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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yuntong Guo, Jingli Shao, Qiulan Zhang, Yali Cui
Summary: Qingtu Lake, located between Tengger Desert and Badain Jilin Desert in Gansu Province, plays a significant role in preventing desert convergence and ecological deterioration through artificial water conveyance. The study indicated that ecological water delivery and evaporation are the main factors influencing water surface area change, with reasonable ecological water conveyance volumes determined for high, normal, and low flow years.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Mihaly Reger, Richard Horvath, Attila Szell, Tamas Reti, Viktor Gonda, Imre Felde
Summary: This study investigates the mutual connection between surface and in-depth hardness values in surface-treated metal samples with inhomogeneous hardness distribution. Results show that heat treatment outcomes can be rapidly checked through surface hardness testing, and cross-sectional hardness distribution can be estimated based on surface hardness data.
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Environmental Sciences
Koichiro Kuraji, Haruo Saito
Summary: Lake water levels are influenced by climate change and human activities, and extreme fluctuations can have negative impacts on lake ecosystems and related industries. The lack of long-term hydrological studies hinders the prediction of future water level rises. In this study, we analyzed nearly a century of data from Lake Yamanaka in Japan and found that increased precipitation significantly amplified the rise in water levels, sometimes leading to extreme precipitation events.
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Environmental Sciences
Naijin Ma, Lei Tong, Yuqiong Li, Cong Yang, Qin Tan, Jun He
Summary: Antibiotics pollution in lakes has been widely reported worldwide, but there are limited studies on the distribution of antibiotics in lake water, groundwater, and sediment systems. This study found that the concentration of antibiotics in groundwater decreases with increasing distance from the lake, and during the dry season, most antibiotics showed a significant decline. The distribution of antibiotics varies in different sedimentary environments, with dissolved oxygen and temperature being the main factors influencing their distribution.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
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Water Resources
Zemed Menberu, Beshah Mogesse, Daniel Reddythota
Summary: This study focuses on Lake Hawassa in the Southern Region of Ethiopia, investigating the morphological changes and deteriorating water quality's impact on agricultural productivity and socio-economic development in the region. Using GIS mapping and bathymetric mapping techniques, the study found that the lake's surface area increased while the depth and volume decreased, primarily due to sedimentation and eutrophication.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY-REGIONAL STUDIES
(2021)
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Anatomy & Morphology
Xiao Li, Songyao Zhang, Xi Jiang, Shu Zhang, Junwei Han, Lei Guo, Tuo Zhang
Summary: Postnatal development of the cerebral cortex is crucial for brain function and cognition. This study investigated the longitudinal changes of cortical morphology and topology during early development using a macaque neuroimaging dataset. The results showed that there are four classes of regions based on the changes in surface area and sulcal depth: slowA_slowD, slowA_fastD, fastA_slowD, and fastA_fastD. The study also found correlations between cortical metrics, structural connections, and brain functional sites.
BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Catherine Kuhn, Aji John, Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, David Butman, Amanda Tan
Summary: Satellite remote sensing using CubeSat technology has been utilized to monitor 35 lakes in three arctic-boreal ecoregions in western North America. The study found a correlation between ice-out and green-up dynamics in lakes, as well as significant spatial and temporal variability in green-up timing. Comparison with Sentinel-2 data validated the ice-out estimates, demonstrating the potential of CubeSat imagery for high spatiotemporal resolution monitoring of lake dynamics.
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Environmental Sciences
Shuying Bai, Jixi Gao, Yang Pu, Da Zhi, Jiaojiao Yao
Summary: In this study, Landsat images were used to analyze the annual lake area fluctuations of Lake Gyaring and Lake Ngoring in the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The results show that the increase in lake area is consistent with the warming trend in the region and is closely related to changes in precipitation and streamflow. The study also highlights the influence of solar activity on the hydrologic variability of the area.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Massimo Zecchin, Mauro Caffau, Octavian Catuneanu
Summary: Researchers in southern Italy used integrated sedimentological and micropaleontological criteria to identify cryptic surfaces of sequence stratigraphic significance, such as MFS and MWDS, as well as infer their positions. By calculating various parameters, they effectively determined the presence and locations of MFS and MWDS.
MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
(2022)
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Water Resources
Esayas Gebremichael, Wondwosen M. Seyoum, Benite Ishimwe, Guzalay Sataer
Summary: This study focuses on Lake Beseka in Ethiopia, which has been expanding despite minimal changes in climate and other relevant variables. The study utilizes an integrated approach with various datasets to understand the processes behind the expansion. The findings reveal that the decline in annual rainfall is not the main factor contributing to the expansion, and instead, the subsidence of the surrounding areas and the influx of new water sources play a significant role.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY-REGIONAL STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Shaokun Zhou, Yuhong Song, Yijiao Li, Jing Wang, Lan Zhang
Summary: The study demonstrates the construction of ecological security patterns in plateau lake cities, highlighting the methods and steps using MSPA and MCR to improve habitat quality and connectivity. By selecting ecological sources, constructing resistance surfaces, and identifying important corridors, the study aims to enhance the ecological network function and overall connectivity in the Dianchi Lake area.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Massimo Zecchin, Octavian Catuneanu, Mauro Caffau
Summary: Maximum flooding conditions in high-frequency sequences are characterized by the presence of a condensed section and a cryptic maximum flooding surface. Grain size changes, shell beds, and bioturbation mark the facies contacts, such as the downlap surface and the local flooding surface. Identifying the precise position of the maximum flooding surface is crucial for sequence stratigraphic analysis, especially in high-resolution studies based on field and core data. The integration of sedimentological, diagenetic, micropaleontological, geophysical, and geochemical criteria is the best approach to defining the uncertainty interval within high-frequency sequences.
MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Water Resources
Xiuqiao Li, Xiaohui Jiang, Yuxin Lei
Summary: This study comprehensively considered various factors such as ecology, economy, and water resources to investigate the relationship between the water surface area of the East Juyan Sea and its ecological service value. The optimal water surface area was found to be approximately 40 km2, and the value of ecological services increases infinitely with the expansion of the water surface area up until a certain threshold value, beyond which the value increases at a faster rate. However, the larger water surface area may create competition for water with oasis vegetation, which can be detrimental to the ecological health and stability of the region.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY-REGIONAL STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jiaying Yang, Kun Yang, Yueyue Zhang, Yi Luo, Chunxue Shang
Summary: LSWT is crucial for the metabolism of aquatic organisms and lake ecosystems. Research on extreme changes in LSWT trends should be prioritized. This study found a continuous increase in MLSWT in Dianchi Lake, which may have complex and long-term impacts on cyanobacterial outbreaks, water quality, lake ecosystems, and aquatic organism growth.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jiali Zhang, Qinglan Li, Wei Zhao, Joseph H. W. Lee, Jia Liu, Shuxin Wang
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between brightness temperature and winds induced by tropical cyclones using satellite infrared data and weather station wind observation data. It also explores this relationship using reanalysis data, providing references for estimating potential wind disasters induced by tropical cyclones in the study area.
