Preprints
There are 7525 Preprints listed.
Topographic control on ice anisotropy in Antarctic ice rises inferred from phase-sensitive radar
Published: 2026-08-28
Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
The Raymond effect within ice rises and underneath ice divides of ice sheets arises from the non-linear rheology of the ice and steady-flow conditions. The resulting Raymond arches seen in radargrams have been associated with crystal orientation fabric (COF) that produces ice optical anisotropy, detectable with radar. We use data collected with a phase-sensitive radar across two ice rises, [...]
Global Power Outage Detection at the Kilometer Scale from Satellite Nighttime Lights
Published: 2026-08-28
Subjects: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Geographic Information Sciences, Geography, Human Geography, Nature and Society Relations, Power and Energy, Public Health, Remote Sensing
Satellite nighttime light observations show great promise for remote sensing of power outages, yet have only been utilized in limited case studies to date. Here, we present generalized detection of power outages across the globe at ~1-kilometer resolution. Our method, the Outage frameWork for Luminosity Interruptions (OWL-I), reveals the power outages can be reliably detected from VIIRS/Black [...]
A Reduced-Order Dynamical Model for the Ignition of Diver-Induced Cohesive Silt-Out on Sloping Beds
Published: 2026-08-28
Subjects: Applied Mathematics, Dynamical Systems, Dynamic Systems, Non-linear Dynamics, Oceanography, Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Ordinary Differential Equations and Applied Dynamics, Physical Sciences and Mathematics
A downward fin thrust near a cohesive seabed lofts sediment. Whether this cloud settles or organizes into a self-sustaining down-slope current determines if a diver loses visibility briefly or catastrophically. We reduce the layer-averaged balances of fluid mass, sediment mass, and momentum to a temporal slab of fixed thickness in the weakly entraining limit. This yields an autonomous planar [...]
A Quantitative Feasibility Model for Singapore Waste-to-Energy Ash as a Zeolitic Material Feedstock
Published: 2026-08-28
Subjects: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Engineering, Engineering Science and Materials, Environmental Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Other Materials Science and Engineering
In Singapore’s waste management system, waste-to-energy ash is a major by-product but is viewed as a residue to be managed rather than a material resource. This paper examines whether Singapore waste-to-energy ash could be used as a feedstock for zeolitic material synthesis, when assessed through a quantitative feasibility model rather than a descriptive review. In this study a mathematical [...]
Interdisciplinary large-scale research to advance the science and management of drying river networks facing climate change
Published: 2026-08-28
Subjects: Biodiversity
Drying River Networks (DRNs) are increasingly widespread due to climate change and human pressures, yet their ecological and societal importance has long been underestimated. This paper synthesizes the interdisciplinary outcomes of the DRYvER (Securing Biodiversity, Functional Integrity and Ecosystem Services in Drying River Networks) project, which developed an innovative framework for [...]
Contrasting oil and gas methane emission intensities across Algeria's major production basins derived using MethaneSAT data
Published: 2026-08-28
Subjects: Atmospheric Sciences, Climate, Natural Resources Management and Policy, Oil, Gas, and Energy
Algeria, Africa's largest natural gas producer and a major European Union gas supplier, has limited basin-scale assessment of oil and gas methane emissions. Here, we use MethaneSAT observations from September 2024 to May 2025 to quantify methane emissions across three Algerian production regions representing 73% of national onshore production. Total methane emissions are 18 t h⁻¹ [11–25] in Hassi [...]
Coupling between Walker and Hadley circulations mediated by low cloud feedback
Published: 2026-08-28
Subjects: Atmospheric Sciences, Climate
The tropical Pacific hosts the primary region of deep convection and forms the shared ascending branch of the Walker and Hadley circulations, which regulate the distribution of energy, angular momentum, and moisture across the climate system. Despite their importance and spatial entanglement, the dynamical coupling between these two circulations remains poorly understood. Here we show that the [...]
An Open-Source, Data-Driven Interactive Web Framework for 3D Visualization of Geoheritage Sites: A Case Study of the Grand Canyon Arizona, United States
Published: 2026-08-28
Subjects: Computer and Systems Architecture, Geology, Geomorphology
Effective dissemination, public engagement, and educational utilization of prominent geoheritage sites are often hindered by the steep learning curves, high computational requirements, and licensing costs inherent to professional Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and 3D geological modeling software. To bridge this accessibility gap and democratize spatial data, we present a universal, [...]
Beyond 2030 Agendas: Toward Conditional Convergence in Global Sustainability Governance
Published: 2026-08-28
Subjects: Life Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences
As the 2030 deadline for major multilateral sustainable-development frameworks approaches, a loosely coordinated set of “Beyond 2030” conversations is emerging across the United Nations system. This review synthesizes the current state of seven parallel institutional tracks — the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Sendai Framework, the Kunming-Montreal Global [...]
Species-specific plant water status responses to land surface temperature vary across three cities with different precipitation patterns
Published: 2026-08-28
Subjects: Life Sciences
As urbanization intensifies and global climate warms, people are exposed to high urban temperatures. Mature trees can reduce human exposure to extreme heat; however, urban forests also experience hot temperatures that may affect their physiological function. To investigate how urban heat, specifically land surface temperature (LST), vapor pressure deficit (VPD), and city-level precipitation [...]
Integrated soil profile mapping reveals regional patterns of soil condition across Southern African agricultural lands
Published: 2026-08-28
Subjects: Agriculture, Applied Statistics, Environmental Sciences, Geographic Information Sciences, Physical and Environmental Geography, Soil Science, Spatial Science, Statistical Models
Soil information at regional scales remains limited in Africa despite its importance for sustainable agricultural management, food security and land degradation assessment. Existing digital soil mapping approaches commonly model soil properties as independent depth layers and apply depth harmonisation after prediction, limiting their capacity to characterise changes in soil condition. Here, we [...]
Quantifying onset period rather than single date reveals projected intensification of dry-to-wet season transition.
Published: 2026-08-28
Subjects: Climate, Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
Recent years have seen increasingly frequent delayed rainfall onset, especially in South America (SAm) and Southern Africa (SAfr). This arrival of the wet season is critical to water resources, ecosystems, and rain-fed agriculture. Existing rainfall-based approaches define the rainfall onset by a single date, limiting their ability to characterise the progression into the wet season. We introduce [...]
Biological Dynamics for Sustainable Carbon Sequestration
Published: 2026-08-28
Subjects: Atmospheric Sciences, Biology, Climate, Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Ecology Life Sciences, Forest Management, Planetary Biogeochemistry
Earth’s atmosphere is shaped by the interplay of biological systems operating across interlinked biogeochemical cycles and, more recently, by anthropogenic emissions. Here, we thoroughly examine the potential for engineering biological systems across ecosystems for sustainable carbon storage. This centralization and comparative analysis of the potential of all key global ecosystems aims to [...]
Automated karst spring catchment approximation for discharge modelling
Published: 2026-08-27
Subjects: Hydrology
Karst spring discharge modelling is complicated by the limited availability of hydrogeologically delineated catchments, particularly in large-sample applications. We present an automated approach to approximate karst spring catchments from discharge, gridded recharge, and topography and evaluate its suitability for discharge modelling at 63 springs across the wider Alpine region. Recharge-area [...]
Simplified heat budgets can yield misleading diagnoses of ocean temperature change
Published: 2026-08-27
Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Temporal changes in upper ocean temperature (𝑇) are crucial indicators of climate variability, change, and its environmental impacts. Ocean heat budgets (OHBs) used to understand these changes are a standard tool across multiple disciplines, but the vast majority of OHBs in published research rely on approximations that are rarely documented and tested. Here, we use output from the CESM2 model to [...]