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Lidar-based MaxEnt models to support conservation planning for endangered Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in urbanizing environments

Brett Lawrence

Published: 2023-05-28
Subjects: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Natural Resources and Conservation, Remote Sensing, Spatial Science

Sensitive and intensively managed species require carefully thought-out management plans to promote and maintain specific habitat conditions. Urban features and land-use change must be assimilated into these habitat management plans, as they become increasingly present globally. As a case study, several MaxEnt species distribution models were developed that could enable habitat management efforts [...]

Impacts of Carbonate Buffering on Atmospheric Equilibration of CO2, δ13CDIC, and Δ14CDIC in Rivers and Streams

Matthew J Winnick, Brian Saccardi

Published: 2023-05-28
Subjects: Biogeochemistry, Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Hydrology

Rivers and streams play an important role within the global carbon cycle, in part through emissions of CO2 to the atmosphere. However, the sources of this CO2 and their spatiotemporal variability are difficult to constrain. Recent work has highlighted the role of carbonate buffering reactions that may serve as a source of CO2 in high alkalinity systems. In this study, we seek to develop a [...]

Formulating and Solving the Data-Consistent Geophysical Inverse Problem for Subsurface Modeling Applications

Alex Miltenberger, Lijing Wang, Tapan Mukerji, et al.

Published: 2023-05-27
Subjects: Earth Sciences, Geology, Geophysics and Seismology, Probability

Today, most probabilistic geophysical inverse problems are formulated using one of two methods: (1) conditional probability and Bayes’ Theorem, or (2) Tarantola’s theory of intersecting probability densities. More recently, a third inverse problem formulation based on pushforward probability measures was proposed, termed “data-consistent inversion”. Many practical problems can be cast into any of [...]

Climate change, concern, and children: A systematic review exploring the intersection of climate change, mental health, and reproductive decision-making

Hope Dillarstone, Laura Brown, Elaine Flores

Published: 2023-05-27
Subjects: Public Health

The impact of climate change on reproductive decision-making is becoming a significant issue, with anecdotal evidence indicating a growing number of people factoring their concerns about climate change into their childbearing plans. Although empirical research has explored climate change and its relationship to mental health, as well as the motivations behind reproductive decision-making [...]

Assessment of the Relationship between Passages of Tropical Cyclones and their Origins of Genesis for Managing Risk of the Coast of Bangladesh

Md. Morshed Bin Shiraj, Han Soo Lee

Published: 2023-05-26
Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics

To understand risk from upcoming tropical cyclones (TCs) of Bangladesh, Impact of Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) on origins of TCs genesis historically over Bay of Bengal (BoB) should be considered. So, the correlation between Dipole Mode Indexes (DMI) and frequencies of TCs generated in BoB has been investigated for (1877-2018) era. Changes in decade-wise mean DMI have been found linearly correlated [...]

Germany-wide time series of interpolated phenological observations of main crop types between 1993 and 2021

Markus Möller, Florian Beyer, Marvin Dierks, et al.

Published: 2023-05-26
Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics

The data descriptor represents a Germany-wide and spatio-temporally consistent 1 x1 km² analysis-ready time series of interpolated days of the year (DOYs). The data set covers 56 entry dates of phenological development stages of 9 main crop types for the period between 1993 and 2021. The derivation of the 1624 records is based on phenological observations provided by German Meteorological [...]

Chasing the water table: The impact of groundwater depletion on rural drinking water supply in peninsular India

Veena Srinivasan, Lakshmikanta NR, Manjunatha G, et al.

Published: 2023-05-25
Subjects: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Groundwater overexploitation has been cited as one of the biggest threats to rural drinking water in India, but there is very little quantitative evidence. In this paper, we aim to understand (1) the extent of actual groundwater depletion and its impact on rural drinking water supply systems, (2) the primary driver of groundwater depletion and (3) the additional financial burden in finding new [...]

Evolution of lake surface temperatures of high-altitude lakes in the European Alpine region under climate change

Katharina Enigl, Rainer Kurmayer

Published: 2023-05-25
Subjects: Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Lake Surface Temperature (LST) is a key characteristic that reflects meteorological and climatological influences on lakes. In general, there is limited LST data from high elevation lakes available as these areas are remote and not part of regular monitoring programs. Nonetheless, it is crucial to understand their response to climate warming for the development of effective management strategies [...]

Macroplastic fragmentation in rivers

Maciej Liro, Anna Zielonka, Tim van Emmerik

Published: 2023-05-25
Subjects: Earth Sciences, Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment, Geomorphology, Hydrology, Other Earth Sciences, Other Environmental Sciences, Sedimentology

The process of macroplastic (>0.5 cm) fragmentation results in the production of smaller plastic particles (micro- and nanoplastics), which threaten biota and human health and are difficult to remove from the environment. The global coverage and long retention times of macroplastic waste in fluvial systems (ranging from years to centuries) create long-lasting and widespread potential for its [...]

Integrated Formation Attenuation and Multiple Generator Identification from Multi-well VSP Data

Fahdi Maula, Marsha Sakina, Haryo Trihutomo

Published: 2023-05-25
Subjects: Geophysics and Seismology

The Vertical Seismic Profile (VSP) is a widely used technique for extracting velocity information and seismic well tie purposes. However, the full potential of VSP data remains underutilized. This study explores the broader applicability of VSP data beyond its conventional usage by investigating its benefits for seismic data processing and interpretation. Advanced VSP products, incorporating [...]

Salt‑rich versus salt‑poor structural scenarios in the central Northern Calcareous Alps: implications for the Hallstatt facies and early Alpine tectonic evolution (Eastern Alps, Austria)

Oscar Fernandez, Hugo Ortner, Diethard Sanders, et al.

Published: 2023-05-25
Subjects: Other Earth Sciences, Sedimentology, Tectonics and Structure

One of the most remarkable features of the central Northern Calcareous Alps (Eastern Alps, Austria) is the widespread presence of Upper Triassic deep-water carbonates (the Hallstatt facies) and Permo-Triassic evaporites resting on deep-water Middle Jurassic strata and their underlying Upper Triassic shallow-water carbonate platform successions. The Hallstatt facies and accompanying evaporites [...]

Maxar’s WorldView-3 Enables Low-Concentration Methane Detection from Space

Andreas Hayden, Joseph Christy

Published: 2023-05-25
Subjects: Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology

Methane is large contributor to climate change; for this reason, detecting and eliminating sources of methane emissions is a key element to minimizing the effects of on-going climate change. While there are a variety of methods currently used to detect methane emissions, ranging from ground-based sensors to aerial sensors like drones and aircraft, satellite detections provide a broad-area [...]

The role of thermal notch erosion in forcing localised calving failure and short-term increases in velocity at a lake-terminating glacier in southeast Iceland

Nathaniel Ross Baurley, Jane K Hart

Published: 2023-05-25
Subjects: Glaciology

We utilised repeat high-resolution UAV-SfM surveys, alongside terrestrial photography acquired in-situ, to investigate, for the first time, the role of thermal notch erosion in forcing localised calving failure and subsequent short-term increases in velocity at a lake-terminating glacier. This data was acquired daily (where possible) across one week in July 2019 and two weeks in July 2021 to [...]

Linking 3D long-term slow-slip cycle models with rupture dynamics: the nucleation of the 2014 Mw 7.3 Guerrero, Mexico earthquake

Duo Li, Alice-Agnes Gabriel

Published: 2023-05-25
Subjects: Geophysics and Seismology

Slow slip events (SSEs) have been observed in spatial and temporal proximity to megathrust earthquakes in various subduction zones, including the 2014 $M_\mathrm{w}$7.3 Guerrero, Mexico earthquake which was preceded by a $M_\mathrm{w}$ 7.6 SSE. However, the underlying physics connecting SSEs to earthquakes remains elusive. Here, we link 3D slow-slip cycle models with dynamic rupture simulations [...]

Global mean sea level higher than present during the Holocene

Roger Cameron Creel, Jacqueline Austermann, Robert Kopp, et al.

Published: 2023-05-24
Subjects: Earth Sciences, Other Earth Sciences, Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Global mean sea-level (GMSL) change can provide insight on how ice sheets, glaciers, and oceans respond to warming[1;2]. The Holocene (11.7 ka to present) marks a time when temperatures may have exceeded early industrial (1850 CE) values[3]. Evidence from Greenland[4] and Antarctica[5;6] indicates that both ice sheets retreated inland of their present-day extents during the Holocene, yet previous [...]

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