minpeng Hu, Yanmei Liu, Yufu Zhang, Hong Shen, Mengya Yao, Randy A. Dahlgren et al.

Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.115779 · Citations: 163

Matched topics: hydrologic model, river, runoff, land surface model

reduction scenarios, respectively. This study highlights the importance of including enhanced P transformation from particulate to bioavailable forms due to river regulation and changes in land-use, input sources and legacy P pools in development of P pollution control strategies.

The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf‐Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean

Authors: Matthew A. Charette, Lauren Kipp, Laramie T. Jensen, Jessica S. Dabrowski, Laura M. Whitmore, Jessica N. Fitzsimmons et al.

Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans · DOI: 10.1029/2019jc015920 · Citations: 163

Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, land surface model

Abstract A major surface circulation feature of the Arctic Ocean is the Transpolar Drift (TPD), a current that transports river‐influenced shelf water from the Laptev and East Siberian Seas toward the center of the basin and Fram Strait. In 2015, the international GEOTRACES program included a high‐resolution pan‐Arctic survey of carbon, nutrients, and a suite of trace elements and isotopes (TEIs). The cruises bisected the TPD at two locations in the central basin, which were defined by maxima…

Groundwater Potential Mapping Using Remote Sensing and GIS-Based Machine Learning Techniques

Authors: Sunmin Lee, Yunjung Hyun, Saro Lee, Moung-Jin Lee

Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs12071200 · Citations: 155

Matched topics: hydrologic model

Adequate groundwater development for the rural population is essential because groundwater is an important source of drinking water and agricultural water. In this study, ensemble models of decision tree-based machine learning algorithms were used with geographic information system (GIS) to map and test groundwater yield potential in Yangpyeong-gun, South Korea. Groundwater control factors derived from remote sensing data were used for mapping, including nine topographic factors, two hydrolog…

Ecology, growth and management of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.), a non-native species integrated into European forests

Authors: Valeriu-Norocel Nicolescu, Károly Rédei, W. L. Mason, Torsten Vor, Elisabeth Pöetzelsberger, Jean-Charles Bastien et al.

Journal: Journal of Forestry Research · DOI: 10.1007/s11676-020-01116-8 · Citations: 138

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract Black locust ( Robinia pseudoacacia L.), a species native to the eastern North America, was introduced to Europe probably in 1601 and currently extends over 2.3 × 10 6 ha. It has become naturalized in all sub-Mediterranean and temperate regions rivaling Populus spp. as the second most planted broadleaved tree species worldwide after Eucalyptus spp. This wide-spreading planting is because black locust is an important multipurpose species, producing wood, fodder, and a source of honey …

Potential and limits of exploitation of crop wild relatives for pea, lentil, and chickpea improvement

Authors: Clarice J. Coyne, Shiv Kumar, Eric von Wettberg, Edward Marques, Jens Berger, Robert J. Redden et al.

Journal: Legume Science · DOI: 10.1002/leg3.36 · Citations: 135

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract Legumes represent the second most important family of crop plants after grasses, accounting for approximately 27% of the world’s crop production. Past domestication processes resulted in a high degree of relatedness between modern varieties of crops, leading to a narrower genetic base of cultivated germplasm prone to pests and diseases. Crop wild relatives (CWRs) harbor genetic diversity tested by natural selection in a range of environments. To fully understand and exploit local ada…

Shallow Landslide Susceptibility Mapping by Random Forest Base Classifier and Its Ensembles in a Semi-Arid Region of Iran

Authors: Viet‐Ha Nhu, Ataollah Shirzadi, Himan Shahabi, Wei Chen, John J. Clague, Marten Geertsema et al.

Journal: Forests · DOI: 10.3390/f11040421 · Citations: 130

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

We generated high-quality shallow landslide susceptibility maps for Bijar County, Kurdistan Province, Iran, using Random Forest (RAF), an ensemble computational intelligence method and three meta classifiers—Bagging (BA, BA-RAF), Random Subspace (RS, RS-RAF), and Rotation Forest (RF, RF-RAF). Modeling and validation were done on 111 shallow landslide locations using 20 conditioning factors tested by the Information Gain Ratio (IGR) technique. We assessed model performance with statistically b…

Automatic Pixel-Level Crack Detection on Dam Surface Using Deep Convolutional Network

Authors: Chuncheng Feng, Zhang Hua, Haoran Wang, Shuang Wang, Yonglong Li

Journal: Sensors · DOI: 10.3390/s20072069 · Citations: 126

Matched topics: hydropower

Crack detection on dam surfaces is an important task for safe inspection of hydropower stations. More and more object detection methods based on deep learning are being applied to crack detection. However, most of the methods can only achieve the classification and rough location of cracks. Pixel-level crack detection can provide more intuitive and accurate detection results for dam health assessment. To realize pixel-level crack detection, a method of crack detection on dam surface (CDDS) us…

Authors: Ben Timmermans, Christine Gommenginger, Guillaume Dodet, Jean‐Raymond Bidlot

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2019gl086880 · Citations: 123

Matched topics: land surface model, climate change

Abstract Long‐term changes in ocean surface waves are relevant to society and climate research. Significant wave height climatologies and trends over 1992–2017 are intercompared in four recent high‐quality global datasets using a consistent methodology. For two products based on satellite altimetry, including one from the European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative for Sea State, regional differences in mean climatology are linked to low and high sea states. Trends from the altimetry prod…

Winter in water: differential responses and the maintenance of biodiversity

Authors: Bailey C. McMeans, Kevin S. McCann, Matthew M. Guzzo, Timothy Bartley, Carling Bieg, Paul J. Blanchfield et al.

Journal: Ecology Letters · DOI: 10.1111/ele.13504 · Citations: 117

Matched topics: seasonal, climate change

The ecological consequences of winter in freshwater systems are an understudied but rapidly emerging research area. Here, we argue that winter periods of reduced temperature and light (and potentially oxygen and resources) could play an underappreciated role in mediating the coexistence of species. This may be especially true for temperate and subarctic lakes, where seasonal changes in the thermal environment might fundamentally structure species interactions. With climate change already shor…

Assessment of soil erosion, sediment yield and basin specific controlling factors using RUSLE-SDR and PLSR approach in Konar river basin, India

Authors: Joy Rajbanshi, Sayan Bhattacharya

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124935 · Citations: 114

Matched topics: river, runoff

Abstract not available.

Groundwater quality for potable and irrigation uses and associated health risk in southern part of Gu’an County, North China Plain

Authors: Yahong Zhou, Peiyue Li, Meijing Chen, Zihan Dong, Changyu Lu

Journal: Environmental Geochemistry and Health · DOI: 10.1007/s10653-020-00553-y · Citations: 114

Matched topics: irrigation

Abstract not available.

Public policies for sustainability and water security: The case of Almeria (Spain)

Authors: José Luís Caparrós-Martínez, Nuria Rueda-Lópe, Juan Milán García, Jaime de Pablo Valenciano

Journal: Global Ecology and Conservation · DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01037 · Citations: 113

Matched topics: water management

Currently, there are 31,614 ha of greenhouses in the province of Almeria, being the largest concentration of this type of facilities in the world. In fact, this one is visible from space and is usually mistaken with a sea of plastics. This sector faces important challenges in terms of sustainability derived, on the one hand, from the new environmental demands of clients and markets and, on the other hand, from the fragility of some of the natural resources on which the model is based, especia…

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Nature 3
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Geophysical Research Letters 2
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Journal of Molecular Liquids 1
BMC Plant Biology 1
Trees 1
Journal of Experimental Botany 1
Global Environmental Change 1
Science Advances 1
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 1
Climate Dynamics 1
Climatic Change 1
Journal of Climate 1
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 1
International Journal of Climatology 1
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 1
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Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C 1
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Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans 1
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Journal of Forestry Research 1
Legume Science 1
Forests 1
Ecology Letters 1
Journal of Hydrology 1
Environmental Geochemistry and Health 1
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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

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