Weekly Literature Review

Week 40 · October 4–October 10, 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. Vulnerability patterns of road network to extreme floods based on accessibility measures
    2. The Role of Intensifying Precipitation on Coastal River Flooding and Compound River‐Storm Surge Events, Northeast Gulf of Mexico
    3. Influence of urban forms on long-duration urban flooding: Laboratory experiments and computational analysis
  3. Drought Analysis and Prediction
    1. Drought reduces water uptake in beech from the drying topsoil, but no compensatory uptake occurs from deeper soil layers
    2. Investigation about the correlation and propagation among meteorological, agricultural and groundwater droughts over humid and arid/semi-arid basins in China
    3. Analysing the relationship between drought and soil erosion using vegetation health index and RUSLE models in Godavari middle sub-basin, India
    4. Sequential droughts: A silent trigger of boreal forest mortality
    5. Physiological and transcriptomic analyses of the effects of exogenous melatonin on drought tolerance in maize (Zea mays L.)
    6. Trends and variability of drought in the extended part of Chhota Nagpur plateau (Singbhum Protocontinent), India applying SPI and SPEI indices
    7. GhWRKY1-like, a WRKY transcription factor, mediates drought tolerance in Arabidopsis via modulating ABA biosynthesis
    8. Genome-wide identification and comprehensive analysis of the NAC transcription factor family in sunflower during salt and drought stress
    9. Communicating water availability to improve awareness and implementation of water conservation: A study of the 2018 and 2020 drought events in the Republic of Ireland
    10. The sweetpotato β-amylase gene IbBAM1.1 enhances drought and salt stress resistance by regulating ROS homeostasis and osmotic balance
  4. Climate Change and Water Resources
    1. Increasing heat and rainfall extremes now far outside the historical climate
    2. Climate change literacy in Africa
    3. Evaluating people’s awareness about climate changes and environmental issues: A case study
    4. Response of global land evapotranspiration to climate change, elevated CO2, and land use change
    5. Globally important plant functional traits for coping with climate change
    6. Climate change facilitated the early colonization of the Azores Archipelago during medieval times
    7. Robust Evaluation of ENSO in Climate Models: How Many Ensemble Members Are Needed?
    8. “No‐regrets” pathways for navigating climate change: planning for connectivity with land use, topography, and climate
    9. Biological invasions and climate change amplify each other’s effects on dryland degradation
    10. The role of agriculture in poverty escapes in Kenya – Developing a capabilities approach in the context of climate change
    11. Climate change in rural Pakistan: evidence and experiences from a people-centered perspective
    12. The divergence between potential and actual evapotranspiration: An insight from climate, water, and vegetation change
    13. Non-linear physiological responses to climate change: the case of Ceratitis capitata distribution and abundance in Europe
    14. Linking global to regional climate change
    15. On the contribution of global aviation to the CO2 radiative forcing of climate
  5. Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
    1. The role of Mg2+ in inhibiting CaCO3 precipitation from seawater
    2. An Ensemble Hybrid Forecasting Model for Annual Runoff Based on Sample Entropy, Secondary Decomposition, and Long Short-Term Memory Neural Network
    3. Application of Random Forest Algorithm for Merging Multiple Satellite Precipitation Products across South Korea
    4. Molecular dynamic simulation of the impact of thermal maturity and reservoir temperature on the contact angle and wettability of kerogen
    5. Fuzzy Stress-based Modeling for Probabilistic Irrigation Planning Using Copula-NSPSO
  6. Water Management and Sustainability
    1. Spatiotemporal origin of soil water taken up by vegetation
    2. Irrigation Induced Salinity and Sodicity Hazards on Soil and Groundwater: An Overview of Its Causes, Impacts and Mitigation Strategies
    3. Drivers of soil erosion and subsurface loss by soil leakage during karst rocky desertification in SW China
    4. An outsized role for the Labrador Sea in the multidecadal variability of the Atlantic overturning circulation
    5. The CORDEX-CORE EXP-I Initiative: Description and Highlight Results from the Initial Analysis
    6. Biochar-pyrite bi-layer bioretention system for dissolved nutrient treatment and by-product generation control under various stormwater conditions
    7. Study on the relationship among the urbanization process, ecosystem services and human well-being in an arid region in the context of carbon flow: Taking the Manas river basin as an example
    8. Water management in Pakistan’s Indus Basin: challenges and opportunities
    9. Development of a fine-resolution snow depth product based on the snow cover probability for the Tibetan Plateau: Validation and spatial–temporal analyses
    10. Opportunities and Challenges for Industrial Water Treatment and Reuse
    11. Depopulation impacts on ecosystem services in Mediterranean rural areas
    12. Synthesis of bio-based MIL-100(Fe)@CNF-SA composite hydrogel and its application in slow-release N-fertilizer
    13. Hydropower exploitation for Pakistan’s sustainable development: A SWOT analysis considering current situation, challenges, and prospects
    14. ENSO diversity shows robust decadal variations that must be captured for accurate future projections
    15. Natural and anthropogenic drivers of the lost groundwater from the Ganga River basin
    16. Assessment and Error Analysis of Satellite Soil Moisture Products Over the Third Pole
    17. Anthropogenic landcover impacts fluvial dissolved organic matter composition in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
  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 Papilloud, Dykstra et al. The studies collectively advance both data-driven and physically-based approaches to flood prediction and management.

Vulnerability patterns of road network to extreme floods based on accessibility measures

Authors: Tsolmongerel Papilloud, Margreth Keiler

Journal: Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2021.103045 · Citations: 80

Matched topics: flood

Accessibility is a key measure of the vulnerability of road networks to disruptions such as floods. However, studies comparing the contribution of parameters to the accuracy of accessibility-based vulnerability assessment are lacking. We propose modifying two accessibility measures to include flood-affected populations, opportunities, and average shortest travel time. We also applied three methods including the divergent ranking method to identify the direct impact of extreme floods on road n…


The Role of Intensifying Precipitation on Coastal River Flooding and Compound River‐Storm Surge Events, Northeast Gulf of Mexico

Authors: Steven L. Dykstra, Brian Dzwonkowski

Journal: Water Resources Research · DOI: 10.1029/2020wr029363 · Citations: 64

Matched topics: river, flood

Destructive coastal floods are commonly increasing in frequency and may be caused by global precipitation intensification. Such connections through climate, watershed, and river processes are poorly understood because of complex interactions in transitional fluvial-marine environments where flooding is caused by rivers, marine storm surge, or both in compound events. To better understand river floods along the fluvial-marine transition, we study watersheds of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico u…


Influence of urban forms on long-duration urban flooding: Laboratory experiments and computational analysis

Authors: Xuefang Li, Sébastien Erpicum, Emmanuel Mignot, Pierre Archambeau, Michel Pirotton, Benjamin Dewals

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127034 · Citations: 53

Matched topics: flood

Abstract not available.


Drought Analysis and Prediction

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

Drought reduces water uptake in beech from the drying topsoil, but no compensatory uptake occurs from deeper soil layers

Authors: Arthur Geßler, Lukas Bächli, Elham Rouholahnejad Freund, Kerstin Treydte, Marcus Schaub, Matthias Haeni et al.

Journal: New Phytologist · DOI: 10.1111/nph.17767 · Citations: 183

Matched topics: hydrology, drought

The intensity and frequency of droughts events are projected to increase in future with expected adverse effects for forests. Thus, information on the dynamics of tree water uptake from different soil layers during and after drought is crucial. We applied an in situ water isotopologue monitoring system to determine the oxygen isotope composition in soil and xylem water of European beech with a 2-h resolution together with measurements of soil water content, transpiration and tree water defici…


Investigation about the correlation and propagation among meteorological, agricultural and groundwater droughts over humid and arid/semi-arid basins in China

Authors: Hao Zhang, Jie Ding, Yushi Wang, Dongyang Zhou, Qian Zhu

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127007 · Citations: 143

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.


Analysing the relationship between drought and soil erosion using vegetation health index and RUSLE models in Godavari middle sub-basin, India

Authors: Md Masroor, Haroon Sajjad, Sufia Rehman, Roshani Singh, Md Hibjur Rahaman, Mehebub Sahana et al.

Journal: Geoscience Frontiers · DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2021.101312 · Citations: 120

Matched topics: drought

Drought is a natural phenomenon posing severe implications for soil, groundwater and agricultural yield. It has been recognized as one of the most pervasive global change drivers to affect the soil. Soil being a weakly renewable resource takes a long time to form, but it takes no time to degrade. However, the response of soil to drought conditions as soil loss is not manifested in the existing literature. Thus, this study makes a concerted effort to analyze the relationship between drought co…


Sequential droughts: A silent trigger of boreal forest mortality

Authors: Martina Sánchez‐Pinillos, Loïc D’Orangeville, Yan Boulanger, Philip G. Comeau, Jiejie Wang, Anthony R. Taylor et al.

Journal: Global Change Biology · DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15913 · Citations: 85

Matched topics: drought

Despite great concern for drought-driven forest mortality, the effects of frequent low-intensity droughts have been largely overlooked in the boreal forest because of their negligible impacts over the short term. In this study, we used data from 6876 permanent plots distributed across most of the Canadian boreal zone to assess the effects of repeated low-intensity droughts on forest mortality. Specifically, we compared the relative impact of sequential years under low-intensity dry conditions…


Physiological and transcriptomic analyses of the effects of exogenous melatonin on drought tolerance in maize (Zea mays L.)

Authors: Chengfeng Zhao, Mei Yang, Xi Wu, Yifan Wang, Renhe Zhang

Journal: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry · DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.09.044 · Citations: 76

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.


Authors: Biswajit Bera, Pravat Kumar Shit, Nairita Sengupta, Soumik Saha, Sumana Bhattacharjee

Journal: Environmental Challenges · DOI: 10.1016/j.envc.2021.100310 · Citations: 69

Matched topics: water management, drought

Drought is a hydrological extreme and it brings negative consequences over environment, society and livelihood. Globally, drought frequency and magnitude is being amplified due to natural as well as anthropogenic causes. This scientific research attempts to examine the drought severity, trend and consequences applying the SPI and SPEI indices in the extended part of Chhota Nagpur Plateau (India) considering last 25 years period along with 3, 6, 9, and 12 months time scale. Mann-Kendall test a…


GhWRKY1-like, a WRKY transcription factor, mediates drought tolerance in Arabidopsis via modulating ABA biosynthesis

Authors: Qin Hu, Chuanwei Ao, Xiaorui Wang, Yanfei Wu, Xuezhu Du

Journal: BMC Plant Biology · DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-03238-5 · Citations: 69

Matched topics: drought

BACKGROUND: Drought stress has great negative effects on the plant growth and development. The tolerance of plants to such abiotic stress is triggered by complicated and multilayered signaling pathways to restore cellular homeostasis and to promote survival. The WRKY family is one of the largest transcription factor families in higher plants, and has been well recognized for the roles in regulating plants tolerance to abiotic and biotic stress. However, little is known about how the WRKY gene…


Genome-wide identification and comprehensive analysis of the NAC transcription factor family in sunflower during salt and drought stress

Authors: Wenhui Li, Youling Zeng, Fangliu Yin, Ran Wei, Xiaofei Mao

Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98107-4 · Citations: 54

Matched topics: drought

The NAC (NAM, ATAF1/2, and CUC2), is a large family of plant-specific transcription factors (TFs) that exert crucial regulatory roles in various physiological processes and abiotic stresses. There is scanty information on the role of the NAC family in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). In this study, we conducted a genome-wide survey and expression analysis of the NAC family in sunflower. A total of 150 HaNACs were identified in sunflower. Phylogenetic analysis to compare HaNACs with Arabidops…


Communicating water availability to improve awareness and implementation of water conservation: A study of the 2018 and 2020 drought events in the Republic of Ireland

Authors: Sarpong Hammond Antwi, Alec Rolston, Suzanne Linnane, David Getty

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150865 · Citations: 49

Matched topics: water management, drought

Public communication on water availability is pivotal in highlighting water conservation needs as droughts impact water resources for critical use, such as drinking water quality and accessibility. This paper presents the results of research into public communication on water availability and the implementation of water conservation measures in the Republic of Ireland. The paper analyses social media (Twitter and Facebook) communication and newspaper publications from 2018 to 2020 on water co…


The sweetpotato β-amylase gene IbBAM1.1 enhances drought and salt stress resistance by regulating ROS homeostasis and osmotic balance

Authors: Hong Zhu, Xue Yang, Xia Wang, Qiyan Li, Jiayu Guo, Tao Ma et al.

Journal: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry · DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.09.034 · Citations: 49

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.


Climate Change and Water Resources

Climate-water interactions are explored in 15 papers this week, addressing impacts on the cryosphere, water cycle components, and regional water resources under changing conditions.

Increasing heat and rainfall extremes now far outside the historical climate

Authors: Alexander Robinson, Jascha Lehmann, David Barriopedro, Stefan Rahmstorf, Dim Coumou

Journal: npj Climate and Atmospheric Science · DOI: 10.1038/s41612-021-00202-w · Citations: 269

Matched topics: land surface model, climate change

Abstract Over the last decade, the world warmed by 0.25 °C, in-line with the roughly linear trend since the 1970s. Here we present updated analyses showing that this seemingly small shift has led to the emergence of heat extremes that would be virtually impossible without anthropogenic global warming. Also, record rainfall extremes have continued to increase worldwide and, on average, 1 in 4 rainfall records in the last decade can be attributed to climate change. Tropical regions, comprised o…


Climate change literacy in Africa

Authors: Nicholas P. Simpson, Talbot M. Andrews, Matthias Krönke, Chris Lennard, Romaric C. Odoulami, Birgitt Ouweneel et al.

Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-021-01171-x · Citations: 223

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Evaluating people’s awareness about climate changes and environmental issues: A case study

Authors: Crescenza Calculli, Angela Maria D’Uggento, Angela Labarile, Nunziata Ribecco

Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production · DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129244 · Citations: 145

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Response of global land evapotranspiration to climate change, elevated CO2, and land use change

Authors: Jianyu Liu, Yuanyuan You, Jianfeng Li, Stephen Sitch, Xihui Gu, Julia E. M. S. Nabel et al.

Journal: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108663 · Citations: 111

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Globally important plant functional traits for coping with climate change

Authors: Nicola Kühn, Carolina Tovar, Julia Carretero, Vigdis Vandvik, Brian J. Enquist, Kathy J. Willis

Journal: Frontiers of Biogeography · DOI: 10.21425/f5fbg53774 · Citations: 89

Matched topics: climate change

The last decade has seen a proliferation of studies that use plant functional traits to assess how plants respond to climate change. However, it remains unclear whether there is a global set of traits that can predict plants’ ability to cope or even thrive when exposed to varying manifestations of climate change. We conducted a systematic global review which identified 148 studies to assess whether there is a set of common traits across biomes that best predict positive plant responses to mul…


Climate change facilitated the early colonization of the Azores Archipelago during medieval times

Authors: Pedro M. Raposeiro, Armand Hernández, Sergi Pla‐Rabès, Vítor Gonçalves, Roberto Bao, Alberto Sáez et al.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2108236118 · Citations: 73

Matched topics: climate change

Common Era (CE), ca. 700 y earlier than historical records suggest the onset of Portuguese settlement of the islands. Settlement proceeded in three phases, during which human pressure on the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems grew steadily (i.e., through livestock introductions, logging, and fire), resulting in irreversible changes. Our climate models suggest that the initial colonization at the end of the early Middle Ages (500 to 900 CE) occurred in conjunction with anomalous northeasterly …


Robust Evaluation of ENSO in Climate Models: How Many Ensemble Members Are Needed?

Authors: Jiwoo Lee, Yann Planton, Peter J. Gleckler, Kenneth R. Sperber, Éric Guilyardi, Andrew T. Wittenberg et al.

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2021gl095041 · Citations: 71

Matched topics: earth system model

Abstract Large ensembles of model simulations require considerable resources, and thus defining an appropriate ensemble size for a particular application is an important experimental design criterion. We estimate the ensemble size ( N ) needed to assess a model’s ability to capture observed El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO) behavior by utilizing the recently developed International CLIVAR ENSO Metrics Package. Using the larger ensembles available from CMIP6 and the US CLIVAR Large Ensemble …


“No‐regrets” pathways for navigating climate change: planning for connectivity with land use, topography, and climate

Authors: Carrie A. Schloss, D. Richard Cameron, Brad H. McRae, David M. Theobald, Aaron M. Jones

Journal: Ecological Applications · DOI: 10.1002/eap.2468 · Citations: 60

Matched topics: climate change

As both plant and animal species shift their ranges in response to a changing climate, maintaining connectivity between present habitat and suitable habitat in the future will become increasingly important to ensure lasting protection for biodiversity. Because the temporal period commensurate with planning for mid-century change is multi-generational for most species, connectivity designed to facilitate climate adaptation requires pathways with ‘stepping-stones’ between current and future hab…


Biological invasions and climate change amplify each other’s effects on dryland degradation

Authors: Sujith Ravi, Darin J. Law, Joshua S. Caplan, Greg A. Barron‐Gafford, Katerina Dontsova, Javier F. Espeleta et al.

Journal: Global Change Biology · DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15919 · Citations: 58

Matched topics: climate change

Climate models predict that, in the coming decades, many arid regions will experience increasingly hot conditions and will be affected more frequently by drought. These regions are also experiencing rapid vegetation change, notably invasion by exotic grasses. Invasive grasses spread rapidly into native desert ecosystems due, in particular, to interannual variability in precipitation and periodic fires. The resultant destruction of non-fire-adapted native shrub and grass communities and of the…


The role of agriculture in poverty escapes in Kenya – Developing a capabilities approach in the context of climate change

Authors: Marta Eichsteller, Tim Njagi, Elvin Nyukuri

Journal: World Development · DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105705 · Citations: 57

Matched topics: climate change

Rural poverty poses a significant developmental challenge in Kenya. Using a panel survey in rural Kenya and qualitative material from focus groups and life history interviews from the regions of Makueni and Vihiga, we investigate the changing role of how agriculture and farming practices have contributed to sustained escapes from poverty since 2000. In this study we analyse environmental, social and personal structures that facilitate conversion of agricultural strategies that enable poverty …


Climate change in rural Pakistan: evidence and experiences from a people-centered perspective

Authors: Amber Ajani, Kees van der Geest

Journal: Sustainability Science · DOI: 10.1007/s11625-021-01036-4 · Citations: 56

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract Pakistan is home to a wide range of geographical landscapes, each of which faces different climate change impacts and challenges. This article presents findings from a National Geographic Society funded project, which employed a people-centered, narratives-based approach to study climate impacts and adaptation strategies of people in 19 rural study sites in four provinces of Pakistan ( N = 108). The study looked at six climate-related stressors—changes in weather patterns, floods, Gl…


The divergence between potential and actual evapotranspiration: An insight from climate, water, and vegetation change

Authors: Yuan Liu, Qi Jiang, Qianyang Wang, Yongliang Jin, Qimeng Yue, Jingshan Yu et al.

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150648 · Citations: 56

Matched topics: climate change

. The future evapotranspiration value derived by introducing the water storage changes into the machine learning model in this study is also valuable for climate change adaptation and drought warning.


Non-linear physiological responses to climate change: the case of Ceratitis capitata distribution and abundance in Europe

Authors: Gianni Gilioli, Giorgio Sperandio, Michele Colturato, Sara Pasquali, Paola Gervasio, Anne Wilstermann et al.

Journal: Biological Invasions · DOI: 10.1007/s10530-021-02639-9 · Citations: 50

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract Understanding how climate change might influence the distribution and abundance of crop pests is fundamental for the development and the implementation of pest management strategies. Here we present and apply a modelling framework assessing the non-linear physiological responses of the life-history strategies of the Mediterranean fruit fly ( Ceratitis capitata , Wiedemann) to temperature. The model is used to explore how climate change might influence the distribution and abundance o…


Linking global to regional climate change

Authors: Zuo Zhiyan, Xiao Dong

Journal: Advances in Climate Change Research · DOI: 10.12006/j.issn.1673-1719.2021.176 · Citations: 49

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


On the contribution of global aviation to the CO2 radiative forcing of climate

Authors: Oliviér Boucher, Audran Borella, Thomas Gasser, Didier Hauglustaine

Journal: Atmospheric Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118762 · Citations: 49

Matched topics: earth system model

The aviation sector contributes to anthropogenic climate change through both CO2 and non-CO2 radiative effects. The CO2 effect is considered to be much more certain than the non-CO2 effects, yet there are relatively few studies that quantify it. Building on the scientific literature on burden sharing in the wake of the “Brazilian proposal”, we discuss how to best attribute a fraction of the CO2 radiative forcing to the aviation sector. For this we use the OSCAR compact Earth System model to e…


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.

The role of Mg2+ in inhibiting CaCO3 precipitation from seawater

Authors: Yiwen Pan, Yifan Li, Qianwei Ma, Hangqi He, Shuyuan Wang, Zhentao Sun et al.

Journal: Marine Chemistry · DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2021.104036 · Citations: 107

Matched topics: surface water

Abstract not available.


An Ensemble Hybrid Forecasting Model for Annual Runoff Based on Sample Entropy, Secondary Decomposition, and Long Short-Term Memory Neural Network

Authors: Wenchuan Wang, Yu-jin Du, Kwok‐wing Chau, Dong Xu, Chang Jun Liu, Qiang Ma

Journal: Water Resources Management · DOI: 10.1007/s11269-021-02920-5 · Citations: 78

Matched topics: runoff, water management

Abstract not available.


Application of Random Forest Algorithm for Merging Multiple Satellite Precipitation Products across South Korea

Authors: Giang V. Nguyen, Xuan-Hien Le, Linh Nguyen Van, Sungho Jung, Minho Yeon, Giha Lee

Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs13204033 · Citations: 74

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model

Precipitation is a crucial component of the water cycle and plays a key role in hydrological processes. Recently, satellite-based precipitation products (SPPs) have provided grid-based precipitation with spatiotemporal variability. However, SPPs contain a lot of uncertainty in estimated precipitation, and the spatial resolution of these products is still relatively coarse. To overcome these limitations, this study aims to generate new grid-based daily precipitation based on a combination of r…


Molecular dynamic simulation of the impact of thermal maturity and reservoir temperature on the contact angle and wettability of kerogen

Authors: Archana Jagadisan, Zoya Heidari

Journal: Fuel · DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.122039 · Citations: 65

Matched topics: reservoir, surface water

Abstract not available.


Fuzzy Stress-based Modeling for Probabilistic Irrigation Planning Using Copula-NSPSO

Authors: Wang Chen, Yizi Shang, Majid Khayatnezhad

Journal: Water Resources Management · DOI: 10.1007/s11269-021-02981-6 · Citations: 50

Matched topics: water management, irrigation

Abstract not available.


Water Management and Sustainability

Water management research spans 17 papers addressing topics from irrigation optimization and reservoir operations to water resource assessment and sustainability frameworks.

Spatiotemporal origin of soil water taken up by vegetation

Authors: Gonzalo Miguez‐Macho, Ying Fan

Journal: Nature · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03958-6 · Citations: 361

Matched topics: hydrologic model, water management, earth system model

Abstract not available.


Irrigation Induced Salinity and Sodicity Hazards on Soil and Groundwater: An Overview of Its Causes, Impacts and Mitigation Strategies

Authors: Aadhityaa Mohanavelu, Sujay Raghavendra Naganna, N. Al‐Ansari

Journal: Agriculture · DOI: 10.3390/agriculture11100983 · Citations: 278

Matched topics: irrigation

Salinity and sodicity have been a major environmental hazard of the past century since more than 25% of the total land and 33% of the irrigated land globally are affected by salinity and sodicity. Adverse effects of soil salinity and sodicity include inhibited crop growth, waterlogging issues, groundwater contamination, loss in soil fertility and other associated secondary impacts on dependent ecosystems. Salinity and sodicity also have an enormous impact on food security since a substantial …


Drivers of soil erosion and subsurface loss by soil leakage during karst rocky desertification in SW China

Authors: Xudong Peng, Quanhou Dai

Journal: International Soil and Water Conservation Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.iswcr.2021.10.001 · Citations: 120

Matched topics: runoff, surface water

As an extreme manifestation of environmental degradation, karst rock desertification is caused by soil loss and rock exposure. In some areas with serious rocky desertification, there is no soil to be eroded or leaked. The soil loss in these areas superimposes soil erosion and unique subsurface loss by soil leakage through fissures, pipelines, sinkholes, etc., which directly reduce soil resources and accelerate rocky desertification. However, the factors driving soil erosion and subsurface los…


An outsized role for the Labrador Sea in the multidecadal variability of the Atlantic overturning circulation

Authors: Stephen Yeager, Fred Castruccio, Ping Chang, Gökhan Danabasoglu, Elizabeth Maroon, Justin Small et al.

Journal: Science Advances · DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abh3592 · Citations: 111

Matched topics: surface water

Climate models are essential tools for investigating intrinsic North Atlantic variability related to variations in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), but recent observations have called into question the fidelity of models that emphasize the importance of Labrador Sea processes. A multicentury preindustrial climate simulation that resolves ocean mesoscale eddies has a realistic representation of key observed subpolar Atlantic phenomena, including the dominance of density-…


The CORDEX-CORE EXP-I Initiative: Description and Highlight Results from the Initial Analysis

Authors: Filippo Giorgi, Erika Coppola, Daniela Jacob, Claas Teichmann, Sabina Abba Omar, Moetasim Ashfaq et al.

Journal: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · DOI: 10.1175/bams-d-21-0119.1 · Citations: 102

Matched topics: streamflow, earth system model

Abstract We describe the first effort within the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment–Coordinated Output for Regional Evaluation, or CORDEX-CORE EXP-I. It consists of a set of twenty-first-century projections with two regional climate models (RCMs) downscaling three global climate model (GCM) simulations from the CMIP5 program, for two greenhouse gas concentration pathways (RCP8.5 and RCP2.6), over nine CORDEX domains at ∼25-km grid spacing. Illustrative examples from the initi…


Biochar-pyrite bi-layer bioretention system for dissolved nutrient treatment and by-product generation control under various stormwater conditions

Authors: Zheng Kong, Yunqian Song, Zhiyu Shao, Hongxiang Chai

Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117737 · Citations: 96

Matched topics: runoff

Abstract not available.


Study on the relationship among the urbanization process, ecosystem services and human well-being in an arid region in the context of carbon flow: Taking the Manas river basin as an example

Authors: Ranran Liu, Xiaobin Dong, Xuechao Wang, Peng Zhang, Mengxue Liu, Ying Zhang

Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108248 · Citations: 93

Matched topics: river

The complex interaction among urban socioeconomic development, ecosystem services and human well-being is related to the level of regional sustainable development, which is an important cross scientific issue in the study of natural ecosystems and the social economy and is also an important subject in the study of the “future Earth”. This research quantitatively evaluated the level and the spatial and temporal dynamic characteristics of urbanization, ecosystem services and human well-being in…


Water management in Pakistan’s Indus Basin: challenges and opportunities

Authors: Shahmir Janjua, I. Hassan, S. Muhammad, S. Ahmed, Afzal Ahmed

Journal: Water Policy · DOI: 10.2166/wp.2021.068 · Citations: 92

Matched topics: water management, surface water, irrigation

The Indus River System is a major source of life in Pakistan. A vast array of Pakistan’s agricultural and domestic consumption needs are critically dependent on the Indus River System. The Indus River contributes towards 25% of the country’s gross domestic product, providing water for almost 90% of the food production in Pakistan. Linked to the water security issues, Pakistan is potentially at risk of facing a severe food shortage in the near future. The World Bank report of 2020–2021 estimat…


Development of a fine-resolution snow depth product based on the snow cover probability for the Tibetan Plateau: Validation and spatial–temporal analyses

Authors: Dajiang Yan, Ning Ma, Yinsheng Zhang

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127027 · Citations: 81

Matched topics: hydrologic model

Abstract not available.


Opportunities and Challenges for Industrial Water Treatment and Reuse

Authors: Aidan Francis Meese, David J. Kim, Xuanhao Wu, Linh Le, Cade Napier, Mark Hernandez et al.

Journal: ACS ES&T Engineering · DOI: 10.1021/acsestengg.1c00282 · Citations: 75

Matched topics: surface water

As the impact of water scarcity in the United States (U.S.) continues to grow through the 21st century, it is critical to develop strategies to reduce water use and improve the security of water resources. One such strategy is to diversify the sources from which water is supplied. Industrial withdrawals represent the fourth largest category of U.S. water use, the majority of which is sourced from fresh surface and groundwater. In this study, we critically explore the potential of industrial w…


Depopulation impacts on ecosystem services in Mediterranean rural areas

Authors: Daniel Bruno, Ricardo Sorando, Begoña Á. Farizo, Clara Castellano, Vanessa Céspedes, Belinda Gallardo et al.

Journal: Ecosystem Services · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101369 · Citations: 74

Matched topics: water management

Despite the exponential increase in human population at global scale, some rural areas have experienced a progressive abandonment over the last decades. Under particular socioecological and policy contexts, changes in demography may promote land-use changes and, consequently, alter ecosystem services (ES) supply. However, most studies on this topic have targeted urban population increase, whereas depopulation has been rarely addressed. Here, we examined how shifts in demographic variables (hu…


Synthesis of bio-based MIL-100(Fe)@CNF-SA composite hydrogel and its application in slow-release N-fertilizer

Authors: Lizhen Guo, Yuqi Wang, Meng Wang, Hiba Shaghaleh, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Xu Xu et al.

Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production · DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129274 · Citations: 70

Matched topics: surface water, irrigation

Abstract not available.


Hydropower exploitation for Pakistan’s sustainable development: A SWOT analysis considering current situation, challenges, and prospects

Authors: Muhammad Sibtain, Xianshan Li, Hassan Bashir, Muhammad Imran Azam

Journal: Energy Strategy Reviews · DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2021.100728 · Citations: 62

Matched topics: hydropower

Pakistan has not fully harnessed the capacity of its vast hydropower potential for electricity generation. It depends on imported and local fossil fuels to fulfill its energy demands, which consume a significant portion of the country’s economy. Hydropower can provide an economical, renewable, clean, and secure source of energy for the country. The potential benefits and prospects of hydropower for Pakistan require a comprehensive review of the hydropower sector to investigate the true resour…


ENSO diversity shows robust decadal variations that must be captured for accurate future projections

Authors: Bastien Dieppois, Antonietta Capotondi, Benjamin Pohl, Kwok Pan Chun, Paul‐Arthur Monerie, Jonathan Eden

Journal: Communications Earth & Environment · DOI: 10.1038/s43247-021-00285-6 · Citations: 61

Matched topics: hydropower

Abstract El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) shows a large diversity of events that is modulated by climate variability and change. The representation of this diversity in climate models limits our ability to predict their impact on ecosystems and human livelihood. Here, we use multiple observational datasets to provide a probabilistic description of historical variations in event location and intensity, and to benchmark models, before examining future system trajectories. We find robust deca…


Natural and anthropogenic drivers of the lost groundwater from the Ganga River basin

Authors: Swarup Dangar, Vimal Mishra

Journal: Environmental Research Letters · DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac2ceb · Citations: 56

Matched topics: hydrologic model, river, irrigation

Ganga river basin is the most populated and among the worst water-stressed river basins in the world. The basin contributes to 40% of India’s gross domestic product. Despite the Ganga basin’s cultural, heritage, and economic importance, the interplay among the crucial factors that make the basin one of the global groundwater depletion hotspots is not well understood. Using observations from wells and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellites and simulations from a hydrological model,…


Assessment and Error Analysis of Satellite Soil Moisture Products Over the Third Pole

Authors: Jiangyuan Zeng, Pengfei Shi, Kun‐Shan Chen, Hongliang Ma, Haiyun Bi, Chenyang Cui

Journal: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2021.3116078 · Citations: 54

Matched topics: land surface model

The Tibetan Plateau, known as the “Third Pole” of the world, is extremely sensitive to global climate change. Reliable soil moisture information is essential for understanding the impact of the Tibetan Plateau on the Asian monsoon. The study assessed a total of four satellite soil moisture products, namely the SMAP-SCA (V7), ESA CCI (V0.52), AMSR2 LPRM (V001), and FY-3C (V1) over the Tibetan Plateau using three densely-instrumented soil moisture networks (i.e., Maqu, Naqu, and P…


Anthropogenic landcover impacts fluvial dissolved organic matter composition in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

Authors: Derrick Vaughn, Anne M. Kellerman, Kimberly P. Wickland, Robert G. Striegl, David C. Podgorski, Jon Hawkings et al.

Journal: Biogeochemistry · DOI: 10.1007/s10533-021-00852-1 · Citations: 49

Matched topics: river

Abstract not available.


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Databases searched 2
Topics searched 16
Total papers fetched 998
After deduplication 763
After LLM relevance filtering 50
Rejected (not relevant) 713

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Journal of Hydrology 3
Global Change Biology 2
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 2
The Science of The Total Environment 2
Journal of Cleaner Production 2
Water Resources Management 2
Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment 1
Water Resources Research 1
New Phytologist 1
Geoscience Frontiers 1
Environmental Challenges 1
BMC Plant Biology 1
Scientific Reports 1
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 1
Nature Climate Change 1
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 1
Frontiers of Biogeography 1
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1
Geophysical Research Letters 1
Ecological Applications 1
World Development 1
Sustainability Science 1
Biological Invasions 1
Advances in Climate Change Research 1
Atmospheric Environment 1
Marine Chemistry 1
Remote Sensing 1
Fuel 1
Nature 1
Agriculture 1
International Soil and Water Conservation Research 1
Science Advances 1
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 1
Water Research 1
Ecological Indicators 1
Water Policy 1
ACS ES&T Engineering 1
Ecosystem Services 1
Energy Strategy Reviews 1
Communications Earth & Environment 1
Environmental Research Letters 1
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 1
Biogeochemistry 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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