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A Bayesian Approach to Hyperspectral Leaf Trait Prediction with uncertainty quantification
Leaf functional traits are leaf features that determine ecosystem functioning, plant growth, and resource allocation. Most traits can be derived from leaf reflectance measurements…
Reconciling remote sensing and reanalysis land surface temperatures: How surface conditions shape systematic difference…
Land surface temperature (LST) is a key variable governing land–atmosphere energy and water exchanges. Despite the importance of LST, satellite observations and reanalysis product…
Nanoindentation study of ripidolite and illite: Micromechanical controls on the sealing capacity of clay-rich caprocks
Clay-rich caprocks are essential for sealing underground energy storage formations, yet their micromechanical behavior under varying stress conditions is not well constrained. In …
Strategic crop relocation could substantially mitigate nuclear winter yield losses
Nuclear war could inject millions of tonnes of soot into the stratosphere, cooling the Earth and devastating crop yields. We assess crop relocation—switching which crops are grown…
Tropical cyclone risk to global electricity supply
To analyse the risks from Tropical Cyclones (TC) to electricity supply, we have combined a large ensemble of TC simulations with a spatial model of power networks and people serve…
Added value of a priori bias correcting dynamically downscaled data for application to species distribution models - a…
Predicting changes in species distributions under climate change relies on high-quality climate projections. In this case study of coastal British Columbia, we prepare and evaluat…
Moist adiabatic scaling explains mean and fast upper-level jet stream wind response to climate change
The upper-level jet stream exhibits a robust increase in strength and shear under climate change. Previous work also noted a fast-get-faster response and connected it diagnostical…
Unraveling Southern Ocean Diatom Diversity Across the Eocene/Oligocene Transition
The Eocene-Oligocene transition (EOT) was a critical interval of global cooling and circulation change that reshaped marine ecosystems. However, current knowledge of diatom divers…
Relation of Atlantic tropical cyclone activity with observed and predicted ENSO indices
El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influences global climate variability, including Atlantic tropical cyclone activity. The Niño-3.4 index has long been used to characterize ENSO…
Sill intrusion and compressive regimes: Examples of intrusion-induced compression in host-rocks during sill emplacement…
Sills of predominantly mafic compositions are ubiquitous in many onshore and offshore extension-related sedimentary basins worldwide and do in some instances also appear in extens…
Shear-wave splitting measured for permanent reservoir monitoring systems: an example from the Snorre field
Microseismic monitoring of offshore CO2 storage projects is likely to include some deployment of offshore sensors. To improve the value proposition of this monitoring infrastructu…
Secondary Education Students’ Misconceptions on Principles of Geology: Minerals and Rocks
The purpose of this research is to investigate the misconceptions related to geological concepts among Secondary Education students in the region of Achaia, Greece. The study focu…
Amplified agricultural impacts from more frequent and intense sequential heat events
As the climate warms, interacting weather extremes such as sequential heat events pose complex risks to societies. Regarding global agriculture, laboratory experiments suggest tha…
INTEGRATED DUAL-SOURCING PRACTICAL FRAMEWORK: COMBINING WASTEWATER REUSE AND DESALINATION IN A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH FOR…
This study proposes a novel paradigm integrating wastewater reuse and desalination for Taiz's water security in Yemen. This hydrological circuit of multiple stages transforms wast…
Passive Monitoring of in situ Stress Using Shear-Wave Splitting: Applications to CO2 Storage and Beyond
Characterising the in situ stress field is important for a range of industrial applications, such as geological CO₂ storage, geothermal projects, hydrocarbon extraction, geologica…
Quantification of natural CO2 emissions from mofettes using a low-cost sensor network at the Starzach site in south-wes…
We present a top-down method to derive carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from mofettes, using only point measurement time series at irregular locations. Notably, no wind vector infor…
The Largest Crop Production Shocks: Magnitude, Causes and Frequency
Food is the foundation of our society. We often take it for granted, but stocks are rarely available for longer than a year, and food production can be disrupted by catastrophic e…
Assessing the Predictive Skill of Global Climate Models for Long and Short Rains in the Greater Horn of Africa
Seasonal forecasts play a crucial role in delivering early warnings to various sectors, particularly the agricultural sector. The Greater Horn of Africa region depends on rainfed …
Hunga eruption on 15 January 2022: Was there a precursor plume one hour before the eruption?
This note is aimed at the examination of a precursor plume one hour before the paroxysmal Hunga eruption on 15 January 2022, following a claim made in Van Eaton et al. (2023). Aft…
The role of thermal pressurization in driving deep fault slip during the 2021 Mw 8.2 Chignik, Alaska megathrust earthqu…
The 2021 Mw 8.2 Chignik earthquake ruptured a weakly coupled portion of the deep slab in the eastern Aleutian-Alaska subduction zone, with no significant shallow slip. The underl…
A Quantitative Analysis of Light Pollution in Gurgaon and a Deepened Understanding of its Impacts
Light pollution is an emerging environmental and health challenge in rapidly urbanizing Indian cities. This study quantifies night-sky brightness across Gurgaon using a low-cost, …
Assessment of Natural Gas Pipeline Construction on Stream Temperature and Turbidity in Southwestern Virginia, 2017—25
The natural gas pipeline network in the United States is extensive and often intersects streams and other sensitive habitats, yet there are limited case studies utilizing a compar…
A HORIZONTAL VECTOR APPROACH TO 3D ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY
Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is commonly implemented with collinear electrode arrays that measure only electric field components along the survey line, neglecting horiz…
A meta-analysis of the agronomic benefits of silicate rock powders in Brazil in the context of a novel classification
Brazil has emerged as a global leader in the use of silicate agrominerals (ASi), silicate-rich rock powders that supply plant nutrients and improve soil properties. These material…
Dynamic Reservoir Modeling for Water Security under Climatic and Anthropogenic Pressures in Aburrá Valley
Water security in Aburrá Valley, Colombia, relies heavily on the Riogrande II and La Fe reservoirs, which face increasing pressures from climate variability, land use change, and …
Advancing Long-Horizon Hydrological Forecasting: A Mamba-based Approach with Explainable AI for Generalized Streamflow…
Accurate long-horizon streamflow forecasting is crucial for water resource management, but existing models often face efficiency and interpretability challenges. This study compre…
Trends in Nitrate Levels in Iowa's Community Water Systems (2000-2022): Characteristics of Systems Vulnerable to MCL Ex…
This study examines trends in nitrate contamination in Iowa's community water systems (CWS) from 2000 to 2022, focusing on the characteristics of CWS that are most vulnerable to e…
Some new Models of Earth’s Temperature Anomaly across various Epochs Predicting Present Warming with Ice Age Validity T…
The need for methods to assess earth’s temperature anomaly are briefly discussed together with shortcomings of existing climate models. The geomagnetic or Pole shift method of cli…
Natural Philosophy of Protoplanetary and Planetary Discs: On the Origin and Evolution of Life
This paper examines the four pivotal and most contentious issues within the field of abiogenesis by analyzing the life-originating processes centred on protoplanetary and planetar…
DCENT-I: A Globally Infilled Extension of the Dynamically Consistent ENsemble of Temperature Dataset
A spatially infilled Dynamically Consistent Ensemble of surface Temperature (DCENT-I) has been created by infilling land-air and sea-surface temperatures from DCENT using ordinary…
The impacts of volcanism on hydrocarbon-bearing sedimentary basins - Examples from the world-class Neuquén Basin case s…
The last two decades of research have highlighted that volcanism occurring in sedimentary basins can have substantial effects on sedimentary formations. In particular, igneous int…
Snowdrift and Accumulation on Landfast Ice Around Antarctic Icebergs: Insights from Modeling and Observational Data
Snow cover influences sea ice thermodynamics and mass balance, making its distribution and properties critical to polar research. Grounded icebergs in coastal Antarctica substanti…
Using X-ray Fluorescence to Detect Automobile Heavy Metal Pollution in Los Angeles Soils with Copper and Palladium as I…
This project evaluates the effectiveness of using portable X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) to detect soil composition matrices that show patterns of anthropogenic influence. We explore 2…
3D surface displacement estimation over the Groningen gas field, the Netherlands
Since 1964, the Groningen gas field in the Netherlands has experienced significant subsidence due to gas extraction. Although InSAR has been widely used to estimate the vertical d…
Using ruptures from an earthquake cycle simulator to test geodetic early warning system performance
New Zealand's vulnerability to seismic hazards highlights the need for systems capable of providing earthquake early warning (EEW) alerts or rapid notice of strong shaking. Large …
Hydrology-Based Coastal Risk Assessment in Charleston, South Carolina: Sea-Level Rise, Land Subsidence, Nuisance Floodi…
Charleston, South Carolina is among the most flood-exposed cities on the United States Atlantic coast. Tide-gauge records show mean sea level rising at 3.51 mm per year since 1921…
Intelligent National Map: A Vision for Distributed and Agentic Geospatial Intelligence
An Intelligent National Map (INM) can change how worldwide mapping agencies, such as the U.S. Geological Survey, deliver the geospatial foundation of the Nation, as well as the ca…
Undrainable pore spaces comprise half of US groundwater storage
Groundwater is vital to global freshwater access, streamflow generation, and biogeochemical cycling, but not all groundwater can be drained due to adhesive and capillary forces. Q…
Redefining Uncertainty: A Complete Bayesian Workflow for Ocean Color Remote Sensing
Traditional satellite ocean color algorithms for chlorophyll-a and inherent optical property retrieval rely on deterministic regression models that typically produce single-point …
Testing the accuracy and transferability of remotely sensed biomass models across heterogeneous grasslands
Grassland aboveground biomass provides key insights into ecological processes such as carbon sequestration, animal movement patterns, and agricultural management practices. Differ…
Band ratio to band difference for Chl of oceanic waters: broke a self-imposed no-touch zone
There are many empirical algorithms developed for the remote sensing of chlorophyll-a concentration (Chl) from ocean color measurements, with the blue-green band-ratio type of alg…
Development of Low-Cost, Open-Source Unmanned Surface Vehicle for Water System Monitoring
Commercially available Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) in the market are expensive, and the software used for automating navigation and bathymetry mapping are typically proprieta…
Evaluation of biochar produced from coffee husks as an alternative treatment for wastewater contaminated with agrochemi…
Excessive use of herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers has enhanced agricultural productivity but has also generated significant environmental impacts and public health risks. C…
Designing nature-building communities
Urban renaturing efforts increasingly emphasize the role of collaborative governance in managing nature-based solutions (NbS). However, existing frameworks often prioritize instit…
Two decades of land cover changes in the Colombian Andes
The Colombian Andes faces severe anthropogenic pressures from deforestation, agricultural expansion, mining, and urban development. Given its status as one of the world’s biodiver…
Surface Expression of Low Basal Friction Upstream of Antarctic Grounding Lines
Ice sheets leave contact with the bed at grounding lines, beyond which floating ice shelves experience no friction at their base. In places where basal friction begins to decrease…
Earthquake body-wave extraction using sparsity-promoting polarization filtering in the time–frequency domain
Seismic waves generated by earthquakes consist of multiple phases that carry critical information about Earth’s internal structure as they propagate through heterogeneous media. E…
Assessing the Economic and Environmental Benefits of Nature-Based Solutions for Sustainable Infrastructure. A Case of K…
Kumasi, Ghana, and most rapidly developing cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are confronted with increasing environmental and infrastructure concerns as a result of rapid urbanization,…
Parasequences and Bedsets : Examples from the Book Cliffs and Wasatch Plateau of Eastern Utah
The Late Cretaceous strata that crop-out in east central Utah (USA) have been central to the development and testing of the sequence stratigraphic paradigm for almost 40 years. La…
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