Multi-scenario analysis of green water resource efficiency under carbon emission constraints in the Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration, China: A system dynamics approach by Keyao Yu, Zhigang Li

“…Finally, this study provides policy implications to enhance technological innovation, optimize industrial structures, and strengthen water ecosystem protection, offering theoretical and policy insights for sustainable development in the CCUA and similar regions.…”
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Estimation of Groundwater Evapotranspiration Using Diurnal Groundwater Level Fluctuations under Three Vegetation Covers at the Hinterland of the Badain Jaran Desert by Wenjia Zhang, Liqiang Zhao, Xinran Yu, Lyulyu Zhang, Nai’ang Wang

“…Accurate estimation of groundwater evapotranspiration (ETG) is the key for regional water budget balance and ecosystem restoration research in hyper-arid regions. …”
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The Impact and Mechanism of New-Type Urbanization on High-Quality Forestry Development: A Case Study of the Yellow River Basin in China by Longbo Ma, Qian Wang, Yiqi Zhu, Zujun Liu

“…The results show that (1) new-type urbanization has significantly promoted high-quality forestry development, with an estimated coefficient of 0.325; (2) forestry in different regions exhibits significant differences, with the forestry return coefficients for the upper, middle, and lower reaches being 0.326, 0.213, and −0.359, respectively; (3) technological innovation plays a key role in improving forestry production efficiency, resource diversity, and ecosystem services, with an estimated coefficient of 6.543 for technological innovation; (4) the greater the government support, the larger the impact. …”
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Quality of Life Philosophy VI. The Concepts by Soren Ventegodt, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Joav Merrick

“…This power evolves into new kinds of relations that unite on more and more complex levels, with the global ecosystem as the highest known level.Our intentions come from this coherent matrix of life. …”
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The Impact of Litter Decomposition on Soil Organic Carbon Stability in Coastal Shelter Forests Under Thinning by ZHANG Zixu, HU Dingmeng, LU Yucun, WU Qicong, DONG Zhi, GAO Peng

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Capacity and market potential for local production and distribution of electric two-wheelers in Southeast Asia, focused on Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam by Hyung Ju Kim, Shritu Shrestha, Kanya Pranawengkapti

“…This paper advocates for collaborative initiatives across digital platforms, financial mechanisms, and supportive government policies to accelerate the adoption of electric 2Ws (E2Ws) by promoting local production, fostering innovative business models, and establishing conducive regulatory frameworks. A robust E2Ws ecosystem, local E2Ws in the region will require increased cooperation among local E2W and charging equipment manufacturers within the global supply chain, ensuring the development and distribution of environmentally sustainable, technologically advanced, and competitively priced products. …”
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Construction of Multi-Scale Fusion Attention Unified Perceptual Parsing Networks for Semantic Segmentation of Mangrove Remote Sensing Images by Xin Wang, Yu Zhang, Wenquan Xu, Hanxi Wang, Jingye Cai, Qin Qin, Qin Wang, Jing Zeng

“…Mangrove forests play a crucial role in coastal ecosystem protection and carbon sequestration processes. …”
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One-hectare fine-scale dataset of a fynbos plant community in the Cape Floristic RegionZenodo by Jan-Hendrik Keet, Cang Hui

“…Cape fynbos, which forms part of the Cape Floristic Region (CFR) of South Africa, a global biodiversity hotspot, is renowned for its high levels of plant species endemism and diversity. This extraordinary ecosystem, characterised by nutrient-poor soils and fire-adapted vegetation, is a treasure trove of endemic flora. …”
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Urban fruit bats give birth earlier in the season compared to rural fruit bats by Maya Weinberg, Dean Zigdon, Mor Taub, Lee Harten, Ofri Eitan, Adi Rachum, Reut Assa, Omri Gal, Yossi Yovel

“…Abstract Background Urbanization is rapidly altering our ecosystem. While most wild species refrain from entering urban habitats, some flourish in cities and adapt to the new opportunities these offer. …”
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Divergent response of grassland aboveground net primary productivity and precipitation utilization efficiency to altered precipitation patterns by process-based model by Chen Cheng, Lu Wu, Lu Wu, Hongyan Liu, Boyi Liang, Xinrong Zhu, Feiyun Yang

“…The functioning of ecosystem services in water-limited grassland ecosystems is significantly influenced by precipitation characteristics. …”
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Dwarf shrub expansion and loss of lichens distinctly dominate multi-decadal changes in northern boreal understory plant communities by Tuija Maliniemi, Joonatan Lohi, Janne Alahuhta, Karoliina Huusko, Risto Virtanen

“…Multi-decadal observations of understory change in northern boreal forests remain scarce, particularly those involving bryophytes and lichens despite their importance for biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Here, we analyse temporal changes in understory plant communities of northern boreal forests in Saariselkä, Finland (68.46° N, 27.37° E) that were originally sampled in 1981. …”
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Photocatalytic Degradation of E.Coli Bacteria by Graphitic Carbon Nitride Photocatalysts under Visible Light Irradiation by Zahra Ahmadi Panah, Reyhaneh Dehghan, Mehran Bijari, Afsaneh Shahbazi

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Non-Destructive Testing of Concrete Materials from Piers: Evaluating Durability Through a Case Study by Abraham Lopez-Miguel, Jose A. Cabello-Mendez, Alejandro Moreno-Valdes, Jose T. Perez-Quiroz, Jose M. Machorro-Lopez

“…These are located in coastal areas in southern Mexico on the Gulf of Mexico side, with 80% average annual relative humidity, temperatures above 33 °C on average, high concentrations of salts, load handling, vibrations, flora and fauna typical of the marine ecosystem, etc. The results obtained reveal important information about the current state of the piers and the damage caused by the environment over time. …”
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Effects of water nutrient concentrations on stream macroinvertebrate community stoichiometry: a large-scale study by Beck, Miriam, Billoir, Elise, Usseglio-Polatera, Philippe, Meyer, Albin, Gautreau, Edwige, Danger, Michael

“…Our results show that assumptions from Ecological Stoichiometry Theory also hold at the community level, at least for two dominant taxa, and on a large spatial scale, with likely consequences for nutrient cycling and ecosystem function.…”
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Effectiveness Trade-Off Between Green Spaces and Built-Up Land: Evaluating Trade-Off Efficiency and Its Drivers in an Expanding City by Xinyu Dong, Yanmei Ye, Tao Zhou, Dagmar Haase, Angela Lausch

“…Urban expansion encroaches on green spaces and weakens ecosystem services, potentially leading to a trade-off between ecological conditions and socio-economic growth. …”
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Ensemble machine learning-based extrapolation of Penman-Monteith-Leuning evapotranspiration data by Vahid Nourani, Ramin Ahmadi, Yongqiang Zhang, Dominika Dąbrowska

“…The Seto mixed forest site in Japan, characterized by a contrasting ecosystem, served as a cross-validation site to further validate the methodology. …”
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Morphological diversity variation of seed traits among 587 germplasm resources of Medicago Genus and 32 germplasm resources of Trigonella Genus by Bingcheng Han, Xueming Dong, Mingyu Li, Zhaoming Wang, Congcong Shi, Qiang Zhou, Zhipeng Liu, Longfeng Yan

“…Abstract Germplasm resources within the Medicago genus are highly regarded for their value as forage crops and their critical roles in nitrogen cycling, ecosystem restoration, and soil structure improvement. …”
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Bridging the gaps for a thriving Black Sea Blue Economy: insights from a multi-sectoral forum of Turkish stakeholders by Kadir Seyhan, Ömerhan Dürrani, Lydia Papadaki, Ebun Akinsete, Şebnem Atasaral, Koray Özşeker, Hatice Akpınar, Ercan Kurtuluş, Rahşan Evren Mazlum, Phoebe Koundouri, Phoebe Koundouri, Phoebe Koundouri, Phoebe Koundouri, Adrian Stanica

“…The Black Sea ecosystem faces significant challenges due to climate change and human activities. …”
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Investigation study of face mask consumption in Malaysia and its impact on environment by Low Chung-Yu, Bee Soo-Tueen, Law Yung-Siang, Lee Tin-Sin, Bee Soo-Ling

“…In overall, RFL washable face mask is found to provide a lower environmental impact when compared to 3-ply surgical face mask in terms of the ReCiPe midpoint and endpoint indicator, which included Global Warming Potential, Photochemical Oxidant Formation Potential, Toxicity Potential, Ecosystem Quality, Human Health and Resource Depletion.…”
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Harnessing Multi-Source Data and Deep Learning for High-Resolution Land Surface Temperature Gap-Filling Supporting Climate Change Adaptation Activities by Katja Kustura, David Conti, Matthias Sammer, Michael Riffler

“…We develop a regression-based convolutional neural network model, trained on ECOSTRESS (ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station) mission data, which performs pixelwise LST predictions using 5 × 5 image patches, capturing contextual information around each pixel. …”
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