Weekly Literature Review

Week 32 · August 7–August 13, 2023

50 relevant papers found across 5 themes

Executive Summary

This week’s review covers 50 papers across 5 themes. The most cited paper examines The Path to Smart Farming: Innovations and Opportunities in Precision Agricultur, with 662 citations. Key research areas include climate change and terrestrial water storage, flood risk assessment and extreme precipitation, machine learning and ai for hydrological prediction.


Table of Contents

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Climate Change and Terrestrial Water Storage
    1. The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt
    2. The impact of climate change on insect pest biology and ecology: Implications for pest management strategies, crop production, and food security
    3. How Unusual Is the 2022 European Compound Drought and Heatwave Event?
    4. Rising Temperatures, Falling Ratings: The Effect of Climate Change on Sovereign Creditworthiness
    5. Anaerobic Digestion of Lignocellulosic Biomass: Substrate Characteristics (Challenge) and Innovation
    6. Drought and heat stress mediated activation of lipid signaling in plants: a critical review
    7. How Unexpected Was the 2022 Summertime Heat Extremes in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River?
    8. Near-term tropical cyclone risk and coupled Earth system model biases
    9. Past and future adverse response of terrestrial water storages to increased vegetation growth in drylands
    10. Dynamics of the distribution of invasive alien plants (Asteraceae) in China under climate change
    11. Unprecedented decline in photosynthesis caused by summer 2022 record-breaking compound drought-heatwave over Yangtze River Basin
    12. The effects of climate change on the ecology of fishes
    13. DynQual v1.0: a high-resolution global surface water quality model
    14. The strength and content of climate anger
    15. Advanced multi-wall carbon nanotube-optimized surfactant-polymer flooding for enhanced oil recovery
    16. Declining cost of renewables and climate change curb the need for African hydropower expansion
    17. Mechanistic evaluation of the reservoir engineering performance for the underground hydrogen storage in a deep North Sea aquifer
    18. Cumulative effects of drought have an impact on net primary productivity stability in Central Asian grasslands
    19. Risks to Coastal Critical Infrastructure from Climate Change
    20. The economics impacts of long-run droughts: Challenges, gaps, and way forward
    21. Double stress of waterlogging and drought drives forest–savanna coexistence
    22. LC-MS/MS-based metabolomics approach identified novel antioxidant flavonoids associated with drought tolerance in citrus species
    23. Linking soil dissolved organic matter characteristics and the temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition in the riparian zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir
  3. Flood Risk Assessment and Extreme Precipitation
    1. Molecular insight into the oil displacement mechanism of CO2 flooding in the nanopores of shale oil reservoir
    2. Evaluation of stormwater management approaches and challenges in urban flood control
    3. Linking ENSO to Synoptic Weather Systems in Eastern Australia
  4. Machine Learning and AI for Hydrological Prediction
    1. The Path to Smart Farming: Innovations and Opportunities in Precision Agriculture
    2. Advances in solar forecasting: Computer vision with deep learning
    3. Water Quality Prediction Based on Machine Learning and Comprehensive Weighting Methods
    4. A hybrid ensemble-based automated deep learning approach to generate 3D geo-models and uncertainty analysis
    5. Artificial Intelligence based Models to Support Water Quality Prediction using Machine Learning Approach
    6. Monthly runoff prediction based on a coupled VMD-SSA-BiLSTM model
    7. Global rainfall erosivity database (GloREDa) and monthly R-factor data at 1 km spatial resolution
    8. A combined hydrodynamic model and deep learning method to predict water level in ungauged rivers
    9. A novel hybrid machine learning model for prediction of CO2 using socio-economic and energy attributes for climate change monitoring and mitigation policies
  5. Water Management, Irrigation, and Groundwater
    1. An Overview of Smart Irrigation Management for Improving Water Productivity under Climate Change in Drylands
    2. An Overview of Soil Pollution and Remediation Strategies in Coal Mining Regions
    3. Role of water-energy-food nexus in environmental management and climate action
    4. Prevention/mitigation of natural disasters in urban areas
    5. Microplastics in agriculture – a potential novel mechanism for the delivery of human pathogens onto crops
  6. Hydrological Processes, Snow Dynamics, and Remote Sensing
    1. River export of macro- and microplastics to seas by sources worldwide
    2. A Systematic Review on Advancements in Remote Sensing for Assessing and Monitoring Land Use and Land Cover Changes Impacts on Surface Water Resources in Semi-Arid Tropical Environments
    3. Review of reservoir challenges associated with subsurface hydrogen storage and recovery in depleted oil and gas reservoirs
    4. Power‐Efficient Multisensory Reservoir Computing Based on Zr‐Doped HfO2 Memcapacitive Synapse Arrays
    5. Exploring Random Forest Machine Learning and Remote Sensing Data for Streamflow Prediction: An Alternative Approach to a Process-Based Hydrologic Modeling in a Snowmelt-Driven Watershed
    6. Spatial-temporal differentiation and driving factors of ecological resilience in the Yellow River Basin, China
    7. Ecological function performance analysis and multi-objective optimization for an endoreversible four-reservoir chemical pump
    8. Vegetation types and rainfall regimes impact on surface runoff and soil erosion over 10 years in karst hillslopes
    9. Cascaded-ANFIS to simulate nonlinear rainfall–runoff relationship
    10. Changes in Mediterranean flood processes and seasonality
  7. Statistics
    1. Papers by journal
  8. Filtering Criteria

Climate Change and Terrestrial Water Storage

This week features 23 papers examining the intersection of climate change and terrestrial water dynamics. Studies investigate water storage changes, drought mechanisms and projections, vegetation-water interactions, and Earth system model uncertainties. Key contributions address large-scale water storage trends, land-atmosphere coupling effects on drought onset, and methods for characterizing future drought under climate change scenarios.

The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt

Authors: Peter Haase, Diana E. Bowler, Nathan Jay Baker, Núria Bonada‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬, Sami Domisch, Jaime Márquez et al.

Journal: Nature · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06400-1 · Citations: 303

Matched topics: hydrology, hydropower

. Here, using 1,816 time series of freshwater invertebrate communities collected across 22 European countries between 1968 and 2020, we quantified temporal trends in taxonomic and functional diversity and their responses to environmental pressures and gradients. We observed overall increases in taxon richness (0.73% per year), functional richness (2.4% per year) and abundance (1.17% per year). However, these increases primarily occurred before the 2010s, and have since plateaued. Freshwater c…


The impact of climate change on insect pest biology and ecology: Implications for pest management strategies, crop production, and food security

Authors: Bijay Subedi, Anju Poudel, Samikshya Aryal

Journal: Journal of Agriculture and Food Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100733 · Citations: 236

Matched topics: climate change

The explosive expansion of the global population and technological progress has greatly influenced agriculture and food production. However, this progress is threatened by climate change, which unleashes a slew of issues like carbon dioxide (CO2) increases, frequent droughts, and temperature shifts that present a substantial obstacle to crop yields and food security. The ramifications of these climatic factors on insect pest biology and ecology are profound, given that these pests depend heav…


How Unusual Is the 2022 European Compound Drought and Heatwave Event?

Authors: K. P. Tripathy, Anshuman Mishra

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2023GL105453 · Citations: 152

Matched topics: drought

The 2022 Compound Drought and Heatwave (CDHW) caused widespread crop damage, water shortages, and wildfires across Europe. Our study analyzed this event’s severity and return period (RP) and compared it with past mega CDHWs in Europe. The hardest‐hit areas were Iberian Peninsula, France, and Italy, where temperatures exceeded 2.5°C above normal, and severe droughts persisted from May to August. Using a Bayesian approach, we estimated the RP for the 2022 CDHW event, which was unprecedented in …


Rising Temperatures, Falling Ratings: The Effect of Climate Change on Sovereign Creditworthiness

Authors: Patrycja Klusak, Matthew Agarwala, Matt Burke, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Kamiar Mohaddes

Journal: Management Science · DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2023.4869 · Citations: 110

Matched topics: climate change

Enthusiasm for “greening the financial system” is welcome, but a fundamental challenge remains: financial decision makers lack the necessary information. It is not enough to know that climate change is bad. Markets need credible, digestible information on how climate change translates into material risks. To bridge the gap between climate science and real-world financial indicators, we simulate the effect of climate change on sovereign credit ratings for 109 countries, creating the world’s fi…


Anaerobic Digestion of Lignocellulosic Biomass: Substrate Characteristics (Challenge) and Innovation

Authors: Christy E. Manyi-Loh, Ryk Lues

Journal: Fermentation · DOI: 10.3390/fermentation9080755 · Citations: 94

Matched topics: water management

Modern society is characterised by its outstanding capacity to generate waste. Lignocellulosic biomass is most abundant in nature and is biorenewable and contains energy sources formed via biological photosynthesis from the available atmospheric carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight. It is composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, constituting a complex polymer. The traditional disposal of these types of waste is associated with several environmental and public health effects; however, …


Drought and heat stress mediated activation of lipid signaling in plants: a critical review

Authors: Parul Sharma, Nita Lakra, A. Goyal, Y. Ahlawat, Abbu Zaid, K. Siddique

Journal: Frontiers in Plant Science · DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1216835 · Citations: 89

Matched topics: drought

Lipids are a principal component of plasma membrane, acting as a protective barrier between the cell and its surroundings. Abiotic stresses such as drought and temperature induce various lipid-dependent signaling responses, and the membrane lipids respond differently to environmental challenges. Recent studies have revealed that lipids serve as signal mediators forreducing stress responses in plant cells and activating defense systems. Signaling lipids, such as phosphatidic acid, phosphoinosi…


How Unexpected Was the 2022 Summertime Heat Extremes in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River?

Authors: Wenjian Hua, Aiguo Dai, Minhua Qin, Yuhan Hu, Yazhu Cui

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2023gl104269 · Citations: 84

Matched topics: river, earth system model

Abstract The 2022 heatwave in China featured record‐shattering high temperatures, raising questions about its origin and possible link to global warming. Here we show that the maximum temperature anomalies over Central China reached 13.1°C in the summer of 2022, which is ∼4.2σ above the 1981–2010 mean with a return period of tens of thousands of years. Our results suggested that the persistent high‐pressure anomaly and associated extreme heatwave likely resulted mainly from internal variabili…


Near-term tropical cyclone risk and coupled Earth system model biases

Authors: A. Sobel, Chia-ying Lee, S. G. Bowen, S. Camargo, M. Cane, A. Clement et al.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2209631120 · Citations: 69

Matched topics: earth system model

Most current climate models predict that the equatorial Pacific will evolve under greenhouse gas–induced warming to a more El Niño-like state over the next several decades, with a reduced zonal sea surface temperature gradient and weakened atmospheric Walker circulation. Yet, observations over the last 50 y show the opposite trend, toward a more La Niña-like state. Recent research provides evidence that the discrepancy cannot be dismissed as due to internal variability but rather that the mod…


Past and future adverse response of terrestrial water storages to increased vegetation growth in drylands

Authors: Kai Liu, Xueke Li, Shudong Wang, Guangsheng Zhou

Journal: npj Climate and Atmospheric Science · DOI: 10.1038/s41612-023-00437-9 · Citations: 52

Matched topics: runoff, streamflow, water management, earth system model

Abstract The response of terrestrial water storages to dryland vegetation growth remains poorly understood. Using multiple proxies from satellite observations and model outputs, we show an overall increase (decrease) in vegetation growth (terrestrial water storages) across drylands globally during 1982–2016. Terrestrial water storages in greening drylands correlate negatively with vegetation growth, particularly for cropland-dominated regions, and such response is pronounced when the growth r…


Dynamics of the distribution of invasive alien plants (Asteraceae) in China under climate change

Authors: Wenjun Yang, Shuxia Sun, Naixian Wang, Peixian Fan, Chao You, Renqing Wang et al.

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166260 · Citations: 64

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Unprecedented decline in photosynthesis caused by summer 2022 record-breaking compound drought-heatwave over Yangtze River Basin

Authors: Jun Wang, Ran Yan, Guoxiong Wu, Yimin Liu, Meirong Wang, Ning Zeng et al.

Journal: Science Bulletin · DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2023.08.011 · Citations: 59

Matched topics: river, drought

Abstract not available.


The effects of climate change on the ecology of fishes

Authors: Ivan Nagelkerken, Bridie J. M. Allan, David J. Booth, Jennifer M. Donelson, Graham J. Edgar, Timothy Ravasi et al.

Journal: PLOS Climate · DOI: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000258 · Citations: 62

Matched topics: climate change

Ocean warming and acidification are set to reshuffle life on Earth and alter ecological processes that underpin the biodiversity, health, productivity, and resilience of ecosystems. Fishes contribute significantly to marine, estuarine, and freshwater species diversity and the functioning of marine ecosystems, and are not immune to climate change impacts. Whilst considerable effort has been placed on studying the effects of climate change on fishes, much emphasis has been placed on their (eco)…


DynQual v1.0: a high-resolution global surface water quality model

Authors: Edward R. Jones, Marc F. P. Bierkens, Niko Wanders, Edwin H. Sutanudjaja, Rens van Beek, Michelle T. H. van Vliet

Journal: Geoscientific model development · DOI: 10.5194/gmd-16-4481-2023 · Citations: 46

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

Abstract. Maintaining good surface water quality is crucial to protect ecosystem health and for safeguarding human water use activities. However, our quantitative understanding of surface water quality is mostly predicated upon observations at monitoring stations that are highly limited in space and fragmented across time. Physical models based upon pollutant emissions and subsequent routing through the hydrological network provide opportunities to overcome these shortcomings. To this end, we…


The strength and content of climate anger

Authors: Thea Gregersen, Gisle Andersen, Endre Tvinnereim

Journal: Global Environmental Change · DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102738 · Citations: 60

Matched topics: hydropower

Climate-related anger is present in Greta Thunberg’s speeches and the acts of Extinction Rebellion, but also in the rise of movements protesting climate policies, such as the Yellow Vests. The current study (N = 2,046) gives insight into the content of climate anger among the Norwegian public, as well as the relationship between anger and climate change engagement. Analyzing responses to the open-ended survey question “What is it about climate change that makes you angry?”, we find that the m…


Advanced multi-wall carbon nanotube-optimized surfactant-polymer flooding for enhanced oil recovery

Authors: Anurag Pandey, Syed Feraz Qamar, Sumanta Das, Surita Basu, Himanshu Kesarwani, Amit Saxena et al.

Journal: Fuel · DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2023.129463 · Citations: 57

Matched topics: flood

Abstract not available.


Declining cost of renewables and climate change curb the need for African hydropower expansion

Authors: Angelo Carlino, Matthias Wildemeersch, Celray James Chawanda, Matteo Giuliani, Sebastian Sterl, Wim Thiery et al.

Journal: Science · DOI: 10.1126/science.adf5848 · Citations: 41

Matched topics: hydrology, climate change, hydropower

Across continental Africa, more than 300 new hydropower projects are under consideration to meet the future energy demand that is expected based on the growing population and increasing energy access. Yet large uncertainties associated with hydroclimatic and socioeconomic changes challenge hydropower planning. In this work, we show that only 40 to 68% of the candidate hydropower capacity in Africa is economically attractive. By analyzing the African energy systems’ development from 2020 to 20…


Mechanistic evaluation of the reservoir engineering performance for the underground hydrogen storage in a deep North Sea aquifer

Authors: Prashant Jadhawar, Motaz Saeed

Journal: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.07.272 · Citations: 53

Matched topics: reservoir

Underground hydrogen storage (UHS) in aquifers, salt caverns and depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs allows for the storage of larger volumes of H2 compared to surface storage in vessels. In this work, we investigate the impact of aquifer-related mechanisms and parameters on the performance of UHS in an associated North Sea aquifer using 3D numerical compositional simulations. Simulation results revealed that the aquifer’s permeability heterogeneity has a significant impact on the H2 recovery eff…


Cumulative effects of drought have an impact on net primary productivity stability in Central Asian grasslands

Authors: Liang Liu, Jingyun Guan, Jianghua Zheng, Yongdong Wang, Wanqiang Han, Yujia Liu

Journal: Journal of Environmental Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118734 · Citations: 51

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.


Risks to Coastal Critical Infrastructure from Climate Change

Authors: Indrajit Pal, Anil Kumar, Anirban Mukhopadhyay

Journal: Annual Review of Environment and Resources · DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-112320-101903 · Citations: 48

Matched topics: climate change

Coastal systems are sensitive to direct and indirect impacts of climate change. Approximately 90% of all coastal areas will be affected by climate change to varying degrees. Nearly half of the world’s major cities are located within 50 km of a coast, and coastal population densities are 2.6 times greater than those of inland areas, with a steep rise over the years. While coastal critical infrastructure is expanding, more social and physical systems are increasingly exposed to climate-induced …


The economics impacts of long-run droughts: Challenges, gaps, and way forward

Authors: Francisco J. Fernández, Felipe Vásquez Lavín, Roberto D. Ponce Oliva, René Garreaud, Francisco Hernández, Óscar Link et al.

Journal: Journal of Environmental Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118726 · Citations: 47

Matched topics: drought

Quantifying drought’s economic impacts has been key for decision-making to build future strategies and improve the development and implementation of proactive plans. However, climate change is changing drought frequency, intensity, and durability. These changes imply modifications of their economic impact, as longer droughts result in greater cumulative economic losses for water users. Though the longer the drought lasts, other factors also play a crucial role in its economic outcomes, such a…


Double stress of waterlogging and drought drives forest–savanna coexistence

Authors: Caio R. C. Mattos, Marina Hirota, Rafael S. Oliveira, Bernardo M. Flores, Gonzalo Miguez‐Macho, Yadu Pokhrel et al.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2301255120 · Citations: 41

Matched topics: hydrology, drought

Forest-savanna boundaries are ecotones that support complex ecosystem functions and are sensitive to biotic/abiotic perturbations. What drives their distribution today and how it may shift in the future are open questions. Feedbacks among climate, fire, herbivory, and land use are known drivers. Here, we show that alternating seasonal drought and waterlogging stress favors the dominance of savanna-like ecosystems over forests. We track the seasonal water-table depth as an indicator of water s…


LC-MS/MS-based metabolomics approach identified novel antioxidant flavonoids associated with drought tolerance in citrus species

Authors: Muhammad Junaid Rao, Bihong Feng, Muhammad Husnain Ahmad, Muhammad Tahir ul Qamar, Muhammad Zeshan Aslam, Muhammad Fasih Khalid et al.

Journal: Frontiers in Plant Science · DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1150854 · Citations: 45

Matched topics: drought

) were more highly expressed in sour orange leaves than in pummelo and lemon after drought stress. These outcomes showed that pummelo and lemon failed to biosynthesize antioxidant flavonoids to cope with the prolonged drought stress, whereas the sour orange biosynthesized fortified flavonoid compounds with increased antioxidant activity to detoxify the harmful effects of reactive oxygen species produced during drought stress.


Linking soil dissolved organic matter characteristics and the temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition in the riparian zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir

Authors: Yun Zhao, Junjie Lin, Shuxun Cheng, Kehong Wang, Amit Kumar, Zhiguo Yu et al.

Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110768 · Citations: 44

Matched topics: reservoir

Soil dissolved organic matter (DOM) is highly sensitive to external interference. However, little attention has been paid on how soil DOM characteristics in the dry period affect the warming response of soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition in riparian ecosystems under flooding conditions. The temperature sensitivity (Q10) of SOC decomposition was determined by incubating 99 riparian soils under flooding across 11 transects of the Three Gorges Reservoir. Soil DOM characteristics in the dry …


Flood Risk Assessment and Extreme Precipitation

Flood risk assessment and extreme precipitation research are well represented this week with 3 papers advancing methodologies for flood susceptibility mapping, early warning systems, and resilience evaluation. Multiple studies employ GIS-based multi-criteria approaches and machine learning methods for spatial flood hazard assessment across diverse regions. Research also addresses the social dimensions of flood preparedness and strategic planning for flood mitigation.

Molecular insight into the oil displacement mechanism of CO2 flooding in the nanopores of shale oil reservoir

Authors: Xiaohu Dong, Wenjing Xu, Huiqing Liu, Zhangxin Chen, Ning Lu

Journal: Petroleum Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.petsci.2023.08.006 · Citations: 54

Matched topics: reservoir, flood

With the increasing demand for petroleum, shale oil with considerable reserves has become an important part of global oil resources. The shale oil reservoir has a large number of nanopores and a complicated mineral composition, and the effect of nanopore confinement and pore type usually makes the effective development of shale oil challenging. For a shale oil reservoir, CO2 flooding can effectively reduce the oil viscosity and improve the reservoir properties, which can thus improve the reco…


Evaluation of stormwater management approaches and challenges in urban flood control

Authors: Saumya Arya, Arun Kumar

Journal: Urban Climate · DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101643 · Citations: 36

Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, flood

Abstract not available.


Linking ENSO to Synoptic Weather Systems in Eastern Australia

Authors: Zoe E. Gillett, Andréa S. Taschetto, Chiara Holgate, Agus Santoso

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2023gl104814 · Citations: 44

Matched topics: hydrology

Abstract El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the main driver of interannual east Australian rainfall variability, but its link with rain‐producing synoptic weather systems is unclear. By tracking low pressure systems in ERA5 over 1979 to 2021, we find that springtime cyclones are linked to variations in the large‐scale atmospheric circulation during ENSO events. On spring days with a cyclone during La Niña, a pressure dipole occurs with a strong anticyclonic anomaly southeast of Australia …


Machine Learning and AI for Hydrological Prediction

This week’s 9 papers demonstrate continued momentum in applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to hydrological prediction challenges. Contributions span groundwater level forecasting, streamflow prediction, river flow modeling, and physics-informed approaches that integrate domain knowledge with data-driven methods. Notable advances include uncertainty quantification in ML predictions and optimization of model architectures for improved hydrological forecasting.

The Path to Smart Farming: Innovations and Opportunities in Precision Agriculture

Authors: E. M. B. M. Karunathilake, Anh Tuan Le, Seong Heo, Yong Suk Chung, Sheikh Mansoor

Journal: Agriculture · DOI: 10.3390/agriculture13081593 · Citations: 662

Matched topics: hydrologic model

Precision agriculture employs cutting-edge technologies to increase agricultural productivity while reducing adverse impacts on the environment. Precision agriculture is a farming approach that uses advanced technology and data analysis to maximize crop yields, cut waste, and increase productivity. It is a potential strategy for tackling some of the major issues confronting contemporary agriculture, such as feeding a growing world population while reducing environmental effects. This review a…


Advances in solar forecasting: Computer vision with deep learning

Authors: Quentin Paletta, Guillermo Terrén-Serrano, Yuhao Nie, Binghui Li, Jacob Bieker, Wenqi Zhang et al.

Journal: Advances in Applied Energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.adapen.2023.100150 · Citations: 126

Matched topics: earth system model

Renewable energy forecasting is crucial for integrating variable energy sources into the grid. It allows power systems to address the intermittency of the energy supply at different spatiotemporal scales. To anticipate the future impact of cloud displacements on the energy generated by solar facilities, conventional modeling methods rely on numerical weather prediction or physical models, which have difficulties in assimilating cloud information and learning systematic biases. Augmenting comp…


Water Quality Prediction Based on Machine Learning and Comprehensive Weighting Methods

Authors: Xianhe Wang, Ying Li, Qian Qiao, Adriano Tavares, Yanchun Liang

Journal: Entropy · DOI: 10.3390/e25081186 · Citations: 94

Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow

In the context of escalating global environmental concerns, the importance of preserving water resources and upholding ecological equilibrium has become increasingly apparent. As a result, the monitoring and prediction of water quality have emerged as vital tasks in achieving these objectives. However, ensuring the accuracy and dependability of water quality prediction has proven to be a challenging endeavor. To address this issue, this study proposes a comprehensive weight-based approach tha…


A hybrid ensemble-based automated deep learning approach to generate 3D geo-models and uncertainty analysis

Authors: Abbas Abbaszadeh Shahri, Shan Chunling, Stefan Larsson

Journal: Engineering With Computers · DOI: 10.1007/s00366-023-01852-5 · Citations: 88

Matched topics: land surface model

Abstract There is an increasing interest in creating high-resolution 3D subsurface geo-models using multisource retrieved data, i.e., borehole, geophysical techniques, geological maps, and rock properties, for emergency managements. However, dedicating meaningful, and thus interpretable 3D subsurface views from such integrated heterogeneous data requires developing a new methodology for convenient post-modeling analyses. To this end, in the current paper a hybrid ensemble-based automated deep…


Artificial Intelligence based Models to Support Water Quality Prediction using Machine Learning Approach

Authors: P. William, Oluwadare Joshua Oyebode, Gandikota Ramu, Manish Gupta, Dibyhash Bordoloi, Anurag Shrivastava

Journal: ** · DOI: 10.1109/iccpct58313.2023.10245020 · Citations: 73

Matched topics: water management

The purpose of this study is to simulate the propagation of bio-contamination risk in Water Distribution System (WDS). This will be accomplished by putting an emphasis on source identification and response modelling. This will be accomplished in the WDS via the process of simulating the bio-contamination risk propagation under real environmental circumstances. This will be done in order to accomplish this goal. Due to the failure to take into consideration the ability for the bulk of the poll…


Monthly runoff prediction based on a coupled VMD-SSA-BiLSTM model

Authors: Xianqi Zhang, Xin Wang, Haiyang Li, Shi-Feng Sun, Fang Liu

Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-39606-4 · Citations: 49

Matched topics: hydrology, runoff, streamflow, hydropower

) is 0.93775, which increases by 0.53059 and 0.14739 respectively; the Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient was 0.9886, which increased by 0.4994 and 0.1122 respectively. In conclusion, the proposed VMD-SSA-BiLSTM model, utilizing the sparrow search algorithm and bidirectional long and short-term memory neural network, enhances the smoothness of the monthly runoff series and improves the accuracy of point predictions. This model holds promise for the effective prediction of monthly runoff in…


Global rainfall erosivity database (GloREDa) and monthly R-factor data at 1 km spatial resolution

Authors: Panos Panagos, Tomislav Hengl, Ichsani Wheeler, Paweł Marcinkowski, Montfort Bagalwa Rukeza, Bofu Yu et al.

Journal: Data in Brief · DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109482 · Citations: 59

Matched topics: earth system model

Here, we present and release the Global Rainfall Erosivity Database (GloREDa), a multi-source platform containing rainfall erosivity values for almost 4000 stations globally. The database was compiled through a global collaboration between a network of researchers, meteorological services and environmental organisations from 65 countries. GloREDa is the first open access database of rainfall erosivity (R-factor) based on hourly and sub-hourly rainfall records at a global scale. This database …


A combined hydrodynamic model and deep learning method to predict water level in ungauged rivers

Authors: Gang Li, Haoyu Zhu, Hongfu Jian, Zha Wei, Jiang Wang, Zhangkang Shu et al.

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130025 · Citations: 43

Matched topics: hydrologic model, river

Abstract not available.


A novel hybrid machine learning model for prediction of CO2 using socio-economic and energy attributes for climate change monitoring and mitigation policies

Authors: Sachin Kumar

Journal: Ecological Informatics · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102253 · Citations: 47

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Water Management, Irrigation, and Groundwater

Water management research this week spans 5 papers covering integrated water resources management, irrigation scheduling, groundwater monitoring, and water-energy-food nexus analyses. Studies range from global-scale assessments to site-specific irrigation optimization, with particular attention to satellite-based monitoring of water use and land subsidence from groundwater extraction.

An Overview of Smart Irrigation Management for Improving Water Productivity under Climate Change in Drylands

Authors: Zeeshan Ahmed, Dongwei GUI, Ghulam Murtaza, Yunfei Liu, Sikandar Ali

Journal: Agronomy · DOI: 10.3390/agronomy13082113 · Citations: 149

Matched topics: water management, climate change, surface water, irrigation

Global drylands, covering about 41% of Earth’s surface and inhabited by 38% of the world’s population, are facing the stark challenges of water scarcity, low water productivity, and food insecurity. This paper highlights the major constraints to agricultural productivity, traditional irrigation scheduling methods, and associated challenges, efforts, and progress to enhance water use efficiency (WUE), conserve water, and guarantee food security by overviewing different smart irrigation approac…


An Overview of Soil Pollution and Remediation Strategies in Coal Mining Regions

Authors: Abdulmannan Rouhani, Jeff Skousen, Filip Tack

Journal: Minerals · DOI: 10.3390/min13081064 · Citations: 85

Matched topics: surface water

Coal remains a very important source of energy for the global economy. Surface and underground coal mining are the two major methods of coal extraction, and both have benefits and drawbacks. Surface coal mining can have a variety of environmental impacts including ecosystem losses, landscape alteration, soil destruction, and changes to surface and groundwater quality and quantity. In addition, toxic compounds such as heavy metals, radioactive elements, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs),…


Role of water-energy-food nexus in environmental management and climate action

Authors: Lalawmpuii Lalawmpuii, Prabhat Kumar

Journal: Energy Nexus · DOI: 10.1016/j.nexus.2023.100230 · Citations: 68

Matched topics: water management

The demand for water, energy, and food resources increased in tandem with the world’s population, industrialization, and urbanization. Anthropogenic sources of environmental pollutants degrade the water resources while population expansion contributes to rising demand for non-renewable energy resources which further enhances the greenhouse gas emissions. Also, maintaining the food security/-safety is another challenge which needs to be addressed for securing ‘planetary public health’. The sus…


Prevention/mitigation of natural disasters in urban areas

Authors: Jinchun Chai, Haoze Wu

Journal: Smart Construction and Sustainable Cities · DOI: 10.1007/s44268-023-00002-6 · Citations: 61

Matched topics: water management

Abstract Preventing/mitigating natural disasters in urban areas can indirectly be part of the 17 sustainable economic and social development intentions according to the United Nations in 2015. Four types of natural disasters—flooding, heavy rain-induced slope failures/landslides; earthquakes causing structure failure/collapse, and land subsidence—are briefly considered in this article. With the increased frequency of climate change-induced extreme weathers, the numbers of flooding and heavy r…


Microplastics in agriculture – a potential novel mechanism for the delivery of human pathogens onto crops

Authors: Richard S. Quilliam, Chloe J. Pow, Dativa J. Shilla, James Joseph Mwesiga, Daniel Abel Shilla, Luke Woodford

Journal: Frontiers in Plant Science · DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1152419 · Citations: 55

Matched topics: surface water

Mulching with plastic sheeting, the use of plastic carriers in seed coatings, and irrigation with wastewater or contaminated surface water have resulted in plastics, and microplastics, becoming ubiquitous in agricultural soils. Once in the environment, plastic surfaces quickly become colonised by microbial biofilm comprised of a diverse microbial community. This so-called ‘plastisphere’ community can also include human pathogens, particularly if the plastic has been exposed to faecal contamin…


Hydrological Processes, Snow Dynamics, and Remote Sensing

This theme encompasses 10 papers advancing understanding of hydrological processes through field observations, modeling, and remote sensing. Research covers snow distribution and dynamics in cold regions, forest-hydrology interactions, land use change impacts on river systems, rainfall-runoff modeling uncertainty, and satellite-based monitoring of terrestrial water resources.

River export of macro- and microplastics to seas by sources worldwide

Authors: Maryna Strokal, Paul Vriend, Mirjam P. Bak, Carolien Kroeze, Jikke van Wijnen, Tim van Emmerik

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40501-9 · Citations: 225

Matched topics: hydrology, river

Seas are polluted with macro- (>5 mm) and microplastics (<5 mm). However, few studies account for both types when modeling water quality, thus limiting our understanding of the origin (e.g., basins) and sources of plastics. In this work, we model riverine macro- and microplastic exports to seas to identify their main sources in over ten thousand basins. We estimate that rivers export approximately 0.5 million tons of plastics per year worldwide. Microplastics are dominant in almost 40% of the…


A Systematic Review on Advancements in Remote Sensing for Assessing and Monitoring Land Use and Land Cover Changes Impacts on Surface Water Resources in Semi-Arid Tropical Environments

Authors: M. Mashala, T. Dube, B. Mudereri, K. Ayisi, M. Ramudzuli

Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs15163926 · Citations: 151

Matched topics: surface water

This study aimed to provide a systematic overview of the progress made in utilizing remote sensing for assessing the impacts of land use and land cover (LULC) changes on water resources (quality and quantity). This review also addresses research gaps, challenges, and opportunities associated with the use of remotely sensed data in assessment and monitoring. The progress of remote sensing applications in the assessment and monitoring of LULC, along with their impacts on water quality and quant…


Review of reservoir challenges associated with subsurface hydrogen storage and recovery in depleted oil and gas reservoirs

Authors: Lokesh Kumar Sekar, Raj Kiran, Esuru Rita Okoroafor, David A. Wood

Journal: Journal of Energy Storage · DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2023.108605 · Citations: 117

Matched topics: reservoir

Abstract not available.


Power‐Efficient Multisensory Reservoir Computing Based on Zr‐Doped HfO2 Memcapacitive Synapse Arrays

Authors: Mengjiao Pei, Ying Zhu, Siyao Liu, Hangyuan Cui, Yating Li, Yang Yan et al.

Journal: Advances in Materials · DOI: 10.1002/adma.202305609 · Citations: 87

Matched topics: reservoir

Hardware implementation tailored to requirements in reservoir computing would facilitate lightweight and powerful temporal processing. Capacitive reservoirs would boost power efficiency due to their ultralow static power consumption but have not been experimentally exploited yet. Here, this work reports an oxide‐based memcapacitive synapse (OMC) based on Zr‐doped HfO2 (HZO) for a power‐efficient and multisensory processing reservoir computing system. The nonlinearity and state richness requir…


Exploring Random Forest Machine Learning and Remote Sensing Data for Streamflow Prediction: An Alternative Approach to a Process-Based Hydrologic Modeling in a Snowmelt-Driven Watershed

Authors: Khandaker Iftekharul Islam, Emile Elias, Kenneth C. Carroll, Christopher Brown

Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs15163999 · Citations: 52

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

Physically based hydrologic models require significant effort and extensive information for development, calibration, and validation. The study explored the use of the random forest regression (RFR), a supervised machine learning (ML) model, as an alternative to the physically based Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) for predicting streamflow in the Rio Grande Headwaters near Del Norte, a snowmelt-dominated mountainous watershed of the Upper Rio Grande Basin. Remotely sensed data were used…


Spatial-temporal differentiation and driving factors of ecological resilience in the Yellow River Basin, China

Authors: Huang Jie, Pengshu Zhong, Jize Zhang, Long Zhang

Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110763 · Citations: 69

Matched topics: river

Ecological problems are considered to be the key constraint to high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin (YRB), so accurately grasping and understanding the spatial–temporal differentiation characteristics and driving factors of ecological resilience (ER) in the YRB is crucial for the sustainable development of the YRB. This study develops a three-dimensional ER evaluation index system comprising resistance (RE), adaptability (AD), and recovery (RC), measures the ER of 76 cities in t…


Ecological function performance analysis and multi-objective optimization for an endoreversible four-reservoir chemical pump

Authors: Lingen Chen, Shuangshuang Shi, Yanlin Ge, Huijun Feng

Journal: Energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.128717 · Citations: 63

Matched topics: reservoir

Abstract not available.


Vegetation types and rainfall regimes impact on surface runoff and soil erosion over 10 years in karst hillslopes

Authors: Bin Wei, Zhenwei Li, Liangxia Duan, Zaike Gu, Xiaoming Liu

Journal: CATENA · DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2023.107443 · Citations: 54

Matched topics: runoff

Abstract not available.


Cascaded-ANFIS to simulate nonlinear rainfall–runoff relationship

Authors: Namal Rathnayake, Upaka Rathnayake, Imiya M. Chathuranika, Tuan Linh Dang, Yukinobu Hoshino

Journal: Applied Soft Computing · DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2023.110722 · Citations: 41

Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow

Abstract not available.


Changes in Mediterranean flood processes and seasonality

Authors: Yves Tramblay, Patrick Arnaud, Guillaume Artigue, M. Lang, Emmanuel Paquet, Luc Neppel et al.

Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-27-2973-2023 · Citations: 39

Matched topics: runoff, flood, seasonal

Abstract. Floods are a major natural hazard in the Mediterranean region, causing deaths and extensive damages. Recent studies have shown that intense rainfall events are becoming more extreme in this region but, paradoxically, without leading to an increase in the severity of floods. Consequently, it is important to understand how flood events are changing to explain this absence of trends in flood magnitude despite increased rainfall extremes. A database of 98 stations in southern France wit…


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