Multifractal Analysis of Acoustic Emissions during Hydraulic Fracturing Experiments under Uniaxial Loading Conditions: A Niutitang Shale Example by Jingqiang Tan, Jun Xie, Lei Li, Qiao Lyu, Jianqiang Han, Zhengguang Zhao

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Spatial Characteristics and Connectivity of Urban Floods in Eastern China: Insights From a Newly Established Data Set During 2010–2020 by Zhenghui Lu, Linhao Zhong, Yang Yang, Xinlei Han, Xiaoling Jiang, Zitong Shi, Dabang Jiang

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Chemical Characteristics and Trends of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall: A Review by Aditi Majumdar, Dhrubajyoti Samanta, Reshmi Das

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The route of cacique llampilanguen (1804): geographical reconstruction of a historical path. by Walter Daniel Melo, Juan Francisco Jiménez, Sebastián Leandro Alioto

“…The methodology included the use of historical sources with ancient mapuche place names, which in part were thankfully conserved over considerable time; the cartographic base was a SRTM elevation model and Google Earth shots; and the utilized Geographical Information System (GIS) was ArcGIS 10.0, whose buffer tools were used to connect the relevant locations. …”
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Incommensurately modulated structure of Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O at high pressure by Roman Gajda, Wojciech Sławiński, Tomasz Poręba, Jan Parafiniuk, Mohamed Mezouar, Przemysław Dera, Krzysztof Woźniak

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Slope stability and surface displacement analysis of the Kuther Landslide in the Dehar Watershed, Himachal Himalaya, Northern India by Arun Kumar, Shashi Kant Rai, Imran Khan, Manthena Prashanth, Sunil Dhar, Omkar Verma

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Single-epoch power positioning method for multi-beam LEO communication satellites by Sibo Gao, Sibo Gao, Chunjiang Ma, Chunjiang Ma, Xiaomei Tang, Xiaomei Tang, Feixue Wang, Feixue Wang

“…Low Earth Orbit (LEO) communication satellites offer reduced signal loss, fast movement, multi-beam, typically providing single coverage. …”
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A global open-source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas (MIRCA-OS) for the 21st century by Endalkachew Abebe Kebede, Kevin Ong’are Oluoch, Stefan Siebert, Piyush Mehta, Sarah Hartman, Jonas Jägermeyr, Deepak Ray, Tariq Ali, Kate A. Brauman, Qinyu Deng, Wei Xie, Kyle Frankel Davis

“…Yet despite the key role that croplands play in global land use and Earth systems, there remains little understanding of how spatial patterns of global crop cultivation have recently evolved and which crops have contributed most to these changes. …”
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Pore Structure and Fluid Uptake of the Springer/Goddard Shale Formation in Southeastern Oklahoma, USA by Qinhong Hu, Wen Zhou, Paul Huggins, Wenling Chen

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Study on In Situ Stress Distribution Law of the Deep Mine: Taking Linyi Mining Area as an Example by Xuelong Li, Shaojie Chen, Sheng Wang, Meng Zhao, Hui Liu

“…In this stress regime, the lateral Earth pressure coefficient was greater than one, and the magnitude of the three principal stresses all showed an increasing trend with the increase of depth. …”
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Comparative study of DRASTIC-LU and radioactive isotope approaches for assessing groundwater vulnerability to pollution: the case study of Abuja, North Central Nigeria by Mary Nsikanabasi Etuk, Priscilla E. S. Lartsey, Raphael Maduka, Chinero Nneka Ayogu, Igwe ogbonnaya

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Occurrence of Large Geomagnetically Induced Currents Within the EPRI SUNBURST Monitoring Network by Chigomezyo M. Ngwira, Robert Arritt, Charles Perry, James M. Weygand, Rishi Sharma

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Changes in Moisture entering the atmosphere of Iran and its relationship with seasonal wet and dry periods by Mostafa Karimi, Mahnaz Jafari, Faramarz Khosh Akhlgh, Saeed Bazgir

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Observed meltwater-induced flexure and fracture at a doline on George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctica by Alison F. Banwell, Ian C. Willis, Laura A. Stevens, Rebecca L. Dell, Douglas R. MacAyeal

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Controllable Nano-Crystallization in Fluoroborosilicate Glass Ceramics for Broadband Visible Photoluminescence by Yuanhang Xiang, Yi Long, Peiying Cen, Sirang Liu, Zaijin Fang, Renjie Jiao

“…The well-designed glass ceramic is a novel and significant compound to simultaneously provide efficiently coordinated sites for transition metal and rare earth ions. More importantly, the design strategy opens a new way for engineering high-quality oxy-fluoride glass ceramics with properties of excellent stability, controllable nano-crystallization and high-efficiency photoluminescence.…”
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Effect of Ca Concentration on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of As-Cast and As-Extruded Quasicrystal-Strengthened Mg-7.2Zn-2.4Gd Alloy by Jianchun Sun, Yilong Ma, Hongwei Miao, Kejian Li, Chunhong Li, Hua Huang

“…Quasicrystal-strengthened Mg-Zn-RE (RE = rare-earth element) alloys have been investigated extensively due to their excellent mechanical properties. …”
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Forecasting High‐Speed Solar Wind Streams From Solar Images by Daniel Collin, Yuri Shprits, Stefan J. Hofmeister, Stefano Bianco, Guillermo Gallego

“…In this work, we develop a prediction model to forecast the solar wind speed (SWS) at the Earth. We focus on high‐speed streams (HSSs) and their solar source regions, coronal holes. …”
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A Survey on the Role of the Irony-Based Technique in Beraat Etehlal in the Book" Nafsat-al-Madsur" by Hosein Hasanpour Alashti, Mostafa Mirdar Rezaei, Rahil Mohammadi deh abasani

“…In the book titled " Nafsat-al-Madsur", the author uses this technique twice: first, on the first page of the book, that contains  "three-pages" full text, two words "sword" and " The pen " is seen at the center of the author's imagery; the second “opening the future”  is seen almost in the middle of the book, in which author's illustrations are sequentially followed by various phenomena (like the Sky, the earth, aurora, morning, mountain and sea). One of the many types of imaging tools that Nasawi uses at the beginning of his speech to apply his image to transform his mental imagery into an image. …”
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Performance analysis of static var compensators for distance protection of Nigerian 132-kV sub-transmission network using Matlab/ Simulink model by Akintunde Alayande, Sunday O. Akınbode, Ignatius K. Okakwu, Ajibola Oyedejı

“…The results of the line faults are obtained with respect to earth for both zones one (1) and two (2) when SVC is connected and disconnected for all shunt type of faults. …”
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Assessing and Mapping Erosion Risk for Velikoy Sub-watershed within Coruh River Basin in Turkey by Mustafa Tufekcioglu, Mehmet Yavuz, Can Vatandaslar, Musa Dinc, Ahmet Duman, Aydin Tufekcioglu

“…Vegetation on earth surface is the integral part of the world ecosystems in functioning for varying spatial and temporal scales. …”
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