Weekly Literature Review
Week 10 · March 4–March 10, 2024
50 relevant papers found across 6 themes
Executive Summary
This week’s review covers 50 papers across 6 themes. The most cited paper examines Emerging opportunities and challenges for the future of reservoir computing, with 292 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
- Executive Summary
- Climate Change and Terrestrial Water Storage
- Critical review of the role of ash content and composition in biomass pyrolysis
- Rising water temperature in rivers: Ecological impacts and future resilience
- Fabrication of a facile self-floating lignin-based carbon Janus evaporators for efficient and stable solar desalination
- Spatiotemporal monitoring of climate change impacts on water resources using an integrated approach of remote sensing and Google Earth Engine
- Australia’s Tinderbox Drought: An extreme natural event likely worsened by human-caused climate change
- Host genotype-specific rhizosphere fungus enhances drought resistance in wheat
- High-temperature anion-exchange membrane fuel cells with balanced water management and enhanced stability
- How does the climate change effect on hydropower potential, freshwater fisheries, and hydrological response of snow on water availability?
- Advanced Biotechnological Interventions in Mitigating Drought Stress in Plants
- Multi-criteria assessment of climate change due to green house effect based on Sugeno Weber model under spherical fuzzy Z-numbers
- Global expansion of wildland-urban interface (WUI) and WUI fires: insights from a multiyear worldwide unified database (WUWUI)
- Climate change is an important predictor of extinction risk on macroevolutionary timescales
- Identification of reliable locations for wind power generation through a global analysis of wind droughts
- Assessing vegetation resilience and vulnerability to drought events in Central Asia
- Institutional investors’ corporate site visits and firm-level climate change risk disclosure
- A novel multi-scale standardized index analyzing monthly to sub-seasonal drought-flood abrupt alternation events in the Yangtze River basin
- Assessing the role of carbon pricing in global climate change mitigation strategies
- Animal migration in the Anthropocene: threats and mitigation options
- Fast, scale-adaptive and uncertainty-aware downscaling of Earth system model fields with generative machine learning
- Flood Risk Assessment and Extreme Precipitation
- Urbanization Further Intensifies Short‐Duration Rainfall Extremes in a Warmer Climate
- Simultaneous adjustment on the CO2/oil and CO2/water interface tensions using hydrophilic, lipophilic and CO2-philic surfactants during CO2 flooding to enhance shale oil recovery after hydraulic fracturing
- Aligning nature-based solutions with ecosystem services in the urban century
- Machine Learning and AI for Hydrological Prediction
- Emerging opportunities and challenges for the future of reservoir computing
- Machine Learning-Based Wetland Vulnerability Assessment in the Sindh Province Ramsar Site Using Remote Sensing Data
- Assessment of forest fire severity and land surface temperature using Google Earth Engine: a case study of Gujarat State, India
- How accurate are the machine learning models in improving monthly rainfall prediction in hyper arid environment?
- 3D-integrated multilayered physical reservoir array for learning and forecasting time-series information
- Enhancing Regional Climate Downscaling through Advances in Machine Learning
- Times Series Forecasting of Monthly Rainfall using Seasonal Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average with EXogenous Variables (SARIMAX) Model
- Predicting Redox Conditions in Groundwater at a National Scale Using Random Forest Classification
- Evaluating the Performance of Several Data Preprocessing Methods Based on GRU in Forecasting Monthly Runoff Time Series
- Hydrological drought forecasts using precipitation data depend on catchment properties and human activities
- Hydropower and Renewable Energy-Water Systems
- Water Management, Irrigation, and Groundwater
- Heavy metals pollution from smelting activities: A threat to soil and groundwater
- Airflow Triggered Water Film Self-Sculpturing on Femtosecond Laser-Induced Heterogeneously Wetted Micro/Nanostructured Surfaces
- Anisotropic MXene/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Composite Hydrogels with Vertically Oriented Channels and Modulated Surface Topography for Efficient Solar-Driven Water Evaporation and Purification
- Trajectory in water scarcity and potential water savings benefits in the Yellow River basin
- Water management and heat integration in direct air capture systems
- Hydrological Processes, Snow Dynamics, and Remote Sensing
- Plastic Pollution in Agriculture as a Threat to Food Security, the Ecosystem, and the Environment: An Overview
- Wood-inspired metamaterial catalyst for robust and high-throughput water purification
- Recent Advances in Advanced Oxidation Processes for Degrading Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater—A Review
- Assessing pesticide residues occurrence and risks in water systems: A Pan-European and Argentina perspective
- A Digital Twin of the terrestrial water cycle: a glimpse into the future through high-resolution Earth observations
- Will large-scale forestation lead to a soil water deficit crisis in China’s drylands?
- Regime shifts in Arctic terrestrial hydrology manifested from impacts of climate warming
- Eutrophication of Inland Surface Waters in South Africa: An Overview
- Understanding and technological approach of acid hydrolysis processing for lignocellulose biorefinery: Panorama and perspectives
- Experimental investigation of CO2 huff-n-puff in tight oil reservoirs: Effects of the fracture on the dynamic transport characteristics based on the nuclear magnetic resonance and fractal theory
- Watershed analysis of urban stormwater contaminant 6PPD-Quinone hotspots and stream concentrations using a process-based ecohydrological model
- Drought Dynamics in the Nile River Basin: Meteorological, Agricultural, and Groundwater Drought Propagation
- Statistics
- Filtering Criteria
Climate Change and Terrestrial Water Storage
This week features 19 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.
Critical review of the role of ash content and composition in biomass pyrolysis
Authors: Lokeshwar Puri, Yulin Hu, G.F. Naterer
Journal: Frontiers in Fuels · DOI: 10.3389/ffuel.2024.1378361 · Citations: 142
Matched topics: earth system model
In the face of environmental challenges (e.g., dramatically increasing greenhouse gas emissions and climate change), it is utmost of importance to sustainable energy systems. Biomass consisting of agricultural and forest waste, municipal solid waste, and aquatics, has been identified as alternative and promising fuel sources. Thermochemical conversion approaches like pyrolysis can turn various types of biomass into three valuable product streams, namely, bio-oil, biochar, and syngas. To date,…
Rising water temperature in rivers: Ecological impacts and future resilience
Authors: Matthew F. Johnson, Lindsey K. Albertson, Adam C. Algar, Stephen J. Dugdale, Patrick M. Edwards, Judy England et al.
Journal: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water · DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1724 · Citations: 118
Matched topics: hydrology, river, streamflow, water management
Abstract Rising water temperatures in rivers due to climate change are already having observable impacts on river ecosystems. Warming water has both direct and indirect impacts on aquatic life, and further aggravates pervasive issues such as eutrophication, pollution, and the spread of disease. Animals can survive higher temperatures through physiological and/or genetic acclimation, behavioral and phenological change, and range shifts to more suitable locations. As such, those animals that ar…
Fabrication of a facile self-floating lignin-based carbon Janus evaporators for efficient and stable solar desalination
Authors: Wei Li, Tiantian Li, Boyan Deng, Ting Xu, Guanhua Wang, Weicheng Hu et al.
Journal: Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials · DOI: 10.1007/s42114-024-00849-y · Citations: 125
Matched topics: surface water
Abstract not available.
Spatiotemporal monitoring of climate change impacts on water resources using an integrated approach of remote sensing and Google Earth Engine
Authors: Mohammad Kazemi Garajeh, Fatemeh Haji, Mahsa Tohidfar, Amin Sadeqi, Reyhaneh Ahmadi, Narges Kariminejad
Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56160-9 · Citations: 72
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, water management, land surface model, climate change, surface water
In this study, a data-driven approach employed by utilizing the product called JRC-Global surface water mapping layers V1.4 on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) to map and monitor the effects of climate change on surface water resources. Key climatic variables affecting water bodies, including air temperature (AT), actual evapotranspiration (ETa), and total precipitation, were analyzed from 2000 to 2021 using the temperature-vegetation index (TVX) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer…
Australia’s Tinderbox Drought: An extreme natural event likely worsened by human-caused climate change
Authors: Anjana Devanand, Georgina Falster, Zoe E. Gillett, Sanaa Hobeichi, Chiara Holgate, Chenhui Jin et al.
Journal: Science Advances · DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj3460 · Citations: 78
Matched topics: streamflow, drought, land surface model, climate change
We examine the characteristics and causes of southeast Australia’s Tinderbox Drought (2017 to 2019) that preceded the Black Summer fire disaster. The Tinderbox Drought was characterized by cool season rainfall deficits of around -50% in three consecutive years, which was exceptionally unlikely in the context of natural variability alone. The precipitation deficits were initiated and sustained by an anomalous atmospheric circulation that diverted oceanic moisture away from the region, despite …
Host genotype-specific rhizosphere fungus enhances drought resistance in wheat
Authors: Hong Yue, Xuming Sun, Tingting Wang, Ali Zhang, Dejun Han, Gehong Wei et al.
Journal: Microbiome · DOI: 10.1186/s40168-024-01770-8 · Citations: 91
Matched topics: drought
Background The severity and frequency of drought are expected to increase substantially in the coming century and dramatically reduce crop yields. Manipulation of rhizosphere microbiomes is an emerging strategy for mitigating drought stress in agroecosystems. However, little is known about the mechanisms underlying how drought-resistant plant recruitment of specific rhizosphere fungi enhances drought adaptation of drought-sensitive wheats. Here, we investigated microbial community assembly fe…
High-temperature anion-exchange membrane fuel cells with balanced water management and enhanced stability
Authors: Jiandang Xue, John C. Douglin, Karam Yassin, Tong Huang, Haifei Jiang, Junfeng Zhang et al.
Journal: Joule · DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.02.011 · Citations: 76
Matched topics: water management
Abstract not available.
How does the climate change effect on hydropower potential, freshwater fisheries, and hydrological response of snow on water availability?
Authors: Shan‐e‐hyder Soomro, Abdul Razzaque Soomro, Sahar Batool, Jiali Guo, Yinghai Li, Yanqin Bai et al.
Journal: Applied Water Science · DOI: 10.1007/s13201-023-02070-6 · Citations: 40
Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow, climate change, hydropower
Abstract Globally there is already a lot of pressure on water resources because of climate change, economic development, as well as an increasing global populace. Many rivers originate in the mountains, where snowfall fluctuations and the global climate’s inherent unpredictability affect the hydrological processes. Climate change sensitivity has been recognized in recent years and would affect hydropower, such as humidity, cloudiness, and precipitation, that are considered; global warming eme…
Advanced Biotechnological Interventions in Mitigating Drought Stress in Plants
Authors: Özhan Şimşek, Musab A. Isak, Dicle Dönmez, Akife Dalda Şekerci, Tolga İzgü, Yıldız Aka Kaçar
Journal: Plants · DOI: 10.3390/plants13050717 · Citations: 55
Matched topics: drought
This comprehensive article critically analyzes the advanced biotechnological strategies to mitigate plant drought stress. It encompasses an in-depth exploration of the latest developments in plant genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, shedding light on the complex molecular mechanisms that plants employ to combat drought stress. The study also emphasizes the significant advancements in genetic engineering techniques, particularly CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, which have revolutionized the cre…
Multi-criteria assessment of climate change due to green house effect based on Sugeno Weber model under spherical fuzzy Z-numbers
Authors: Shahzaib Ashraf, Maria Akram, Chiranjibe Jana, LeSheng Jin, Dragan Pamucar
Journal: Information Sciences · DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2024.120428 · Citations: 53
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
Global expansion of wildland-urban interface (WUI) and WUI fires: insights from a multiyear worldwide unified database (WUWUI)
Authors: Wenfu Tang, Cenlin He, L. K. Emmons, Junzhe Zhang
Journal: Environmental Research Letters · DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad31da · Citations: 53
Matched topics: earth system model
Abstract Fires in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) are an important issue globally. To understand the change of WUI, we develop a 9 km worldwide unified wildland-urban interface database for 2001–2020 with Random Forest models and satellite data. We find that WUI has been increasing in all populated continents from 2001 to 2020 and the global relative increase is 24%, with the largest relative increase (∼59%) over Africa. Global total fire counts decrease by 10% from 2005 to 2020, whereas t…
Climate change is an important predictor of extinction risk on macroevolutionary timescales
Authors: Cooper Malanoski, Alex Farnsworth, Daniel J. Lunt, Paul J. Valdes, Erin E. Saupe
Journal: Science · DOI: 10.1126/science.adj5763 · Citations: 52
Matched topics: climate change
Anthropogenic climate change is increasing rapidly and already impacting biodiversity. Despite its importance in future projections, understanding of the underlying mechanisms by which climate mediates extinction remains limited. We present an integrated approach examining the role of intrinsic traits versus extrinsic climate change in mediating extinction risk for marine invertebrates over the past 485 million years. We found that a combination of physiological traits and the magnitude of cl…
Identification of reliable locations for wind power generation through a global analysis of wind droughts
Authors: Enrico G. A. Antonini, Edgar Virgüez, Sara Ashfaq, Lei Duan, Tyler Ruggles, Ken Caldeira
Journal: Communications Earth & Environment · DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01260-7 · Citations: 48
Matched topics: drought
Abstract Wind droughts, or prolonged periods of low wind speeds, pose challenges for electricity systems largely reliant on wind generation. Using weather reanalysis data, we analyzed the global distribution of and trends in wind droughts using an energy deficit metric that integrates the depth and duration of wind droughts. We identified regions with high power densities, low seasonal variability, and limited weather fluctuations that favor wind power generation, such as the American Midwest…
Assessing vegetation resilience and vulnerability to drought events in Central Asia
Authors: Liangliang Jiang, Bing Liu, Hao Guo, Ye Yuan, Wenli Liu, Guli Jiapaer
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131012 · Citations: 46
Matched topics: drought
Abstract not available.
Institutional investors’ corporate site visits and firm-level climate change risk disclosure
Authors: Yanheng Song, Rui Xian
Journal: International Review of Financial Analysis · DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103145 · Citations: 46
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
A novel multi-scale standardized index analyzing monthly to sub-seasonal drought-flood abrupt alternation events in the Yangtze River basin
Authors: Le WANG, Shenglian Guo, Jun Wang, Yubin Chen, Hui Qiu, Jun Zhang et al.
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130999 · Citations: 27
Matched topics: river, flood, drought, seasonal
Drought-flood abrupt alternation (DFAA) events are often cause severe disasters that affect economic growth and ecological security. Since the current monthly to sub-seasonal drought-flood abrupt alternation index (DFAI) has the limitations of misjudgments, omissions and neglecting alternation speed, this study proposes a novel multi-scale standardized DFAI index (MSDFAI) based on the definition of the misjudgment and omission rates as well as alternation speed. A comparative test and spatial…
Assessing the role of carbon pricing in global climate change mitigation strategies
Authors: Wags Numoipiri Digitemie, Ifeanyi Onyedika Ekemezie
Journal: Magna Scientia Advanced Research and Reviews · DOI: 10.30574/msarr.2024.10.2.0040 · Citations: 41
Matched topics: climate change
Carbon pricing has emerged as a crucial policy tool in global efforts to mitigate climate change by internalizing the costs of carbon emissions and incentivizing emission reductions. This review provides an assessment of the role of carbon pricing in global climate change mitigation strategies. Carbon pricing mechanisms, including carbon taxes and emissions trading systems (ETS), have gained traction worldwide as governments seek effective ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These mechan…
Animal migration in the Anthropocene: threats and mitigation options
Authors: Steven J. Cooke, Morgan L. Piczak, Navinder J. Singh, Susanne Åkesson, Adam T. Ford, Shawan Chowdhury et al.
Journal: Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · DOI: 10.1111/brv.13066 · Citations: 41
Matched topics: hydropower
Animal migration has fascinated scientists and the public alike for centuries, yet migratory animals are facing diverse threats that could lead to their demise. The Anthropocene is characterised by the reality that humans are the dominant force on Earth, having manifold negative effects on biodiversity and ecosystem function. Considerable research focus has been given to assessing anthropogenic impacts on the numerical abundance of species/populations, whereas relatively less attention has be…
Fast, scale-adaptive and uncertainty-aware downscaling of Earth system model fields with generative machine learning
Authors: P. Hess, Michael Aich, Baoxiang Pan, N. Boers
Journal: Nature Machine Intelligence · DOI: 10.1038/s42256-025-00980-5 · Citations: 41
Matched topics: earth system model
Accurate and high-resolution Earth system model (ESM) simulations are essential to assess the ecological and socioeconomic impacts of anthropogenic climate change, but are computationally too expensive to be run at sufficiently high spatial resolution. Recent machine learning approaches have shown promising results in downscaling ESM simulations, outperforming state-of-the-art statistical approaches. However, existing methods require computationally costly retraining for each ESM and extrapol…
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.
Urbanization Further Intensifies Short‐Duration Rainfall Extremes in a Warmer Climate
Authors: Haochen Yan, Yao Gao, Robert L. Wilby, Dapeng Yu, Nigel Wright, Jie Yin et al.
Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2024gl108565 · Citations: 40
Matched topics: hydrology
Abstract Intensification of short‐duration rainfall extremes contributes to increased urban flood risk. Yet, it remains unclear how upper‐tail rainfall statistics could change with regional warming. Here, we characterize the non‐stationarity of rainfall extremes over durations of 1–24 hr for the rapidly developing coastal megalopolis of the Greater Bay Area, China. Using high‐resolution, multi‐source, merged and gridded data we observe greater increases in rainfall intensities over the north‐…
Simultaneous adjustment on the CO2/oil and CO2/water interface tensions using hydrophilic, lipophilic and CO2-philic surfactants during CO2 flooding to enhance shale oil recovery after hydraulic fracturing
Authors: Huan Zhang, Houjian Gong, Xinyan He, Junru Wu, Hai Sun, Long Xu et al.
Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal · DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.150244 · Citations: 39
Matched topics: flood
Abstract not available.
Aligning nature-based solutions with ecosystem services in the urban century
Authors: Roy P. Remme, Megan Meacham, Kara E. Pellowe, Erik Andersson, Anne D. Guerry, Benjamin D. Janke et al.
Journal: Ecosystem Services · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101610 · Citations: 38
Matched topics: hydrology
In an increasingly urbanized world, the concepts of ecosystem services and nature-based solutions can help tackle grand challenges. However, ambiguity in their definitions and in the relationship between the two concepts complicates comprehensive research efforts as well as their effective application in policy and planning in urban systems. This paper presents a framework to clarify and explicitly relate the two concepts, enhancing their applicability in the management of urban challenges. W…
Machine Learning and AI for Hydrological Prediction
This week’s 10 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.
Emerging opportunities and challenges for the future of reservoir computing
Authors: Min Yan, Can Huang, Peter Bienstman, Peter Tino, Wei Lin, Jie Sun
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45187-1 · Citations: 292
Matched topics: reservoir
Reservoir computing originates in the early 2000s, the core idea being to utilize dynamical systems as reservoirs (nonlinear generalizations of standard bases) to adaptively learn spatiotemporal features and hidden patterns in complex time series. Shown to have the potential of achieving higher-precision prediction in chaotic systems, those pioneering works led to a great amount of interest and follow-ups in the community of nonlinear dynamics and complex systems. To unlock the full capabilit…
Machine Learning-Based Wetland Vulnerability Assessment in the Sindh Province Ramsar Site Using Remote Sensing Data
Authors: Rana Waqar Aslam, Hong Shu, Iram Naz, Abdul Quddoos, Andaleeb Yaseen, Khansa Gulshad et al.
Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs16050928 · Citations: 117
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, water management, earth system model
Wetlands provide vital ecological and socioeconomic services but face escalating pressures worldwide. This study undertakes an integrated spatiotemporal assessment of the multifaceted vulnerabilities shaping Khinjhir Lake, an ecologically significant wetland ecosystem in Pakistan, using advanced geospatial and machine learning techniques. Multi-temporal optical remote sensing data from 2000 to 2020 was analyzed through spectral water indices, land cover classification, change detection and ri…
Assessment of forest fire severity and land surface temperature using Google Earth Engine: a case study of Gujarat State, India
Authors: Keval H. Jodhani, H. V. Patel, Utsav Soni, R. S. Patel, Bhairavi Valodara, Nitesh Gupta et al.
Journal: Fire Ecology · DOI: 10.1186/s42408-024-00254-2 · Citations: 73
Matched topics: land surface model
Abstract Forest fires are a recurring issue in many parts of the world, including India. These fires can have various causes, including human activities (such as agricultural burning, campfires, or discarded cigarettes) and natural factors (such as lightning). The present study presents a comprehensive and advanced methodology for assessing wildfire susceptibility by integrating diverse environmental variables and leveraging cutting-edge machine learning techniques across Gujarat State, India…
How accurate are the machine learning models in improving monthly rainfall prediction in hyper arid environment?
Authors: Faisal Baig, Luqman Ali, Muhammad Abrar Faiz, Haonan Chen, Mohsen Sherif
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131040 · Citations: 66
Matched topics: water management
Abstract not available.
3D-integrated multilayered physical reservoir array for learning and forecasting time-series information
Authors: Sanghyeon Choi, Jaeho Shin, Gwanyeong Park, Jung Sun Eo, Jingon Jang, J. J. Yang et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46323-7 · Citations: 54
Matched topics: reservoir
A wide reservoir computing system is an advanced architecture composed of multiple reservoir layers in parallel, which enables more complex and diverse internal dynamics for multiple time-series information processing. However, its hardware implementation has not yet been realized due to the lack of a high-performance physical reservoir and the complexity of fabricating multiple stacks. Here, we achieve a proof-of-principle demonstration of such hardware made of a multilayered three-dimension…
Enhancing Regional Climate Downscaling through Advances in Machine Learning
Authors: Neelesh Rampal, Sanaa Hobeichi, Peter B. Gibson, Jorge Baño‐Medina, Gab Abramowitz, Tom Beucler et al.
Journal: Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems · DOI: 10.1175/aies-d-23-0066.1 · Citations: 51
Matched topics: hydrology, earth system model
Abstract Despite the sophistication of global climate models (GCMs), their coarse spatial resolution limits their ability to resolve important aspects of climate variability and change at the local scale. Both dynamical and empirical methods are used for enhancing the resolution of climate projections through downscaling, each with distinct advantages and challenges. Dynamical downscaling is physics based but comes with a large computational cost, posing a barrier for downscaling an ensemble …
Times Series Forecasting of Monthly Rainfall using Seasonal Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average with EXogenous Variables (SARIMAX) Model
Authors: Shahenaz Mulla, C. Pande, S. K. Singh
Journal: Water resources management · DOI: 10.1007/s11269-024-03756-5 · Citations: 47
Matched topics: seasonal
Abstract not available.
Predicting Redox Conditions in Groundwater at a National Scale Using Random Forest Classification
Authors: Anthony J. Tesoriero, Susan A. Wherry, Danielle I. Dupuy, Tyler D. Johnson
Journal: Environmental Science & Technology · DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c07576 · Citations: 42
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model
Redox conditions in groundwater may markedly affect the fate and transport of nutrients, volatile organic compounds, and trace metals, with significant implications for human health. While many local assessments of redox conditions have been made, the spatial variability of redox reaction rates makes the determination of redox conditions at regional or national scales problematic. In this study, redox conditions in groundwater were predicted for the contiguous United States using random fores…
Evaluating the Performance of Several Data Preprocessing Methods Based on GRU in Forecasting Monthly Runoff Time Series
Authors: Wenchuan Wang, Yu-jin Du, Kwok‐wing Chau, Chun-Tian Cheng, Dongmei Xu, Wen-Tao Zhuang
Journal: Water Resources Management · DOI: 10.1007/s11269-024-03806-y · Citations: 40
Matched topics: runoff, hydropower
Abstract not available.
Hydrological drought forecasts using precipitation data depend on catchment properties and human activities
Authors: Samuel Jonson Sutanto, Wahdan Achmad Syaehuddin, Inge de Graaf
Journal: Communications Earth & Environment · DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01295-w · Citations: 32
Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow, drought
Abstract Hydrological Drought Early Warning Systems play a crucial role in effective drought planning and management, as the impacts of drought are more closely associated with hydrological droughts than meteorological ones. However, current systems primarily focus on meteorological drought forecasts due to the limited access to hydrological data. Here we assess the feasibility of forecasting drought in streamflow and groundwater by solely using precipitation data. The results demonstrate tha…
Hydropower and Renewable Energy-Water Systems
The integration of hydropower with renewable energy systems is addressed by 1 papers this week, focusing on optimal capacity configuration, generation prediction, and climate change adaptation strategies for hybrid energy-water systems. Studies demonstrate the complementary potential of hydro-wind-solar systems and explore machine learning approaches for hydropower generation forecasting.
Use of molten salts tanks for seasonal thermal energy storage for high penetration of renewable energies in the grid
Authors: Cristina Prieto, Pablo D. Tagle-Salazar, David Patiño, Julieta Schallenberg-Rodríguez, Pádraig Lyons, Luisa F. Cabeza
Journal: Journal of Energy Storage · DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2024.111203 · Citations: 44
Matched topics: seasonal, hydropower
Energy storage is acknowledged a key technology to meet the challenges posed by the energy transition. Short-term grid-connected storage, based on Li-Ion batteries, is becoming commonplace but seasonal energy storage at grid-scale will be needed for deep decarbonisation of the electrical power system. Pumped hydropower is considered to be the only mature technology for such applications, but this paper demonstrates that two-tanks molten salts systems, that are used today in commercial concent…
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.
Heavy metals pollution from smelting activities: A threat to soil and groundwater
Authors: Muhammad Adnan, Baohua Xiao, Muhammad Ubaid Ali, Peiwen Xiao, Peng Zhao, Haiyan Wang et al.
Journal: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116189 · Citations: 263
Matched topics: water management
Throughout the literature, the word “heavy metal” (HM) has been utilized to describe soil contamination; in this context, we characterize it as those elements with a density greater than 5 g per cubic centimeter. Contamination is one of the major global health concerns, especially in China. China’s rapid urbanization over the past decades has caused widespread urban water, air, and soil degradation. This study provides a complete assessment of the soil contamination caused by heavy metals in …
Airflow Triggered Water Film Self-Sculpturing on Femtosecond Laser-Induced Heterogeneously Wetted Micro/Nanostructured Surfaces
Authors: Pengyu Yang, Kai Yin, Xinghao Song, Lingxiao Wang, Qinwen Deng, Jiaqing Pei et al.
Journal: Nano Letters · DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c05042 · Citations: 66
Matched topics: water management, surface water
Liquid manipulation is essential for daily life and modern industry, and it is widely used in various fields, including seawater desalination, microfluidic robots, and biomedical engineering. Nevertheless, the current research focuses on the manipulation of individual droplets. There are a few projects for water film management. Here, we proposed a facile method of wind-triggered water film self-sculpturing based on a heterogeneous wettability surface, which is achieved by the femtosecond las…
Anisotropic MXene/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Composite Hydrogels with Vertically Oriented Channels and Modulated Surface Topography for Efficient Solar-Driven Water Evaporation and Purification
Authors: Chen Hu, Ji Liu, Changjun Li, Mang Zhao, Jing Wu, Zhong‐Zhen Yu et al.
Journal: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c18661 · Citations: 55
Matched topics: surface water
under 1 sun irradiation, coupled with long-term durability and desalination stability. Notably, the outstanding mechanical robustness of the hydrogel further enables high portability through a readily achievable process of reversible dehydration/hydration.
Trajectory in water scarcity and potential water savings benefits in the Yellow River basin
Authors: Weibin Zhang, Wei Liang, Xuerui Gao, Junyi Li, Xining Zhao
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130998 · Citations: 45
Matched topics: hydrologic model, river, water management
Abstract not available.
Water management and heat integration in direct air capture systems
Authors: Hannah E. Holmes, Matthew J. Realff, Ryan P. Lively
Journal: Nature Chemical Engineering · DOI: 10.1038/s44286-024-00032-6 · Citations: 43
Matched topics: water management
Abstract not available.
Hydrological Processes, Snow Dynamics, and Remote Sensing
This theme encompasses 12 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.
Plastic Pollution in Agriculture as a Threat to Food Security, the Ecosystem, and the Environment: An Overview
Authors: Imran Ali Lakhiar, Haofang Yan, Jianyun Zhang, Guoqing Wang, Shuaishuai Deng, Rongxuan Bao et al.
Journal: Agronomy · DOI: 10.3390/agronomy14030548 · Citations: 188
Matched topics: hydrology, hydropower
Plastic products in plant production and protection help farmers increase crop production, enhance food quality, and reduce global water use and their environmental footprint. Simultaneously, plastic has emerged as a critical ecological issue in recent years, and its pollution has significantly impacted soil, water, and plants. Thus, this review examines the multifaceted problems of plastic pollution in agriculture as a risk to food security, the ecosystem, and the environment. The study’s ob…
Wood-inspired metamaterial catalyst for robust and high-throughput water purification
Authors: Lei Zhang, Hanwen Liu, Bo Song, Jialun Gu, Lanxi Li, Wenhui Shi et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46337-1 · Citations: 100
Matched topics: surface water
Continuous industrialization and other human activities have led to severe water quality deterioration by harmful pollutants. Achieving robust and high-throughput water purification is challenging due to the coupling between mechanical strength, mass transportation and catalytic efficiency. Here, a structure-function integrated system is developed by Douglas fir wood-inspired metamaterial catalysts featuring overlapping microlattices with bimodal pores to decouple the mechanical, transport an…
Recent Advances in Advanced Oxidation Processes for Degrading Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater—A Review
Authors: Nur Nabaahah Roslan, Harry Lik Hock Lau, Nurul Amanina A. Suhaimi, Nurulizzatul Ningsheh M. Shahri, Sera Budi Verinda, Muhammad Nur et al.
Journal: Catalysts · DOI: 10.3390/catal14030189 · Citations: 97
Matched topics: surface water
A large variety of pharmaceutical compounds have recently been detected in wastewater and natural water systems. This review highlighted the significance of removing pharmaceutical compounds, which are considered indispensable emerging contaminants, from wastewater and natural water systems. Various advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), including UV-H2O2, Fenton and photo-Fenton, ozone-based processes, photocatalysis, and physical processes, such as sonolysis, microwave, and electron beam irra…
Assessing pesticide residues occurrence and risks in water systems: A Pan-European and Argentina perspective
Authors: Irene Navarro, Adrián de la Torre, Paloma Sanz, Nélson Abrantes, Isabel Campos, Abdallah Alaoui et al.
Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121419 · Citations: 89
Matched topics: hydrology, surface water
Freshwater ecosystems face a particularly high risk of biodiversity loss compared to marine and terrestrial systems. The use of pesticides in agricultural fields is recognized as a relevant stressor for freshwater environments, exerting a negative impact worldwide on the overall status and health of the freshwater communities. In the present work, part of the Horizon 2020 funded SPRINT project, the occurrence of 193 pesticide residues was investigated in 64 small water bodies of distinct typo…
A Digital Twin of the terrestrial water cycle: a glimpse into the future through high-resolution Earth observations
Authors: Luca Brocca, Silvia Barbetta, Stefania Camici, Luca Ciabatta, Jacopo Dari, Paolo Filippucci et al.
Journal: Frontiers in Science · DOI: 10.3389/fsci.2023.1190191 · Citations: 58
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, land surface model, earth system model
Climate change is profoundly affecting the global water cycle, increasing the likelihood and severity of extreme water-related events. Better decision-support systems are vital to accurately predict and monitor water-related environmental disasters and optimally manage water resources. These must integrate advances in remote sensing, in situ , and citizen observations with high-resolution Earth system modeling, artificial intelligence (AI), information and communication technologies, and high…
Will large-scale forestation lead to a soil water deficit crisis in China’s drylands?
Authors: Qiuming Wang, Hongyan Liu, Boyi Liang, Liang Shi, Lu Wu, Jing Cao
Journal: Science Bulletin · DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2024.03.005 · Citations: 63
Matched topics: water management
Abstract not available.
Regime shifts in Arctic terrestrial hydrology manifested from impacts of climate warming
Authors: M. Rawlins, A. Karmalkar
Journal: The Cryosphere · DOI: 10.5194/tc-18-1033-2024 · Citations: 32
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow, earth system model
Abstract. Anthropogenic warming in the Arctic is causing hydrological cycle intensification and permafrost thaw, with implications for flows of water, carbon, and energy from terrestrial biomes to coastal zones. To better understand the likely impacts of these changes, we used a hydrology model driven by meteorological data from atmospheric reanalysis and two global climate models for the period 1980–2100. The hydrology model accounts for soil freeze–thaw processes and was applied across the …
Eutrophication of Inland Surface Waters in South Africa: An Overview
Authors: Thabile Lukhele, Titus A.M. Msagati
Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research · DOI: 10.1007/s41742-024-00568-8 · Citations: 38
Matched topics: hydrology, runoff, water management
Abstract Eutrophication of fresh waterbodies is a global phenomenon that is exacerbated by increases in agricultural activities, industrialization, and urbanization, all driven by the global increase in human population. This paper reviews the state of inland waterbodies in South Africa, identifying the major drivers of eutrophication and discussing how different sectors of the economy are negatively impacted by eutrophication. Data indicate that up to 76% of major water impoundments and appr…
Understanding and technological approach of acid hydrolysis processing for lignocellulose biorefinery: Panorama and perspectives
Authors: Yang Lv, Yifan Zhang, Yong Xu
Journal: Biomass and Bioenergy · DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2024.107133 · Citations: 47
Matched topics: earth system model
Abstract not available.
Experimental investigation of CO2 huff-n-puff in tight oil reservoirs: Effects of the fracture on the dynamic transport characteristics based on the nuclear magnetic resonance and fractal theory
Authors: Mingyang Yang, Shijun Huang, Fenglan Zhao, Haoyue Sun, Xinyang Chen
Journal: Energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.130781 · Citations: 41
Matched topics: reservoir
Abstract not available.
Watershed analysis of urban stormwater contaminant 6PPD-Quinone hotspots and stream concentrations using a process-based ecohydrological model
Authors: Jonathan Halama, Robert B. McKane, Brad Barnhart, Paul P. Pettus, Allen Brookes, Angela K. Adams et al.
Journal: Frontiers in Environmental Science · DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1364673 · Citations: 26
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow
) are highly sensitive to 6PPD-Quinone (6PPD-Q). Details of the hydrological and biogeochemical processes controlling spatial and temporal dynamics of 6PPD-Q fate and transport from points of deposition to receiving waters (e.g., streams, estuaries) are poorly understood. To understand the fate and transport of 6PPD and mechanisms leading to salmon mortality Visualizing Ecosystem Land Management Assessments (VELMA), an ecohydrological model developed by US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA…
Drought Dynamics in the Nile River Basin: Meteorological, Agricultural, and Groundwater Drought Propagation
Authors: Zemede M. Nigatu, Wei You, Assefa M. Melesse
Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs16050919 · Citations: 26
Matched topics: hydrology, river, drought, land surface model
The Nile River Basin (NRB) has experienced a notable rise in drought episodes in recent decades. The propagation of meteorological, agricultural, and groundwater drought dynamics in the NRB was investigated in this study. The following drought indices examined the correlation and propagation among meteorological, agricultural, and groundwater droughts. These are the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI), soil moisture index, Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, and GR…
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| Journal of Hydrology | 4 |
| Nature Communications | 3 |
| Remote Sensing | 2 |
| Communications Earth & Environment | 2 |
| Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety | 1 |
| Agronomy | 1 |
| Frontiers in Fuels | 1 |
| Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water | 1 |
| Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials | 1 |
| Scientific Reports | 1 |
| Catalysts | 1 |
| Science Advances | 1 |
| Microbiome | 1 |
| Water Research | 1 |
| Frontiers in Science | 1 |
| Joule | 1 |
| Fire Ecology | 1 |
| Nano Letters | 1 |
| Science Bulletin | 1 |
| Applied Water Science | 1 |
| Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems | 1 |
| Plants | 1 |
| ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | 1 |
| The Cryosphere | 1 |
| Information Sciences | 1 |
| Environmental Research Letters | 1 |
| Science | 1 |
| Water resources management | 1 |
| Journal of Energy Storage | 1 |
| International Journal of Environmental Research | 1 |
| Biomass and Bioenergy | 1 |
| Environmental Science & Technology | 1 |
| International Review of Financial Analysis | 1 |
| Water Resources Management | 1 |
| Nature Chemical Engineering | 1 |
| Energy | 1 |
| Magna Scientia Advanced Research and Reviews | 1 |
| Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society | 1 |
| Nature Machine Intelligence | 1 |
| Frontiers in Environmental Science | 1 |
| Geophysical Research Letters | 1 |
| Chemical Engineering Journal | 1 |
| Ecosystem Services | 1 |
Filtering Criteria
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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