As one of the most well-preserved areas in the vertical band spectrum of vegetation in central China and even in the northern hemisphere at the same latitude, the vegetation in Shennongjia Forest District is vital to global ecological balance. In ord...
Research on evapotranspiration and its drivers in the Aksu River Basin from the perspectives of climate change and land use is of great significance for promoting the efficient use and precise allocation of its water resources. Theil-Sen median trend...
As urbanization advances, the issue of urban heat islands (UHIs) grows increasingly serious, with UHIs gradually transitioning into regional urban heat islands. There is still a lack of research on the evolution and drivers of the thermal environment...
Evapotranspiration (ET) variation is typically influenced by climatic factors, which are considered the primary drivers of agricultural water requirements. Any changes in ET rates directly affect crop water demands. In this study, temporal trends and...
Identifying the heterogeneous characteristics of habitat quality (HQ) trajectories is a key prerequisite for refined ecological spatial management. We used kernel Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (kNDVI) to correct the highly sensitive paramete...
Understanding the impact of drought on the water use efficiency (WUE) of grasslands is essential for comprehending the mechanisms of the carbon–water cycle in the context of global warming. Nevertheless, the cumulative and lagged effects of dro...
In this study, we analyze sea surface height referenced against the WGS84 ellipsoid at the Hon Dau tidal gauge station (Hai Phong, Vietnam), in front of the Red River Delta, between 1961 and 2020. The annual sea level varied from 165.23 cm to 206.06...
The variability in soil hydrothermal conditions generally contributes to the diverse distribution of vegetation cover types and growth characteristics. Previous research primarily focused on soil moisture alone or the average values of soil hydrother...
The aim of this research is the detection and analysis of existing trends in the Meta River, Colombia, based on the streamflow records from seven gauging stations in its main course, for the period between June 1983 to July 2019. The Meta River is on...
In this study, the intra- and inter-annual variability of three major elements in the water system, temperature, precipitation and streamflow, from 1974 to 2010 in the Jinsha River Basin, China, were analyzed. An exploratory data analysis method, nam...
Rainfall is critical to agricultural and drinking water supply in the Thamirabharani river basin. The upper catchment areas of the Thamirabharani basin are located in high-elevated forest regions, and rainfall variability affects dam inflow and outfl...
Understanding spatio-temporal rainfall variability is critical for water resource management, especially for climate-sensitive river basins. This study examines rainfall trends and variability in the Baitarani River Basin (eastern India) using high-r...
This study assesses the impact of climate change and human activities on vegetation dynamics (kNDVI) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) between 2000 and 2022, considering both lag and cumulative effects. Given the QTP’s high sensitivity to clim...
Vegetation is the main body of the terrestrial ecosystem and is a significant indicator of environmental changes in the regional ecosystem. As an essential link connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia, the Lancang-Mekong River Basin(LMRB) can provid...
As a semi-arid Mediterranean country, Tunisia is affected by the impacts of climate change, particularly the coastal regions like the Cap-Bon. Irregular rainfall, rising temperatures and the recurrence of extreme events are all indicators that affect...
The restoration of karst rocky desertification is reflected not only in the reduction in severely degraded areas but also in the stability of the restoration process and the potential risk of future reversal. Taking southeastern Yunnan, China, as the...
Chaohu Lake, as an important freshwater lake in China, mainly relies on surface runoff for water replenishment, and the environmental quality of the surrounding towns directly impacts the environment of Chaohu Lake. Given the characteristics of rich...
This study explores the spatiotemporal variability and determinants of rainfall patterns during the March to May (MAM) season in Rwanda, incorporating an analysis of teleconnections with oceanic–atmospheric indices over the period 1983–20...
This study was undertaken to address how near-surface soil water content (SWC) patterns have varied across diverse agroecological regions (AERs) of mainland India from 1979 to 2022 (44 years) and how these variations relate to environmental factors....
The accurate prediction of Arctic sea ice concentration is essential for polar ecological protection and shipping safety. However, existing prediction methods suffer from insufficient feature representation, which limits their ability to capture the...
Changes in rainfall play an important role in agricultural production, water supply and management, and social and economic development in arid and semi-arid regions. The objective of this study was to examine the trend of rainfall series from 18 met...
In recent decades, a plethora of natural disasters, including floods, storms, heat waves, droughts, and various other weather-related events, have brought destruction worldwide. In particular, Algeria is facing several natural hydrometeorological and...
Snow cover has a key role in balancing the Earth’s surface temperature and can help in filling rivers and reservoirs. In this study, 8-day MOD10A2 images are employed to monitor the spatiotemporal changes in snow cover in the Sefid-Rud basin an...
Hydrological conditions are strongly regulated by monsoon systems in the Mekong River Basin (MRB), while relevant studies investigating the intensity of the rainy season are still insufficient. This study employed the Mann-Kendall (M-K) test, Sen&rsq...
Using daily rainfall observations from 1961 to 2022 (62 years) across 15 typical sub-regions within the water-receiving area of the Zhejiang East Water Diversion Project, this study systematically examines the spatiotemporal distribution, long-term t...
In Nigeria, the high dependence on fossil fuels for energy generation and utilization in various sectors of the economy has resulted in the emission of a large quantity of carbon dioxide (CO
The Vaippar basin in southern India is economically important for rainfed and irrigated agriculture, mainly depending on the northeast monsoon (NEM) during October–December, and any changes in rainfall patterns directly affect crop ecosystems....
The transition towards a circular economy in the wastewater sector necessitates the sustainable management and valorisation of sewage sludge. This study provides a comprehensive longitudinal analysis of sewage sludge land application in Romania (2006...
Zhejiang Province, a pivotal economically developed region within China’s Yangtze River Delta, requires systematic investigation of spatiotemporal vegetation dynamics and their drivers to formulate targeted ecological protection policies and op...
This study investigated the annual and seasonal rainfall variability at five selected stations of Amhara Regional State, by using the innovative trend analysis method (ITAM), Mann-Kendall (MK) and Sen’s slope estimator test. The result showed t...
To reveal the spatiotemporal differentiation of precipitation, temperature and meteorological drought characteristics in the Shiyang River Basin, continuously reconstructed precipitation and temperature fields from 2004 to 2023 were used to analyze t...
The changes in climatic variables in Ethiopia are not entirely understood. This paper investigated the recent trends of precipitation and temperature on two eco-regions of Ethiopia. This study used the observed historical meteorological data from 198...
The Awash river basin has been the most extensively developed and used river basin in Ethiopia since modern agriculture was introduced. This paper investigated the annual precipitation, temperature, and river discharge variability using the innovativ...
Continuous climate warming in the last few decades has led to global climate anomalies, resulting in frequent drought events in arid/semiarid regions with fragile and sensitive ecological environment. The Mongolian Plateau (MP) is located at the mid-...
This paper investigates the annual and seasonal variations in the minimum and maximum air temperature (Tmin and Tmax) and precipitation over Kashmir valley, Northwestern Himalayas from 1980–2019 by using the innovative trend analysis (ITA), Man...
The Ugii Nuur Lake is not only one of the small hydrologically closed lakes located in the Orkhon River Basin in Central Mongolia but also the most vulnerable area for global climate change. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the impacts of re...
A substantial drop in atmospheric visibility or visual range (VR) is documented in several parts of the world. We examined the long-term spatiotemporal variability in ground-based VR data for ten airports in Pakistan from 1980 to 2020. Average VR tim...
Afghanistan, a nation already challenged by geopolitical and environmental pressure, faces severe climate change impacts, evident through rising temperatures, decreasing precipitation, and reduced river discharge. These changes profoundly affect the...
Remote sensing (RS) is a compulsory component in studying and monitoring ecosystems suffering from the disruption of natural balance, productivity, and degradation. The current study attempted to assess the feasibility of multisource RS for assessing...
Analysis of long-term rainfall trends provides a wealth of information on effective crop planning and water resource management, and a better understanding of climate variability over time. This study reveals the spatial variability of rainfall trend...
Mt. Munkhkhairkhan is the most crucial region for understanding climate and glaciation changes in Mongolia. This study investigated the relationship between glacial area changes and the climate elements of Mt. Munkhkhairkhan in the Mongolian-Altai Mo...
Climate-induced drought increasingly threatens water security in semi-arid regions, as rising temperatures become the primary driver of hydro-climatic variability. This study assessed long-term drought dynamics in the Nzhelele River Catchment (NRC),...
Drought is a global issue with profound implications worldwide on biodiversity, equal safety, poverty eradication, sustainable development, and social-economic stability due to the significant role that water resources play in the growth of the world...
This article presents the distribution of seasonal snow cover in the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh over the observation period of 2000–2019. Seasonal snow cover area and duration have been monitored and mapped based on the MODIS Normalised D...
Mongolia’s Selenga sub-basin of the Lake Baikal basin is spatially extensive, with pronounced environmental gradients driven primarily by precipitation and air temperature on broad scales. Therefore, it is an ideal region to examine the dynamic...
This study aims to explore the spatio-temporal changes in terrestrial water storage (TWS) in the five provinces of Northwest China and to assess the influences of various driving factors on the changes in TWS. Based on the Gravity Recovery and Climat...
As a major grain-producing province in China’s Central Plains, Henan Province is severely impacted by drought, making the study of agricultural drought characteristics in the region crucial. Theil–Sen (Sen) trend analysis, the Mann–...
Understanding long-term vegetation dynamics, their responses to climate, and other driving factors is crucial for integrated basin management in the Mekong River Basin (MRB) in a context of global change. In this study, Normalized Difference Vegetati...
Understanding long-term rainfall variability is essential for addressing Saudi Arabia’s growing challenges of water scarcity, climate resilience, and sustainable resource management in its arid to hyper-arid environment. This study analyzes the...
This study investigated the trends and variability of seasonal and annual rainfall and temperature data over southern Ethiopia using time series analysis for the period 1983–2016. Standard Anomaly Index (SAI), Coefficient of Variation (CV), Precipita...
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