Weekly Literature Review

Week 32 · August 5–August 11, 2024

50 relevant papers found across 5 themes

Executive Summary

This week’s review covers 50 papers across 5 themes. The most cited paper examines A comprehensive survey of deep learning-based lightweight object detection model, with 124 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. Widespread global exacerbation of extreme drought induced by urbanization
    2. Comprehensive Overview on the Present State and Evolution of Global Warming, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gasses and Renewable Energy
    3. Demand for low-quality offsets by major companies undermines climate integrity of the voluntary carbon market
    4. Mangrove ecology guiding the use of mangroves as nature‐based solutions
    5. Low-carbon urban–rural modern energy systems with energy resilience under climate change and extreme events in China—A state-of-the-art review
    6. Fiber-optic seismic sensing of vadose zone soil moisture dynamics
    7. Emerging trends in algae farming on non-arable lands for resource reclamation, recycling, and mitigation of climate change-driven food security challenges
    8. Response of global agricultural productivity anomalies to drought stress in irrigated and rainfed agriculture
    9. Temperature and plant root effects on soil hydrological response and slope stability
    10. A machine learning downscaling framework based on a physically constrained sliding window technique for improving resolution of global water storage anomaly
    11. Climate change engagement of scientists
    12. Future projection of droughts in Morocco and potential impact on agriculture
    13. Climate change and income inequality: Does renewable energy matter?
    14. Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Triggers of Flash Droughts across All the River Basins in India
    15. Efficacy of nano-silicon extracted from rice husk to modulate the physio-biochemical constituents of wheat for ameliorating drought tolerance without causing cytotoxicity
    16. Offshore wind and wave energy can reduce total installed capacity required in zero-emissions grids
    17. Short-Term Groundwater Level Fluctuations Drive Subsurface Redox Variability
    18. The ocean losing its breath under the heatwaves
    19. Multi-scale impacts of climate change on hydropower for long-term water-energy planning in the contiguous United States
    20. Hydrological responses projection to the potential impact of climate change under CMIP6 models scenarios in Omo River Basin, Ethiopia
    21. Integration of machine learning and remote sensing for drought index prediction: A framework for water resource crisis management
    22. Prediction of potential invasion of two weeds of the genus Avena in Asia under climate change based on Maxent
  3. Flood Risk Assessment and Extreme Precipitation
    1. Revisiting the Use of the Gumbel Distribution: A Comprehensive Statistical Analysis Regarding Modeling Extremes and Rare Events
    2. Beyond clouds: Seamless flood mapping using Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 time series imagery and water occurrence data
  4. Machine Learning and AI for Hydrological Prediction
    1. A comprehensive survey of deep learning-based lightweight object detection models for edge devices
    2. Time series prediction model using LSTM-Transformer neural network for mine water inflow
    3. Interpretable prediction, classification and regulation of water quality: A case study of Poyang Lake, China
    4. From data to action in flood forecasting leveraging graph neural networks and digital twin visualization
    5. The Use of Attention-Enhanced CNN-LSTM Models for Multi-Indicator and Time-Series Predictions of Surface Water Quality
  5. Water Management, Irrigation, and Groundwater
    1. Efficient reverse osmosis-based desalination using functionalized graphene oxide nanopores
    2. Evaluation of water resource carrying potential and barrier factors in Gansu Province based on game theory combined weighting and improved TOPSIS model
    3. Assessing surface water quality in Hungary’s Danube basin using geochemical modeling, multivariate analysis, irrigation indices, and Monte Carlo simulation
    4. Sustainable management in irrigation water distribution system under climate change: Process-driven optimization modelling considering water-food-energy-environment synergies
  6. Hydrological Processes, Snow Dynamics, and Remote Sensing
    1. Highest ocean heat in four centuries places Great Barrier Reef in danger
    2. Soil contamination with microplastics (MPs) from treated wastewater and sewage sludge: risks and sustainable mitigation strategies
    3. Estimation of underground hydrogen storage capacity in depleted gas reservoirs using CO2 as cushion gas
    4. Snow redistribution in an intermediate-complexity snow hydrology modelling framework
    5. Constructing wetland ecological corridor system based on hydrological connectivity with the goal of improving regional biodiversity
    6. Climate change accelerates water and biogeochemical cycles in temperate agricultural catchments
    7. Assessing the efficacy of hydro-ecological based wetland management approach for flood resilience of a large river catchment
    8. Impact of land use/land cover change on surface water hydrology in Akaki river catchment, Awash basin, Ethiopia
    9. Crop stress detection from UAVs: best practices and lessons learned for exploiting sensor synergies
    10. Reanalyzing the spatial representativeness of snow depth at automated monitoring stations using airborne lidar data
    11. A potential toxicological risk assessment of heavy metals and pesticides in irrigated rice cultivars near industrial areas of Dhaka, Bangladesh
    12. Microplastic clouds in rivers: spatiotemporal dynamics of microplastic pollution in a fluvial system
    13. Fungal community determines soil multifunctionality during vegetation restoration in metallic tailing reservoir
    14. Precipitation contributes to alleviating pollution of rubber-derived chemicals in receiving watersheds: Combining confluent stormwater runoff from different functional areas
    15. Zooplankton functional diversity as a bioindicator of freshwater ecosystem health across land use gradient
    16. Assessing the IUCN global standard as a framework for nature-based solutions in river flood management applications
    17. Evaluating capillary trapping in underground hydrogen storage: A pore-scale to reservoir-scale analysis
  7. Statistics
    1. Papers by journal
  8. Filtering Criteria

Climate Change and Terrestrial Water Storage

This week features 22 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.

Widespread global exacerbation of extreme drought induced by urbanization

Authors: Shuzhe Huang, Siqi Wang, Yuan Gan, Chao Wang, Daniel E. Horton, Chuxuan Li et al.

Journal: Nature Cities · DOI: 10.1038/s44284-024-00102-z · Citations: 97

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.


Comprehensive Overview on the Present State and Evolution of Global Warming, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gasses and Renewable Energy

Authors: Mehmet Bilgili, Sergen Tümse, Sude Nar

Journal: Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering · DOI: 10.1007/s13369-024-09390-y · Citations: 75

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

Abstract The impact of the climate and environmental problems experienced in the world with the Industrial Revolution has prominently begun to be felt today, and the consequences of climate change on the environment and public health have now become visible. The increase in greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activities, which is the main cause of global climate change, caused the global surface temperature to be 1.1 °C higher between 2011 and 2020 compared to 1850–1900. In parallel…


Demand for low-quality offsets by major companies undermines climate integrity of the voluntary carbon market

Authors: Gregory Trencher, Sascha Nick, Jordan Carlson, Matthew R. Johnson

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51151-w · Citations: 71

Matched topics: land surface model, hydropower

Most companies include carbon offsets in their net-zero strategy. However, many offset projects are poor quality and fail to reduce emissions as claimed. Here we focus on the twenty companies retiring the most offsets from the voluntary carbon market over 2020-2023. We examine if their offsets could be considered high quality and likely to benefit the climate. We curate an original company-level dataset to examine quality and climate benefits across four dimensions: (1) use of offsets from lo…


Mangrove ecology guiding the use of mangroves as nature‐based solutions

Authors: Catherine E. Lovelock, Vicki Bennion, Mayara de Oliveira, Valerie Hagger, Jack W. Hill, Valerie Kwan et al.

Journal: Journal of Ecology · DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14383 · Citations: 57

Matched topics: land surface model

Abstract Mangroves are implemented as nature‐based solutions (NbS) for coastal protection, climate change mitigation (carbon sequestration) and other services. They play a core role in providing benefits for biodiversity, livelihoods and human well‐being. Ecological research has informed the use of mangroves as NbS, but failure of NbS projects has often been due to misconceptions about mangrove ecology and the limited use of the wide range of ecological knowledge available. Enhanced knowledge…


Low-carbon urban–rural modern energy systems with energy resilience under climate change and extreme events in China—A state-of-the-art review

Authors: Yuekuan Zhou

Journal: Energy and Buildings · DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114661 · Citations: 54

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Fiber-optic seismic sensing of vadose zone soil moisture dynamics

Authors: Zhichao Shen, Yan Yang, Xiaojing Fu, Kyra H. Kim, Ettore Biondi, Zhongwen Zhan

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50690-6 · Citations: 38

Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow, water management, land surface model

Vadose zone soil moisture is often considered a pivotal intermediary water reservoir between surface and groundwater in semi-arid regions. Understanding its dynamics in response to changes in meteorologic forcing patterns is essential to enhance the climate resiliency of our ecological and agricultural system. However, the inability to observe high-resolution vadose zone soil moisture dynamics over large spatiotemporal scales hinders quantitative characterization. Here, utilizing pre-existing…


Authors: Fatima Tahir, Hira Ashfaq, Aqib Zafar Khan, Mahwish Amin, Iqra Akbar, Hafiza Aroosa Malik et al.

Journal: Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology · DOI: 10.1007/s11157-024-09697-0 · Citations: 46

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Response of global agricultural productivity anomalies to drought stress in irrigated and rainfed agriculture

Authors: Xinxin Chen, Lunche Wang, Qian Cao, Jia Sun, Zigeng Niu, Yang Liu et al.

Journal: Science China Earth Sciences · DOI: 10.1007/s11430-023-1328-2 · Citations: 40

Matched topics: drought, irrigation

Abstract not available.


Temperature and plant root effects on soil hydrological response and slope stability

Authors: Junjun Ni, Shusen Liu, Huang Yi, Yufeng Gao

Journal: Computers and Geotechnics · DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2024.106663 · Citations: 44

Matched topics: hydrologic model

Abstract not available.


A machine learning downscaling framework based on a physically constrained sliding window technique for improving resolution of global water storage anomaly

Authors: Gangqiang Zhang, Tongren Xu, Wenjie Yin, Sayed M. Bateni, Changhyun Jun, Dongkyun Kim et al.

Journal: Remote Sensing of Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2024.114359 · Citations: 42

Matched topics: water management

Abstract not available.


Climate change engagement of scientists

Authors: Fabian Dablander, Maien S. M. Sachisthal, Viktoria Cologna, Noel Strahm, Anna Bosshard, Nana‐Maria Grüning et al.

Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-024-02091-2 · Citations: 41

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Future projection of droughts in Morocco and potential impact on agriculture

Authors: Veysel Gümüş, Nabil El Moçayd, Mehmet Şeker, Mohammed Seaı̈d

Journal: Journal of Environmental Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122019 · Citations: 24

Matched topics: hydrology, drought, earth system model

Abstract not available.


Climate change and income inequality: Does renewable energy matter?

Authors: Cong Minh Huynh, Thi Nga Phan

Journal: Renewable Energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2024.121147 · Citations: 33

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Triggers of Flash Droughts across All the River Basins in India

Authors: Vikas Poonia, Srinidhi Jha, V. V. Srinivas, Lixin Wang

Journal: Journal of Hydrometeorology · DOI: 10.1175/jhm-d-23-0080.1 · Citations: 28

Matched topics: river, drought

Abstract Flash droughts (FDs) have attracted widespread attention in recent years due to their sudden onset and rapid intensification with significant impacts on ecosystems, water resources, and agriculture. These features of FDs pose unique challenges for their forecast, monitoring, and mitigation. The impact of FDs on society can vary depending on several factors, such as the frequency of their occurrence, rate of intensification, and mean severity, which are not well understood and remain …


Efficacy of nano-silicon extracted from rice husk to modulate the physio-biochemical constituents of wheat for ameliorating drought tolerance without causing cytotoxicity

Authors: Rahma Ahmed Abdo, M.M. Hazem, Abd El-Monaem El-Assar, Hani Saber Saudy, Salwa M. El-Sayed

Journal: Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences · DOI: 10.1186/s43088-024-00529-2 · Citations: 32

Matched topics: drought

Abstract Background Abiotic stresses, like drought, are the major cause of shrinking plant, growth crop yields and quality. Nanotechnology has provided a significant improvement in increasing plant growth and yield of crops under stress conditions. This work assessed the potential of silicon for mitigating the negative effects of drought against wheat. In completely randomized design with three replicates, wheat seedlings grown under three watering levels (100, 60 and 40% of water holding cap…


Offshore wind and wave energy can reduce total installed capacity required in zero-emissions grids

Authors: Natalia González, Paul Serna-Torre, Pedro Andres Sanchez Perez, Ryan Davidson, Bryan Murray, Martin Staadecker et al.

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50040-6 · Citations: 32

Matched topics: hydropower

As the world races to decarbonize power systems to mitigate climate change, the body of research analyzing paths to zero emissions electricity grids has substantially grown. Although studies typically include commercially available technologies, few of them consider offshore wind and wave energy as contenders in future zero-emissions grids. Here, we model with high geographic resolution both offshore wind and wave energy as independent technologies with the possibility of collocation in a pow…


Short-Term Groundwater Level Fluctuations Drive Subsurface Redox Variability

Authors: Fausto Machado‐Silva, Michael Weintraub, Nicholas Ward, Kennedy O. Doro, Peter Regier, Solomon Ehosioke et al.

Journal: Environmental Science & Technology · DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c01115 · Citations: 26

Matched topics: hydrology, land surface model

, maintaining more oxidizing states longer than the dissolved oxygen presence. Surprisingly, we observed more frequent oxidizing states in transitional areas and wetlands than in uplands. We infer that occasional oxygen entering specific wetland-upland boundaries acts as critical biogeochemical control points. High-resolution data can capture such rare yet significant biogeochemical instances, supporting redox-informed models and advancing the predictability of climate change feedback.


The ocean losing its breath under the heatwaves

Authors: Changyu Li, Jianping Huang, Xiaoyue Liu, Lei Ding, Yongli He, Yongkun Xie

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51323-8 · Citations: 30

Matched topics: earth system model

The world’s oceans are under threat from the prevalence of heatwaves caused by climate change. Despite this, there is a lack of understanding regarding their impact on seawater oxygen levels - a crucial element in sustaining biological survival. Here, we find that heatwaves can trigger low-oxygen extreme events, thereby amplifying the signal of deoxygenation. By utilizing in situ observations and state-of-the-art climate model simulations, we provide a global assessment of the relationship be…


Multi-scale impacts of climate change on hydropower for long-term water-energy planning in the contiguous United States

Authors: Daniel Broman, Nathalie Voisin, Shih‐Chieh Kao, Alisha Fernandez, Ganesh R. Ghimire

Journal: Environmental Research Letters · DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad6ceb · Citations: 10

Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow, water management, climate change, hydropower

Abstract Climate change impacts on watersheds can potentially exacerbate water scarcity issues where water serves multiple purposes including hydropower. The long-term management of water and energy resources is still mostly approached in a siloed manner at different basins or watersheds, failing to consider the potential impacts that may concurrently affect many regions at once. There is a need for a large-scale hydropower modeling framework that can examine climate impacts across adjoining …


Hydrological responses projection to the potential impact of climate change under CMIP6 models scenarios in Omo River Basin, Ethiopia

Authors: Tolera Abdissa Feyissa, Tamene Adugna Demissie, Fokke Saathoff, Alemayehu Gebissa

Journal: Results in Engineering · DOI: 10.1016/j.rineng.2024.102708 · Citations: 13

Matched topics: hydrologic model, river, runoff, climate change

Climate change has a negative impact on the basin’s hydrological processes and water resources. In this study, the projected impacts of climate change on hydrological processes in the Omo River Basin was evaluated under two Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP245 and SSP585) scenarios. The latest Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project (CMIP6) climate model dataset of precipitation and temperature were used to assess the anticipated climate impact in the basin. The SWAT model was used to simulat…


Integration of machine learning and remote sensing for drought index prediction: A framework for water resource crisis management

Authors: Hamed Talebi, Saeed Samadianfard

Journal: Earth Science Informatics · DOI: 10.1007/s12145-024-01437-w · Citations: 16

Matched topics: hydrologic model, water management, drought

A drought is a complex event characterized by low rainfall and has negative implications for agricultural and hydrological systems, as well as for community life. A common meteorological drought index used for drought monitoring and water resource management is the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI). Using SPEI can assist in predicting drought onset and estimating drought severity. The objective of this research is to assess the accuracy of machine learning models in e…


Prediction of potential invasion of two weeds of the genus Avena in Asia under climate change based on Maxent

Authors: Kefan Wu, Yongji Wang, Zhusong Liu, Wentao Huo, Jiaying Cao, Guanghua Zhao et al.

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175192 · Citations: 25

Matched topics: climate change

Avena sterilis L. (A. sterilis) and Avena ludoviciana Dur. (A. ludoviciana) are extremely invasive weeds with strong competitive ability and multiple transmission routes. Both species can invade a variety of dryland crops, including wheat, corn, and beans. Asia, as the world’s major food-producing continent, will experience significant losses to agricultural production if it is invaded by these weeds on a large scale. This study used the MaxEnt model and ArcGIS to map the distribution of suit…


Flood Risk Assessment and Extreme Precipitation

Flood risk assessment and extreme precipitation research are well represented this week with 2 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.

Revisiting the Use of the Gumbel Distribution: A Comprehensive Statistical Analysis Regarding Modeling Extremes and Rare Events

Authors: Cristian Gabriel Anghel

Journal: Mathematics · DOI: 10.3390/math12162466 · Citations: 33

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow

The manuscript presents the applicability of the Gumbel distribution in the frequency analysis of extreme events in hydrology. The advantages and disadvantages of using the distribution are highlighted, as well as recommendations regarding its proper use. A literature review was also carried out regarding the methods for estimating the parameters of the Gumbel distribution in hydrology. Thus, for the verification of the methods, case studies are presented regarding the determination of the ma…


Beyond clouds: Seamless flood mapping using Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 time series imagery and water occurrence data

Authors: Zhiwei Li, Shao-Fen Xu, Qihao Weng

Journal: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2024.07.022 · Citations: 17

Matched topics: water management, flood, surface water

Floods are among the most devastating natural disasters, posing significant risks to life, property, and infrastructure globally. Earth observation satellites provide data for continuous and extensive flood monitoring, yet limitations exist in the spatial completeness of monitoring using optical images due to cloud cover. Recent studies have developed gap-filling methods for reconstructing cloud-covered areas in water maps. However, these methods are not tailored for and validated in cloudy a…


Machine Learning and AI for Hydrological Prediction

This week’s 5 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.

A comprehensive survey of deep learning-based lightweight object detection models for edge devices

Authors: Payal Mittal

Journal: Artificial Intelligence Review · DOI: 10.1007/s10462-024-10877-1 · Citations: 124

Matched topics: earth system model

This study concentrates on deep learning-based lightweight object detection models on edge devices. Designing such lightweight object recognition models is more difficult than ever due to the growing demand for accurate, quick, and low-latency models for various edge devices. The most recent deep learning-based lightweight object detection methods are comprehensively described in this work. Information on the lightweight backbone architectures used by these object detectors has been listed. T…


Time series prediction model using LSTM-Transformer neural network for mine water inflow

Authors: Junwei Shi, Shiqi Wang, Pengfei Qu, Jianli Shao

Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-69418-z · Citations: 84

Matched topics: hydrologic model

Mine flooding accidents have occurred frequently in recent years, and the predicting of mine water inflow is one of the most crucial flood warning indicators. Further, the mine water inflow is characterized by non-linearity and instability, making it difficult to predict. Accordingly, we propose a time series prediction model based on the fusion of the Transformer algorithm, which relies on self-attention, and the LSTM algorithm, which captures long-term dependencies. In this paper, Baotailon…


Interpretable prediction, classification and regulation of water quality: A case study of Poyang Lake, China

Authors: Zhiyuan Yao, Zhaocai Wang, Jinghan Huang, Nannan Xu, Xuefei Cui, Tunhua Wu

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175407 · Citations: 63

Matched topics: water management

Abstract not available.


From data to action in flood forecasting leveraging graph neural networks and digital twin visualization

Authors: Naghmeh Shafiee Roudbari, Shubham Rajeev Punekar, Zachary Patterson, Ursula Eicker, Charalambos Poullis

Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-68857-y · Citations: 40

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, flood

Forecasting floods encompasses significant complexity due to the nonlinear nature of hydrological systems, which involve intricate interactions among precipitation, landscapes, river systems, and hydrological networks. Recent efforts in hydrology have aimed at predicting water flow, floods, and quality, yet most methodologies overlook the influence of adjacent areas and lack advanced visualization for water level assessment. Our contribution is two-fold: firstly, we introduce a graph neural n…


The Use of Attention-Enhanced CNN-LSTM Models for Multi-Indicator and Time-Series Predictions of Surface Water Quality

Authors: Minhao Zhang, Zhiyu Zhang, Xuan Wang, Z. Liao, Lijin Wang

Journal: Water resources management · DOI: 10.1007/s11269-024-03946-1 · Citations: 31

Matched topics: surface water

Abstract not available.


Water Management, Irrigation, and Groundwater

Water management research this week spans 4 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.

Efficient reverse osmosis-based desalination using functionalized graphene oxide nanopores

Authors: Jing Fan, Yuting Pan, Hao Wang, Fenhong Song

Journal: Applied Surface Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.160937 · Citations: 89

Matched topics: surface water

Abstract not available.


Evaluation of water resource carrying potential and barrier factors in Gansu Province based on game theory combined weighting and improved TOPSIS model

Authors: Liangliang Du, Zuirong Niu, Rui Zhang, Jinxia Zhang, Ling Jia, Lujun Wang

Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112438 · Citations: 52

Matched topics: water management

• The carrying capacity of water resources in Gansu Province is evaluated comprehensively. • The combination weights of different indicators were determined through the application of game theory. • The TOPSIS evaluation model improved by using grey relational analysis was applied to calculate the WRCC of Gansu Province. • The water-carrying capacity of 14 cities and prefectures in Gansu Province has been progressively increasing over the years. • The future water resource carrying capacity h…


Assessing surface water quality in Hungary’s Danube basin using geochemical modeling, multivariate analysis, irrigation indices, and Monte Carlo simulation

Authors: Omar Saeed, András Székács, Győző Jordán, Mária Mörtl, Mostafa R. Abukhadra, Ahmed M. El‐Sherbeeny et al.

Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-69312-8 · Citations: 29

Matched topics: water management, surface water, irrigation

is the dominant water types. Principal component analysis (PCA), ionic ratios and piper, chloro alkaline index, Chadha, and Gibbs diagrams identified three distinct water characteristics influenced by water-rocks interaction, evaporation, ions exchange, and human activities. The geochemical modeling showed Danube River water’s strong ability to dissolve gypsum, halite, and anhydrite (SI 1) compared to adults, indicating a 2.1 times higher overall non-carcinogenic risk hazard index. However, …


Sustainable management in irrigation water distribution system under climate change: Process-driven optimization modelling considering water-food-energy-environment synergies

Authors: Yingshan Chen, Heng Li, Yaowen Xu, Qiang Fu, Yijia Wang, Bing He et al.

Journal: Agricultural Water Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2024.108990 · Citations: 16

Matched topics: water management, climate change, irrigation

The scarcity of water resources, severe pollution and climate change necessitate the sustainable and optimized allocation of irrigation water resources. Agricultural irrigation is profoundly influenced by dynamic environmental conditions and affects crop photosynthesis, respiration and energy utilization, thereby significantly influencing crop yield and agricultural non-point source pollution. To address this issue, this paper presents a process-driven modeling approach for achieving sustaina…


Hydrological Processes, Snow Dynamics, and Remote Sensing

This theme encompasses 17 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.

Highest ocean heat in four centuries places Great Barrier Reef in danger

Authors: Benjamin J. Henley, Helen McGregor, Andrew D. King, Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg, Ariella K. Arzey, David J. Karoly et al.

Journal: Nature · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07672-x · Citations: 76

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

of one of Earth’s greatest natural wonders.


Soil contamination with microplastics (MPs) from treated wastewater and sewage sludge: risks and sustainable mitigation strategies

Authors: Sarra Hechmi, Mansoor Ahmad Bhat, Amjad Kallel, Oumaima Khiari, Zeineb Louati, Mohamed Naceur Khelil et al.

Journal: Discover Environment · DOI: 10.1007/s44274-024-00135-0 · Citations: 57

Matched topics: land surface model

Abstract This review explores the hidden hazards associated with the reuse of treated wastewater and sewage sludge in agriculture while proposing mitigation strategies. It examines the origins and pathways of microplastics (MPs) in wastewater treatment plants and how these pollutants infiltrate agricultural ecosystems. The review assesses the effectiveness of MP removal from wastewater and its fate in soil after reuse, highlighting contamination dynamics and the need for proactive measures. I…


Estimation of underground hydrogen storage capacity in depleted gas reservoirs using CO2 as cushion gas

Authors: Youwei He, Yixiang Xie, Yu Qiao, Jiazheng Qin, Yong Tang

Journal: Applied Energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124093 · Citations: 50

Matched topics: reservoir

Abstract not available.


Snow redistribution in an intermediate-complexity snow hydrology modelling framework

Authors: L. Quéno, R. Mott, Paul Morin, B. Cluzet, G. Mazzotti, T. Jonas

Journal: The Cryosphere · DOI: 10.5194/tc-18-3533-2024 · Citations: 34

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model

Abstract. Snow hydrological regimes in mountainous catchments are strongly influenced by snowpack heterogeneity resulting from wind- and gravity-induced redistribution processes, requiring them to be modelled at hectometre and finer resolutions. This study presents a novel modelling approach to address this issue, aiming at an intermediate-complexity solution to best represent these processes while maintaining operationally viable computational times. To this end, the physics-based snowpack m…


Constructing wetland ecological corridor system based on hydrological connectivity with the goal of improving regional biodiversity

Authors: Yi Qu, Xingyu Zeng, Chunyu Luo, Hongqiang Zhang, Yingnan Liu, Jifeng Wang

Journal: Journal of Environmental Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122074 · Citations: 30

Matched topics: hydrologic model, water management, land surface model

Abstract not available.


Climate change accelerates water and biogeochemical cycles in temperate agricultural catchments

Authors: Magdalena Bieroza, Lukas Hallberg, John Livsey, Maarten Wynants

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175365 · Citations: 19

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff, water management, climate change

Climate change is expected to significantly deteriorate water quality in heavily managed agricultural landscapes, however, the exact mechanisms of these impacts are unknown. In this study we adopted a modelling approach to predict the multiple effects of climate change on hydrological and biogeochemical responses for dominant solutes and particulates in two agriculture-dominated temperate headwater catchments. We used climatic projections from three climatic models to simulate future flows, m…


Assessing the efficacy of hydro-ecological based wetland management approach for flood resilience of a large river catchment

Authors: Rishi Gupta, Vinay Chembolu, Timothy I. Marjoribanks, Subashisa Dutta

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131761 · Citations: 22

Matched topics: river, streamflow, water management, flood

Riverine flooding is a widespread global challenge and is predicted to worsen with climate change. Wetlands have been recognised as a potential nature-based solution (NbS) to riverine flooding, but are rapidly degrading globally, reducing their capacity to store water. Furthermore, in monsoon climates, natural wetlands can prove inadequate during peak flows, reaching their capacity early in the monsoon season. Management and rejuvenation of these wetlands provides a potential method to overco…


Impact of land use/land cover change on surface water hydrology in Akaki river catchment, Awash basin, Ethiopia

Authors: Hamere Yohannes, Mekuria Argaw, Weldemariam Seifu

Journal: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C · DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2024.103690 · Citations: 12

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, river, water management, land surface model, surface water

Abstract not available.


Crop stress detection from UAVs: best practices and lessons learned for exploiting sensor synergies

Authors: Erekle Chakhvashvili, Miriam Machwitz, Michal Antala, Offer Rozenstein, Egor Prikaziuk, Martin Schlerf et al.

Journal: Precision Agriculture · DOI: 10.1007/s11119-024-10168-3 · Citations: 31

Matched topics: hydrology, land surface model

Introduction Detecting and monitoring crop stress is crucial for ensuring sufficient and sustainable crop production. Recent advancements in unoccupied aerial vehicle (UAV) technology provide a promising approach to map key crop traits indicative of stress. While using single optical sensors mounted on UAVs could be sufficient to monitor crop status in a general sense, implementing multiple sensors that cover various spectral optical domains allow for a more precise characterization of the in…


Reanalyzing the spatial representativeness of snow depth at automated monitoring stations using airborne lidar data

Authors: Jordan N. Herbert, Mark S. Raleigh, Eric E. Small

Journal: ˜The œcryosphere · DOI: 10.5194/tc-18-3495-2024 · Citations: 19

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

Abstract. Automated snow station networks provide critical hydrologic data. Whether point observations represent snowpack at larger areas is an enduring question. Leveraging the recent proliferation of airborne lidar snow depth data, we revisit the question of snow station representativeness at multiple scales surrounding 111 stations in Colorado and California (USA) from 2021–2023 (n=476 total samples). In about 50 % of cases, station depths were at least 10 cm higher than areal-mean snow de…


A potential toxicological risk assessment of heavy metals and pesticides in irrigated rice cultivars near industrial areas of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Authors: Muhammad Nurul Huda, Mohammad Harun‐Ur‐Rashid, Anowar Hosen, Mahafuga Akter, Md. Mominul Islam, Sharmin Zaman Emon et al.

Journal: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment · DOI: 10.1007/s10661-024-12927-1 · Citations: 33

Matched topics: irrigation

Abstract not available.


Microplastic clouds in rivers: spatiotemporal dynamics of microplastic pollution in a fluvial system

Authors: Alexia Balla, Ahmed Moshen, Tímea Kiss

Journal: Environmental Sciences Europe · DOI: 10.1186/s12302-024-00967-w · Citations: 26

Matched topics: hydrology, river

Abstract Background The microplastic transport of rivers is a complex spatiotemporal process; however, only limited knowledge exists on it, making its monitoring complicated. The study aimed to analyze the spatial and temporal dynamics of suspended sediments and microplastics based on measurements (1) every five days for 2 years at one site and (2) annual repetition at 29 sites along the 750-km-long Tisza River for 3 years. Water samples were taken by pumping (1 m 3 ). Machine learning algori…


Fungal community determines soil multifunctionality during vegetation restoration in metallic tailing reservoir

Authors: Jiyuan Jin, Dongyan Zhao, Jipeng Wang, Yuhan Wang, He Zhu, Yanhong Wu et al.

Journal: Journal of Hazardous Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135438 · Citations: 29

Matched topics: reservoir

Abstract not available.


Precipitation contributes to alleviating pollution of rubber-derived chemicals in receiving watersheds: Combining confluent stormwater runoff from different functional areas

Authors: Yue-Hong Liu, Yu-Xian Mei, Jingyi Wang, Shan-Shan Chen, Jiali Chen, Nan Li et al.

Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122240 · Citations: 24

Matched topics: runoff, surface water

Abstract not available.


Zooplankton functional diversity as a bioindicator of freshwater ecosystem health across land use gradient

Authors: Anna Maria Goździejewska, Ireneusz Cymes, Katarzyna Glińska‐Lewczuk

Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-69577-z · Citations: 26

Matched topics: hydrologic model

Zooplankton are critical indicators of pressures impacting freshwater ecosystems. We analyzed the response of zooplankton communities across different sub-catchment types-headwaters, natural, urban, urban-agricultural, and agricultural-within the Łyna river-lake system in Northern Poland. Using taxonomic groups and functional traits (body size, feeding strategies), we applied Partial Least Squares Regression (PLS-R) to elucidate the relationships between environmental conditions, land use, an…


Assessing the IUCN global standard as a framework for nature-based solutions in river flood management applications

Authors: Maikel Berg, Chris Spray, Astrid Blom, Jill H. Slinger, Laura Maria Stancanelli, Yvo Snoek et al.

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175269 · Citations: 21

Matched topics: river, flood

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are actions that harness nature to help address major societal challenges. The assessment frameworks for NbS proposed in the literature differ in scope and intended use. In 2020, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) introduced their Global Standard for NbS as a framework that can be used by anyone working on different types of NbS. Since research on the applicability of the IUCN Standard remains limited, the aim of this paper is to analyse whe…


Evaluating capillary trapping in underground hydrogen storage: A pore-scale to reservoir-scale analysis

Authors: M. I. Khan, Marcos Vitor Barbosa Machado, Aaditya Khanal, Mojdeh Delshad

Journal: Fuel · DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2024.132755 · Citations: 25

Matched topics: reservoir

Abstract not available.


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Topics searched 16
Total papers fetched 902
After deduplication 668
After LLM relevance filtering 50
Rejected (not relevant) 618

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Scientific Reports 4
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Journal of Environmental Management 2
Artificial Intelligence Review 1
Nature Cities 1
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 1
Applied Surface Science 1
Nature 1
Journal of Ecology 1
Discover Environment 1
Energy and Buildings 1
Ecological Indicators 1
Applied Energy 1
Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology 1
Science China Earth Sciences 1
Computers and Geotechnics 1
Mathematics 1
Remote Sensing of Environment 1
The Cryosphere 1
Nature Climate Change 1
Journal of Hydrology 1
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C 1
Precision Agriculture 1
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˜The œcryosphere 1
Renewable Energy 1
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Journal of Hydrometeorology 1
Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 1
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Journal of Hazardous Materials 1
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Results in Engineering 1
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 1
Earth Science Informatics 1
Agricultural Water Management 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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