Weekly Literature Review

Week 49 · December 6–December 12, 2021

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 risk management in the Yangtze River basin —Comparison of 1998 and 2020 events
    2. Application of image processing and convolutional neural networks for flood image classification and semantic segmentation
    3. Assessing the dependence structure between oceanographic, fluvial, and pluvial flooding drivers along the United States coastline
    4. Flood Recovery Outcomes and Disaster Assistance Barriers for Vulnerable Populations
  3. Drought Analysis and Prediction
    1. Drought monitoring and prediction using SPI, SPEI, and random forest model in various climates of Iran
    2. Brazil is in water crisis — it needs a drought plan
    3. Soil moisture as an essential component for delineating and forecasting agricultural rather than meteorological drought
    4. Likelihood of unprecedented drought and fire weather during Australia’s 2019 megafires
    5. Rhizosphere microbiomes can regulate plant drought tolerance
    6. Strategies to deal with drought-stress in biological nitrogen fixation in soybean
    7. Various maize yield losses and their dynamics triggered by drought thresholds based on Copula-Bayesian conditional probabilities
    8. Exogenously applied Spd and Spm enhance drought tolerance in tea plants by increasing fatty acid desaturation and plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity
    9. CsGSTU8, a Glutathione S-Transferase From Camellia sinensis, Is Regulated by CsWRKY48 and Plays a Positive Role in Drought Tolerance
    10. Ridge-furrow plastic mulching and dense planting with reduced nitrogen improve soil hydrothermal conditions, rainfed soybean yield and economic return in a semi-humid drought-prone region of China
  4. Climate Change and Water Resources
    1. Ubiquity of human-induced changes in climate variability
    2. Politics of attributing extreme events and disasters to climate change
    3. CDLSTM: A Novel Model for Climate Change Forecasting
    4. Emotional pathways to climate change responses
    5. Impact of climate change on energy saving potentials of natural ventilation and ceiling fans in mixed-mode buildings
    6. Permafrost thaw driven changes in hydrology and vegetation cover increase trace gas emissions and climate forcing in Stordalen Mire from 1970 to 2014
    7. Thawing Yedoma permafrost is a neglected nitrous oxide source
    8. IPCC’s current conceptualization of ‘vulnerability’ needs more clarification for climate change vulnerability assessments
    9. Evaluation of Bias Correction Methods for Regional Climate Models: Downscaled Rainfall Analysis Over Diverse Agroclimatic Zones of India
  5. Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
    1. An attention-aware LSTM model for soil moisture and soil temperature prediction
    2. Stable isotopes in global lakes integrate catchment and climatic controls on evaporation
    3. Ecosystem Photosynthesis in Land‐Surface Models: A First‐Principles Approach Incorporating Acclimation
    4. Intercomparison of global terrestrial carbon fluxes estimated by MODIS and Earth system models
    5. Evaluating the large-scale hydrological cycle response within the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2 (PlioMIP2) ensemble
    6. HEPPA III Intercomparison Experiment on Electron Precipitation Impacts: 1. Estimated Ionization Rates During a Geomagnetic Active Period in April 2010
    7. Maintenance of high diversity in mechanistic forest dynamics models of competition for light
    8. Interaction effects of rainfall and soil factors on runoff, erosion, and their predictions in different geographic regions
  6. Water Management and Sustainability
    1. Multidimensional tropical forest recovery
    2. Nordic Seas Heat Loss, Atlantic Inflow, and Arctic Sea Ice Cover Over the Last Century
    3. Research on geological and surfacial processes and major disaster effects in the Yellow River Basin
    4. Recent progress in the application of Ni-based catalysts for the dry reforming of methane
    5. Recent Advances in Homogeneous/Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation for Potential Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) Systems
    6. Contrasting surface velocities between lake- and land-terminating glaciers in the Himalayan region
    7. Atmospheric rivers drive exceptional Saharan dust transport towards Europe
    8. Assessment and Attribution of Mangrove Forest Changes in the Indian Sundarbans from 2000 to 2020
    9. Can the central environmental protection inspection reduce transboundary pollution? Evidence from river water quality data in China
    10. Soil Water Retention as Affected by Management Induced Changes of Soil Organic Carbon: Analysis of Long-Term Experiments in Europe
    11. Effects of Long-Term Land Use and Land Cover Changes on Ecosystem Service Values: An Example from the Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia
    12. The dire straits of Paratethys: gateways to the anoxic giant of Eurasia
    13. Accumulation and human health risk assessment of nitrate in vegetables irrigated with different irrigation water sources- transfer evaluation of nitrate from soil to vegetables
    14. Superwettable hybrid dielectric based multimodal triboelectric nanogenerator with superior durability and efficiency for biomechanical energy and hydropower harvesting
    15. Bolstering fitness via CO2 fixation and organic carbon uptake: mixotrophs in modern groundwater
    16. Cost and Energy Metrics for Municipal Water Reuse
    17. Global soil organic carbon changes and economic revenues with biochar application
    18. Identification of critical watershed at risk of soil erosion using morphometric and geographic information system analysis
    19. Impacts and mechanisms of nanobubbles level in drip irrigation system on soil fertility, water use efficiency and crop production: The perspective of soil microbial community
  7. Statistics
    1. Papers by journal
  8. Filtering Criteria

Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment

This week features 4 papers advancing flood science, spanning susceptibility mapping, risk assessment, and hydrodynamic modeling. Notable contributions from Jia, Pally et al. The studies collectively advance both data-driven and physically-based approaches to flood prediction and management.

Flood risk management in the Yangtze River basin —Comparison of 1998 and 2020 events

Authors: Huicong Jia, Fang Chen, Donghua Pan, Enyu Du, Lei Wang, Ning Wang et al.

Journal: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction · DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102724 · Citations: 139

Matched topics: river, flood

China is a country that is significantly affected by and sensitive to global climate change. Floods are one of the major natural disasters in China, and they occur with high frequency and wide impact in the country, causing serious losses. Since the 1990s, they have become more frequent. China has made remarkable achievements in flood risk management, but the problems and challenges of this in the context of climate change and urbanization are still serious and require in-depth analysis and t…


Application of image processing and convolutional neural networks for flood image classification and semantic segmentation

Authors: R. Pally, S. Samadi

Journal: Environmental Modelling & Software · DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105285 · Citations: 117

Matched topics: flood

Abstract not available.


Assessing the dependence structure between oceanographic, fluvial, and pluvial flooding drivers along the United States coastline

Authors: Ahmed A. Nasr, Thomas Wahl, Md Mamunur Rashid, Paula Camus, Ivan D. Haigh

Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-25-6203-2021 · Citations: 77

Matched topics: runoff, flood

Abstract. Flooding is of particular concern in low-lying coastal zones that are prone to flooding impacts from multiple drivers, such as oceanographic (storm surge and wave), fluvial (excessive river discharge), and/or pluvial (surface runoff). In this study, we analyse, for the first time, the compound flooding potential along the contiguous United States (CONUS) coastline from all flooding drivers, using observations and reanalysis data sets. We assess the overall dependence from observatio…


Flood Recovery Outcomes and Disaster Assistance Barriers for Vulnerable Populations

Authors: Bradley Wilson, Eric Tate, Christopher T. Emrich

Journal: Frontiers in Water · DOI: 10.3389/frwa.2021.752307 · Citations: 69

Matched topics: flood

Disaster recovery spending for major flood events in the United States is at an all-time high. Yet research examining equity in disaster assistance increasingly shows that recovery funding underserves vulnerable populations. Based on a review of academic and grey literature, this article synthesizes empirical knowledge of population disparities in access to flood disaster assistance and outcomes during disaster recovery. The results identify renters, low-income households, and racial and ethn…


Drought Analysis and Prediction

Drought research this week encompasses 10 studies covering monitoring, prediction, and impact assessment. Key work by Lotfirad, Getirana et al. highlights advances in drought characterization across multiple spatial and temporal scales.

Drought monitoring and prediction using SPI, SPEI, and random forest model in various climates of Iran

Authors: Morteza Lotfirad, Hassan Esmaeili-Gisavandani, Arash Adib

Journal: Journal of Water and Climate Change · DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2021.287 · Citations: 142

Matched topics: hydrology, drought, earth system model

Abstract The aim of this study is to select the best model (combination of different lag times) for predicting the standardized precipitation index (SPI) and the standardized precipitation and evapotranspiration index (SPEI) in next time. Monthly precipitation and temperature data from 1960 to 2019 were used. In temperate climates, such as the north of Iran, the correlation coefficients of SPI and SPEI were 0.94, 0.95, and 0.81 at the time scales of 3, 12, and 48 months, respectively. Besides…


Brazil is in water crisis — it needs a drought plan

Authors: Augusto Getirana, Renata Libonati, Márcio Cataldi

Journal: Nature · DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-03625-w · Citations: 126

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.


Soil moisture as an essential component for delineating and forecasting agricultural rather than meteorological drought

Authors: Sumanta Chatterjee, Ankur R. Desai, Jun Zhu, Philip A. Townsend, Jingyi Huang

Journal: Remote Sensing of Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112833 · Citations: 101

Matched topics: drought, irrigation

Abstract not available.


Likelihood of unprecedented drought and fire weather during Australia’s 2019 megafires

Authors: Dougal T. Squire, Doug Richardson, James S. Risbey, Amanda S. Black, Vassili Kitsios, Richard J. Matear et al.

Journal: npj Climate and Atmospheric Science · DOI: 10.1038/s41612-021-00220-8 · Citations: 95

Matched topics: drought

Abstract Between June 2019 and March 2020, thousands of wildfires spread devastation across Australia at the tragic cost of many lives, vast areas of burnt forest, and estimated economic losses upward of AU$100 billion. Exceptionally hot and dry weather conditions, and preceding years of severe drought across Australia, contributed to the severity of the wildfires. Here we present analysis of a very large ensemble of initialized climate simulations to assess the likelihood of the concurrent d…


Rhizosphere microbiomes can regulate plant drought tolerance

Authors: Mehtab Muhammad Aslam, Eyalira Jacob Okal, Aisha Lawan Idris, Qian Zhang, Weifeng Xu, Joseph K. Karanja et al.

Journal: Pedosphere · DOI: 10.1016/s1002-0160(21)60061-9 · Citations: 79

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.


Strategies to deal with drought-stress in biological nitrogen fixation in soybean

Authors: Vanessa Fogaça de Freitas, Paula Cerezini, Mariangela Hungría, Marco Antônio Nogueira

Journal: Applied Soil Ecology · DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.104352 · Citations: 71

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.


Various maize yield losses and their dynamics triggered by drought thresholds based on Copula-Bayesian conditional probabilities

Authors: Pei Li, Qiang Huang, Shengzhi Huang, Guoyong Leng, Jian Peng, Hao Wang et al.

Journal: Agricultural Water Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107391 · Citations: 61

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.


Exogenously applied Spd and Spm enhance drought tolerance in tea plants by increasing fatty acid desaturation and plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity

Authors: Na Chang, Ziwen Zhou, Yeyun Li, Zhang Xianchen

Journal: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry · DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.12.008 · Citations: 55

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.


CsGSTU8, a Glutathione S-Transferase From Camellia sinensis, Is Regulated by CsWRKY48 and Plays a Positive Role in Drought Tolerance

Authors: Yongheng Zhang, Jingyuan He, Yezi Xiao, Yingao Zhang, Yingqin Liu, Siqing Wan et al.

Journal: Frontiers in Plant Science · DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.795919 · Citations: 53

Matched topics: drought

and activates its expression. Taken together, our results provide additional knowledge of drought stress responses in tea plant.


Ridge-furrow plastic mulching and dense planting with reduced nitrogen improve soil hydrothermal conditions, rainfed soybean yield and economic return in a semi-humid drought-prone region of China

Authors: Zhenqi Liao, Kaibao Zhang, Junliang Fan, Zhijun Li, Fucang Zhang, Xiukang Wang et al.

Journal: Soil and Tillage Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2021.105291 · Citations: 49

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.


Climate Change and Water Resources

Climate-water interactions are explored in 9 papers this week, addressing impacts on the cryosphere, water cycle components, and regional water resources under changing conditions.

Ubiquity of human-induced changes in climate variability

Authors: Keith B. Rodgers, Sun‐Seon Lee, Nan Rosenbloom, Axel Timmermann, Gökhan Danabasoglu, Clara Deser et al.

Journal: Earth System Dynamics · DOI: 10.5194/esd-12-1393-2021 · Citations: 438

Matched topics: climate change, earth system model

Abstract. While climate change mitigation targets necessarily concern maximum mean state changes, understanding impacts and developing adaptation strategies will be largely contingent on how climate variability responds to increasing anthropogenic perturbations. Thus far Earth system modeling efforts have primarily focused on projected mean state changes and the sensitivity of specific modes of climate variability, such as the El Niño–Southern Oscillation. However, our knowledge of forced cha…


Politics of attributing extreme events and disasters to climate change

Authors: Myanna Lahsen, Jesse Ribot

Journal: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change · DOI: 10.1002/wcc.750 · Citations: 133

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract Climate change certainly shapes weather events. However, describing climate and weather as the cause of disasters can be misleading, since disasters are caused by pre‐existing fragilities and inequalities on the ground. Analytic frames that attribute disaster to climate can divert attention from these place‐based vulnerabilities and their socio‐political causes. Thus, while politicians may want to blame crises on climate change, members of the public may prefer to hold government acc…


CDLSTM: A Novel Model for Climate Change Forecasting

Authors: Mohd Anul Haq

Journal: Computers, materials & continua/Computers, materials & continua (Print) · DOI: 10.32604/cmc.2022.023059 · Citations: 119

Matched topics: hydrologic model, water management, climate change

Water received in rainfall is a crucial natural resource for agriculture, the hydrological cycle, and municipal purposes. The changing rainfall pattern is an essential aspect of assessing the impact of climate change on water resources planning and management. Climate change affected the entire world, specifically India’s fragile Himalayan mountain region, which has high significance due to being a climatic indicator. The water coming from Himalayan rivers is essential for 1.4 billion people …


Emotional pathways to climate change responses

Authors: Debra J. Davidson, Maik Kecinski

Journal: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change · DOI: 10.1002/wcc.751 · Citations: 100

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract The first trigger to any form of personal and collective change begins with emotions. They influence whether and how our attention is drawn to stimuli, how we reflect upon those stimuli, and how we choose courses of action. Emotions are thus at the center of social responses to climate change. We offer a selective, interdisciplinary review of emotions research to inform the development of a hypothetical emotion–cognition model of climate change response, followed by exploration of th…


Impact of climate change on energy saving potentials of natural ventilation and ceiling fans in mixed-mode buildings

Authors: Keivan Bamdad, Soha Matour, Nima Izadyar, Sara Omrani

Journal: Building and Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108662 · Citations: 87

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Permafrost thaw driven changes in hydrology and vegetation cover increase trace gas emissions and climate forcing in Stordalen Mire from 1970 to 2014

Authors: R. Varner, P. Crill, S. Frolking, C. McCalley, S. Burke, J. Chanton et al.

Journal: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A · DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2021.0022 · Citations: 81

Matched topics: hydrology

Permafrost thaw increases active layer thickness, changes landscape hydrology and influences vegetation species composition. These changes alter belowground microbial and geochemical processes, affecting production, consumption and net emission rates of climate forcing trace gases. Net carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) fluxes determine the radiative forcing contribution from these climate-sensitive ecosystems. Permafrost peatlands may be a mosaic of dry frozen hummocks, semi-thawed or pe…


Thawing Yedoma permafrost is a neglected nitrous oxide source

Authors: Maija E. Marushchak, Johanna Kerttula, Kateřina Diáková, Alexey Faguet, Jenie Gil, Guido Grosse et al.

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27386-2 · Citations: 78

Matched topics: earth system model

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IPCC’s current conceptualization of ‘vulnerability’ needs more clarification for climate change vulnerability assessments

Authors: Asif Ishtiaque, Ronald C. Estoque, Hallie Eakin, P. S. Jagadish, Yasin Wahid Rabby

Journal: Journal of Environmental Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114246 · Citations: 73

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Evaluation of Bias Correction Methods for Regional Climate Models: Downscaled Rainfall Analysis Over Diverse Agroclimatic Zones of India

Authors: Rohit Kumar Jaiswal, R. K. Mall, Nidhi Singh, T. V. Lakshmi Kumar, Dev Niyogi

Journal: Earth and Space Science · DOI: 10.1029/2021ea001981 · Citations: 56

Matched topics: hydrology, earth system model

Abstract Regional climate models (RCMs) are routinely applied for regional climate assessments. The RCM simulated rainfall typically overpredict the light rain/drizzle events. To correct the typical errors noted in RCM rainfall simulations, in this study, three bias‐correction methods: linear scaling (SCL), local intensity scaling (LOCI), and empirical quantile mapping (EQM), have been employed. These methods are used to correct monsoon rainfall simulations from 7 RCMs across 14 agroclimatic …


Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration

Hydrologic model development and evaluation features 8 papers covering precipitation estimation, model calibration, rainfall-runoff processes, and large-scale simulation advances.

An attention-aware LSTM model for soil moisture and soil temperature prediction

Authors: Qingliang Li, Yuheng Zhu, Wei Shangguan, Xuezhi Wang, Li Lü, Fanhua Yu

Journal: Geoderma · DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115651 · Citations: 186

Matched topics: land surface model, earth system model

Accurate prediction of soil moisture (SM) and soil temperature (ST) plays an important role in Earth system science, helping to forecast and understand ecosystem changes. They present great challenges because land-atmospheric interactions are complex and diverse in space and time. Although deep learning methods have excellent performance for land surface variables’ prediction such as SM and ST, they are often questioned due to their over-parameterized black-box nature and neglect of physical …


Stable isotopes in global lakes integrate catchment and climatic controls on evaporation

Authors: Yuliya Vystavna, Astrid Harjung, Lucilena Rebêlo Monteiro, Ioannis Matiatos, Leonard I. Wassenaar

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27569-x · Citations: 126

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

Abstract Global warming is considered a major threat to Earth’s lakes water budgets and quality. However, flow regulation, over-exploitation, lack of hydrological data, and disparate evaluation methods hamper comparative global estimates of lake vulnerability to evaporation. We have analyzed the stable isotope composition of 1257 global lakes and we find that most lakes depend on precipitation and groundwater recharge subsequently altered by catchment and lake evaporation processes. Isotope m…


Ecosystem Photosynthesis in Land‐Surface Models: A First‐Principles Approach Incorporating Acclimation

Authors: Giulia Mengoli, Anna Agustí‐Panareda, Souhail Boussetta, Sandy P. Harrison, Carlo Trotta, I. Colin Prentice

Journal: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems · DOI: 10.1029/2021ms002767 · Citations: 59

Matched topics: land surface model, earth system model

Abstract Vegetation regulates land‐atmosphere, water, and energy exchanges and is an essential component of land‐surface models (LSMs). However, LSMs have been handicapped by assumptions that equate acclimated photosynthetic responses to the environment with the fast responses observable in the laboratory. The effects of acclimation can be taken into account by including PFT‐specific values of photosynthetic parameters, but at the cost of increasing parameter requirements. Here, we develop an…


Intercomparison of global terrestrial carbon fluxes estimated by MODIS and Earth system models

Authors: Qiwen Hu, Tingting Li, Xi Deng, Tongwen Wu, Panmao Zhai, Danqing Huang et al.

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152231 · Citations: 58

Matched topics: land surface model, earth system model

Abstract not available.


Evaluating the large-scale hydrological cycle response within the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2 (PlioMIP2) ensemble

Authors: Zixuan Han, Qiong Zhang, Qiang Li, Ran Feng, Alan M. Haywood, Julia C. Tindall et al.

Journal: Climate of the past · DOI: 10.5194/cp-17-2537-2021 · Citations: 57

Matched topics: hydrologic model

Abstract. The mid-Pliocene (∼3 Ma) is one of the most recent warm periods with high CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere and resulting high temperatures, and it is often cited as an analog for near-term future climate change. Here, we apply a moisture budget analysis to investigate the response of the large-scale hydrological cycle at low latitudes within a 13-model ensemble from the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2 (PlioMIP2). The results show that increased atmospheric moistur…


HEPPA III Intercomparison Experiment on Electron Precipitation Impacts: 1. Estimated Ionization Rates During a Geomagnetic Active Period in April 2010

Authors: Hilde Nesse Tyssøy, Miriam Sinnhuber, Timo Asikainen, Stefan Bender, Mark A. Clilverd, Bernd Funke et al.

Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics · DOI: 10.1029/2021ja029128 · Citations: 55

Matched topics: earth system model

Abstract Precipitating auroral and radiation belt electrons are considered an important part of the natural forcing of the climate system. Recent studies suggest that this forcing is underestimated in current chemistry‐climate models. The High Energy Particle Precipitation in the Atmosphere III intercomparison experiment is a collective effort to address this point. Here, eight different estimates of medium energy electron (MEE) ionization rates are assessed during a geomagnetic active period…


Maintenance of high diversity in mechanistic forest dynamics models of competition for light

Authors: Matteo Detto, Jonathan M. Levine, Stephen W. Pacala

Journal: Ecological Monographs · DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1500 · Citations: 52

Matched topics: earth system model

Abstract Although early theoretical work suggests that competition for light erodes successional diversity in forests, verbal models and recent numerical work with complex mechanistic forest simulators suggest that disturbance in such systems can maintain successional diversity. Nonetheless, if and how allocation trade‐offs between competitors interact with disturbance to maintain high diversity in successional systems remains poorly understood. Here, using mechanistic and analytically tracta…


Interaction effects of rainfall and soil factors on runoff, erosion, and their predictions in different geographic regions

Authors: Qihua Ke, Keli Zhang

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127291 · Citations: 50

Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff

Abstract not available.


Water Management and Sustainability

Water management research spans 19 papers addressing topics from irrigation optimization and reservoir operations to water resource assessment and sustainability frameworks.

Multidimensional tropical forest recovery

Authors: Lourens Poorter, Dylan Craven, Catarina C. Jakovac, Masha T. van der Sande, Lucy Amissah, Frans Bongers et al.

Journal: Science · DOI: 10.1126/science.abh3629 · Citations: 433

Matched topics: earth system model

Tropical forests disappear rapidly because of deforestation, yet they have the potential to regrow naturally on abandoned lands. We analyze how 12 forest attributes recover during secondary succession and how their recovery is interrelated using 77 sites across the tropics. Tropical forests are highly resilient to low-intensity land use; after 20 years, forest attributes attain 78% (33 to 100%) of their old-growth values. Recovery to 90% of old-growth values is fastest for soil (12 decades). …


Nordic Seas Heat Loss, Atlantic Inflow, and Arctic Sea Ice Cover Over the Last Century

Authors: Lars H. Smedsrud, Morven Muilwijk, Ailin Brakstad, Erica Madonna, Siv K. Lauvset, Clemens Spensberger et al.

Journal: Reviews of Geophysics · DOI: 10.1029/2020rg000725 · Citations: 122

Matched topics: earth system model

Abstract Poleward ocean heat transport is a key process in the earth system. We detail and review the northward Atlantic Water (AW) flow, Arctic Ocean heat transport, and heat loss to the atmosphere since 1900 in relation to sea ice cover. Our synthesis is largely based on a sea ice‐ocean model forced by a reanalysis atmosphere (1900–2018) corroborated by a comprehensive hydrographic database (1950–), AW inflow observations (1996–), and other long‐term time series of sea ice extent (1900–), g…


Research on geological and surfacial processes and major disaster effects in the Yellow River Basin

Authors: Hengxing Lan, Jianbing Peng, Yanbo Zhu, Langping Li, Baotian Pan, Qiangbing Huang et al.

Journal: Science China Earth Sciences · DOI: 10.1007/s11430-021-9830-8 · Citations: 109

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

Abstract not available.


Recent progress in the application of Ni-based catalysts for the dry reforming of methane

Authors: J.J. Torrez-Herrera, S.A. Korili, A. Gil

Journal: Catalysis Reviews · DOI: 10.1080/01614940.2021.2006891 · Citations: 95

Matched topics: earth system model

Ni-based catalysts are highly efficient in methane-reforming processes. In the particular case of methane reforming in the presence of carbon dioxide, or dry reforming of methane (DRM), it is necessary to modify and control the initial properties of the catalyst to confer on it resistance to carbon deposition in particular, and to sintering of the Ni metal particles. In this regard, catalytic supports and promoters of different natures have been proposed. Likewise, the addition of small amoun…


Recent Advances in Homogeneous/Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation for Potential Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) Systems

Authors: Jun-Young Cho, Hahyeon Kim, Jeong‐Eun Oh, Boyoung Y. Park

Journal: Catalysts · DOI: 10.3390/catal11121497 · Citations: 93

Matched topics: earth system model

Here, we review liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs) as a potential solution to the global warming problem due to the increased use of fossil fuels. Recently, hydrogen molecules have attracted attention as a sustainable energy carrier from renewable energy-rich regions to energy-deficient regions. The LOHC system is one a particularly promising hydrogen storage system in the “hydrogen economy”, and efficient hydrogen mass production that generates only benign byproducts can be applied in …


Contrasting surface velocities between lake- and land-terminating glaciers in the Himalayan region

Authors: Jan Bouke Pronk, Tobias Bolch, Owen King, Bert Wouters, Douglas I. Benn

Journal: ˜The œcryosphere · DOI: 10.5194/tc-15-5577-2021 · Citations: 80

Matched topics: land surface model

Abstract. Meltwater from Himalayan glaciers sustains the flow of rivers such as the Ganges and Brahmaputra on which over half a billion people depend for day-to-day needs. Upstream areas are likely to be affected substantially by climate change, and changes in the magnitude and timing of meltwater supply are expected to occur in coming decades. About 10 % of the Himalayan glacier population terminates into proglacial lakes, and such lake-terminating glaciers are known to exhibit higher-than-a…


Atmospheric rivers drive exceptional Saharan dust transport towards Europe

Authors: Diana Francis, Ricardo Fonseca, Narendra Nelli, Deniz Bozkurt, Ghislain Picard, Bin Guan

Journal: Atmospheric Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105959 · Citations: 78

Matched topics: river

This study highlights the occurrence of atmospheric rivers (ARs) over northwest Africa towards Europe, which were accompanied by intense episodes of Saharan dust transport all the way to Scandinavia, in the winter season. Using a combination of observational and reanalysis data, we investigate two extreme dusty AR events in February 2021 and assess their impact on snow melt in the Alps. The warm, moist, and dusty air mass (spatially-averaged 2-meter temperature and water vapour mixing ratio a…


Assessment and Attribution of Mangrove Forest Changes in the Indian Sundarbans from 2000 to 2020

Authors: Sourav Samanta, Sugata Hazra, Partho Protim Mondal, Abhra Chanda, Sandip Giri, Jon French et al.

Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs13244957 · Citations: 77

Matched topics: hydrology

The Indian Sundarbans, together with Bangladesh, comprise the largest mangrove forest in the world. Reclamation of the mangroves in this region ceased in the 1930s. However, they are still subject to adverse environmental influences, such as sediment starvation due to migration of the main river channels in the Ganges–Brahmaputra delta over the last few centuries, cyclone landfall, wave action from the Bay of Bengal—changing hydrology due to upstream water diversion—and the pervasive effects …


Can the central environmental protection inspection reduce transboundary pollution? Evidence from river water quality data in China

Authors: Juan Lu

Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production · DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.130030 · Citations: 74

Matched topics: river

Abstract not available.


Soil Water Retention as Affected by Management Induced Changes of Soil Organic Carbon: Analysis of Long-Term Experiments in Europe

Authors: Ioanna Panagea, Antonio Berti, Pavel Čermák, Jan Diels, Annemie Elsen, Helena Kusá et al.

Journal: Land · DOI: 10.3390/land10121362 · Citations: 70

Matched topics: hydrology, water management, earth system model

Soil water retention (SWR) is an important soil property related to soil structure, texture, and organic matter (SOM), among other properties. Agricultural management practices affect some of these properties in an interdependent way. In this study, the impact of management-induced changes of soil organic carbon (SOC) on SWR is evaluated in five long-term experiments in Europe (running from 8 up to 54 years when samples were taken). Topsoil samples (0–15 cm) were collected and analysed to eva…


Effects of Long-Term Land Use and Land Cover Changes on Ecosystem Service Values: An Example from the Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia

Authors: Wolde Mekuria, Merga Diyasa, Anna Tengberg, Amare Haileslassie

Journal: Land · DOI: 10.3390/land10121373 · Citations: 60

Matched topics: earth system model

Changes in land use and land cover (LULC) are the leading contributors to the decline and loss of ecosystem services in the world. The present study covered the Central Rift Valley lakes basin in Ethiopia, focusing on the valley floor and the East and West escarpments, to analyze changes in LULC and to estimate associated losses in ecosystem service values (ESVs). Covering both upstream and downstream areas in the basin, the study addressed major gaps in existing studies by connecting the sou…


The dire straits of Paratethys: gateways to the anoxic giant of Eurasia

Authors: Dan V. Palcu, Wout Krijgsman

Journal: Geological Society London Special Publications · DOI: 10.1144/sp523-2021-73 · Citations: 58

Matched topics: hydrology

Abstract A complex interplay of palaeoclimatic, eustatic and tectonic processes led to fragmentation and dissipation of the vast Tethys Ocean in Eocene–Oligocene times. The resulting Paratethys Sea occupied the northern Tethys region on Eurasia, grouping water masses of various sub-basins, separated from each other and from the open ocean through narrow and shallow gateways and land bridges. Changes in marine gateway configuration and internal connectivity affected regional hydrology, shiftin…


Accumulation and human health risk assessment of nitrate in vegetables irrigated with different irrigation water sources- transfer evaluation of nitrate from soil to vegetables

Authors: Amir Kiani, Kiomars Sharafi, Abdullah Khalid Omer, Behzad Karami Matin, Reza Davoodi, Borhan Mansouri et al.

Journal: Environmental Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112527 · Citations: 58

Matched topics: irrigation

Abstract not available.


Superwettable hybrid dielectric based multimodal triboelectric nanogenerator with superior durability and efficiency for biomechanical energy and hydropower harvesting

Authors: Jiaxin Wang, Lili Ma, Jinmei He, Yali Yao, Xuedan Zhu, Lei Peng et al.

Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal · DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.134002 · Citations: 57

Matched topics: hydropower

Abstract not available.


Bolstering fitness via CO2 fixation and organic carbon uptake: mixotrophs in modern groundwater

Authors: Martin Taubert, Will A. Overholt, Beatrix M. Heinze, Georgette Azemtsop Matanfack, Rola Houhou, Nico Jehmlich et al.

Journal: The ISME Journal · DOI: 10.1038/s41396-021-01163-x · Citations: 57

Matched topics: earth system model

fixation and uptake of available organic compounds. These different strategies might provide fitness under nutrient-limited conditions, explaining the great abundances of mixotrophs in other oligotrophic habitats, such as the upper ocean and boreal lakes.


Cost and Energy Metrics for Municipal Water Reuse

Authors: Daniel E. Giammar, David Greene, Anushka Mishrra, Nalini Rao, Joshua Sperling, Michael Talmadge et al.

Journal: ACS ES&T Engineering · DOI: 10.1021/acsestengg.1c00351 · Citations: 56

Matched topics: water management

Municipal water reuse can contribute to a circular water economy in different contexts and with various treatment trains. This study synthesized information regarding the current technological and regulatory statuses of municipal reuse. It provides process-level information on cost and energy metrics for three potable reuse and one nonpotable reuse case studies using the new Water Techno-economic Assessment Pipe-Parity Platform (WaterTAP3). WaterTAP3 enabled comparisons of cost and energy met…


Global soil organic carbon changes and economic revenues with biochar application

Authors: Mengjie Han, Qing Zhao, Wei Li, Philippe Ciais, Ying‐Ping Wang, Daniel S. Goll et al.

Journal: GCB Bioenergy · DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12915 · Citations: 56

Matched topics: earth system model

Abstract Biochar has been proposed as a promising negative CO 2 emission technology to mitigate future climate change with the additional benefit of increasing agricultural production. However, the spatial responses of soil organic carbon (SOC) to biochar addition in cropland are still uncertain, and the economic feasibility of large‐scale biochar implementation remains unclear. Here, we analyzed the response of SOC to biochar addition using 389 paired field measurements. The results show tha…


Identification of critical watershed at risk of soil erosion using morphometric and geographic information system analysis

Authors: Brahim Benzougagh, Sarita Gajbhiye Meshram, Abdallah Dridri, Larbi Boudad, Brahim Baamar, Driss Sadkaoui et al.

Journal: Applied Water Science · DOI: 10.1007/s13201-021-01532-z · Citations: 55

Matched topics: hydrology, earth system model

Abstract Morphometric analysis is a pertinent scientific approach in any hydrological analysis, and it is necessary in the progress and management of drainage basin. Identification of areas at risk of erosion, and the prioritization of 48 sub-watersheds of Inaouene basin, was done by using linear, relief and areal aspects of watershed. The research carried out the use of geographic information system spatial data. The linear aspects include stream number, stream sequence, stream length, and b…


Impacts and mechanisms of nanobubbles level in drip irrigation system on soil fertility, water use efficiency and crop production: The perspective of soil microbial community

Authors: Yunpeng Zhou, Felipe Bastida, Yanzheng Liu, Jing He, Weijie Chen, Xiaoyao Wang et al.

Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production · DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.130050 · Citations: 51

Matched topics: irrigation

Abstract not available.


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Databases searched 2
Topics searched 16
Total papers fetched 854
After deduplication 613
After LLM relevance filtering 50
Rejected (not relevant) 563

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Journal Papers
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change 2
Nature Communications 2
Journal of Cleaner Production 2
Land 2
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 1
Environmental Modelling & Software 1
Hydrology and earth system sciences 1
Frontiers in Water 1
Journal of Water and Climate Change 1
Nature 1
Remote Sensing of Environment 1
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 1
Pedosphere 1
Applied Soil Ecology 1
Agricultural Water Management 1
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 1
Frontiers in Plant Science 1
Soil and Tillage Research 1
Earth System Dynamics 1
Computers, materials & continua/Computers, materials & continua (Print) 1
Building and Environment 1
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 1
Journal of Environmental Management 1
Earth and Space Science 1
Geoderma 1
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 1
The Science of The Total Environment 1
Climate of the past 1
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics 1
Ecological Monographs 1
Journal of Hydrology 1
Science 1
Reviews of Geophysics 1
Science China Earth Sciences 1
Catalysis Reviews 1
Catalysts 1
˜The œcryosphere 1
Atmospheric Research 1
Remote Sensing 1
Geological Society London Special Publications 1
Environmental Research 1
Chemical Engineering Journal 1
The ISME Journal 1
ACS ES&T Engineering 1
GCB Bioenergy 1
Applied Water Science 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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