Temperature dependence of liverwort diversification reveals a cool origin and hot hotspots by Karola Maul, S. Robbert Gradstein, Dietmar Quandt, Michael Kessler

“…The conserved preference for temperate climates shared by the majority of liverwort lineages gives reason to the assumption that they will not be able to cope with the conditions induced by rapid climate warming, whereas the current low-elevation radiation may be less affected by climate change.…”
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Temporal and Spatial Variation of Potential Evaporation and Its Influencing Factors in Pearl River Basin from 1980 to 2019 by ZUO Daxing, ZANG Chuanfu, WANG Lina

“…Evaporation is an important link in the water cycle,and in-depth studies on the influence of various meteorological factors on evaporation changes are of great significance for climate change,ecological restoration,and utilization of water resources.In this study,the Penman-Monteith model modified by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is used to calculate the potential evaporation (ET₀) in the Pearl River Basin from 1980 to 2019.The Mann-Kendall non-parametric test method and inverse distance weighting method are used to analyze the spatial and temporal distribution characteristics of the ET₀,and the principal component analysis method is used to analyze the influencing factors.The results show that:① The average ET₀ of the Pearl River Basin is 1 145.8 mm,and the growth rate is 1.37mm/a,which shows an increasing trend.In terms of four seasons,the growth rate increases in spring (0.56 mm/a),autumn (0.4 mm/a),and winter (0.44 mm/a) but decreases in summer (-0.03 mm/a).② In terms of spatial distribution,the annual average ET₀ of the Pearl River Basin is high in the east,west,and south but low in the middle andnorth.The distribution of ET₀in summer,autumn,and winter is similar.However,the distribution of ET₀ in spring is opposite to that in summer,autumn,and winter.③ Temperature,average water vapor pressure,and altitude are the leading factors of ET₀ changes.Factors such as temperature,average water vapor pressure,sunshine duration,and wind speed make positive contributions to ET₀,while altitude,latitude,and relative humidity make negative contributions to ET₀ changes.…”
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SCoralDet: Efficient real-time underwater soft coral detection with YOLO by Zhaoxuan Lu, Lyuchao Liao, Xingang Xie, Hui Yuan

“…In recent years, climate change and marine pollution have significantly degraded coral reefs, highlighting the urgent need for automated coral detection to monitor marine ecosystems. …”
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சோ. தர்மன் படைப்புகளில் இயற்கை வேளாண்மையும் நீர் மேலாண்மையும் / Organic Farming and Water Management in Cho. Dharman’s Novels... by ச. கண்ணகி / S. Kannaki

“… Today, agriculture is facing difficult times due to various factors such as population growth, increasing demand, technological development, globalization, wars, global warming, climate change, environmental damage, unpredictable seasons resulting in severe floods, drought, high temperatures, water scarcity and the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides for rapid production. …”
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Cryptocurrencies Transit to a Carbon Neutral Environment: From Fintech to Greentech Through Clean Energy and Eco-Efficiency Policies by Dimitrios Koemtzopoulos, Georgia Zournatzidou, Konstantina Ragazou, Nikolaos Sariannidis

“…Fintech prioritizes the progression of issues related to environmental conservation and the consequences of climate change. This study is among the first investigations exploring the relationship between fintech and sustainable energy. …”
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Forecasting Precipitation Using a Markov Chain Model in the Coastal Region in Bangladesh by Al Mamun Pranto, Usama Ibn Aziz, Lipon Chandra Das, Sanjib Ghosh and Anisul Islam

“…By referencing a comprehensive range of scholarly works on climate change, extreme rainfall events, and variability in precipitation patterns, the study provides a thorough overview of the current research landscape in this field. …”
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Land Use/Land Cover Change and Its Driving Forces in Shenkolla Watershed, South Central Ethiopia by Belayneh Bufebo, Eyasu Elias

“…Environmental implications such as climate change, biodiversity loss, scarcity of basic forest products, habitat alteration, decline in quality and availability of water, and crop yield reduction are the consequences of the LU/LC change. …”
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Seasonal forecasting of East African short rains by Agumase Kindie Tefera, Giovanni Liguori, William Cabos, Antonio Navarra

“…We evaluated the predictability of East African short rains using model ensembles from the multi-system seasonal retrospective forecasts from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). We assess the prediction skill for 1- to 5-month lead times using forecasts initialized in September for each year from 1993 to 2016. …”
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High-level radioactive waste repository: How Geology combined with societal principles can lead to public acceptance—the German experiment by Schafmeister, Maria-Theresia

“…Compared to fossil fuels, nuclear power results in almost no $\mathrm{CO}_{2}$ bearing emissions, which are known to have triggered and enhanced the global climate change. However, nuclear power bears other risks, e.g. environmental and health damage caused by radiation, unwanted release of nuclides being transported by water, accidents of nuclear power plants, and not to mention the possibility of non-intended military use. …”
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Use of suspensions of phytosterol microparticles to improve the solubility of methane in water☆ by Gallard Jeanne, Wantz Eliot, Hébrard Gilles, Bouchoux Antoine, Mouloungui Zéphirin, Valentin Romain

“…Methane, an abundantly produced greenhouse gas, is a major driver of global climate change. The development of sustainable processes for methane capture is limited by the poor solubility of this organic compound in water, but this solubility can be increased by adding other compounds to the aqueous solution. …”
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Water security reframed using Water System Justice and Earth system boundaries, foundations, and corridor by Joyeeta Gupta, Joyeeta Gupta, Hilmer J. Bosch, Luc van Vliet

“…Applied quantitatively, this framework provides safe and just quantitative boundaries to water use (climate change and nutrients), and quantifies what is necessary to meet the minimum human rights of people worldwide for water (for WASH, food, energy, infrastructure) and translates this into pressures on the water system using the same units—thereby delineating a corridor of water that can be equitably shared by people. …”
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Robot Simulation on Agri-Field Point Cloud With Centimeter Resolution by Shintaro Noda, Masayuki Kogoshi, Wataru Iijima

“…The need for robotic agricultural automation has been driven by global population growth and climate change.To efficiently evaluate and develop agricultural robots not limited to the growing season, we developed a dynamics simulator that works fast on 3D point-cloud models of agricultural fields.The point-cloud models have been widely used in recent agricultural research thanks to advances in aerial photography technology. …”
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A basic study on tree growth and landscape greening in Coastal Urban areas: The case of Hakata port in Fukuoka City, Japan by Maoko Yoshino, Kazuo Asahiro

“…Fukuoka City is one of Japan's most advanced cities in incorporating climate change and greening into its policies. This study focuses on seven port green areas adjacent to Hakata Port in Fukuoka City. …”
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North American avian species that migrate in flocks show greater long-term non-breeding range shift rates by Stephen H. Vickers, Timothy D. Meehan, Nicole L. Michel, Aldina M. A. Franco, James J. Gilroy

“…Conclusions Our results suggest that social grouping may play an important role in facilitating non-breeding distributional responses to climate change in migratory species. We highlight the need to gain a better understanding of migratory programme inheritance, and how this influences spatiotemporal population dynamics under environmental change.…”
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Latitudinal Variation into the Macrofaunal Assemblages Associated to Zostera noltei Seagrass along the Atlantic Coast of Morocco by Oussama Bououarour, Soilam Boutoumit, Reda El Kamcha, Hocein Bazairi

“…The present study marked the first attempt on broad-scale ecological research of seagrass beds in Morocco and offers baseline data for planning the broad-scale conservation of biodiversity in seagrass beds that remain suffering from multiple human-induced threats such as coastal developments and climate change.…”
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Effect of Forest Management on Carbon Stock of Tropical Moist Afromontane Forest by Damena Edae Daba, Bikila Workineh Dullo, Teshome Soromessa

“…The carbon stored in the moist Afromontane forest indicates its huge potential for climate change mitigation. Therefore, for the enhancement of forest biodiversity and carbon sequestration effective conservation measure and sound management approach is essential.…”
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Comparative study of some species of the genus Acer L. in the Hirkan flora using dendrochronological methods by Agamalieva Aydan Gahraman, Mehrelieva Hokume Ilham, Mammadova Shalala Abuzer, Alieva Khadija Hezi, Esli Ilaida Aga Aleskerova

“…Recently, due to global climate change and unregulated human economic activities, biodiversity has significantly degraded, which has led to changes and reductions in the ranges of species. …”
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Evolution of Dry/Wet Climate in Xichang from 1961 to 2016 by XIAO Xiwen, ZHANG Yunlu, LIU Chunhong, WANG Yuefeng

“…Regional climate analysis can optimize and supplement global climate research,and it is of vital significance for predicting regional climate changes and extreme weather.Based on the daily temperature and precipitation data from 1961 to 2016 in Xichang city,this paper systematically reveals the characteristics of temperature,precipitation,and dry and wet climate changes at annual and inter-annual scales by using the cumulative anomaly method,nonparametric trend analysis of time series (innovative trend analysis (ITA) method and ITA-change boxes (ITA-CB) method) and standardized precipitation evaporation index (SPEI).The results show that:① The distribution characteristics of annual temperature and precipitation in Xichang are similar,with the maximum value of both appearing in July.Moreover,the minimum temperature and precipitation appear in January and February,respectively.The average inter-annual and inter-decadal temperatures increase obviously,and the average inter-decadal precipitation improves slowly.② For the past 56 years,Xichang has witnessed apparent dry and wet climate changes.SPEI has dropped in a fluctuating tendency.In addition,it is negatively correlated with temperature (p<0.05) but positively correlated with precipitation (p<0.01).As temperature increases significantly,the drought degree has become more and more serious since 2003,and the negative value of SPEI accounts for 78.6%.The proportion of drought to extreme drought has increased to 28.6% in 2010.③ The average annual precipitation increases in low-value regions but decreases in high-value regions.The average annual temperature rises both in low-value regions and high-value regions and basically maintains an increasing tendency in median regions.SPEI increases in low-value regions but decreases in median and high-value regions.The research results can provide a reference for Xichang in dealing with climate change and formulating disaster prevention and mitigation plans.…”
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A positive deviance approach to understand gender relations and practices that support transformative adaptation: Insights from Kenya dairy households by Renee Bullock, Tanaya DuttaGupta, Philip Miriti

“…The impacts of climate change on livelihoods and livestock systems in East Africa are significant. …”
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Hyalomma aegyptium: Observed global distribution, imported specimens, preferred hosts and vector competence by Franz Rubel

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