Article
Engineering, Civil
Baoxu Zhao, Huimin Lei, Dawen Yang, Shuyu Yang, Jerasorn Santisirisomboon
Summary: This study investigates the hydrological effects of deforestation in the Upper Chao Phraya River basin, a tropical monsoon region in Thailand. The findings suggest that deforestation contributes to increased annual streamflow, baseflow, and sediment load. The impact of deforestation varies depending on the specific sub-basin and the type of hydrological change. Climate change and forest cover reduction both play a role in affecting the hydrological and sedimentary changes observed in the region.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Zhe Zhu, Shi Qiu, Su Ye
Summary: This paper discusses the rapid evolution of land change science and the significant role played by remote sensing in observing, monitoring, and characterizing land change. A new framework is proposed to understand land change from multiple perspectives using remote sensing, and five aspects of land change are recommended. The impacts of different domains of remote sensed data on observing, monitoring, and characterizing land change are evaluated. The paper also explores current land change products.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Miroslawa Huflejt-Lukasik, Jan Jedrzejczyk, Piotr Podlas
Summary: When introducing changes to an organization, understanding the impact of those changes on its success is crucial. People's feelings and thoughts about the changes are often overlooked or not fully appreciated. The distinction between objective and subjective changes helps in understanding the psychological consequences and effectiveness of introducing changes in organizations. Research shows that individuals experience objective and subjective changes differently, and the way they perceive the changes has a significant impact. Studies have also identified factors that can mitigate the negative effects of changes. Coaching is one method to develop these mitigating factors in affected individuals and those responsible for planning and implementing the changes, allowing employees to experience the change in the most constructive way possible.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
C. Y. Park, K. Takahashi, J. Takakura, F. Li, S. Fujimori, T. Hasegawa, A. Ito, D. K. Lee
Summary: Global fire emissions are mainly driven by deforestation, and future trends in fire regimes anticipate a decrease in burnt areas due to factors such as socioeconomics and climate change. South America, Indonesia, and Australia are identified as high-risk regions for future deforestation and vegetation degradation fires.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Eugenio Y. Arima, Audrey Denvir, Kenneth R. Young, Antonio Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Felipe Garcia-Oliva
Summary: The study found that as demand for avocado increases, avocado production in Michoacan expands into new areas, influenced by factors such as existing agriculture, accessibility, and diminishing availability of soils. Future expansion may result in loss of various forest types, particularly pine-oak forest, mesophilic montane forest, and oyamel fir forest. The wider avocado crop production footprint could lead to orchard establishment in forests hosting high biodiversity.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Simon L. Albrecht, Sean Connaughton, Michael P. Leiter
Summary: Employee attitudes towards change play a crucial role in the success of organizational change. This study explores how change-related organizational resources and change-related job resources influence change engagement, finding that change-related job resources fully mediate the relationship between organizational resources and change engagement. The study provides empirical support for measuring organizational change resources and employee change engagement, offering a promising research direction for understanding positive employee attitudes towards organizational change.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Brendan Nyhan, Ethan Porter, Thomas J. Wood
Summary: Although science coverage can immediately increase belief accuracy about climate change, these effects diminish over time and can be influenced by exposure to skeptical opinions.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Remote Sensing
Pengfeng Xiao, Guangwei Sheng, Xueliang Zhang, Hao Liu, Rui Guo
Summary: This study proposes a semi-automatic method called direction-dominated change vector analysis (DCVA) for detecting from-to information of forest change. DCVA, by determining change directions first and setting different magnitude thresholds for each change type, holds the advantage of accurately detecting different types of forest change. Experiments with Sentinel-2A satellite images demonstrate the effectiveness of DCVA in forest change detection, showing successful extraction of changed areas for four types of forest change.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION
(2021)
Review
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
ZhiYong Lv, HaiTao Huang, Xinghua Li, MingHua Zhao, Jon Atli Benediktsson, WeiWei Sun, Nicola Falco
Summary: This article provides an overview of change detection with heterogeneous remote sensing images (Hete-CD), reviews major techniques, compares classical methods, and concludes challenges, opportunities, and future directions for Hete-CD.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Baohui Mu, Xiang Zhao, Donghai Wu, Xinyan Wang, Jiacheng Zhao, Haoyu Wang, Qian Zhou, Xiaozheng Du, Naijing Liu
Summary: This study analyzed the vegetation cover change trends in China from 2001 to 2018 and found that CO2, climate-related factors, and land cover change played significant roles in driving these changes. CO2 was identified as the primary driving factor for vegetation cover changes, indicating its importance in vegetation growth research.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Shayne McGregor, Christophe Cassou, Yu Kosaka, Adam S. Phillips
Summary: This study investigates the potential changes in teleconnections of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) due to future climate change. The majority of regions show an amplification of teleconnections, while some regions display a dampening effect. Furthermore, the magnitude of these teleconnection changes is correlated with the projected warming level.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Editorial Material
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Muhammad Shehryar Khan, Mary A. Wells
Summary: This article offers suggestions on incorporating interdisciplinary education in the materials science and engineering undergraduate curriculum, based on lessons learned from an interdisciplinary course on climate change at the University of Waterloo in Canada. It also provides practical advice on creating opportunities for students to think interdisciplinarily.
NATURE REVIEWS MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Habiba Ahut Daggash, Niall Mac Dowell
Summary: Sub-Saharan Africa faces challenges such as extreme poverty, economic downturn, energy poverty, and climate change. All countries in the region have committed to increasing the use of renewable energy sources to address these issues. Despite facing difficulties in implementation, transitioning the energy system can help achieve these goals and promote economic development and climate resilience.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Business
Kris Mikel-Hong, Ning Li, Jia (Joya) Yu, Xiao Chen
Summary: This article synthesizes fragmented literature on the impact of roles on resistance to change and provides a holistic perspective structured around change roles. Through describing the current state of theory building and testing, it guides the identification of important future research directions.
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Varghese Mathai, Asimanshu Das, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Kenneth Breuer
Summary: This study uses numerical simulations to evaluate the potential spread of pathogenic species between car occupants and finds that airflow patterns across the cabin may reduce transmission risk. The research also reveals the complexity of fluid dynamics during everyday commutes and how open windows can affect airborne transmission in nonintuitive ways.
