Article
Environmental Sciences
Laurie Parsons
Summary: Knowledge is powerful in shaping environmental policy, but the control over ignorance can also manipulate policy outcomes. This paper examines the influence of data gaps, restrictions on data sharing, and obstacles to data dissemination on the development of Cambodian drought policy. Through examining different aspects of drought sensing, it shows how political and institutional interests shape data generation, dissemination, and policy adaptation, closing certain adaptation pathways while opening others.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Harrison S. Fried, Matthew Hamilton, Ramiro Berardo
Summary: Modern environmental problems require integrated management to address their complex interdependencies. Research shows that highly biophysically interdependent issues with high public attention and progress are more likely to be managed through integration. Regional-scoped, specialized, and non-profit actors are also more likely to manage environmental interdependencies.
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Antonio Ledda, Elisabetta Anna Di Cesare, Giovanni Satta, Gianluca Cocco, Andrea De Montis
Summary: Climate changes have negative impacts on global environments and humans, leading to extreme weather events and issues like sea level rise and desertification. Mitigation and adaptation are key strategies to address climate changes, with a focus on reducing causes and adapting to benefits. Strategic Environmental Assessment can help integrate adaptation measures into routine practices of regional planning. Integration of adaptation issues is still developing but shows promising signs in regional planning tools.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tracie Curry, Chanda Meek, Matthew Berman
Summary: This study explores the role of informal institutions in adaptation processes, revealing the significant impact of informal institutions in Wainwright community on adapting to environmental changes and adaptive capacity, as well as the relationships between these institutions and their effects on different aspects of local adaptation. It also identifies changes in informal institutions over time and the potential implications of these changes for local adaptive capacity.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Rose Mayembe, Nicholas Philip Simpson, Olivia Rumble, Marieke Norton
Summary: The integration of climate change considerations into Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) is lacking in many EIA regimes worldwide, with a growing need for such integration. This study reviews 19 EIA regimes and identifies regulations and guidelines that promote the integration of climate change considerations. It finds that while there is potential for EIA to play a role in climate change governance at the project level, there is an integration deficit in some regimes. The study suggests the development of regulations and practice guidelines, inclusion of climate change adaptation, strengthening of post-decision monitoring, and integration across all stages of the EIA process.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
William D. Halliday
Summary: The article discusses the impact of climate change on the Arctic marine soundscapes, emphasizing the importance of filling geographic gaps and calling on researchers to continue studying the direct and indirect effects of climate change on underwater sound levels to establish a baseline for further research.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Matthew Hamilton, Alexandra Paige Fischer, Lorien Jasny
Summary: Recent research shows that interdependent policy actors are more likely to collaborate, but in reality, most of the collaboration opportunities are not realized and are usually brokered by third party actors. This highlights opportunities to improve coordination among interdependent actors to enhance risk mitigation outcomes.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Susanne Hanger-Kopp, Thomas Thaler, Sebastian Seebauer, Thomas Schinko, Christoph Clar
Summary: This study fills a gap by systematically exploring the constituent characteristics and conditions of path dependency in adaptation pathway approaches (APAs), proposes an operationalization, and highlights how APAs can contribute to revealing and anticipating technological and institutional path dependencies.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Flurina Schneider, Theresa Tribaldos, Carolina Adler, Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs, Ariane de Bremond, Tobias Buser, Cornelia Krug, Marie-France Loutre, Sarah Moore, Albert Norstrom, Katsia Paulavets, Davnah Urbach, Eva Spehn, Gabriela Wulser, Ruben Zondervan
Summary: This article introduces a strategic tool called the 'network compass' to help global sustainability research networks enhance themselves in co-producing knowledge and action, and participate in sustainability transformations.
CURRENT OPINION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
(2021)
Article
Business
Michael E. Cummings, J. P. Eggers, Richard D. Wang
Summary: When a successor CEO is hired from outside the firm and the former CEO stays on board as chair, companies with a higher proportion of outside directors experience greater strategic change post-succession, while no effect is found in other succession scenarios.
LONG RANGE PLANNING
(2022)
Article
Development Studies
Sohel Mehedi, Shamsun Nahar, Dayana Jalaludin
Summary: This study examines the determinants and mediating role of corporate strategic response to environmental governance and policy (EGP) on corporate climate change disclosure (CCD) through isomorphic pressures. Data was collected from annual reports of listed manufacturing corporations in Bangladesh, and analyzed using partial least square-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings show that factors such as independent directorship, board human capital, and corporate values are significantly and positively related to CCD. Furthermore, the EGP mediates the relationships between these factors and CCD, as well as corporate attributes and CCD. The results suggest that promoting corporate climate change disclosure in developing economies like Bangladesh requires corporations to strategically respond to environmental issues through environmental-related governance and policy, considering factors such as corporate attributes, board specialty, and corporate values.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Vinicius B. Braga Flor, Milton B. Do Coutto Filho, Julio C. Stachinni de Souza, Luiz Satoru Ochi
Summary: This paper proposes an optimized placement method for measurements in power grids to achieve strategic observation, using metaheuristics to find high-quality solutions. The results show that the proposed approach achieves high-quality solutions in a short computing time for power grid operation planning studies.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL POWER & ENERGY SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Corine Wood-Donnelly
Summary: International cooperation in the Arctic relies on environmental governance to promote scientific knowledge and facilitate the security and development of the region across national boundaries. While the Arctic Council plays a central role in this network, other institutions also contribute to scientific knowledge production. This paper argues that environmental responsibility should shape relations between actors in the regional network and legitimize decision-making by Arctic states, but falls short in preventing the impact of climate change and reducing state legitimacy for decision-making in extra-territorial spaces.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Oran R. Young
Summary: There is debate about whether the Arctic is distinctive and uniform enough to adopt a holistic perspective for its future. Climate change is seen as a central thread tying together various perspectives, while also raising questions about how to address the consequences of adapting to a changing biophysical and socioeconomic setting in the Arctic's future.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Igor Boninsenha, Everardo Chartuni Mantovani, Marcos Heil Costa, Aziz Galvao da Silva Junior
Summary: This study proposes the integration of a hydroclimatic monitoring system and linear programming method to optimize agricultural net benefit in Western Bahia. The results show that the model can optimize net economic benefit in irrigated areas through continuous irrigation, and it suggests not to crop in rainfed areas to avoid significant yield reduction.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hanna N. Kreplin, Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira, Georgia Destouni, Saskia D. Keesstra, Luca Salvati, Zahra Kalantari
Summary: Arctic wetlands are impacted by warming and hydrological changes, with key factors being permafrost thaw and concurrent hydrological changes leading to shrinkage and expansion of wetland areas. Various factors interact with warming, hydrological changes, and permafrost thaw in altering the Arctic wetland systems, ultimately affecting the global carbon cycle.
WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-WATER
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Nandita B. Basu, Kimberly J. Van Meter, Danyka K. Byrnes, Philippe Van Cappellen, Roy Brouwer, Brian H. Jacobsen, Jerker Jarsjo, David L. Rudolph, Maria C. Cunha, Natalie Nelson, Ruchi Bhattacharya, Georgia Destouni, Soren Boye Olsen
Summary: Agricultural nitrogen legacies are causing delays in improving water quality, highlighting the need for comprehensive management strategies to address these issues and ensure better environmental outcomes.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Carla S. S. Ferreira, Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Georgia Destouni, Navid Ghajarnia, Zahra Kalantari
Summary: This paper examines the issue of soil degradation in the European Mediterranean region, highlighting the importance of soil resources and the current challenges they face. Suggestions are made for establishing a soil monitoring system to support decision making and achieve sustainable development goals.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Guillaume Vigouroux, Georgia Destouni
Summary: Coastal eutrophication is a significant global issue, including in the Baltic Sea, and effective management responses require a good understanding of the various interacting pressures and impacts. This study reviewed the existing research on Baltic coastal eutrophication and found that there is a focus on pressures and impacts, but less on characterizing the eutrophication itself. Furthermore, research on the interactions between land, coast, and sea is limited.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Imenne Ahlen, Josefin Thorslund, Peter Hamback, Georgia Destouni, Jerker Jarsjo
Summary: This study investigated the differences in water storage dynamics between wetlands within the same wetlandscape. The researchers found that wetlands in different positions exhibit two distinct storage behaviors. Headwater wetlands are able to store excess water to buffer floods, while downstream wetlands experience seasonal low water levels. The study also revealed that headwater wetlands have complex and patchy inundation patterns, while downstream wetlands are characterized by prolonged low-water states.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Elisie Karesdotter, Georgia Destouni, Navid Ghajarnia, Richard B. Lammers, Zahra Kalantari
Summary: Population growth puts pressure on water resource availability. This study uses a water balance model to quantify the impact of human activities and climate change on different water variables globally. The results show significant variations in the effects of human activities across different regions.
Article
Water Resources
Davood Moshir Panahi, Georgia Destouni, Zahra Kalantari, Bagher Zahabiyoun
Summary: This study examined the decline of wetlands in Iran and found that non-climatic factors, particularly changes in land use and land cover, had a greater impact than climate change. The analysis also revealed that the increase in evapotranspiration and decrease in runoff were the main drivers of wetland decline.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY-REGIONAL STUDIES
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Arvid Bring, Josefin Thorslund, Lars Rosen, Karin Tonderski, Charlotte Aberg, Ida Envall, Hjalmar Laudon
Summary: Drainage activities have caused wetland loss and groundwater drawdown. Restoration efforts can restore groundwater levels near the wetland, but the effects may vary with local conditions and may not extend to all affected areas.
ENVIRONMENTAL EVIDENCE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jacopo Cantoni, Zahra Kalantari, Georgia Destouni
Summary: Legacy pollutants are identified as dominant contributors to water pollution in Sweden, including total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and total organic carbon. The relationship between legacy concentrations of these pollutants and land use is tested and supported by catchment data. The data-driven approach of this study provides a useful tool for pollution mitigation and should be further tested for other chemicals worldwide.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Y. Ma, Z. Kalantari, G. Destouni
Summary: The climate sensitivity of infectious diseases is widely discussed, but there is a lack of quantitative basis for distinguishing and predicting their disease impacts. This study applies a scoping review approach to Lyme disease and cryptosporidiosis to assess research effort and identify key gaps. The research reveals important gaps in the roles of water-related and socioeconomic factors for Lyme disease, and land-related factors for cryptosporidiosis. Additionally, the interactions between host and parasite communities with climate and other driver-pressure factors are understudied, and there is a lack of research in Asia and Africa for Lyme disease and cryptosporidiosis, respectively.
Editorial Material
Environmental Sciences
Ehsan Foroumandi, Hamid Moradkhani, Xavier Sanchez-Vila, Kamini Singha, Andrea Castelletti, Georgia Destouni
Summary: The emergence of large language models (LLMs), like ChatGPT, has attracted significant attention in academic and scientific circles. While ChatGPT holds promise for research and teaching purposes, there are also limitations and potential risks associated with its use. The article suggests that the academic community should adapt regulations and policies to harness the benefits of LLMs while mitigating their pitfalls.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wantong Li, Markus Reichstein, O. Sungmin, Carla May, Georgia Destouni, Mirco Migliavacca, Basil Kraft, Ulrich Weber, Rene Orth
Summary: Drought intensity and duration have increased in many regions recently. However, global understanding of the propagation of drought-induced water deficits through the terrestrial water cycle remains limited. In this study, the authors used machine learning-assisted upscaling of satellite and in-situ observations to analyze the response of evaporation and runoff to soil moisture droughts. They found that evaporation and runoff show contrasting responses in different climate regimes, with runoff strongly reduced in wet regions while evaporation is decoupled from soil moisture decreases and enhanced by sunny and warm weather. In drier regions, evaporation is reduced during droughts due to vegetation water stress, but runoff is largely unchanged due to low precipitation deficits and buffering from decreased evaporation.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mahdi Panahi, Khabat Khosravi, Fatemeh Rezaie, Carla S. S. Ferreira, Georgia Destouni, Zahra Kalantari
Summary: Flooding is a serious natural hazard that affects human life, property, and the environment. This study developed a deep learning approach for large-scale flood modeling in Sweden, using Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and optimized versions combined with the Gray Wolf Optimizer (GWO) or the Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA). The results show high flood susceptibility in certain areas, with aspect being the most influential factor.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Daniel Althoff, Georgia Destouni
Summary: This research demonstrates that the green water flux is generally greater than the blue water flux. Expanding agricultural land and irrigation will result in more blue water being converted into green water, exacerbating the vulnerability of blue water to future climate change. These findings are crucial for guiding land-use planning to balance freshwater needs.
Review
Ecology
B. Evengard, G. Destouni, Z. Kalantari, A. Albihn, C. Bjorkman, H. Bylund, E. Jenkins, A. Koch, N. Kukarenko, D. Leibovici, J. Lemmityinen, M. Menshakova, G. Mulvad, L. M. Nilsson, A. Omazic, N. Pshenichnaya, S. Quegan, A. Rautio, B. Revich, P. Ryden, A. Sjostedt, N. Tokarevich, T. Thierfelder, D. Orlov
Summary: Climate warming is impacting the Arctic rapidly, with ecosystems and human societies already feeling the effects. The CLINF project has shown that tularemia outbreaks can be predicted at a regional level, but rapid development of new technologies and harmonised databases is needed to decrease uncertainty. Diplomacy and One Health approaches are powerful tools for Arctic nations to influence global choices and achieve sustainable development.