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Gao N, Liang W, Gou F, Liu Y, Fu B, Lü Y. Assessing the impact of agriculture, coal mining, and ecological restoration on water sustainability in the Mu Us Sandyland. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 929:172513. [PMID: 38657798 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Balancing water demand for socio-economic development and ecosystem stability presents a challenge for regional sustainable management, especially in drylands. Previous studies have indicated that large-scale ecological restoration projects (ERPs) lead to a decline in terrestrial water storage (TWS) in the Mu Us Sandyland (MUS). However, the effects of other human activities (e.g., cropland reclamation, coal mining) on water resources remain unclear, raising concerns regarding water crisis and human-natural system sustainability. Through the utilization of coal mine location data, we found that the impact of coal mass loss on the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) products cannot be ignored in MUS, especially in the coal-rich northeastern part. Combining these data with auxiliary datasets, we observed a significant (p < 0.05) decrease in TWS (-0.85 cm yr-1) and groundwater storage (GWS, -0.95 cm yr-1) in the MUS, with human activities accounting for 79.23 % of TWS and 90.45 % of GWS reductions, primarily due to increased agricultural and industrial water consumption. Agricultural water consumption increased 2.23 times from 2001 to 2020, attributed to enhanced water use intensity (62.6 %) and cropland expansion (37.4 %). Industrial water consumption in Shenmu, a representative coal county, experienced a 4.16-fold rise between 2001 and 2020. Despite these challenges, local governments have alleviated water stress, ensured food security, and increased household income by comprehensive management strategies, such as enhancing water-saving technology and enforcing stringent policies. Previous studies have overestimated the amount of water resources consumed by ERPs. However, ERPs has played a critical role in stabilizing the regional ecological environment and ensuring the region as a vital food and energy supplier. Our findings can guide for socio-economic development and water management policies in similar regions.
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- Nan Gao
- School of Geography and Tourism, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China; Shaanxi Observation and Research Station for Ecology and Environment of Desert-Loess Zone at Yulin, Xi'an 710119, China
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- School of Geography and Tourism, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China; Shaanxi Observation and Research Station for Ecology and Environment of Desert-Loess Zone at Yulin, Xi'an 710119, China.
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- School of Geography and Tourism, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China; Shaanxi Observation and Research Station for Ecology and Environment of Desert-Loess Zone at Yulin, Xi'an 710119, China
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- School of Geography and Tourism, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China; Shaanxi Observation and Research Station for Ecology and Environment of Desert-Loess Zone at Yulin, Xi'an 710119, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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Harifidy RZ, Hiroshi I, Harivelo RZM, Jun M, Kazuyoshi S, Keiichi M. Assessing future intra-basin water availability in madagascar: Accounting for climate change, population growth, and land use change. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 257:121711. [PMID: 38723356 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 04/24/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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The Major River Basins in Madagascar (MRBM) play a crucial role in providing water to the Malagasy population as well as the ecosystem. Little is known about the impact of climate change on these basins, and it is not clear what factors have the most significant impact on them. There are two central objectives of this study: 1. To assess the future potential water available for daily life and agriculture use across the MRBM. 2. To compare the projected change within the MRBM with the historical trends analysis and identify the water-stressed basins. In this paper, a new method for assessing the future available Intra-basin water resources combined with the impacts of climate change, land use, and population is proposed. Three imbalance indicators are introduced to quantify the spatial availability (indicator N°1), distribution (indicator N°2), and variability (indicator N°3) of the Potential Water Resources (PWR) available and have been applied to the MRBM. Under the SSP2-4.5 scenario, results showed a decreasing trend of the PWR in most of the basins by 2050 with a rise in evapotranspiration and a decline in precipitation. The increasing trend and uneven distribution of the population and agricultural land upstream/downstream are found to cause the reduction of the PWR available per capita (by 37 %) and agriculture area (by 69 %) across the MRBM. This study predicts water scarcity for most of the basins by 2050, especially in the Mangoro and Onilahy Basins. Upstream populations are expected to grow in Mahajamba, Mahavavy, Betsiboka, Manambolo, Tsiribihina, Mangoro, Onilahy, Mananara, and Mandrare basins, along with an expansion of the downstream agricultural land in Sofia, Betsiboka, Manambolo, Mangoky, and Mandrare basins. These findings enhance the cause-effect relationship between climate change, land use change, population growth, and water scarcity in the MRBM. Urgent action is therefore needed for an efficient and sustainable management of these water-stressed basins.
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- Rakotoarimanana Zy Harifidy
- Integrated Graduate School of Medicine, Engineering and Agricultural Sciences, University of Yamanashi, Kofu 400-8511, Japan.
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for River Basin Environment, University of Yamanashi, Kofu 400-8511, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for River Basin Environment, University of Yamanashi, Kofu 400-8511, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for River Basin Environment, University of Yamanashi, Kofu 400-8511, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for River Basin Environment, University of Yamanashi, Kofu 400-8511, Japan
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Hou L, Yang J, Ji C, Liu M, Fang W, Ma Z, Bi J. Water Scarcity Assessment of Hydropower Plants in China under Climate Change, Sectoral Competition, and Energy Expansion. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024. [PMID: 38833510 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c00671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2024]
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Hydropower plays a pivotal role in low-carbon electricity generation, yet many projects are situated in regions facing heightened water scarcity risks. This research devised a plant-level Hydropower Water Scarcity Index (HWSI), derived from the ratio of water demand for electricity generation to basin-scale available runoff water. We assessed the water scarcity of 1736 hydropower plants in China for the baseline year 2018 and projected into the future from 2025 to 2060. The results indicate a notable increase in hydropower generation facing moderate to severe water scarcity (HWSI >0.05), rising from 10% in 2018 to 24-34% of the national total (430-630 TWh), with a projected peak in the 2030s-2040s under the most pessimistic scenarios. Hotspots of risk are situated in the southwest and northern regions, primarily driven by decreased river basin runoff and intensified sectoral water use, rather than by hydropower demand expansion. Comparative analysis of four adaptation strategies revealed that sectoral water savings and enhancing power generation efficiency are the most effective, potentially mitigating a high of 16% of hydropower risks in China. This study provides insights for formulating region-specific adaptation strategies and assessing energy-water security in the face of evolving environmental and societal challenges.
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- Linze Hou
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Yang J, Pan Y, Zhang C, Gong H, Xu L, Huang Z, Lu S. Comparison of groundwater storage changes over losing and gaining aquifers of China using GRACE satellites, modeling and in-situ observations. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 938:173514. [PMID: 38802015 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Groundwater depletion in intensively exploited aquifers of China has been widely recognized, whereas an overall examination of groundwater storage (GWS) changes over major aquifers remains challenging due to limited data and notable uncertainties. Here, we present a study to explore GWS changes over eighteen major aquifers covering an area of 1,680,000 km2 in China using data obtained from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiments (GRACE), global models, and in-situ groundwater level observations. The analysis aims to reveal the discrepancy in annual trends, amplitudes, and phases associated with GWS changes among different aquifers. It is found that GWS changes in the studied aquifers represent a spatial pattern of 'Wet-gets-more, Dry-gets-less'. An overall decreasing trend of -4.65 ± 0.34 km3/yr is observed by GRACE from 2005 to 2016, consisting of a significant (p < 0.05) increase of 47.28 ± 3.48 km3 in 7 aquifers and decrease of 103.56 ± 2.4 km3 (∼2.6 times the full storage capacity of the Three Gorges Reservoir) in 10 aquifers summed over the 12 years. The annual GWS normally reaches a peak in late July with an area-weighted average annual amplitude of 19 mm, showing notable discrepancy in phases and amplitudes between the losing aquifers (12 mm in middle August) in northern China and gaining aquifers (28 mm in early July) mostly in southern China. GRACE estimates are generally comparable, but can be notably different, with the results obtained from model simulations and in-situ observations at aquifer scale, with the area-weighted average correlation coefficients of 0.6 and 0.5, respectively. This study highlights different GWS changes of losing and gaining aquifers in response to coupled impacts of hydrogeology, climate and human interventions, and calls for divergent adaptions in regional groundwater management.
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- Jiawen Yang
- Beijing Laboratory of Water Resources Security, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China; MOE Key Laboratory of Mechanism, Prevention and Mitigation of Land Subsidence, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China; Hebei Cangzhou Groundwater and Land Subsidence National Observation and Research Station, Cangzhou 061000, China
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- Beijing Laboratory of Water Resources Security, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China; MOE Key Laboratory of Mechanism, Prevention and Mitigation of Land Subsidence, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China; Hebei Cangzhou Groundwater and Land Subsidence National Observation and Research Station, Cangzhou 061000, China.
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- Beijing Laboratory of Water Resources Security, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China; MOE Key Laboratory of Mechanism, Prevention and Mitigation of Land Subsidence, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China; Hebei Cangzhou Groundwater and Land Subsidence National Observation and Research Station, Cangzhou 061000, China.
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- Beijing Laboratory of Water Resources Security, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China; MOE Key Laboratory of Mechanism, Prevention and Mitigation of Land Subsidence, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China; Hebei Cangzhou Groundwater and Land Subsidence National Observation and Research Station, Cangzhou 061000, China
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- Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada; School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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- School of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha 410114, China; Key Laboratory of Dongting Lake Aquatic Eco-Environmental Control and Restoration of Hunan Province, Changsha 410114, China; Key Laboratory of Water-Sediment Sciences and Water Disaster Prevention of Hunan Province, Changsha 410114, China
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- International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals, Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
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Ying T, Xiong Y, Peng H, Yang R, Mei L, Zhang Z, Zheng W, Yan R, Zhang Y, Hu H, Ma C, Chen Y, Xu X, Yang J, Voiry D, Tang CY, Fan J, Zeng Z. Achieving Exceptional Volumetric Desalination Capacity Using Compact MoS 2 Nanolaminates. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2403385. [PMID: 38769003 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202403385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Revised: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Capacitive deionization (CDI) has emerged as a promising technology for freshwater recovery from low-salinity brackish water. It is still inapplicable in specific scenarios (e.g., households, islands, or offshore platforms) due to too low volumetric adsorption capacities. In this study, a high-density semi-metallic molybdenum disulfide (1T'-MoS2) electrode with compact architecture obtained by restacking of exfoliated nanosheets, which achieve high capacitance up to ≈277.5 F cm-3 under an ultrahigh scan rate of 1000 mV s-1 with a lower charge-transfer resistance and nearly tenfold higher electrochemical active surface area than the 2H-MoS2 electrode, is reported. Furthermore, 1T'-MoS2 electrode demonstrates exceptional volumetric desalination capacity of 65.1 mgNaCl cm-3 in CDI experiments. Ex situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) reveal that the cation storage mechanism with the dynamic expansion of 1T'-MoS2 interlayer to accommodate cations such as Na+, K+, Ca2+, and Mg2+, which in turn enhances the capacity. Theoretical analysis unveils that 1T' phase is thermodynamically preferable over 2H phase, the ion hydration and channel confinement also play critical role in enhancing ion adsorption. Overall, this work provides a new method to design compact 2D-layered nanolaminates with high-volumetric performance for CDI desalination.
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- Ting Ying
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, 316022, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- Institut Européen des Membranes, IEM, UMR 5635, Université Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS, Montpellier, 34000, France
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, P. R. China
- Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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He N, Sun X, Wang H, Wang B, Tang D, Li L. Dual-Interface Solar Evaporator with Highly-Efficient Thermal Regulation via Suspended Multilayer Design. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2402863. [PMID: 38764314 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202402863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2024] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/21/2024]
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Facing the increasing global shortage of freshwater resources, this study presents a suspended multilayer evaporator (SMLE), designed to tackle the principal issues plaguing current solar-driven interfacial evaporation technologies, specifically, substantial thermal losses and limited water production. This approach, through the implementation of a multilayer structural design, enables superior thermal regulation throughout the evaporation process. This evaporator consists of a radiation damping layer, a photothermal conversion layer, and a bottom layer that leverages radiation, wherein the bottom layer exhibits a notable infrared emissivity. The distinctive feature of the design effectively reduces radiative heat loss and facilitates dual-interface evaporation by heating the water surface through mid-infrared radiation. The refined design leads to a notable evaporation rate of 2.83 kg m-2 h-1. Numerical simulations and practical performance evaluations validate the effectiveness of the multilayer evaporator in actual use scenarios. This energy-recycling and dual-interface evaporation multilayered approach propels the design of high-efficiency solar-driven interfacial evaporators forward, presenting new insights into developing effective water-energy transformation systems.
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- Nan He
- School of Energy and Power Engineering, Key Laboratory of Ocean Energy Utilization and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, Key Laboratory of Ocean Energy Utilization and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, Key Laboratory of Ocean Energy Utilization and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, Key Laboratory of Ocean Energy Utilization and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, Key Laboratory of Ocean Energy Utilization and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, Key Laboratory of Ocean Energy Utilization and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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Niu HJ, Huang KS, Huang PY, Ju HF. Leisure-Time Physical Activity as a Pathway to Sustainable Living: Insights on Health, Environment, and Green Consumerism. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2024; 21:618. [PMID: 38791832 PMCID: PMC11121333 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21050618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2024] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the intricate relationship between health and the environment has emerged with unparalleled significance. This investigation examines the effect of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) on health and environmental consciousness and its influence on attitudes towards green/sustainable products among 533 individuals. Utilizing linear structural modeling and regression analysis, the findings reveal that participation in sports and leisure activities significantly mediates the connection between individual well-being and eco-responsible consumer behaviors. Highlighting LTPA's crucial role in enhancing environmental awareness, this study offers invaluable perspectives for the green product sector. It advocates for the development of strategies that align with consumers' environmental values, underscoring the essential function of sports and leisure in fostering sustainable consumer practices. Crucially, this underscores the intertwined nature of environmental sustainability and individual health, highlighting their mutual dependence.
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- Han-Jen Niu
- Department of Management Sciences, Tamkang University, New Taipei City 251301, Taiwan
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- Office of Physical Education, Tamkang University, New Taipei City 251301, Taiwan;
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- Department of Hospitality Management, Hsing Wu University, New Taipei City 244012, Taiwan;
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- Center for Teacher Education, Tamkang University, New Taipei City 251301, Taiwan
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Haghshenas Haghighi M, Motagh M. Uncovering the impacts of depleting aquifers: A remote sensing analysis of land subsidence in Iran. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadk3039. [PMID: 38728396 PMCID: PMC11086625 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk3039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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Intensive groundwater pumping, previously unrecognized in its full extent, is blamed for aquifer degradation and widespread land subsidence in Iran. We use a 100-meter resolution satellite survey from 2014 to 2020 to assess the recent implications of groundwater usage across the country. Results indicate that approximately 56,000 km2 (3.5%) of the country's area is subject to land subsidence, primarily linked to irrigation; 3000 km2 of this area experiences subsidence rates greater than 10 cm/year. The central plateau catchment hosts two-thirds of the country's depleting aquifers, with locations sinking at rates higher than 35 cm/year. The results suggest an annual groundwater depletion of 1.7 billion cubic meters (BCM) from confined and semiconfined aquifers, with the long-term inelastic compaction for most aquifers being approximately one order of magnitude larger than their seasonal elastic response. This underscores the permanent loss of aquifers that jeopardizes the sustainability of water resources across Iran.
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- Institute of Photogrammetry and Geoinformation, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Helmholtz Centre Potsdam–GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
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Prăvălie R, Borrelli P, Panagos P, Ballabio C, Lugato E, Chappell A, Miguez-Macho G, Maggi F, Peng J, Niculiță M, Roșca B, Patriche C, Dumitrașcu M, Bandoc G, Nita IA, Birsan MV. A unifying modelling of multiple land degradation pathways in Europe. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3862. [PMID: 38719912 PMCID: PMC11079025 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48252-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2023] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
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Land degradation is a complex socio-environmental threat, which generally occurs as multiple concurrent pathways that remain largely unexplored in Europe. Here we present an unprecedented analysis of land multi-degradation in 40 continental countries, using twelve dataset-based processes that were modelled as land degradation convergence and combination pathways in Europe's agricultural (and arable) environments. Using a Land Multi-degradation Index, we find that up to 27%, 35% and 22% of continental agricultural (~2 million km2) and arable (~1.1 million km2) lands are currently threatened by one, two, and three drivers of degradation, while 10-11% of pan-European agricultural/arable landscapes are cumulatively affected by four and at least five concurrent processes. We also explore the complex pattern of spatially interacting processes, emphasizing the major combinations of land degradation pathways across continental and national boundaries. Our results will enable policymakers to develop knowledge-based strategies for land degradation mitigation and other critical European sustainable development goals.
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- Remus Prăvălie
- University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography, 1 Nicolae Bălcescu Street, 010041, Bucharest, Romania.
- University of Bucharest, Research, Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB), 90-92 Panduri Street, 050663, Bucharest, Romania.
- Academy of Romanian Scientists, 54 Splaiul Independentei Street, 050094, Bucharest, Romania.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Environmental Geosciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom
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- CRETUS, Non-Linear Physics Group, Faculty of Physics, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Geography and Geology, Department of Geography, 20A Carol I Street, 700506, Iași, Romania
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- Romanian Academy, Iași Divison, Geography Department, 8 Carol I Street, 700505, Iași, Romania
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- Romanian Academy, Iași Divison, Geography Department, 8 Carol I Street, 700505, Iași, Romania
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- Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy, 12 Dimitrie Racoviță Street, 023993, Bucharest, Romania
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- University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography, 1 Nicolae Bălcescu Street, 010041, Bucharest, Romania
- Academy of Romanian Scientists, 54 Splaiul Independentei Street, 050094, Bucharest, Romania
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- Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy, 12 Dimitrie Racoviță Street, 023993, Bucharest, Romania
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Zhang Z, Shan Y, Zhao D, Tillotson MR, Cai B, Li X, Zheng H, Zhao C, Guan D, Liu J, Hao Y. City level water withdrawal and scarcity accounts of China. Sci Data 2024; 11:449. [PMID: 38702307 PMCID: PMC11068761 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03115-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024] Open
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In the context of China's freshwater crisis high-resolution data are critical for sustainable water management and economic growth. Yet there is a dearth of data on water withdrawal and scarcity regardless of whether total or subsector amount, for prefectural cities. In administrative and territorial scope, we accounted for water withdrawal of all 63 economic-socio-environmental sectors for all 343 prefectural cities in China, based on a general framework and 2015 data. Spatial and economic-sector resolution is improved compared with previous studies by partitioning general sectors into industrial and agricultural sub-sectors. Construction of these datasets was based on selection of 16 driving forces. We connected a size indicator with corresponding water-withdrawal efficiency. We further accounted for total blue-water withdrawal and quantitative water scarcity status. Then we compared different scopes and methods of official accounts and statistics from various water datasets. These disaggregated and complete data could be used in input-output models for municipal design and governmental planning to help gain in-depth insights into subsector water-saving priorities from local economic activities.
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- Zongyong Zhang
- School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
- Water Security Research Centre, School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Water & Development Research Group, Department of Built Environment, Aalto University, Espoo, 00076, Finland
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- School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Centre for Climate and Environmental Policy, Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100012, China
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- Water Security Research Centre, School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
- Department of Statistics and Data Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, London, WC1H 0QB, UK
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- Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing, 211100, China
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- Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
- The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, University College London, London, WC1E 7HB, UK.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
- Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
- Yangtze Delta Region Academy of Beijing Institute of Technology, Jiaxing, 314001, China.
- Sustainable Development Research Institute for Economy and Society of Beijing, Beijing, 100081, China.
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Misra U, Barbhuiya NH, Rather ZH, Singh SP. Solar interfacial evaporation devices for desalination and water treatment: Perspective and future. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 327:103154. [PMID: 38640844 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2024.103154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
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Water is an essential commodity for society, and alternate resources such as seawater and wastewater are vital for the future. There are various desalination technologies that can provide sufficient and sustainable water sources. Renewable energy-based desalination technologies like solar-based interfacial evaporation are very efficient and sustainable desalination methods. Solar-based interfacial evaporation has been a focus due to its efficient and easy-to-use methods. Still, research is needed for fouling resistance, scalable and low-cost materials, and devices for solar interfacial evaporation. Recent research focuses on the materials for evaporation devices, but various other aspects of device design and fabrication methods are also necessary to improve device performance. In this article, all the evaporator device configurations and strategies for efficient evaporator devices are compiled and summarized. The evaporator devices have been classified into eight main categories: monolayer, bilayer, tree-like design, low-temperature designs, 3D-Origami-based designs, latent heat recovery design, design with storage/batch process, and contactless design. It was found that a good absorber, well-engineered air-water interface, and bottom-layer insulation are necessary for the best systems. The current research focuses on the vapor production output of the devices but not on the water production from devices. So, the focus on device-based water production and the associated cost of the water produced is essential. This article articulates the strategies and various scalable and efficient devices for evaporation-based solar-driven desalination. This article will be helpful for the researchers in improving devices output and coming up with a sustainable desalination and water treatment.
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- Utkarsh Misra
- Centre for Research in Nanotechnology & Science (CRNTS), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Environmental Science and Engineering Department (ESED), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Centre for Research in Nanotechnology & Science (CRNTS), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India; Environmental Science and Engineering Department (ESED), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India; Interdisciplinary Program in Climate Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India; Centre of Excellence on Membrane Technologies for Desalination, Brine Management, and Water Recycling, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
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Wu Y, Li S, Yan K, Xia M, Cheng Q, Xu J, He S, Zha X, Wang D, Wu L. Biomimetic Design of 3D Fe 3O 4/V-EVOH Fiber-Based Self-Floating Composite Aerogel to Enhance Solar Steam Generation Performance. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:4537-4545. [PMID: 38568783 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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An interfacial solar steam generation evaporator for seawater desalination has attracted extensive interest in recent years. Nevertheless, challenges still remain in relatively low evaporation rate, unsatisfactory energy conversion efficiency, and salt accumulation. Herein, we have demonstrated a biomimetic bilayer composite aerogel consisting of bottom hydrophilic and vertically aligned EVOH channels and an upper hydrophobic conical Fe3O4 array. Thanks to the design merits, the 3D Fe3O4/V-EVOH evaporator exhibits a high evaporation rate of ∼2.446 kg m-2 h-1 and an impressive solar energy conversion efficiency of ∼165.5% under 1 sun illumination, which is superior to those of state-of-the-art evaporators reported so far. Moreover, the asymmetrical wettability not only allows the evaporator to self-float on the water but also facilitates the salt ion diffusion in the channels; thus, the evaporator shows no salt crystals on its surface and only a 6% decrease in evaporation performance even after the salt concentration increases from 0 to 10.0 wt %.
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- Yi Wu
- Key Laboratory of Textile Fiber and Products, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Textile Fiber and Products, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, People's Republic of China
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- College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Textile Fiber and Products, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Textile Fiber and Products, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Textile Fiber and Products, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Textile Fiber and Products, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Textile Fiber and Products, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Textile Fiber and Products, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Materials Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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Grmasha RA, Stenger-Kovács C, Al-Sareji OJ, Al-Juboori RA, Meiczinger M, Andredaki M, Idowu IA, Majdi HS, Hashim K, Al-Ansari N. Temporal and spatial distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Danube River in Hungary. Sci Rep 2024; 14:8318. [PMID: 38594356 PMCID: PMC11004153 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-58793-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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The Danube is a significant transboundary river on a global scale, with several tributaries. The effluents from industrial operations and wastewater treatment plants have an impact on the river's aquatic ecosystem. These discharges provide a significant threat to aquatic life by deteriorating the quality of water and sediment. Hence, a total of 16 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) compounds were analyzed at six locations along the river, covering a period of 12 months. The objective was to explore the temporal and spatial fluctuations of these chemicals in both water and sediment. The study revealed a significant fluctuation in the concentration of PAHs in water throughout the year, with levels ranging from 224.8 ng/L during the summer to 365.8 ng/L during the winter. Similarly, the concentration of PAHs in sediment samples varied from 316.7 ng/g in dry weight during the summer to 422.9 ng/g in dry weight during the winter. According to the Europe Drinking Water Directive, the levels of PAHs exceeded the permitted limit of 100 ng/L, resulting in a 124.8% rise in summer and a 265.8% increase in winter. The results suggest that the potential human-caused sources of PAHs were mostly derived from pyrolytic and pyrogenic processes, with pyrogenic sources being more dominant. Assessment of sediment quality standards (SQGs) showed that the levels of PAHs in sediments were below the Effect Range Low (ERL), except for acenaphthylene (Acy) and fluorene (Fl) concentrations. This suggests that there could be occasional biological consequences. The cumulative Individual Lifetime Cancer Risk (ILCR) exceeds 1/104 for both adults and children in all sites.
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- Ruqayah Ali Grmasha
- Limnology Research Group, Center for Natural Science, University of Pannonia, Egyetem Utca 10, 8200, Veszprém, Hungary
- Environmental Research and Studies Center, University of Babylon, Al-Hillah, 51001, Iraq
- Sustainability Solutions Research Lab, Faculty of Engineering, University of Pannonia, Egyetem Str. 10, 8200, Veszprém, Hungary
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- Limnology Research Group, Center for Natural Science, University of Pannonia, Egyetem Utca 10, 8200, Veszprém, Hungary
- HUN-REN-PE Limnoecology Research Group, Egyetem Utca 10, 8200, Veszprém, Hungary
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- Environmental Research and Studies Center, University of Babylon, Al-Hillah, 51001, Iraq
- Sustainability Solutions Research Lab, Faculty of Engineering, University of Pannonia, Egyetem Str. 10, 8200, Veszprém, Hungary
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- NYUAD Water Research Center, New York University-Abu Dhabi Campus, Abu Dhabi, PO Box 129188, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Water and Environmental Engineering Research Group, Department of Built Environment, Aalto University, Aalto, PO Box 15200, 00076, Espoo, Finland
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- Sustainability Solutions Research Lab, Faculty of Engineering, University of Pannonia, Egyetem Str. 10, 8200, Veszprém, Hungary
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- School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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- School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Industries, Al-Mustaqbal University College, Hillah, Iraq
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- Environmental Research and Studies Center, University of Babylon, Al-Hillah, 51001, Iraq.
- School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.
- Dijlah University College, Baghdad, Iraq.
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden.
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Wei K, Wang Q, Deng M, Lin S, Guo Y. Response of cotton growth, yield, and water and nitrogen use efficiency to nitrogen application rate and ionized brackish water irrigation under film-mulched drip fertigation. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1361202. [PMID: 38606067 PMCID: PMC11007780 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1361202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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Introduction The presence of brackish water resources is significant in addressing the scarcity of freshwater resources, particularly in the Xinjiang region. Studies focused on reducing adverse effect of brackish water irrigation based on using ionized brackish water, as well as on investigating its effects on fibre and oil plant production processes, remain incipient in the literature. Some benefits of this technique are the optimization of the quality and quantity of irrigation water, economy of water absorbed by the plants, improvement in the vegetative growth and productivity compared to irrigation using conventional brackish water. Thus, the aim of the current study is to assess the effect of different nitrogen application rates on soil water and salinity, cotton growth and water and nitrogen use efficiency. Methods The experimental design consisted of completely randomized design with two water types (ionized and non-ionized) and six nitrogen application rates with four replications. Results Irrigation conducted with ionized brackish water and different nitrogen application rates had significant effect on the plant height, leaf area index, shoot dry matter, boll number per plant and chlorophyll content. The study also demonstrated significant effects of ionized brackish water on soil water content and soil salinity accumulation. The highest cotton production was achieved with the use of 350 kg·ha-1 of ionized brackish water for irrigation, resulting in an average increase of 11.5% compared to the use of non-ionized brackish water. The nitrogen application exhibits a quadratic relationship with nitrogen agronomic use efficiency and apparent nitrogen use efficiency, while it shows a liner relationship with nitrogen physiological use efficiency and nitrogen partial productivity. After taking into account soil salinity, cotton yield, water and nitrogen use efficiency, the optimal nitrogen application rate for ionized brackish water was determined to be 300 kg·ha-1. Discussion It is hoped that this study can contribute to improving water management, reducing the environmental impact without implying great costs for the producer.
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China
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Boser A, Caylor K, Larsen A, Pascolini-Campbell M, Reager JT, Carleton T. Field-scale crop water consumption estimates reveal potential water savings in California agriculture. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2366. [PMID: 38528086 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46031-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024] Open
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Efficiently managing agricultural irrigation is vital for food security today and into the future under climate change. Yet, evaluating agriculture's hydrological impacts and strategies to reduce them remains challenging due to a lack of field-scale data on crop water consumption. Here, we develop a method to fill this gap using remote sensing and machine learning, and leverage it to assess water saving strategies in California's Central Valley. We find that switching to lower water intensity crops can reduce consumption by up to 93%, but this requires adopting uncommon crop types. Northern counties have substantially lower irrigation efficiencies than southern counties, suggesting another potential source of water savings. Other practices that do not alter land cover can save up to 11% of water consumption. These results reveal diverse approaches for achieving sustainable water use, emphasizing the potential of sub-field scale crop water consumption maps to guide water management in California and beyond.
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- Anna Boser
- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, UC Santa Barbara, 2400 Bren Hall, Santa Barbara, 93106, CA, USA.
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, UC Santa Barbara, 2400 Bren Hall, Santa Barbara, 93106, CA, USA
- Department of Geography, UC Santa Barbara, Ellison Hall, Santa Barbara, 93106, CA, USA
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, UC Santa Barbara, 2400 Bren Hall, Santa Barbara, 93106, CA, USA
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, 91109, CA, USA
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, 91109, CA, USA
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, UC Santa Barbara, 2400 Bren Hall, Santa Barbara, 93106, CA, USA
- National Bureau of Economic Research, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, 02138, MA, USA
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Li L, Xue C, Chang Q, Ren X, Li N, Yang J, Hu S, Xu H. Polyelectrolyte Hydrogel-Functionalized Photothermal Sponge Enables Simultaneously Continuous Solar Desalination and Electricity Generation Without Salt Accumulation. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2401171. [PMID: 38497304 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202401171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Technologies that can simultaneously generate electricity and desalinate seawater are highly attractive and required to meet the increasing global demand for power and clean water. Here, a bifunctional solar evaporator that features continuous electric generation in seawater without salt accumulation is developed by rational design of polyelectrolyte hydrogel-functionalized photothermal sponge. This evaporator not only exhibits an unprecedentedly high water evaporation rate of 3.53 kg m-2 h-1along with 98.6% solar energy conversion efficiency but can also uninterruptedly deliver a voltage output of 0.972 V and a current density of 172.38 µA cm-2 in high-concentration brine over a prolonged period under one sun irradiation. Many common electronic devices can be driven by simply connecting evaporator units in series or in parallel without any other auxiliaries. Different from the previously proposed power generation mechanism, this study reveals that the water-enabled proton concentration fields in intermediate water region can also induce an additional ion electric field in free water region containing solute, to further enhance electricity output. Given the low-cost materials, simple self-regeneration design, scalable fabrication processes, and stable performance, this work offers a promising strategy for addressing the shortages of clean water and sustainable electricity.
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- Lin Li
- Research Group of New Energy Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Coal and CBM Co-Mining, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, P. R. China
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- Research Group of New Energy Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Coal and CBM Co-Mining, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, P. R. China
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- Research Group of New Energy Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Coal and CBM Co-Mining, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, P. R. China
- Future Industries Institute, UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, SA 5095, Australia
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- Research Group of New Energy Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Coal and CBM Co-Mining, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, P. R. China
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- Research Group of New Energy Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Coal and CBM Co-Mining, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Research Group of New Energy Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Coal and CBM Co-Mining, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, P. R. China
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- Future Industries Institute, UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, SA 5095, Australia
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Wang Z, Lei Y, Che H, Wu B, Zhang X. Aerosol forcing regulating recent decadal change of summer water vapor budget over the Tibetan Plateau. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2233. [PMID: 38472204 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46635-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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The Tibetan Plateau (TP), known as the Asian water tower, has been getting wetter since the 1970s. However, the primary drivers behind this phenomenon are still highly controversial. Here, we isolate the impacts of greenhouse gases (GHG), aerosols, natural forcings and internal climate variability on the decadal change of summer water vapor budget (WVB) over the TP using multi-model ensemble simulations. We show that an anomalous Rossby wave train in the upper troposphere travelling eastward from central Europe and equatorward temperature gradient in eastern China due to the inhomogeneous aerosol forcing in Eurasia jointly contribute to anomalous easterly winds over the eastern TP. Such anomalous easterly winds result in a significant decrease in water vapor export from the eastern boundary of the TP and dominate the enhanced summer WVB over the TP during 1979-2014. Our results highlight that spatial variation of aerosol forcing can be used as an important indicator to project future WVB over the TP.
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- Zhili Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather & Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather & Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather & Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather & Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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Liu Y, Du J, Wang Y, Cui X, Dong J, Gu P, Hao Y, Xue K, Duan H, Xia A, Hu Y, Dong Z, Wu B, Kropp JP, Fu B. Overlooked uneven progress across sustainable development goals at the global scale: Challenges and opportunities. Innovation (N Y) 2024; 5:100573. [PMID: 38379792 PMCID: PMC10876912 DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
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Differences in progress across sustainable development goals (SDGs) are widespread globally; meanwhile, the rising call for prioritizing specific SDGs may exacerbate such gaps. Nevertheless, how these progress differences would influence global sustainable development has been long neglected. Here, we present the first quantitative assessment of SDGs' progress differences globally by adopting the SDGs progress evenness index. Our results highlight that the uneven progress across SDGs has been a hindrance to sustainable development because (1) it is strongly associated with many public health risks (e.g., air pollution), social inequalities (e.g., gender inequality, modern slavery, wealth gap), and a reduction in life expectancy; (2) it is also associated with deforestation and habitat loss in terrestrial and marine ecosystems, increasing the challenges related to biodiversity conservation; (3) most countries with low average SDGs performance show lower progress evenness, which further hinders their fulfillment of SDGs; and (4) many countries with high average SDGs performance also showcase stagnation or even retrogression in progress evenness, which is partly ascribed to the antagonism between climate actions and other goals. These findings highlight that while setting SDGs priorities may be more realistic under the constraints of multiple global stressors, caution must be exercised to avoid new problems from intensifying uneven progress across goals. Moreover, our study reveals that the urgent needs regarding SDGs of different regions seem complementary, emphasizing that regional collaborations (e.g., demand-oriented carbon trading between SDGs poorly performed and well-performed countries) may promote sustainable development achievements at the global scale.
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- Yali Liu
- School of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Yanshan Earth Critical Zone National Research Station, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing Yanshan Earth Critical Zone National Research Station, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Beijing Yanshan Earth Critical Zone National Research Station, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- School of Humanities, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing Yanshan Earth Critical Zone National Research Station, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing Yanshan Earth Critical Zone National Research Station, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, China
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- School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
- Institute for Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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Jódar J, Urrutia J, Herrera C, Custodio E, Martos-Rosillo S, Lambán LJ. The catastrophic effects of groundwater intensive exploitation and Megadrought on aquifers in Central Chile: Global change impact projections in water resources based on groundwater balance modeling. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 914:169651. [PMID: 38159766 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2023] [Revised: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Central Chile is undergoing its most severe drought since 2010, affecting ecosystems, water supply, agriculture, and industrial uses. The government's short-term measures, such as increasing groundwater extraction (by 383 % from 1997 to 2022), are exacerbating the situation, leading to long-term hydrological deterioration. The objective of this research is to establish the main processes driving the water table depth evolution within Central Chile over the period 1979-2023. This is done by conducting groundwater balances on five major hydrological basins of Central Chile. For the Megadrought (MD) period (2010-2022), the groundwater level depths reflect not only the recharge variability but, especially, the forcing trend of groundwater withdrawals: they represent 35 % and 65 %, respectively, of the total phreatic level drawdown. This result underlines the dominant role played by groundwater withdrawals in the current delicate state of Central Chile's groundwater resources, while revealing that drought is a new complex phenomenon to deal with, in the midterm, to revert the current water resource trend in Central Chile. Our study moreover presents the impact of climate change in the basin in the framework of six different groundwater withdrawal scenarios. In the worst case (i.e., RCP8.5), the aquifer recharge decreases 18 % with respect to 1979-1997, which is the period assumed to be unaffected by the impact of MD and withdrawals. Such a reduction may be irrelevant in the dynamics of the aquifer system if the current extraction rate does not change. The estimated recovery time needed to reach aquifer conditions equal to those of the unaffected period is approximately 50 years.
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- J Jódar
- Centro Nacional Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas IGME-CSIC, Spain.
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- Center for Research and Development of Water Ecosystems, Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins, Santiago, Chile
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- Center for Research and Development of Water Ecosystems, Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins, Santiago, Chile; Universidad Católica del Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile
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- Royal Academy of Sciences of Spain, Spain; Emeritus Professor Groundwater Hydrology Group, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain; Instituto de Estudios Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (iUNAT), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Centro Nacional Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas IGME-CSIC, Spain
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- Centro Nacional Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas IGME-CSIC, Spain
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Nourani V, Ghaffari A, Behfar N, Foroumandi E, Zeinali A, Ke CQ, Sankaran A. Spatiotemporal assessment of groundwater quality and quantity using geostatistical and ensemble artificial intelligence tools. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 355:120495. [PMID: 38432009 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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The study investigated the spatiotemporal relationship between surface hydrological variables and groundwater quality/quantity using geostatistical and AI tools. AI models were developed to estimate groundwater quality from ground-based measurements and remote sensing images, reducing reliance on laboratory testing. Different Kriging techniques were employed to map ground-based measurements and fill data gaps. The methodology was applied to analyze the Maragheh aquifer in northwest Iran, revealing declining groundwater quality due to industrial. discharges and over-extraction. Spatiotemporal analysis indicated a relationship between groundwater depth/quality, precipitation, and temperature. The Root Mean Square Scaled Error (RMSSE) values for all variables ranged from 0.8508 to 1.1688, indicating acceptable performance of the semivariogram models in predicting the variables. Three AI models, namely Feed-Forward Neural Networks (FFNNs), Support Vector Regression (SVR), and Adaptive Neural Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS), predicted groundwater quality for wet (June) and dry (October) months using input variables such as groundwater depth, temperature, precipitation, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), and Digital Elevation Model (DEM), with Groundwater Quality Index (GWQI) as the target variable. Ensemble methods were employed to combine the outputs of these models, enhancing performance. Results showed strong predictive capabilities, with coefficient of determination values of 0.88 and 0.84 for wet and dry seasons. Ensemble models improved performance by up to 6% and 12% for wet and dry seasons, respectively, potentially advancing groundwater quality modeling in the future.
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- Vahid Nourani
- Center of Excellence in Hydroinformatics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran; Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Near East University, Via Mersin 10, Turkey; College of Engineering, Information Technology and Environment, Charles Darwin University, Australia.
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- Center of Excellence in Hydroinformatics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Center of Excellence in Hydroinformatics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Formerly, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- The Department of Groundwater Studies, East Azarbaijan Regional Water Corporation, Tabriz, Iran; Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, China
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Kuang X, Liu J, Scanlon BR, Jiao JJ, Jasechko S, Lancia M, Biskaborn BK, Wada Y, Li H, Zeng Z, Guo Z, Yao Y, Gleeson T, Nicot JP, Luo X, Zou Y, Zheng C. The changing nature of groundwater in the global water cycle. Science 2024; 383:eadf0630. [PMID: 38422130 DOI: 10.1126/science.adf0630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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In recent decades, climate change and other anthropogenic activities have substantially affected groundwater systems worldwide. These impacts include changes in groundwater recharge, discharge, flow, storage, and distribution. Climate-induced shifts are evident in altered recharge rates, greater groundwater contribution to streamflow in glacierized catchments, and enhanced groundwater flow in permafrost areas. Direct anthropogenic changes include groundwater withdrawal and injection, regional flow regime modification, water table and storage alterations, and redistribution of embedded groundwater in foods globally. Notably, groundwater extraction contributes to sea level rise, increasing the risk of groundwater inundation in coastal areas. The role of groundwater in the global water cycle is becoming more dynamic and complex. Quantifying these changes is essential to ensure sustainable supply of fresh groundwater resources for people and ecosystems.
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- Xingxing Kuang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
- Henan Provincial Key Lab of Hydrosphere and Watershed Water Security, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, China
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- Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758, USA
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- Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 14473 Potsdam Germany
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- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Science, School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Civil Engineering and School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
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- Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758, USA
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- Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
- Eastern Institute for Advanced Study, Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, China
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Qiu K, You W, Jiang Z, Tang M. Tracking the water storage and runoff variations in the Paraná basin via GNSS measurements. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 912:168831. [PMID: 38061646 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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The Paraná basin is the second largest river basin in South America and provides abundant water resources globally. However, current research lacks hydrological investigation of the region. The vertical crustal deformation recorded by the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) can be used to accurately estimate regional-scale terrestrial water storage (TWS). Therefore, we utilized the daily vertical displacement time series data at 102 GNSS stations to recover the water storage variations in the Paraná basin from 2013 to 2020. To recognize primary spatiotemporal features of TWS changes, we applied the principal component analysis (PCA) method in the inversion strategy. Results indicate that the TWS variations inferred from GNSS generally align in spatiotemporal patterns with estimates from both the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and the Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS). However, some discrepancies are evident at local scales. The TWS changes derived from both GNSS and GRACE exhibited generally larger magnitude of oscillations than those estimated by GLDAS, while the GRACE results neglected the evident seasonal oscillation of the water mass in the southeast of the basin. Given the challenge of capturing large-scale runoff variations through in-situ observations, we innovatively applied GNSS and water budget closure method to provide a novel runoff estimate for the Paraná basin. The GNSS-inferred runoff exhibited a strong correlation (correlation coefficient of 0.72) with in-situ observations. Overall, our study fills the critical knowledge gap in geodesy-based hydrological investigation in the Paraná basin. We aim to highlight the immense potential of GNSS for hydrological parameter estimation and provide valuable reference data for regional hydrological research and for water resources management.
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- Keshan Qiu
- Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China
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- Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China.
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- School of Geospatial Engineering and Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China
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Liu Y, Liu Z, Qie Z, Wang Z, Sun W. Optimizing Salt Leakage Mitigation and Comparing Sorption-Desorption Characteristics of Polyacrylamide-Based Hydrogels. Polymers (Basel) 2024; 16:525. [PMID: 38399905 PMCID: PMC10892605 DOI: 10.3390/polym16040525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Solid hygroscopic materials are extensively utilized in diverse fields, including adsorption heat transfer, adsorption heat storage, atmospheric water harvesting (AWH), and air conditioning dehumidification. The efficacy and energy efficiency of these materials in practical applications are significantly influenced by their adsorption and desorption properties. Yet, the introduction of inorganic salts to boost adsorption performance can result in issues like salt leakage. In this research, we prepared a polyacrylamide hydrogel through free radical polymerization, and its water-absorbing capabilities were improved by incorporating the hygroscopic salt lithium chloride. We compared it to a salt-based porous adsorbent, AlFum-LiCl, which also exhibited strong water adsorption properties and the potential for large-scale production. While AlFum-LiCl suffered from limited pores and salt leakage during high water uptake, the optimized PAM-LiCl displayed superior water sorption capabilities, showing no salt leakage even at water uptake of up to 3.5 g/g. At 25 °C, PAM-LiCl achieved equilibrium water uptake of 1.26 g/g at 30% RH and 3.15 g/g at 75% RH. In this context, utilizing 20 g of PAM-LiCl for the AWH experiment yielded daily water outputs of 8.34 L/kg at 30% RH and 16.86 L/kg at 75% RH. The salt-optimized PAM-LiCl hydrogel offers the benefit of application in higher relative humidity environments without the risk of deliquescence, underscoring its promise for atmospheric water harvesting.
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- Department of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; (Y.L.); (Z.Q.); (Z.W.); (W.S.)
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Xiong J, Abhishek, Guo S, Kinouchi T, Anjaneyulu R. Emerging trends and spatial shifts of drought potential across global river basins. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 352:120093. [PMID: 38232597 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 12/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Droughts have devastating effects on various sectors and are difficult to quantify and track because of the invisible and slow but prevalent propagation. This dilemma is more significant in the case of the complex interactions between land and atmosphere mechanisms, which are inadequately considered in previous drought metrics. Here, we investigate the spatiotemporal variability of the recently devised metric called 'Drought Potential Index (DPI)', which incorporates the antecedent land water storage and current precipitation. Using the spatial weighted centroid method, we elucidate the emerging spatial movement of the DPI within 168 major global river basins and analyze its influential factors. Improved drought detection and performance disparity of DPI as compared with multi-scale (i.e., 1, 3, 6, 9, 12-month) Standardized Precipitation Index, ensemble soil moisture anomaly, and Total Storage Deficit Index corroborate the robustness and improved insights of DPI. Higher increasing trends in DPI are detected over dryland basins (0.39 ± 0.43 %/a) than in the humid zones (0.15 ± 0.34 %/a). Six hotspot basins, namely, Don, Yellow, Haihe, Rio Grande, Sao Francisco, and Ganges river basins, are identified with increasing (2.1-3.5%/a) DPI during 2003-2021. The interannual occurrence of the highest DPI, spatial shifts, and relative contribution of DPI's constituent variables correspond well to the climatic and anthropogenic changes in humid and dry land basins. The absolute latitudinal/longitudinal shifts of ∼2° (as high as ∼3.2/4.9°) in DPI in 30% (47 out of 168 basins) of the global basins highlight the need for analyzing the water scarcity problems from both the perspectives of long-term trends and spatial shifts. Our findings provide a global assessment of the spatiotemporal shifts of drought potential and will be beneficial to understanding the anthropogenic and climatic influences on water resource management under a changing environment.
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- Jinghua Xiong
- State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, China
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, India.
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, China
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- School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, India
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Monir MM, Sarker SC. Analyzing post-2000 groundwater level and rainfall changes in Rajasthan, India, using well observations and GRACE data. Heliyon 2024; 10:e24481. [PMID: 38312700 PMCID: PMC10835170 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/06/2024] Open
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Research on groundwater and water resources is essential for preserving viable environments. Although the arid area has been identified as a significant hotspot for groundwater depletion, the Indian desert region was not included in the initial analysis. This study intends to evaluate Rajasthan's groundwater level (GWL) and rainfall trends from 2000 to 2021 and how variations in GWLs are related to long-term rainfall. Annual GWL and rainfall data time series were collected from 921 monitoring stations for 33 districts of Rajasthan. The GWL trends and rainfall were identified using non-parametric modified Mann-Kendall test and Spearman rho techniques. Pearson's, Kendall's (tau b), and Spearman's analyses were used to determine the correlation between GWL and rainfall. The results from the modified Mann-Kendall and Spearman rho methods reveal that GWL has a significant declining trend in 38 % of districts, where 13 % have no trend, and the rest of 49 % have a rising trend. The yearly rainfall trend at 70 % and 30 % of the districts are rising and stable, respectively. A negative correlation between GWL depth and rainfall was discovered in each district, where 15 % are firm, 58 % are moderate, and 27 % are weak negative correlations. Also, the regression analysis estimates the effect of rainfall on GWL, which was observed: rainfall negatively influenced the depth of GWL at 58 % of the districts, had a positive impact at 33 %, and others had no effect. GRACE TWS anomaly shows a decreasing trend of -1.22 cm/yr, and GRACE and GWL anomalies have a positive relationship (r = 0.471). Results conclude that rainfall is the primary influencer on GWL in this semi-arid region vulnerable to drought.
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- Md. Moniruzzaman Monir
- Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur-5400, Bangladesh
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur-5400, Bangladesh
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She Y, Chen J, Zhou Q, Wang L, Duan K, Wang R, Qu S, Xu M, Zhao Y. Evaluating Losses from Water Scarcity and Benefits of Water Conservation Measures to Intercity Supply Chains in China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:1119-1130. [PMID: 38175796 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c07491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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The severe water scarcity in China poses significant economic risks to its agriculture, energy, and manufacturing sectors, which can have a cascading effect through the supply chains. Current research has assessed water scarcity losses for global countries and Chinese provinces by using the water scarcity risk (WSR) method. However, this method involves subjective functions and parameter settings, and it fails to capture the adaptive behaviors of economies to water scarcity, compromising the reliability of quantified water scarcity loss. There is a pressing need for a new method to assess losses related to water scarcity. Here, we develop an agent-based complex network model to estimate the inter-regional and intersectoral impacts of water scarcity on both cities and basins. Subsequently, we evaluate the supply chain-wide economic benefits of four different water conservation measures as stipulated by the 14th Five-Year Plan for the Construction of a Water-Saving Society. These measures include increasing the utilization rate of recycled water in water-scarce cities, reducing the national water consumption per industrial value-added, and implementing agricultural and residential water conservation measures. Results show that direct losses constitute only 9% of the total losses from water scarcity. Approximately 37% of the losses can be attributed to interregional impacts. Among the water-scarce cities, Qingdao, Lanzhou, Jinan, and Zhengzhou pose a significant threat to China's supply chains. Agricultural water conservation yields the highest amount of water savings and economic benefits, while residential water conservation provides the highest economic benefit per unit of water saved. The results provide insights into managing water scarcity, promoting cross-regional cooperation, and mitigating economic impacts.
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- Yunlei She
- School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100084, China
- Center for Energy & Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100084, China
- Center for Energy & Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100084, China
- Center for Energy & Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082, China
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Einsteinweg 2, Leiden 2333 CC, The Netherlands
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- School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100084, China
- Center for Energy & Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100084, China
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Ali S, Ran J, Luan Y, Khorrami B, Xiao Y, Tangdamrongsub N. The GWR model-based regional downscaling of GRACE/GRACE-FO derived groundwater storage to investigate local-scale variations in the North China Plain. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 908:168239. [PMID: 37931810 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 09/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/29/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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Groundwater storage and depletion fluctuations in response to groundwater availability for irrigation require understanding on a local scale to ensure a reliable groundwater supply. However, the coarser spatial resolution and intermittent data gaps to estimate the regional groundwater storage anomalies (GWSA) prevent the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and GRACE Follow-On (GARCE-FO) mission from being applied at the local scale. To enhance the resolution of GWSA measurements using machine learning approaches, numerous recent efforts have been made. With a focus on the development of a new algorithm, this study enhanced the GWSA resolution estimates to 0.05° by extensively investigating the continuous spatiotemporal variations of GWSA based on the regional downscaling approach using a regression algorithm known as the geographically weighted regression model (GWR). First, the modified seasonal decomposition LOESS method (STL) was used to estimate the continuous terrestrial water storage anomaly (TWSA). Secondly, to separate GWSA from TWSA, a water balance equation was used. Third, the continuous GWSA was downscaled to 0.05° based on the GWR model. Finally, spatio-temporal properties of downscaled GWSA were investigated in the North China Plain (NCP), China's fastest-urbanizing area, from 2003 to 2022. The results of the downscaled GWSA were spatially compatible with GRACE-derived GWSA. The downscaled GWSA results are validated (R = 0.83) using in-situ groundwater level data. The total loss of GWSA in cities of the NCP fluctuated between 2003 and 2022, with the largest loss seen in Handan (-15.21 ± 7.25 mm/yr), Xingtai (-14.98 ± 7.25 mm/yr), and Shijiazhuang (-14.58 ± 7.25 mm/yr). The irrigated winter-wheat farming strategy is linked to greater groundwater depletion in several cities of NCP (e.g., Xingtai, Handan, Anyang, Hebi, Puyang, and Xinxiang). The study's high-resolution findings can help with understanding local groundwater depletion that takes agricultural water utilization and provide quantitative data for water management.
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- Shoaib Ali
- Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518005, China.
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- Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518005, China.
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- Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518005, China.
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- Department of GIS, The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Türkiye.
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- Xi'an Research Institute of Surveying and Mapping, Xi'an, China
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- Water Engineering and Management, School of Engineering and Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand.
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Xue D, Gui D, Ci M, Liu Q, Wei G, Liu Y. Spatial and temporal downscaling schemes to reconstruct high-resolution GRACE data: A case study in the Tarim River Basin, Northwest China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 907:167908. [PMID: 37866613 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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Climate change and excessive exploitation of water resources exert pressure on groundwater supply and the ecosystem in drylands. Although The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites has demonstrated the feasibility of quantifying global groundwater storage variations, monitoring regional-scale groundwater has been challenging due to the coarse resolution of GRACE. Previous GRACE downscaling studies focused on develop new algorithms based on the perspective of pixel spatial correlation to improve resolution, which cannot better capture the temporal evolution of GRACE data effectively. In this study, we employ the semi-supervised variational autoencoder (SSVAER) algorithm and the multi-scale geographically weighted regression (MGWR) model to establish two different downscaling schemes: pixel temporal continuity downscaling and pixel spatial correlation downscaling. These schemes achieve spatial resolution downscaling of GRACE-derived groundwater storage anomalies (GWSA) from 0.5° to 0.1°. Additionally, the applicability of the PCR-GLOBWB model in drylands is verified. Furtherly, the spatiotemporal distribution patterns of GWSA are analyzed. The results show that (1) Both the temporal and spatial downscaling methods produced consistent results, with data correlations ranged from 0.94 to 0.98 observed in over 80 % of the range before and after downscaling; (2) The groundwater storage change rate in the northern Tarim River Basin (TRB) is 25 times greater than the model results, while in other regions, the average deviation is 2.6 times; (3) The two schemes enhance the correlation (0.27) between GWSA and groundwater level anomaly (GWLA) to 0.59 and 0.52, respectively, with a three-month lag in GWSA relative to GWLA. The temporal downscaling approach exhibited higher CC and lower RMSE, outperforming the spatial downscaling approach. The high-resolution results in this study can well complement groundwater level prediction efforts in arid regions and provide quantitative information for local water resource management.
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- Dongping Xue
- State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; Cele National Station of Observation & Research for Desert Grassland Ecosystem in Xinjiang, Cele 848300, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; Cele National Station of Observation & Research for Desert Grassland Ecosystem in Xinjiang, Cele 848300, China.
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- Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830017, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; Cele National Station of Observation & Research for Desert Grassland Ecosystem in Xinjiang, Cele 848300, China
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- Tarim River Basin Administration, Korla 841000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; Cele National Station of Observation & Research for Desert Grassland Ecosystem in Xinjiang, Cele 848300, China
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Allan RP, Douville H. An even drier future for the arid lands. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2320840121. [PMID: 38157450 PMCID: PMC10786295 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2320840121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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- Richard P. Allan
- Department of Meteorology and National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6BB, UK
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- Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse31057, France
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Jasechko S, Seybold H, Perrone D, Fan Y, Shamsudduha M, Taylor RG, Fallatah O, Kirchner JW. Rapid groundwater decline and some cases of recovery in aquifers globally. Nature 2024; 625:715-721. [PMID: 38267682 PMCID: PMC10808077 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06879-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Groundwater resources are vital to ecosystems and livelihoods. Excessive groundwater withdrawals can cause groundwater levels to decline1-10, resulting in seawater intrusion11, land subsidence12,13, streamflow depletion14-16 and wells running dry17. However, the global pace and prevalence of local groundwater declines are poorly constrained, because in situ groundwater levels have not been synthesized at the global scale. Here we analyse in situ groundwater-level trends for 170,000 monitoring wells and 1,693 aquifer systems in countries that encompass approximately 75% of global groundwater withdrawals18. We show that rapid groundwater-level declines (>0.5 m year-1) are widespread in the twenty-first century, especially in dry regions with extensive croplands. Critically, we also show that groundwater-level declines have accelerated over the past four decades in 30% of the world's regional aquifers. This widespread acceleration in groundwater-level deepening highlights an urgent need for more effective measures to address groundwater depletion. Our analysis also reveals specific cases in which depletion trends have reversed following policy changes, managed aquifer recharge and surface-water diversions, demonstrating the potential for depleted aquifer systems to recover.
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- Scott Jasechko
- Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Environmental Studies Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Center for Training and Radiation Protection, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Taucare M, Viguier B, Figueroa R, Daniele L. The alarming state of Central Chile's groundwater resources: A paradigmatic case of a lasting overexploitation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 906:167723. [PMID: 37832663 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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Ensuring water supply under climate change scenarios is a global concern, and groundwater resources play a crucial role. Aquifer depletion is a worldwide trend, and Chile is no exception. Through a statistical approach with strong hydrogeological criteria, the groundwater overexploitation phenomenon is studied in Central Chile, the most populated region in this mountainous country. With this purpose, we assess the evolution of groundwater levels and pumping between 1970 and 2020 by analysing 26,065 groundwater rights and 222 observation wells. Withdrawals increased from 498 hm3 in 1970 to 8883 hm3 in 2020. We recognised two general trends in groundwater levels: a quasi-steady state hydrodynamic regime pre-1988 and sustained decline post-1988, exacerbated since 2010 with the start of the Megadrought. Although groundwater recharge is expected to decrease during this severe drought, the declining trend strongly correlates with pumping but not with precipitation changes. Climate forcing is usually invoked to warrant the dramatic depletion of groundwater resources, but we demonstrated that all analysed aquifers have been overexploited since much earlier than 2010. Finally, the Chilean aquifers' overexploitation is a clear example of the consequences of prioritising the water offer over the water demand regulation, which hinders the United Nations' sustainable development goals accomplishment.
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- Matías Taucare
- Departamento de Geología, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Centro de Excelencia en Geotermia de los Andes (CEGA), Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Centro Avanzado para Tecnologías del Agua (CAPTA), Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Université Côte d'Azur, OCA, CNRS, IRD, GEOAZUR, France; Instituto de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Universidad de O'Higgins, Rancagua, Chile
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- Grupo de Geociencias, Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), La Serena, Chile; Centre for Hydrogeology and Geothermics (CHYN), Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Departamento de Geología, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Centro de Excelencia en Geotermia de los Andes (CEGA), Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Centro Avanzado para Tecnologías del Agua (CAPTA), Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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MacAllister DJ. Groundwater decline is global but not universal. Nature 2024; 625:668-670. [PMID: 38267676 DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-00070-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Han Z, Wei Y, Meng J, Zou Y, Wu Q. Integrated water security and coupling of social-ecological system to improve river basin sustainability. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 905:167182. [PMID: 37730052 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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The river basin sustainability depends on both the coordinated development of socio-ecological systems and resilience to water resources. However, the lack of integrating them on spatial and temporal scales compromises our capacity to develop precise interventions towards sustainable river basins. We developed an approach by integrating water security and social-ecological coupling to assess the river basin sustainability. We divided it into four categories including highly sustainable (secure and coordinated), insecure, uncoordinated, and low sustainable (insecure and uncoordinated). The middle reach of Heihe River (MHR) was taken as the study area with the sub-basin as the spatial analysis unit from 2000 to 2020. The results showed that there was heterogeneity and agglomeration in spatial distribution. 23.8 %, 38.8 %, and 11% of the sub-basins mainly clustered in the north and central areas were found in the state of water insecure and SES uncoordinated, or both respectively. The unsustainable areas (five sub-basins) and lose-lose areas (two sub-basins) should be the priority areas for management interventions. Our approach can provide an important reference for assessing and improving the river basin sustainability.
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- Ziyan Han
- Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes of Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, PR China; School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the University of Queensland, Australia
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the University of Queensland, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes of Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes of Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes of Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, PR China
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Wang J, Shen Y, Awange JL, Yang L. A deep learning model for reconstructing centenary water storage changes in the Yangtze River Basin. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 905:167030. [PMID: 37704127 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Since 2002, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and its Follow-On mission (GRACE-FO) have facilitated highly accurate observations of changes in total water storage anomalies (TWSA). However, limited observations of TWSA derived from GRACE in the Yangtze River Basin (YRB) have hindered our understanding of its long-term variability. In this paper, we present a deep learning model called RecNet to reconstruct the climate-driven TWSA in the YRB from 1923 to 2022. The RecNet model is trained on precipitation, temperature, and GRACE observations with a weighted mean square error (WMSE) loss function. The performance of the RecNet model is validated and compared against GRACE data, water budget estimates, hydrological models, drought indices, and existing reconstruction datasets. The results indicate that the RecNet model can successfully reconstruct historical water storage changes, surpassing the performance of previous studies. In addition, the reconstructed datasets are utilized to assess the frequency of extreme hydrological conditions and their teleconnections with major climate patterns, including the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, Indian Ocean Dipole, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and North Atlantic Oscillation. Independent component analysis is employed to investigate individual climate patterns' unique or combined influence on TWSA. We show that the YRB exhibits a notable vulnerability to extreme events, characterized by a recurrent occurrence of diverse extreme dry/wet conditions throughout the past century. Wavelet coherence analysis reveals significant coherence between the climate patterns and TWSA across the entire basin. The reconstructed datasets provide valuable information for studying long-term climate variability and projecting future droughts and floods in the YRB, which can inform effective water resource management and climate change adaptation strategies.
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- Jielong Wang
- College of Surveying and Geo-informatics, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, PR China
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- College of Surveying and Geo-informatics, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, PR China.
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- School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Spatial Sciences Discipline, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- College of Surveying and Geo-informatics, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, PR China
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Liu X, Min L, Chang Y, Shen Y, Wang Z, Shen YJ. Identifying hotspots of water table depth change by coupling trend with time stability analysis in the North China Plain. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 904:167002. [PMID: 37704135 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Many groundwater construction projects such as South-to-North Water Diversion Project (SNWDP) were conducted for controlling groundwater overexploitation in the North China Plain (NCP). However, more insight is required into the magnitude and distribution of water table depth (WTD) in time and space over the NCP. This study evaluated the variability and the hotspots of WTD based on 83 unconfined monitoring wells and took trend, breakpoint, and time stability into consideration. We found the average WTD of unconfined aquifer for the Southern Hebei Plain generally increased continuously from 1998 to 2020 in spite of the operation of the SNWDP since 2014. However, the rise rate of WTD slows down in recent years and the WTD has decreased in certain subregions. We further divided these groundwater wells into five groups: climb accelerating (Group 1), increase decelerating (Group 2), first rise then descend (Group 3), first descend then rise (Group 4), decrease decelerating (Group 5), and reduce accelerating (Group 6). Moreover, we found that the number of wells that divided into Group1 to Group 5 account for 15 %, 41 %, 25 %, 18 %, and 1 % of the total number of observation wells. The breakpoints of all the wells are from 2001 to 2017 and most of the breakpoints were found before 2014, which demonstrates that other groundwater management strategies implemented in the Southern Hebei Plain prior to the operation of the SNWDP plays a crucial part. The hotspots area for group 1 is mainly distributed in the north region of Shijiazhuang City, group 2 is in southern region of piedmont plain, group 3 is in northern region of Baoding and south-west region of Xingtai City, and group 4 is in Cangzhou City and eastern region of Xingtai City. The method and framework of this study can be applied in other regions suffering from groundwater depletion.
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- Xia Liu
- CAS-Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Hebei-Key Laboratory of Water Saving Agriculture, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050022, China
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- CAS-Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Hebei-Key Laboratory of Water Saving Agriculture, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050022, China
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- CAS-Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Hebei-Key Laboratory of Water Saving Agriculture, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050022, China
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- CAS-Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Hebei-Key Laboratory of Water Saving Agriculture, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050022, China
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- Information Center (Hydrological Monitor and Forecast Center), Ministry of Water Resources, Beijing 100053, China
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- CAS-Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Hebei-Key Laboratory of Water Saving Agriculture, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050022, China.
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Ndehedehe CE, Adeyeri OE, Onojeghuo AO, Ferreira VG, Kalu I, Okwuashi O. Understanding global groundwater-climate interactions. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 904:166571. [PMID: 37647947 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 07/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Global warming is emerging as an important predictor of water availability and future water supplies across the world through inducing the frequency and severity in hydrological extremes. These extremes (e.g., drought) have potential impacts on groundwater, environmental flows, as well as increase social inequalities (limited access to water by the poor), among a range of other issues. Understanding the influence of global climate on groundwater systems is thus critical to help reshape global water markets through policies underpinned by the knowledge of climatic processes driving the water cycle and freshwater supply. The main aim of this study is to improve understanding of the influence of climate variability on global groundwater using statistical methods (e.g., multi-linear regression and wavelet analyses). The response of groundwater to climate variability are assessed and the feasibility of identifying climatic hotspots of groundwater-climate interactions are explored (2003-2017). Generally, climate variability plays a major role in the distribution of groundwater recharge, evidenced in the groundwater-rainfall relationship (r ranging from 0.6 to 0.8 with lags of 1-5 months) in several regions (Amazon and Congo basins, West Africa, and south Asia). Some of the areas where no relationship exists coincide with major regional aquifer systems (e.g., Nubian sand stone in north Africa) in arid domains with fossil groundwater. Our results also show that groundwater fluxes across the world are driven by global climate teleconnections. Notable among these climate teleconnections are PDO, ENSO, CAR, and Nino 4 with PDO showing the strongest relationship (r= 0.80) with groundwater in some hotspots (e.g. in South America). The explicit role of the Pacific ocean in regulating groundwater fluxes provides an opportunity to improve the prediction of climate change impact on global freshwater systems. As opposed to remarkably large productive hydrological systems (Amazon and Congo basins), in typically arid domains, groundwater could be restricted during prolonged drought, constraining the persistence of surface water in the maintenance of a healthy surface-groundwater interactions.
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- Christopher E Ndehedehe
- School of Environment & Science, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia; Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia.
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- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia; School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Environment & Science, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia; Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
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- Department of Geoinformatics and Surveying, University of Uyo, P.M.B. 1017, Uyo, Nigeria
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Peng J, Tang H, Su C, Jiang H, Dong J, Xu D. Regarding reference state to identify priority areas for ecological restoration in a karst region. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 348:119214. [PMID: 37852077 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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Widespread degradation of natural ecosystems around the globe has resulted in several ecological problems. Ecological restoration is considered a global priority as an important means of mitigating ecosystem degradation and enhancing ecosystem services provision. Regarding ecosystem reference state is a prerequisite for ecological restoration. However, there were few studies focusing on how to regard reference state for ecological restoration, especially under a changing climate. Taking Guizhou Province, a typical karst region in China, as a case study area, in this study we firstly assessed ecosystem services under homogeneous climate conditions. Secondly, we defined the optimal ecosystem services as ecosystem reference state, and then evaluated restoration suitability under a comprehensive framework. Finally, ecological restoration priority areas (EPRAs), which included ecological reconstruction areas, assisted regeneration areas and conservation priority areas needing restoration, were identified by integrating restoration suitability and conservation priority areas. The results showed that the services of water conservation and habitat maintenance only increased less than 10% from 2001 to 2018. Identified ecological reconstruction areas and assisted regeneration areas covered 1078 km2 and 1159 km2 respectively. Additionally, 15 conservation priority areas with the total area of 18,507 km2 were identified as conservation priority areas needing restoration. Accounting for 11.78% of the total area, ERPAs were mostly located in the eastern part of Guizhou, including Qiandongnan, Tongren, and Zunyi. The approach proposed here for regarding ecosystem reference state after controlling climate variables and the framework for identifying ERPAs can provide a scientific reference for large-scale ecological restoration planning.
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- Jian Peng
- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Human-Earth Relations, Ministry of Natural Resources, School of Urban Planning and Design, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- China Academy of Urban Planning & Design, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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Shirmohammadi B, Rostami M, Varamesh S, Jaafari A, Taie Semiromi M. Future climate-driven drought events across Lake Urmia, Iran. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2023; 196:24. [PMID: 38062231 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-12181-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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Climate change has increased the vulnerability of arid and semi-arid regions to recurrent and prolonged meteorological droughts. In light of this, our study has sought to assess the nature of future meteorological drought in Lake Urmia basin, Iran, within the context of future climate projections. To achieve this, data from 54 general circulation models (GCMs) was calibrated against both in situ and Global Precipitation Climatology Centre datasets. These GCMs were then employed to project drought conditions expected over 2016-2046 under RCP2.6 and RCP8.5 as the most optimistic and pessimistic scenarios, respectively. To provide a comprehensive analysis, these RCPs were combined with two different time scale Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), leading to eight different scenarios. The SPI was calculated over two temporal scales for the past (1985-2015) and future (2016-2046), including the medium-term (SPI-6) and long-term (SPI-18) index. Results showed that while precipitation is expected to increase by up to 34%, parts of the basin are projected to face severe and prolonged droughts under both RCPs. The most severe drought event is expected to occur around 2045-2046 under the most pessimistic RCP8.5 scenario. Severe droughts with low frequency are also anticipated to increase under other scenarios. By characterizing meteorological drought conditions for Lake Urmia basin under future climate conditions, our findings call for urgent action for adaptation strategies to mitigate the future adverse effects of drought in this region and other regions facing similar challenges. Overall, this study provides valuable insight into the impacts of climate change on future droughts that can adversely influence water resources in arid and semi-arid regions.
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, 5619911367, Iran
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- Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, 1496793612, Iran.
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- Working Group Lowland Hydrology and Water Management, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), 15374, Müncheberg, Germany
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Glassmeyer ST, Burns EE, Focazio MJ, Furlong ET, Gribble MO, Jahne MA, Keely SP, Kennicutt AR, Kolpin DW, Medlock Kakaley EK, Pfaller SL. Water, Water Everywhere, but Every Drop Unique: Challenges in the Science to Understand the Role of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Management of Drinking Water Supplies. GEOHEALTH 2023; 7:e2022GH000716. [PMID: 38155731 PMCID: PMC10753268 DOI: 10.1029/2022gh000716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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The protection and management of water resources continues to be challenged by multiple and ongoing factors such as shifts in demographic, social, economic, and public health requirements. Physical limitations placed on access to potable supplies include natural and human-caused factors such as aquifer depletion, aging infrastructure, saltwater intrusion, floods, and drought. These factors, although varying in magnitude, spatial extent, and timing, can exacerbate the potential for contaminants of concern (CECs) to be present in sources of drinking water, infrastructure, premise plumbing and associated tap water. This monograph examines how current and emerging scientific efforts and technologies increase our understanding of the range of CECs and drinking water issues facing current and future populations. It is not intended to be read in one sitting, but is instead a starting point for scientists wanting to learn more about the issues surrounding CECs. This text discusses the topical evolution CECs over time (Section 1), improvements in measuring chemical and microbial CECs, through both analysis of concentration and toxicity (Section 2) and modeling CEC exposure and fate (Section 3), forms of treatment effective at removing chemical and microbial CECs (Section 4), and potential for human health impacts from exposure to CECs (Section 5). The paper concludes with how changes to water quantity, both scarcity and surpluses, could affect water quality (Section 6). Taken together, these sections document the past 25 years of CEC research and the regulatory response to these contaminants, the current work to identify and monitor CECs and mitigate exposure, and the challenges facing the future.
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- Susan T. Glassmeyer
- U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOffice of Research and DevelopmentCincinnatiOHUSA
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- Retired, Environmental Health ProgramEcosystems Mission AreaU.S. Geological SurveyRestonVAUSA
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- Emeritus, Strategic Laboratory Sciences BranchLaboratory & Analytical Services DivisionU.S. Geological SurveyDenverCOUSA
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- Gangarosa Department of Environmental HealthRollins School of Public HealthEmory UniversityAtlantaGAUSA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOffice of Research and DevelopmentCincinnatiOHUSA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOffice of Research and DevelopmentCincinnatiOHUSA
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- Department of Civil and Mechanical EngineeringYork College of PennsylvaniaYorkPAUSA
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- U.S. Geological SurveyCentral Midwest Water Science CenterIowa CityIAUSA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOffice of Research and DevelopmentCincinnatiOHUSA
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Zhao S, Wang J, Zhu W. Controlled-Release Materials for Remediation of Trichloroethylene Contamination in Groundwater. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:7045. [PMID: 37959642 PMCID: PMC10650286 DOI: 10.3390/ma16217045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Groundwater contamination by trichloroethylene (TCE) presents a pressing environmental challenge with far-reaching consequences. Traditional remediation methods have shown limitations in effectively addressing TCE contamination. This study reviews the limitations of conventional remediation techniques and investigates the application of oxidant-based controlled-release materials, including encapsulated, loaded, and gel-based potassium permanganate since the year 2000. Additionally, it examines reductant controlled-release materials and electron donor-release materials such as tetrabutyl orthosilicate (TBOS) and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB). The findings suggest that controlled-release materials offer a promising avenue for enhancing TCE degradation and promoting groundwater restoration. This study concludes by highlighting the future research directions and the potential of controlled-release materials in addressing TCE contamination challenges.
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- Shan Zhao
- College of Ocean Science and Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China;
- College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- College of Ocean Science and Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China;
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- School of Civil and Ocean Engineering, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, China
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Zhang Y, Li C, Chiew FHS, Post DA, Zhang X, Ma N, Tian J, Kong D, Leung LR, Yu Q, Shi J, Liu C. Southern Hemisphere dominates recent decline in global water availability. Science 2023; 382:579-584. [PMID: 37917705 DOI: 10.1126/science.adh0716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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Global land water underpins livelihoods, socioeconomic development, and ecosystems. It remains unclear how water availability has changed in recent decades. Using an ensemble of observations, we quantified global land water availability over the past two decades. We show that the Southern Hemisphere has dominated the declining trend in global water availability from 2001 to 2020. The significant decrease occurs mainly in South America, southwestern Africa, and northwestern Australia. In the Northern Hemisphere, the complex regional increasing and decreasing trends cancel each other, resulting in a negligible hemispheric trend. The variability and trend in water availability in the Southern Hemisphere are largely driven by precipitation associated with climate modes, particularly the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. This study highlights their dominant role in controlling global water availability.
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- Yongqiang Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
- CSIRO Environment, Black Mountain, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- CSIRO Environment, Black Mountain, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Atmospheric Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Tran KN, Pantha P, Wang G, Kumar N, Wijesinghege C, Oh DH, Wimalagunasekara S, Duppen N, Li H, Hong H, Johnson JC, Kelt R, Matherne MG, Nguyen TT, Garcia JR, Clement A, Tran D, Crain C, Adhikari P, Zhang Y, Foroozani M, Sessa G, Larkin JC, Smith AP, Longstreth D, Finnegan P, Testerink C, Barak S, Dassanayake M. Balancing growth amidst salt stress - lifestyle perspectives from the extremophyte model Schrenkiella parvula. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 116:921-941. [PMID: 37609706 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Schrenkiella parvula, a leading extremophyte model in Brassicaceae, can grow and complete its lifecycle under multiple environmental stresses, including high salinity. Yet, the key physiological and structural traits underlying its stress-adapted lifestyle are unknown along with trade-offs when surviving salt stress at the expense of growth and reproduction. We aimed to identify the influential adaptive trait responses that lead to stress-resilient and uncompromised growth across developmental stages when treated with salt at levels known to inhibit growth in Arabidopsis and most crops. Its resilient growth was promoted by traits that synergistically allowed primary root growth in seedlings, the expansion of xylem vessels across the root-shoot continuum, and a high capacity to maintain tissue water levels by developing thicker succulent leaves while enabling photosynthesis during salt stress. A successful transition from vegetative to reproductive phase was initiated by salt-induced early flowering, resulting in viable seeds. Self-fertilization in salt-induced early flowering was dependent upon filament elongation in flowers otherwise aborted in the absence of salt during comparable plant ages. The maintenance of leaf water status promoting growth, and early flowering to ensure reproductive success in a changing environment, were among the most influential traits that contributed to the extremophytic lifestyle of S. parvula.
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- Kieu-Nga Tran
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sde Boqer Campus, Beersheba, 8499000, Israel
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Plant Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research, 6708PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, 61801, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 33146, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
- Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, Natchitoches, Louisiana, 71457, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Plant Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research, 6708PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, 6009, Australia
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Plant Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research, 6708PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- French Associates' Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sde Boqer Campus, Beersheba, 8499000, Israel
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
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Liao J, Dai Y, An L, Hang J, Shi Y, Zeng L. Water-energy-vegetation nexus explain global geographical variation in surface urban heat island intensity. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 895:165158. [PMID: 37385511 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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Surface urban heat island (SUHI) is a key climate risk associated with urbanization. Previous case studies have suggested that precipitation (water), radiation (energy), and vegetation have important effects on urban warming, but there is a lack of research that combines these factors to explain the global geographic variation in SUHI intensity (SUHII). Here, we utilize remotely sensed and gridded datasets to propose a new water-energy-vegetation nexus concept that explains the global geographic variation of SUHII across four climate zones and seven major regions. We found that SUHII and its frequency increase from arid zones (0.36 ± 0.15 °C) to humid zones (2.28 ± 0.10 °C), but become weaker in the extreme humid zones (2.18 ± 0.15 °C). We revealed that from semi-arid/humid to humid zones, high precipitation is often coupled with high incoming solar radiation. The increased solar radiation can directly enhance the energy in the area, leading to higher SUHII and its frequency. Although solar radiation is high in arid zones (mainly in West, Central, and South Asia), water limitation leads to sparse natural vegetation, suppressing the cooling effect in rural areas and resulting in lower SUHII. In extreme humid regions (mainly in tropical areas), incoming solar radiation tends to flatten out, which, coupled with increased vegetation as hydrothermal conditions become more favorable, leads to more latent heat and reduces the intensity of SUHI. Overall, this study offers empirical evidence that the water-energy-vegetation nexus highly explains the global geographic variation of SUHII. The results can be used by urban planners seeking optimal SUHI mitigation strategies and for climate change modeling work.
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- Jiayuan Liao
- School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai 519082, China; Key Laboratory of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, 100089, P.R. China; China Meteorological Administration Xiong'an Atmospheric Boundary Layer Key Laboratory, Xiong'an, P.R. China; Key Laboratory of Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean System (Sun Yat-sen University), Ministry of Education, Zhuhai, 519000, China
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- School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai 519082, China; Key Laboratory of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, 100089, P.R. China; China Meteorological Administration Xiong'an Atmospheric Boundary Layer Key Laboratory, Xiong'an, P.R. China; Key Laboratory of Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean System (Sun Yat-sen University), Ministry of Education, Zhuhai, 519000, China.
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- School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai 519082, China
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Hou ZS, Liu MQ, Wen HS, Gao QF, Li Z, Yang XD, Xiang KW, Yang Q, Hu X, Qian MZ, Li JF. Identification, characterization, and transcription of serotonin receptors in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in response to bacterial infection and salinity changes. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 249:125930. [PMID: 37481174 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/24/2023]
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Serotonergic system is involved in the regulation of physiological functions and behavioral traits including cognition, memory, aggression, stress coping, appetite and immunomodulation. Serotonin exerts its functions via binding distinct serotonin receptors which are classified into 7 groups. Salmonid exhibits expanded functional gene copies due to salmonid-specific whole genome duplication. However, serotonin receptor (htr) repertoire is not fully identified in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). In this study, we identified 39 htr genes, including 14 htr1, 4 htr2, 4 htr2 like, 3 htr3, 4 htr4, 2 htr5, 2 htr6, and 6 htr7 subtypes. We investigated physiological functions of serotonin receptors in response to bacterial pathogens exposure and salinity changes. We showed htr1, htr2, htr4 and htr7 subtypes were associated with immunomodulation in response to Vibrio anguillarum or Aeromonas salmonicida infection. Saltwater (salinity of 15) transfer significantly altered htr1, htr2, htr4, and htr7 subtypes, suggesting trout Htr was associated with osmoregulation. We further showed residues interacted with inverse agonist (methiothepin) and serotonin analogue (5-Carboxamidotryptamine) were conserved between trout and human, suggesting exogenous ligands targeting human HTRs might have a role in aquaculture. This study showed duplicated trout Htrs might be physiologically neofunctionalized and potentially exhibit pleiotropic effects in regulating immunomodulation and osmoregulation.
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- Zhi-Shuai Hou
- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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Boukhemacha MA. Soil Conservation Service-Curve Number method-based historical analysis of long-term (1936-2016) temporal evolution of city-scale potential natural groundwater recharge from precipitation: case study Algiers (Algeria). ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2023; 195:1168. [PMID: 37682383 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-11815-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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Managing groundwater resources in urban areas requires an adequate understanding and assessment of urban hydrogeological systems (structure, components, connections, and imposed conditions) as a part of a larger, dynamically evolving environment. Urbanization and climate change are amongst the widely recognized signs of such a continuous evolution. Within this context, the present study gives a quantitative assessment of the impact of these two factors threatening water resources in urban environments. The Soil Conservation Service-Curve Number (SCS-CN) method is used to conduct a long-term quantitative analysis of the temporal evolution of the potential natural groundwater recharge from precipitation at the scale of Algiers city for an 80-year-long period (1936-2016). The length of the study period allowed us to account for and analyze important changes in urban settings and climatic conditions within the study zone. Overall, two trend shifts over three distinct periods were found to characterize the temporal evolution of precipitation, several climate change indicators defined for the study, and the potential natural aquifer recharge. A strong, approximately 1:4, linear correlation between the estimated city-scale potential natural aquifer recharge and precipitation was observed for the studied period (R2 = 0.748). Moreover, even though the urban area has known a rapid (2nd order polynomial) increase from 1936 to 2016, climate change (accounted for via the changes in precipitation regime) impacted the city-scale potential natural groundwater recharge with higher magnitudes than urbanization. Finally, the computed climate change indicators show that starting in the mid-1980s, Algiers has started receiving less precipitations, with fewer heavy rain events and longer dry condition periods.
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- Mohamed Amine Boukhemacha
- Laboratory LMGCE, Ecole Nationale Polytechnique, 10 Rue Des Frères OUDEK, El-Harrach, Algiers, 16200, Algeria.
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Messina CD, Gho C, Hammer GL, Tang T, Cooper M. Two decades of harnessing standing genetic variation for physiological traits to improve drought tolerance in maize. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2023; 74:4847-4861. [PMID: 37354091 PMCID: PMC10474595 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erad231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
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We review approaches to maize breeding for improved drought tolerance during flowering and grain filling in the central and western US corn belt and place our findings in the context of results from public breeding. Here we show that after two decades of dedicated breeding efforts, the rate of crop improvement under drought increased from 6.2 g m-2 year-1 to 7.5 g m-2 year-1, closing the genetic gain gap with respect to the 8.6 g m-2 year-1 observed under water-sufficient conditions. The improvement relative to the long-term genetic gain was possible by harnessing favourable alleles for physiological traits available in the reference population of genotypes. Experimentation in managed stress environments that maximized the genetic correlation with target environments was key for breeders to identify and select for these alleles. We also show that the embedding of physiological understanding within genomic selection methods via crop growth models can hasten genetic gain under drought. We estimate a prediction accuracy differential (Δr) above current prediction approaches of ~30% (Δr=0.11, r=0.38), which increases with increasing complexity of the trait environment system as estimated by Shannon information theory. We propose this framework to inform breeding strategies for drought stress across geographies and crops.
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- Carlos D Messina
- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
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- School of Agriculture & Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
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- Corteva Agrisciences, Johnston, IA, USA
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
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Timpka S, Melander O, Engström G, Elmståhl S, Nilsson PM, Lind L, Pihlsgård M, Enhörning S. Short-term association between outdoor temperature and the hydration-marker copeptin: a pooled analysis in five cohorts. EBioMedicine 2023; 95:104750. [PMID: 37556945 PMCID: PMC10432996 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Whereas outdoor temperature is linked to both mortality and hydration status, the hormone vasopressin, measured through the surrogate copeptin, is a marker of cardiometabolic risk and hydration. We recently showed that copeptin has a seasonal pattern with higher plasma concentration in winter. Here, we aimed to investigate the association between outdoor temperature and copeptin. METHODS Copeptin was analysed in fasting plasma from five cohorts in Malmö, Sweden (n = 26,753, 49.7% men, age 18-86 years). We utilized a multivariable adjusted non-linear spline model with four knots to investigate the association between short-term temperature (24 h mean apparent) and log copeptin z-score. FINDINGS We found a distinct non-linear association between temperature and log copeptin z-score, with both moderately low and high temperatures linked to higher copeptin concentration (p < 0.0001). Between 0 °C and nadir at the 75th temperature percentile (corresponding to 14.3 °C), log copeptin decreased 0.13 z-scores (95% CI 0.096; 0.16), which also inversely corresponded to the increase in z-score log copeptin between the nadir and 21.3 °C. INTERPRETATION The J-shaped association between short-term temperature and copeptin resembles the J-shaped association between temperature and mortality. Whereas the untangling of temperature from other seasonal effects on hydration warrants further study, moderately increased water intake constitutes a feasible intervention to lower vasopressin and might mitigate adverse health effects of both moderately cold and hot outdoor temperatures. FUNDING Swedish Research Council, Å Wiberg, M Stephen, A Påhlsson, Crafoord and Swedish Heart-Lung Foundations, Swedish Society for Medical Research and Swedish Society of Medicine.
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- Simon Timpka
- Perinatal and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Internal Medicine, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Internal Medicine - Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Perinatal and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Perinatal and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Internal Medicine, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
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Wei S, Chu X, Sun B, Yuan W, Song W, Zhao M, Wang X, Li P, Han G. Climate warming negatively affects plant water-use efficiency in a seasonal hydroperiod wetland. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 242:120246. [PMID: 37348421 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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Climate warming has substantial influences on plant water-use efficiency (PWUE), which is defined as the ratio of plant CO2 uptake to water loss and is central to the cycles of carbon and water in ecosystems. However, it remains uncertain how does climate warming affect PWUE in wetland ecosystems, especially those with seasonally alternating water availability during the growing season. In this study, we used a continuous 10-year (2011-2020) eddy covariance (EC) dataset from a seasonal hydroperiod wetland coupled with a 15-year (2003-2017) satellite-based dataset (called PML-V2) and an in situ warming experiment to examine the climate warming impacts on wetland PWUE. The 10-year EC observational results revealed that rising temperatures had significant negative impacts on the interannual variations in wetland PWUE, and increased transpiration (Et) rather than changes in gross primary productivity (GPP) dominated these negative impacts. Furthermore, the 15-year satellite-based evidence confirmed that, in the study region, climate warming had significant negative consequences for the interannual variations in wetland PWUE by enhancing wetland Et. Lastly, at the leaf-scale, the light response curves of leaf photosynthesis, leaf Et, and leaf-scale PWUE indicated that wetland plants need to consume more water during the photosynthesis process under warmer conditions. These findings provide a fresh perspective on how climate warming influences carbon and water cycles in wetland ecosystems.
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- Siyu Wei
- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, Shandong, China; Yellow River Delta Field Observation and Research Station of Coastal Wetland Ecosystem, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dongying, Shandong, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, Shandong, China; Yellow River Delta Field Observation and Research Station of Coastal Wetland Ecosystem, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dongying, Shandong, China
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- Yellow River Delta Field Observation and Research Station of Coastal Wetland Ecosystem, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dongying, Shandong, China; Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Atmospheric Sciences, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Climate Change and Natural Disaster Studies, Zhuhai Key Laboratory of Dynamics Urban Climate and Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China; Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, Shandong, China; Yellow River Delta Field Observation and Research Station of Coastal Wetland Ecosystem, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dongying, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, Shandong, China; Yellow River Delta Field Observation and Research Station of Coastal Wetland Ecosystem, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dongying, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, Shandong, China; Yellow River Delta Field Observation and Research Station of Coastal Wetland Ecosystem, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dongying, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, Shandong, China; Yellow River Delta Field Observation and Research Station of Coastal Wetland Ecosystem, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dongying, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, Shandong, China; Yellow River Delta Field Observation and Research Station of Coastal Wetland Ecosystem, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dongying, Shandong, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Liu J, Wang L, Jia T, Wang Z, Xu T, An N, Zhao M, Zhang R, Zhao X, Li C. Boosting Water Evaporation by Construction of Photothermal Materials with a Biomimetic Black Soil Aggregate Structure. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:37609-37618. [PMID: 37523855 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c09288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
Abstract
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation is considered an efficient way to get fresh water from seawater. However, the low evaporation rate, surface salt crystallization, and low energy collection of the photothermal evaporation layer limit its further application in an outdoor freshwater field. And the aggregate structure design of the material itself is often ignored in solar-driven water evaporation. Black soil (BS), with a unique soil aggregate structure, is rich in tubular pores, which can be used for multilevel sunlight utilization and good capillary water transport. Based on the extraordinary photothermal properties and pumping capacity of BS, a reasonable unidirectional salt-collecting device is designed, which can realize long-term collection of mineral salts and continuous evaporation of seawater and generate electric energy in the continuous evaporation. Inspired by the unique aggregate structure, the photothermal material doping of halloysite and nigrosin will simulate the generation of this aggregate structure and retain a good water transport effect while obtaining multistage utilization of sunlight. The solar-driven evaporation rate of a nigrosin-halloysite solar steam generator is 1.75 kg m-2 h-1 under 1 kW m-2 mimic solar radiation; it can achieve stable salt leaching-induced voltage generation of 240 mV. This work demonstrates not only a solar evaporator that can continuously achieve desalination but also the design strategy of BS-like aggregate photothermal materials, which promotes the development of low-cost resource recovery and energy generation for practical outdoor seawater desalination.
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- Jing Liu
- Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Forest Bio-Preparation, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Utilization of Forestry Based Active Substances, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Forest Bio-Preparation, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Utilization of Forestry Based Active Substances, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Forest Bio-Preparation, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Utilization of Forestry Based Active Substances, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Forest Bio-Preparation, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Utilization of Forestry Based Active Substances, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Forest Bio-Preparation, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Utilization of Forestry Based Active Substances, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Forest Bio-Preparation, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Utilization of Forestry Based Active Substances, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Forest Bio-Preparation, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Utilization of Forestry Based Active Substances, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Forest Bio-Preparation, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Utilization of Forestry Based Active Substances, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Forest Bio-Preparation, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Utilization of Forestry Based Active Substances, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China
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Kong Y, He W, Shen J, Yuan L, Gao X, Ramsey TS, Peng Q, Degefu DM, Sun F. Adaptability analysis of water pollution and advanced industrial structure in Jiangsu Province, China. Ecol Modell 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2023.110365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2023]
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