Evapotranspiration (ET), the phenomenon of the loss of water into the atmosphere from the land surface through evaporation and transpiration, is an important part of water and energy cycles. ET is a key variable used in applications ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 24, 2020
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Tiny shifts in the land surface across the whole of Germany have been mapped for the first time, with the help of the Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar mission.
Earth Sciences
Nov 04, 2020
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Along with Europe and North America, East Asia has in the past few decades become one of the three largest nitrogen deposition centers in the world. This can lead to considerable impacts on the structure and function of ecosystems; ...
Ecology
Nov 04, 2020
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A research team from the University of Tsukuba has conducted detailed structural analyses of a fault zone located in central Japan, with the aim to help identify the specific conditions that lead to earthquake faulting, a ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 30, 2020
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Pyrite, or fool's gold, is a common mineral that reacts quickly with oxygen when exposed to water or air, such as during mining operations, and can lead to acid mine drainage. Little is known, however, about the oxidation ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 29, 2020
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Climate change and human activities, including heat emission, nitrogen (N) emission and water management, are altering the hydrothermal condition and N transport in the soil and river systems, thereby affecting the global ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 12, 2020
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Potential evapotranspiration (PET), the amount of evaporation that would occur under certain meteorological conditions with a sufficient water supply, plays an important role in both energy and hydrological cycles at the ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2020
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New research has found that Indigenous knowledge is regularly underutilised and misunderstood when making important environmental decisions.
Environment
Sep 04, 2020
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,Over the past months, the Arctic has experienced alarmingly high temperatures, extreme wildfires and a significant loss of sea ice. While hot summer weather is not uncommon in the Arctic, the region is warming at two to ...
Environment
Aug 27, 2020
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Changes in the water cycle have important impacts on ecosystems and human activities. In the context of the current and expected temperature rise due to global warming, it is extremely important to understand the origin and ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2020
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