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Evaluating Local Climate Policy: Municipal Action Plans through the Lens of Resilience and Environmental Justice
In the US, local governments are increasingly crucial in driving climate action. Drawing upon Tang et al. (2010) and Baker et al. (2012), this study assesses nine local climate ac…
Fiber-based super-bridging agents improve flotation and settling during water treatment
Increasing demand for water poses a major challenge to the water treatment industry. To maintain their floc removal efficiency, water treatment plants are expected to require larg…
Moving graphs: Predicting barchan dune migration rates from their shapes
In this study, geometric perspectives on sand dune formation and motion are summarized, introduced, and combined to predict time-averaged velocities (migration rates) of barchan d…
Plant controls over tropical wetland nitrous oxide dynamics: a review
Tropical wetlands are an important global source of greenhouse gas emissions, including nitrous oxide, a potent and long-last greenhouse gas. Tropical wetland ecosystems can be hi…
Sediment Corrections for Distributed Acoustic Sensing
On continental margins, sediments cause significant and spatially variable delays in seismic phase arrival times. The strong impedance contrast of the sediment-bedrock interface c…
Gibraltar subduction zone is invading the Atlantic
Subduction initiation is a cornerstone of the Wilson cycle. It marks the turning point in an ocean’s lifetime, allowing its lithosphere to be recycled into the mantle. However, fo…
The role of salt diapirism in controlling the sedimentology and distribution of deep-water deposits, Pierce Field, Eas…
Passively rising diapirs control flank deformation (i.e., within 1 km of the salt-sediment interface) and resultant stratigraphic architecture of syn-kinematic units. Growth strat…
Three-dimensional mineral dendrites reveal a non-classical crystallization pathway
Manganese (Mn) dendrites are a common type of mineral dendrite that typically forms two-dimensional structures on rock surfaces. Three-dimensional (3D) Mn dendrites in rocks have …
Storage Efficiency and Reduced Complexity Modelling
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is vital to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating climate change. Most CCS projects rely on the permanent geological storage of CO2 wit…
EarthObsNet: A Comprehensive Benchmark Dataset for Data-Driven Earth Observation Image Synthesis
Remote Sensing imagery serves as an important data source for Earth surface monitoring and surface processes studies. It is highly likely that RS imagery will become more and more…
Groundwater in the age of plastic
Among the emerging contaminants, microplastics (1-5,000 µm) are becoming an important issue due to their ubiquity in the environment. However, research on this emerging contaminan…
An optimized methane retrieval approach based on Kalman filter for mapping methane point emissions from spaceborne imag…
Methane (CH4) emissions from point sources in the energy sector plays a crucial role in global CH4 budget. Spaceborne imaging spectrometer has shown superior ability for monitorin…
The problems of the Anthropocene in the Geologic Time Scale, and beyond
The formalization of the Anthropocene in the Geologic Time Scale (GTS) is a matter of debate. An assessment of the two current options, one formalizing the Anthropocene as an Epoc…
Estimating irrigation water use from remotely sensed evapotranspiration data: Accuracy and uncertainties at field, wate…
Irrigated agriculture is the dominant user of water globally, but most water withdrawals are not monitored or reported. As a result, it is largely unknown when, where, and how muc…
Satellite-based surveys reveal substantial methane point-source emissions in major oil & gas basins of North America du…
Utilizing imaging spectroscopy technology to identify methane super-emitters plays a vital role in mitigating methane emissions in the Oil & Gas (O&G) sector. While earlie…
Unconfined gravity current interactions with orthogonal topography: Implications for combined-flow processes and the de…
Turbidity current behaviour is affected by interactions with seafloor topography. Changes in flow dynamics will depend on the physiographic configuration of the topography (orient…
Assessing and improving the robustness of Bayesian evidential learning in one dimension for inverting TDEM data: introd…
Understanding the subsurface is of prime importance for many geological and hydro-geological applications. Geophysical methods offer an economical alternative for in-vestigating t…
Tidally driven porewater exchange and diel cycles control CO2 fluxes in mangroves
Mangrove soils are highly enriched in organic carbon. Tidal pumping drives seawater and oxygen into mangrove sediments during flood tide and releases carbon-rich porewater during …
Old concepts in a new semantic perspective: introducing a geotemporal approach to conceptual definitions in geology
Geological units are the fundamental building blocks that help understand regional geological history and architecture. Classifying these correctly is therefore crucial, as is ack…
Co-constructing ‘third spaces’ for engagement between minoritized community groups and environmental scientists
The demographics of environmental and Earth scientists are not representative of the UK’s multicultural society. We sought to widen diversity through two related engaged research …
An ensemble neural network approach for space-time landslide predictive modelling
There is an urgent need for accurate and effective Landslide Early Warning Systems (LEWS). Most LEWS are currently based on a single temporally-aggregated measure of rainfall deri…
Observations from the Seafloor: Ultra-low-frequency Ambient Ocean-Bottom Nodal Seismology at the Amendment Field
Large-scale ocean-bottom node (OBN) arrays of 1000s of multi-component instruments deployed over 1000s of square kilometers have been used successfully for active-source seismic e…
DINEOF Interpolation of Global Ocean Color Data: Error Analysis and Masking
The Data Interpolation Empirical Orthogonal Function (DINEOF) algorithm is used to reconstruct datasets of geophysical and biological variables such as sea surface temperature (SS…
Challenges of applying an embedded domain specific language for performance portability to Earth system models
Weather and climate modeling, reliant on substantial computational resources, faces challenges of escalating resource demands and energy consumption as problem sizes and model com…
Climatic and geological insights on geochemical signatures left in ancient glass
Glass artifacts have been the subject of extensive trade as exquisite items of the social elite since ancient times. Vestiges of their production and migration are still visible a…
GLAMOUR: GLobAl building MOrphology dataset for URban hydroclimate modelling
Understanding building morphology is crucial for accurately simulating interactions between urban structures and hydroclimate dynamics. Despite significant efforts to generate det…
A Mathematical Theory of Historical Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Rigorous Insights
In this paper, we analyze historical greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide, leveraging a dataset provided by (Gütschow and Pflüger, 2023). Employing mathematical mode…
Deciphering the role of evapotranspiration in declining relative humidity trends over land
In recent decades, relative humidity (RH) over land has declined, driving increases in droughts and wildfires. Previous explanations attribute this trend to insufficient moisture …
Mapping a novel metric for Flash Flood Recovery using Interpretable Machine Learning
Flash floods are one of the most devastating natural disasters, yet many aspects of their severity and impact are poorly understood. The recession limb is related to post-flood r…
Wave Scattering by an Isolated Cyclogeostrophic Vortex
The propagation paths of oceanic internal tides are influenced by their interactions with vortices. We examine the scattering effect that an isolated vortex in (cyclo)geostrophic …
Sea-level oscillations within the Last Interglacial: insights from coral reef stratigraphic forward modelling
Understanding past sea-level variations is essential to constrain future patterns of sea-level rise in response to warmer climate conditions. Due to good preservation and the poss…
The effect of global and regional solar shading on climate: A simulation study
The potential climate impact of solar geoengineering is examined using climate model simulations by artificially reducing the incoming solar radiation at the top of the atmosphere…
Exposure to Climate Events and Mental Health: Risk and Protective Factors from the California Health Interview Survey
There is increasing awareness of the effects of climate change on mental health, but more work on understanding risk and protective factors is needed. The 2021 California Health I…
Trends, cycles and seasonality in rainfall, temperature, NDVI, DMI and SOI in the Greater Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem: Ins…
Understanding climate and vegetation trends and variations is essential for conservation planning and ecosystem management. These elements are shaped by regional manifestations of…
CHIRICAHUA Field Report 2021-2023 - Sky Islands and the Desert Southwest An Independent Ecological Study
This Chiricahua Field Report is a combination of collected data and field observations that began in November 2021 and continued on until May 2023. The Report is about ecology an…
The effects of precursory velocity changes on earthquake nucleation and stress evolution in dynamic earthquake cycle si…
Seismic velocity changes in earthquake cycles have been observed over a wide range of timescales and may be a good indicator of the onset of future earthquakes. Understanding the …
Using computer vision to detect and segment fire behavior classifications in UAS-captured images
The widely adaptable capabilities of artificial intelligence, in particular deep learning and computer vision has led to significant research output regarding fire and smoke detec…
The Potential for Fuel Reduction to Offset Climate Warming Impacts on Wildfire Intensity in California
Increasing fuel aridity due to climate warming has and will continue to increase wildfire danger in California. In addition to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, one of the…
Chemical interdiffusion between Na-tephritic and phonolitic melts at different T, H2O and fO2
The diffusive exchange of major elements in Na-series tephrite-phonolite diffusion couples with compositions relevant to Canary Islands magmatism were determined at 300 MPa and va…
Abundance and type of microplastics along an urban density gradient in the Allander Water and River Kelvin, Greater Gla…
Microplastics have now been found in air, water, and soil, polluting a wide range of environments globally and presenting potential health threats to humans and other organisms. T…
Early extensional salt tectonics controls deep-water sediment dispersal
Predicting the distribution of sedimentary facies during the early stages of deformation of salt-detached continental margins is key to constraining the location and stratigraphic…
Landslide Regime Shift Detector (LRSD) for Landslide Early Warning Systems
This research presents the development of a Landslide Regime Shift Detector (LRSD) which integrates advanced prediction models to provide insights into regime shifts within substa…
Decoding the Dialogue Between Clouds and Land
New research is challenging established assumptions about how clouds form and interact with Earth’s surface. One result may be better weather forecasts.
A hydromechanical EFG-based Model for Numerical Simulation of Land Subsidence Induced by Groundwater Extraction in Anis…
This study presents a coupled hydromechanical element-free Galerkin (EFG) model to simulate land subsidence induced by groundwater withdrawal. The EFG algorithm was validated with…
Rain-on-snow climatology and its impact on flood risk in snow-dominated regions of Türkiye
The rapid snowmelt that typically occurs after snow accumulates at low temperatures and precipitation develops at higher temperatures is a defining characteristic of rain-on-snow …
Bad science and good intentions prevent effective climate action
Although the 2015 Paris Agreement climate targets seem certain to be missed, only a few experts are questioning the adequacy of the current approach to limiting climate change and…
A numerical investigation on the suspended sediment dynamics and sediment budget in the Mekong Delta
Fluvial sediment supply towards the coast has been the subject of extensive research. Important aspects relate to the impact of sediment retaining hydropower dams, potential delta…
The role of crustal anatexis in porphyry copper ore formation during flat-slab subduction: Insights from the Laramide B…
The prevailing paradigm for the formation of porphyry copper deposits along convergent plate boundaries involves deep-crustal differentiation of metal-bearing juvenile magmas deri…
Towards an Open and Integrated Cyberinfrastructure for River Morphology Research in the Big Data Era
The objective of this paper is to present the initial illustration of a cyberinfrastructure named the River MORPhology Information System (RIMORPHIS) that addresses the current li…
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