Spatiotemporal dynamics and optimization of water quality assessment in the Nantong section of the Yangtze River Basin: A WQImin approach by Weifeng Xiao, Bozhi Ren, Bai Wu, Xinping Deng

“…Study region: The Yangtze River within the Nantong region, Jiangsu Province, China Study focus: This study investigates the spatiotemporal dynamics of water quality in the Nantong section of the Yangtze River Basin. …”
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Synchronicity analysis of meteorological variables on agricultural drought in the Loess Plateau, China by Fang Liu, Hongbo Zhang, Yihang Li, Zhiyuan Ning, Shuai Hao

“…Study region: This study focuses on the Wuding River Basin, located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River Basin in China. Study focus: Event Synchronization (ES) and Event Coincidence Analysis (ECA) were used to investigate the spatiotemporal co-evolution of the multi type of meteorological variable drought (SIMVs) and SSMI in the basin, including the precursor and triggering effect of SIMVs on agricultural drought and the occurrence and development of different levels of agricultural drought events under meteorological variable disturbance. …”
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Multi-source meteorological data assessment on daily runoff simulation in the upper reaches of the Hei River, Northwest China by Huazhu Xue, Yaheng Wang, Guotao Dong, Chenchen Zhang, Yaokang Lian, Hui Wu

“…Study region: The upper reaches of the Hei River Basin, northwest China Study focus: To improve the accuracy and physical consistency of runoff simulations, as well as to compare the applicability of meteorological data obtained from multiple sources, this study integrates physical mechanisms with deep learning methods to construct a coupled model, HIMS-LSTM. …”
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Drought characteristics and propagation under anthropogenic impacts: A regional-scale modelling analysis in four Large Basins of China by Haoran Hao, Ningpeng Dong, Mingxiang Yang, Xin Huang, Hejia Wang, Hao Wang

“…Study region: The Songhua River Basin, the Yellow River basin, the Yangtze River basin, and the Pearl River Basin in China. Study focus: Understanding the drought evolution under changing environment is crucial to sustainable water management, especially for China where there are increasing anthropogenic activities. …”
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Hydrological changes in the Upper Yellow River under the impact of upstream cascade reservoirs over the past 70 years by Jing Hu, Xiong Zhou, Yujun Yi, Chunhui Li, Xuan Wang, Qiang Liu, Jiansu Mao

“…Study region: The Upper Yellow River Basin (UYRB), China. Study focus: In this study, a variety of mathematical statistical methods, the Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration—Range of Variability (IHA-RVA) method, and the newly proposed Flow Surplus-Deficit (QS-QD) method were integrated to analyze the impact of cascade dam development on hydrological changes over the past 70 years in the UYRB. …”
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Impact of human activities on the propagation dynamics from meteorological to hydrological drought in the Nenjiang River Basin, Northeast China by Xubo Geng, Xiaoping Lei, Xiaoyan Song, Junyao Zhang, Wenbin Liu

“…Study region: Nenjiang River Basin, Northeast China Study focus: Understanding the propagation processes between different types of droughts is crucial for drought early warning and adaptation strategies. …”
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Water conservation assessment and its influencing factors identification using the InVEST and random forest model in the northern piedmont of the Qinling Mountains by Song He, Hui Qian, Yuan Liu, Xiaoguang Zhao, Fengmei Su, Huan Ma, Zilong Guan, Tao Zhang

“…Study region: The north piedmont of the Qinling Mountains (NPQM), Northwest China. Study focus: By combining the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) and random forest model, the current study assessed the water conservation in the NPQM, one of the most significant Earth's critical zone in China, and identified the key factors influencing it. …”
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An integrated modelling framework for optimization of the placement of grey-green-blue infrastructure to mitigate and adapt flood risk: An application to the Upper Ting River Water... by Jun Wu, Jiangang Xu, Muqiu Lu, Haolin Ming

“…Study regions: This study focuses on the Upper Ting River Watershed (UTRW) in the Ting River Basin, China. Study focus: The study investigates the adverse impacts of urbanization and land-use change on hydrology, proposing the implementation of grey-green-blue infrastructure (GGBI) practices to mitigate these effects. …”
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Hydrological niche separation between two coexisting shrubs in an extremely arid region by Mingyan Fan, Hai Zhou, Lihui Tian, Heng Ren, Bing Liu, Xibin Ji, Xiangyan Feng, Qiyue Yang, Huli Gu

“…Study region: At the southern edge of Badain Jaran Desert, China. Study focus: The mixed shrubs of Calligonum mongolicum and Nitraria sphaerocarpa are the common species in extreme arid areas. …”
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An explainable Bayesian gated recurrent unit model for multi-step streamflow forecasting by Lizhi Tao, Yueming Nan, Zhichao Cui, Lei Wang, Dong Yang

“…Study region: In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin of ChinaStudy focus: We propose an explainable Bayesian gated recurrent unit (EB-GRU) model for reliable multi-step streamflow forecasting. …”
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Evaluating the performance of five global gridded potential evapotranspiration products in hydrological simulation: Application in the upper Han River Basin by Minxin Li, Lei Zou, Jun Xia, Hui Cao, Hairong Zhang, Benjun Jia, Jiarui Yu

“…Study region: The Baihe River Basin located in the upper Han River, central China. Study focus: Potential evapotranspiration (PET) is commonly utilized as the forcing data for hydrological simulation. …”
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Spring snowmelt flood disasters in Altay, Northwest China: Spatio-temporal distribution and mechanisms by Dilinuer Tuoliewubieke, Weiyi Mao, Junqiang Yao, Xu Zhang, Shujuan Li, Ping Chen, Liyun Ma, Jing Chen

“…Study region: Altay region in Northwest China. Study focus: The frequency, intensity, and impacts of spring snowmelt flood disasters have changed significantly. …”
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Insight into landscape characteristics influence on the adaptability of estuarine shallow groundwater system to 100-year extreme precipitation by Qian Zheng, Fubin Luo, De Wang

“…Study region: the Yellow River Delta, China Study focus: A statistical investigation of the adaptability of the shallow groundwater system to 100-year storm precipitation, using typhoon Lekima as a case study to examine the influences of local landscape characteristics. …”
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Analysis of Spatial Distribution Pattern and Driving Factors of Nature Reserves in Xinjiang by Yue Yang, Zhaoping Yang, Fang Han

“…As a crucial ecological defense line in China, studying the spatial distribution and influencing factors of nature reserves in Xinjiang is vital for regional ecological protection and resource management. …”
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Spatiotemporal characteristics of future precipitation variability in the Tianshan Mountain region of China by Xianglin Lyu, Junkai Du, Yaqin Qiu, Yangwen Jia, Chunfeng Hao, Hao Dong

“…Study region: Tianshan Mountain region of China. Study focus: Global warming alters precipitation patterns, with future scenarios predicting variability being greater than merely changes in rainfall amounts. …”
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Spatiotemporal evolution of multiple time scale precipitation in Yellow River Basin based on Köppen-Geiger Trend Indicator System by Hao Ke, Wenzhuo Wang, Zengchuan Dong, Xinhua Zhu, Zhuozheng Li, Chao Lü, Dawei Jin, Weilin Liu

“…Study region: The Yellow River Basin, situated in northern China. Study focus: Precipitation has shown significant variability over the past century, understanding its evolving trends helps addressing the impacts of climate change on local water resources. …”
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Diminished water yield coefficient of glacial catchments in Northwest China by Jing Liu, Aihua Long, Mingjiang Deng, Qiang An, Xiaoya Deng, Zhenliang Yin, Pei Zhang, Xiaoying Lai, Xinchen Gu

“…Study region: 19 glacial catchments located in Northwest China. Study focus: The water yield coefficient (denoted as WYc) of glacier catchments in Northwest China has changed over the past six decades, closely linked to shifts in land cover dynamics. …”
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Triggering thresholds and influential factors in the propagation of meteorological drought to hydrological drought by Na Zhen, Rui Yao, Peng Sun, Qiang Zhang, Chenhao Ge, Han Shen

“…Study regions: The Huaihe River Basin (HRB), China Study focus: Quantifying the thresholds for the systematic propagation of meteorological drought (MD) to different levels of hydrological drought (HD) is essential for early warning and precision management of HDs. …”
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Income level is associated with differences in primary and secondary stroke prevention in China by Huiming Ren, Junrong Ma, Xu Guo, Ruijie Zhang, Liyuan Pu, Tian Zhao, Fangfang Zeng, Chang Shu, Liyuan Han, Yunzhi Wang, Qiang Li, Xiaojie Wang

“…Stroke was determined by the self-reporting of a doctor’s diagnosis, and participants with a high risk of stroke were identified using the model developed in the Prediction for ASCVD Risk in China study. Results The final numbers of people included in this study were 8,884 with stroke and 218,972 with a high risk of stroke. …”
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Estimation of inelastic skeletal storativity based on SAR-derived land subsidence and groundwater variation in Beijing Plain, China by Chenxia Li, Yanbing Wang, Jie Yu, Huili Gong, Xiaojuan Li, Xiyue Yang, Haowen Cheng, Xiaohuan Li, Kemiao Shao

“…Study region: Beijing plain in the eastern of Beijing, China. Study focus: Over the past three decades, more than 2 billion m3 of groundwater have been pumped annually in the Beijing Plain, resulting in approximately 431 km2 of land subsidence of more than 50 mm annually. …”
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