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Potential and limitations of multidecadal satellite soil moisture observations for selected climate model evaluation studies

A. Loew, T. Stacke, W. Dorigo, R. de Jeu et al. • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (2013)

Soil moisture is an essential climate variable (ECV) of major importance for land–atmosphere interactions and global hydrology. An appropriate representation of soil moisture dynamics in global climate models is therefore important. Recentl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-3523-2013

Investigating seasonal velocity variations of selected glaciers in high mountain asia

Francesca Baldacchino, Whyjay Zheng, Kunpeng Wu, Vassiliy Kapitsa et al. • Science of Remote Sensing (2025)

Glacier velocity is a sensitive indicator of mass balance and is key to understanding how glaciers respond to climate change. Monitoring glacier velocity at high temporal resolutions enables a better understanding of the drivers of glacier ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.srs.2025.100266

Early life climate and adulthood mental health: how birth seasonality influences depressive symptoms in adults

Hao Zhou, Danni Peng-Li, Juan Chen, Dong Sun et al. • BMC Public Health (2023)

Abstract Background Early life in-utero can have long-term influence on the mental health status of individuals in adulthood, such as depression. Age, gender, socio-economic status, education, and geography are demographic factors shown to ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15145-5

Experience in a Climate Microworld: Influence of Surface and Structure Learning, Problem Difficulty, and Decision Aids in Reducing Stock-Flow Misconceptions

Medha Kumar, Varun Dutt, Varun Dutt • Frontiers in Psychology (2018)

Research shows that people’s wait-and-see preferences for actions against climate change are a result of several factors, including cognitive misconceptions. The use of simulation tools could help reduce these misconceptions concerning Eart...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00299

Physicochemical characterization and source apportionment of Arctic ice-nucleating particles observed in Ny-Ålesund in autumn 2019

G. Li, E. K. Wilbourn, Z. Cheng, J. Wieder et al. • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2023)

Ice-nucleating particles (INPs) initiate primary ice formation in Arctic mixed-phase clouds (MPCs), altering cloud radiative properties and modulating precipitation. For atmospheric INPs, the complexity of their spatiotemporal variations, h...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/acp-23-10489-2023

Temperature dependence of liverwort diversification reveals a cool origin and hot hotspots

Karola Maul, S. Robbert Gradstein, Dietmar Quandt, Michael Kessler • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract The evolutionary history underlying gradients in species richness is still subject to discussions and understanding the past niche evolution might be crucial in estimating the potential of taxa to adapt to changing environmental co...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-87206-1

Optimal Scheduling of Power Systems Using Asymmetric Nash Cooperative Game Based on Bankruptcy Theory Under Extreme Weather Conditions

Yanbo Zhan, Zhigang Lu, Liangce He, Jiangfeng Zhang et al. • IEEE Access (2025)

In recent years, large-scale power outages due to climate change have occurred frequently worldwide, causing significant economic losses and severe social impacts. Against the backdrop of extremely cold weather in northeastern China. This p...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3557735

Impacts of land-use changes and landholding fragmentation on crop water demand and drought in Wadi El-Farigh, New Delta project, Egypt

Mohamed M. Elsharkawy, Mohsen Nabil, Eslam Farg, Sayed M. Arafat • Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (2022)

Despite Egypt’s limited water resources, more lands in the western desert of the Nile Delta are currently being reclaimed to increase the agricultural area to feed its fast-growing population and provide jobs for new generations. These recl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrs.2022.08.002

Generating Daily High-Resolution Regional XCO<sub>2</sub> by Deep Neural Network and Multi-Source Data

Wenjie Tian, Lili Zhang, Tao Yu, Dong Yao et al. • Atmosphere (2024)

CO2 is one of the primary greenhouse gases impacting global climate change, making it crucial to understand the spatiotemporal variations of CO2. Currently, commonly used satellites serve as the primary means of CO2 observation, but they of...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/atmos15080985

Enhancing energy sector sustainability through robust green governance mechanisms for carbon neutrality

Bashir Mikail Usman, Satirenjit Kaur Johl, Parvez Alam Khan • Discover Sustainability (2025)

Abstract This study examines the adoption of green governance systems in Nigeria's energy sector to attain carbon neutrality, following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 7 and 13. The study conducted conducts a comprehensive narrative re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1007/s43621-025-01064-5

Habitat availability shapes composition and climate change response of alpine butterfly communities

Korbinian Schrauth, Matthias Plattner, Jörg Müller, Jérôme Pellet • Alpine Entomology (2026)

Climate change is known to cause range shifts to higher elevations in mountainous regions. Butterflies are especially sensitive to changes in environmental conditions and their response to climate change has been extensively studied. Howeve...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3897/alpento.10.186978

Drugs, dogs and driving: the potential for year-round thermal stress in UK vehicles

Anne J. Carter, Emily J. Hall, Sophie L. Connolly, Zoe F. Russell et al. • Open Veterinary Journal (2020)

Background: Dogs are regularly transported or housed in vehicles, with guidelines for housing dogs suggesting that the ambient temperature should be maintained between 15 – 24 °C. Veterinary drugs are routinely stored and carried in vehicle...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ovj.v10i2.11

Intra-seasonal Variation of Rainfall and Climate Characteristics in Kabul River Basin

Jamal Abdul Naser Shokory, Jun-ichiro Giorgos Tsutsumi, Hiroyuki Yamada, Bjørn Kløve • Central Asian Journal of Water Research (2017)

In Afghanistan, spring and summertime flash floods result in 54.3% of all natural disasters with an average annual economic loss of US$92.17 million between 1990 and 2014. Knowledge of climate and rainfall periodicity are urgently needed fo...

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The Power of Environmental Observatories for Advancing Multidisciplinary Research, Outreach, and Decision Support: The Case of the Minnesota River Basin

K. B. Gran, C. Dolph, A. Baker, M. Bevis et al. • Water Resources Research (2019)

Abstract Observatory‐scale data collection efforts allow unprecedented opportunities for integrative, multidisciplinary investigations in large, complex watersheds, which can affect management decisions and policy. Through the National Scie...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1029/2018WR024211

Coastal wave-energy attenuation by artificial wooden fences deployed for mangrove restoration: an experimental study

Anping Shu, Jiapin Zhu, Baoshan Cui, Le Wang et al. • Frontiers in Marine Science (2023)

By offering natural protection along offshore wetlands, mangroves play a crucial role in providing great ecological and economic benefits to local communities. However, mangroves are currently facing an increasing threat of decline worldwid...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1165048

A three-pillar approach to assessing climate impacts on low flows

G. Laaha, J. Parajka, A. Viglione, D. Koffler et al. • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (2016)

The objective of this paper is to present a framework for assessing climate impacts on future low flows that combines different sources of information, termed pillars. To illustrate the framework three pillars are chosen: (a) extrapolation ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/hess-20-3967-2016