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Environmental Sciences
Majid Delavar, Mohammad Reza Eini, Vahid Shokri Kuchak, Mohammad Reza Zaghiyan, Ali Shahbazi, Farhad Nourmohammadi, Ali Motamedi
Summary: This study investigated the supply and demand conditions in the Karkheh River Basin in Iran using a model-based approach. It found that a decrease in precipitation during the dry period led to a decrease in natural evapotranspiration, while evapotranspiration from agricultural activities increased and runoff decreased, putting pressure on groundwater resources.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Manqing Shao, Nelun Fernando, John Zhu, Gang Zhao, Shih-Chieh Kao, Bingjie Zhao, Elizabeth Roberts, Huilin Gao
Summary: Climate change and increasing water demand pose serious threats to surface water availability. The gap between climate science and water management practices is the biggest challenge in addressing these threats. A new integrated modeling framework was developed to bridge this knowledge gap and assess the impacts of climate change on surface water availability. The results show that climate change significantly affects surface water availability through increased reservoir evaporation, altered seasonal pattern of naturalized streamflow, and reduced peak water supply capacity.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Antonio Jesus Zapata-Sierra, Lourdes Zapata-Castillo, Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro
Summary: Climate change has a major impact on water resources availability in the western Mediterranean basin, with decreasing precipitation and evapotranspiration and increasing temperature. The study predicts a 50% decrease in available resources, which will affect current agricultural land uses and necessitate a reconsideration of surface water use policy.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES EUROPE
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Chi Zhang, Xizhi Nong, Dongguo Shao, Lihua Chen
Summary: As the second largest reservoir in China, the Danjiangkou Reservoir has been serving as the water source for the South-to-North Water Diversion Project for over eight years. The water quality of the reservoir and its tributaries remained good during the monitoring period, with all average water quality indices exceeding 60. The increase in built-up land use and agricultural water consumption were identified as the main contributors to the rise in nutrient loadings.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
G. Sabia, D. Mattioli, M. Langone, L. Petta
Summary: The sustainability of industrial production, especially for highly water-demanding processes, is closely related to water resource availability and the dynamic interactions between natural and human needs. This study proposed a simple methodology based on water availability data to assess the sustainability of industrial water cycle. The methodology calculates synthetic indices to consider the impact of industrial activities on groundwater resources and seasonal variations, providing a site-specific assessment tool. It can also contribute to evaluating the effectiveness of river basin management actions.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Zhongwei Huang, Xingcai Liu, Siao Sun, Yin Tang, Xing Yuan, Qiuhong Tang
Summary: This study examines the potential of applying adaptive inner-basin water allocation measures (AIWAM) to mitigate water scarcity in the future, finding it can significantly reduce water scarcity for nonagricultural sectors but may increase it for irrigated cropland. AIWAM provides useful scenarios for designing strategies to reduce future population exposure to water scarcity, particularly in densely populated basins and regions.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Vishal Singh, Pushpendra Kumar Singh, Sanjay Kumar Jain, Sharad Kumar Jain, Christophe Cudennec, Tim Hessels
Summary: This study explores the recent changes in evaporative demand and water availability in 100 river sub-basins in India. The results reveal substantial variations in evaporative demand and dryness condition across sub-basins from the past to the present. India's evaporative water demand is largely influenced by precipitation, while external sources of water also play a significant role in some river sub-basins.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
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Energy & Fuels
Nayab Bushra, Timo Hartmann, Lucian Constantin Ungureanu
Summary: This paper proposes a method for integrating two-stage solar concentrators (TSSCs) as roof-integrated energy supply systems at the district scale. The method uses design variables related to the district and TSSCs and employs a parametric modeling approach combined with a multi-objective optimization algorithm. The proposed method is validated in an illustrative case study in Berlin.
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Environmental Sciences
Obaidullah Salehie, Tarmizi bin Ismail, Shamsuddin Shahid, Mohammed Magdy Hamed, Pennan Chinnasamy, Xiaojun Wang
Summary: This study used two satellite solutions and various analysis methods to assess water sustainability in the Amu Darya basin in central Asia. The findings indicate a significant decline in water supply in the basin, particularly after 2010, and higher variability in the eastern and southern regions. The study also reveals that water resources in the cold semi-arid and cold desert climate zones are more sustainable.
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Environmental Sciences
Xingcai Liu, Wenfeng Liu, Qiuhong Tang, Bo Liu, Yoshihide Wada, Hong Yang
Summary: Climate change has negative effects on water availability and food production. This study develops an integrated agricultural water scarcity index that shows future water scarcity will increase and highlights the importance of green water management for agriculture.
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Ecology
Hung Vuong Pham, Anna Sperotto, Elisa Furlan, Silvia Torresan, Antonio Marcomini, Andrea Critto
Summary: This study used Bayesian Networks to analyze ecosystem services potential in the Taro River basin in Italy, finding trade-offs between water yield and nutrient retention services due to changes in precipitation and land use patterns. The results underscore the need for win-win spatial planning and water management strategies to enhance freshwater ecosystem services potential.
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Fiona H. M. Tang, Manfred Lenzen, Alexander McBratney, Federico Maggi
Summary: Pesticides are widely used in agriculture to protect food production but also pose risks to water quality, biodiversity, and human health. A global study found that 64% of agricultural land worldwide is at risk of pesticide pollution, with 31% at high risk, particularly in areas with high biodiversity and water scarcity. High-concern regions such as South Africa, China, India, Australia, and Argentina were identified as facing high pesticide pollution risk, high biodiversity, and water scarcity issues.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alexander T. Michalek, Gabriele Villarini, Admin Husic
Summary: Structural connectivity, which describes how landscapes facilitate the transfer of matter, is primarily controlled by tectonics, with climate playing a secondary role. However, climate change could alter global connectivity and have implications for human and environmental health.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Kan Ding, Jianming Deng, Boqiang Qin
Summary: Water residence time is an important factor affecting lake nutrient processes. In regions without lake inflow or outflow observations, information on water residence time is often lacking or outdated. Recent advancements in global precipitation and evapotranspiration products provide a way to estimate lake water residence time at large scales using the water balance method. This approach shows promising results and could be applied to large-scale studies requiring accurate estimation of water residence time.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Leila Eamen, Roy Brouwer, Saman Razavi
Summary: This study develops a hydro-economic modelling framework for river-basin scales integrating water resources system model and economic model. Applied to multi-jurisdictional Saskatchewan River Basin, the model shows that an economically optimal water allocation strategy can significantly reduce economic losses caused by water stress.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Water Resources
Nesa Ilich, Evan G. R. Davies, Amr Gharib
CANADIAN WATER RESOURCES JOURNAL
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Page Kyle, Mohamad Hejazi, Son Kim, Pralit Patel, Neal Graham, Yaling Liu
Summary: This study integrates the energy demands of water-related processes into a human-Earth systems model and analyzes future energy demand scenarios. It emphasizes the importance of multi-sector analysis in quantifying the impacts of sustainable development goals and other aspirational targets.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Economics
Evan J. Arbuckle, Matthew Binsted, Evan G. R. Davies, Diego Chiappori, Candelaria Bergero, Muhammad-Shahid Siddiqui, Christopher Roney, Haewon C. McJeon, Yuyu Zhou, Nick Macaluso
Summary: The study shows that modeling hydropower resources endogenously increases Canadian hydropower deployment, but cost overruns may cause hydropower to lose market share to technologies like wind power.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Marianna Rottoli, Alois Dirnaichner, Page Kyle, Lavinia Baumstark, Robert Pietzcker, Gunnar Luderer
Summary: The study coupled the integrated assessment model REMIND with the transport model EDGE-T to investigate the decarbonization potential in the transport sector. Preliminary results suggest that transport service demands in Europe will grow in the coming decades, while transport system emissions are expected to decrease due to a shift towards electric drivetrains, advanced vehicles, more efficient modes, and a slight increase in the share of biofuels.
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING & ASSESSMENT
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Rui Xing, Diego Chiappori, Evan J. Arbuckle, Matthew T. Binsted, Evan G. R. Davies
Summary: The Canadian oil and gas industry, particularly in oil sands production, has become a significant contributor to national greenhouse gas emissions. Canada has set carbon emission reduction targets and a detailed analysis of energy consumption pathways in the oil sands industry is necessary for meeting these targets. This study quantifies energy input requirements, CO2 emissions, and operating costs within consistent technological boundaries and provides an energy system diagram for evaluating present and future energy consumption and emissions pathways of the oil sands industry.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Richard J. Plevin, Jason Jones, Page Kyle, Aaron W. Levy, Michael J. Shell, Daniel J. Tanner
Summary: The representation of land has a significant impact on the carbon intensity of biofuel. Choosing different land representations can greatly influence the estimated CI-LUC in models.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Eva Sinha, Katherine V. Calvin, Page G. Kyle, Mohamad I. Hejazi, Stephanie T. Waldhoff, Maoyi Huang, Srishti Vishwakarma, Xin Zhang
Summary: Since the 1950's, global fertilizer usage has increased by more than 800%, resulting in detrimental impacts to the environment. Studies have found that reducing global fertilizer usage may lead to decreased global cropland area, expanded forested area, and impacts on agricultural commodity price, production, and energy production.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Mary Ollenburger, Page Kyle, Xin Zhang
Summary: Estimating realistic potential yields for different crop types and regions is difficult due to various factors such as biophysical characteristics and crop management practices. This study analyzes future potential yields using two different estimation methods - one based on historical observed yields and the other based on biophysical conditions. The outcomes of these estimation methods have significant impacts on the global agricultural sector, with different outcomes in terms of land use change emissions, crop prices, and self-sufficiency across different regions.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Seth P. Bryant, Evan G. R. Davies, David Sol, Sandy Davis
Summary: This study quantifies the progression of flood risk in a mature urban neighborhood after the 2013 Flood using the SOFDA model framework. The results show that development and densification have increased flood risk, but structural mitigation projects have successfully reduced the overall flood risk.
JOURNAL OF FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Paul Wolfram, Page Kyle, Xin Zhang, Savvas Gkantonas, Steven Smith
Summary: Ammonia as a shipping fuel may have potential adverse side-effects, and if nitrogen releases from ammonia are not tightly controlled, it could significantly alter the global nitrogen cycle.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiangnan Zhou, Leonardo Duenas-Osorio, James Doss-Gollin, Lu Liu, Lauren Stadler, Qilin Li
Summary: It is widely acknowledged that distributed water systems (DWSs) can mitigate challenges to water security by integrating distributed water supply and treatment with existing centralized infrastructure. However, determining the beneficial configurations for DWS implementation remains unclear. In this study, a mesoscale representation model and a multiobjective optimization model are developed to approximate DWSs and provide decision-support tools for stakeholders in urban settings. The models are demonstrated on a hypothetical DWS with distributed direct potable reuse (DPR) based on the City of Houston's infrastructure.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2023)
Correction
Energy & Fuels
Paul Wolfram, Page Kyle, Xin Zhang, Savvas Gkantonas, Steven Smith
Article
Water Resources
Osama Younis, Evan G. R. Davies
Summary: This study provides a comprehensive analysis of water use in Canada at national and subnational scales, using data from Statistics Canada. It examines seven sectors and identifies trends and patterns in water use intensity and water stress. The study highlights the need for a systematic and standardized approach to water data gathering and sharing in Canada.
CANADIAN WATER RESOURCES JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Patrick O'Rourke, Bryan K. Mignone, Page Kyle, Bryan R. Chapman, Jay Fuhrman, Paul Wolfram, Haewon McJeon
Summary: The role of hydrogen in energy system decarbonization is being actively examined. Hydrogen can be a source of distributed energy and enables decarbonization in difficult-to-electrify sectors. The availability of infrastructure and demand technologies significantly affect the deployment of hydrogen.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Sonia Yeh, Jorge Gil, Page Kyle, Paul Kishimoto, Pierpaolo Cazzola, Matteo Craglia, Oreane Edelenbosch, Panagiotis Fragkos, Lew Fulton, Yuan Liao, Luis Martinez, David L. Mccollum, Joshua Miller, Rafael Pereira, Jacob Teter
Summary: This paper highlights the challenges faced by governments in developing sustainable low-carbon transport systems and calls for greater collaboration in data and interdisciplinary research to provide more accurate transport demand projections and evidence-based solutions.
PROGRESS IN ENERGY
(2022)