Ecological risks in downstream lakes exacerbated by the three Gorges reservoir by Xinxin Chen, Yaxin Guo, Junhong Zhang, Xiao Han, Weiya Huang, Yao Yue

“…The results showed that (1) TGD storage led to a decrease in the number of high pulses at downstream stations, resulting in wetland degradation in the riverine region; (2) the SI (Shannon’s diversity index) based on hydrological calculations became smaller, indicating that the downstream biodiversity showed a decreasing trend; (3) the diversion ratio and the confluence ratio of Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River decreased at the same time, and the connectivity decreased, which would lead to an increase in the degree and frequency of droughts during the dry season;(4) after the regulation of the TGD, the low-risk months were transformed into medium-risk months of the Dongting Lake basin, indicating a deterioration of the ecological situation in this region. …”
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Spatiotemporal variations of water levels and river-lake interaction in the Poyang Lake basin under the extreme drought by Hexiang Chen, Guangqiu Jin, Hongwu Tang, Jinran Wu, You-Gan Wang, Zhongtian Zhang, Yanqing Deng, Siyi Zhang

“…It is characterized by unprecedented low water levels during both the flood and dry seasons. The study further emphasizes the changes in river-lake interactions during the extreme drought, indicating a reduced blocking effect of the Yangtze River on Poyang Lake during the flood season and a diminished emptying effect during the retreating and dry seasons. …”
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Ice speed of a Greenlandic tidewater glacier modulated by tide, melt, and rain by S. Sugiyama, S. Sugiyama, S. Tsutaki, S. Tsutaki, D. Sakakibara, D. Sakakibara, I. Asaji, K. Kondo, Y. Wang, E. Podolskiy, G. Jouvet, G. Jouvet, M. Funk

“…Our study results reveal details of short-term flow variations near the front of a Greenlandic tidewater glacier and provide insights into calving glacier dynamics. During the melt season, ice speed is controlled by atmospheric conditions through meltwater production and rain events, as is commonly observed in alpine glaciers, but additional complexity arises from tidal influence near the calving front.…”
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Ambient PM2.5 Temporal Variation and Source Apportionment in Mbarara, Uganda by Silver Onyango, Crystal M. North, Hatem A. Ellaithy, Paul Tumwesigye, Choong-Min Kang, Vasileios Matthaios, Martin Mukama, Nuriat Nambogo, J. Mikhail Wolfson, Stephen Ferguson, Stephen Asiimwe, Lynn Atuyambe, Data Santorino, David C. Christiani, Petros Koutrakis

“…In Mbarara, PM2.5 was higher in the dry as compared to the rainy season (30.8 vs. 21.3, p < 0.001), while seasonal variation was not observed in Kampala. …”
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Comparative analysis of mesozooplankton size fraction structure in bivalve aquaculture embayments in Atlantic and Pacific Canadian coastal regions by Ruben D. Cordero, Anaïs Lacoursière-Roussel, Ramón Filgueira, Julie Arseneau, Jeffrey Barrell, Timothy J. Barrett, Christopher W. McKindsey, Daria Gallardi, Olivia Gibb, Terri Sutherland, Thomas Guyondet

“…Using high-resolution imaging (FlowCam®) to measure individual zooplankton, we assessed the effects of location, tide, sampling day, season, and aquaculture pressure on the size distribution variation among and within bays. …”
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A comparative assessment of grey water footprint estimation methods in paddy fields by Mahsa Naderi, Abdullah Darzi-Naftchali, Fatemeh Karandish, Hadi Razaghian, Jiří Šimůnek

“…During four rice growing seasons in 2011–2015, nitrate concentrations were monitored in drainage water of three subsurface drainage systems with drain spacings and depths of 30 m and 0.90 m (D0.90L30), respectively, 30 m and 0.65 m (D0.65L30), and 15 m and 0.65 m (D0.65L15). …”
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Integrated nitrogen nutrition with vermicompost and storage duration affect grain quality characters of aromatic rice under subtropical condition by Mohammad Rezaul Manir, Uttam Kumer Sarker, Sinthia Afsana Kheya, Md. Towkir Ahmed, Nilufa Ferdous, Md. Salahuddin Kaysar, Md. Abdus Salam, Md. Parvez Anwar, Uzzal Somaddar, Abeer Hashem, Alanoud Alfagham, Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah, Md. Romij Uddin

“…This study evaluated the grain quality of aromatic rice and was conducted during the rice growing season of 2022 and 2023. The experiment consisted of five N managements viz. control, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) recommended dose (RD) of N from urea, 70% RD of N from urea + 30% RD of N from cowdung, 70% RD of N from urea + 30% RD of N from vermicompost and 70% RD of N from urea + 30% RD of N from poultry manure, six aromatic rice varieties, for example, BR5, BRRI dhan34, BRRI dhan37, BRRI dhan70, Kalijira and Chinigura and five storage duration (SD) viz. 0, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. …”
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Trends in the Occurrence of Compound Extremes of Temperature and Precipitation in Côte d’Ivoire by Elisée Yapo Akobé, Adama Diawara, Fidèle Yoroba, Benjamin K. Kouassi, Assi Louis Martial Yapo, Ibrahima Diba, Kouakou Kouadio, Dro T. Tiémoko, Dianikoura Ibrahim Koné, Arona Diedhiou

“…The analysis of the compound extremes of the wet/warm type highlights an increase in the frequency of this climatic hazard in the northern and central parts of the country during the January–March (JFM) season in the near and far futures. The dry/warm mode will increase in the central and southern parts of the country in the near future and in the whole country in the far future. …”
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Drought-induced stress on rainfed and irrigated agriculture: Insights from multi-source satellite-derived ecological indicators by Yanan Chen, Ying Wang, Chaoyang Wu, Alexandre Maniçoba da Rosa Ferraz Jardim, Meihong Fang, Li Yao, Guihua Liu, Qiuyi Xu, Lintao Chen, Xuguang Tang

“…Generally, these metrics exhibited obvious seasonal dynamics, and successfully captured the drought-induced stress on agriculture in 2012. …”
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Fixed timed artificial insemination in buffalo heifers with fresh and frozen-thawed semen in Argentina by José Luis Konrad, Alexis Bandeo, Natalia Vallejos, Pablo Ponce, Jesús Alfredo Berdugo, Pablo Maldonado-Vargas

“…It was performed in Argentina in four buffalo farms, during the reproductive season of 2021. A total of 627 Murrah and Mediterranean heifers were included, with age, body condition and genital development of 2.61±0.52 years, 3.58±0.58 (1-5 score), 2.49±0.50 respectively, the permeability of the cervix was also evaluated. …”
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Evaluation of different sesame varieties cultivated under saline conditions in the southwestern coastal region of Bangladesh by Md Shihab Uddine Khan, Md Moshiur Rahman, Arup Ratan Basak, Prodipto Bishnu Angon, Sadia Afroz Ritu, Milon Kobir, Md Riazul Islam

“…The field experiment had been performed during the Kharif-1 season (mid-March to mid-July) of 2022 ​at the BINA (Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture) substation farm, Satkhira. …”
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Development potential of multi-cropping systems and its influence on agricultural water consumption in the Huang–Huai–Hai River Basin of China by Linghui Li, Qingming Wang, Yong Zhao, Jiaqi Zhai, Haihong Li, Shuying Han, Lichuan Wang, Yunpeng Gui

“…The duration of the accumulated temperature above 10°C have prolonged at a rate of 5.2 days decade–1, which shortened the length of growth season (LOS) of the single CS, double CS, triple CS and triple in two years CS by 1.2 days decade–1, 0.8 days decade–1, 2.3 days decade–1, and 0.2 days decade–1, respectively. …”
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Fruit Detection and Yield Mass Estimation from a UAV Based RGB Dense Cloud for an Apple Orchard by Marius Hobart, Michael Pflanz, Nikos Tsoulias, Cornelia Weltzien, Mia Kopetzky, Michael Schirrmann

“…Four rows of trees were tested each season, consisting of 14 blocks with eight trees each. …”
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High-resolution mapping of evapotranspiration over heterogeneous cropland affected by soil salinity by Meihan Liu, Huimin Lei, Xingwang Wang, Paula Paredes

“…It was found that crop ET during the growing season accounted for nearly 88 % of the annual ET in HID. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variations of Particulate Matter and their Association with Criteria Pollutants and Meteorology in Malaysia by Anis Asma Ahmad Mohtar, Mohd Talib Latif, Doreena Dominick, Maggie Chel Gee Ooi, Azliyana Azhari, Nor Hafizah Baharudin, Norfazrin Mohd Hanif, Jing Xiang Chung, Liew Juneng

“…The highest mean PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations were recorded during the southwest monsoon season, notably in the central region. The Spearman’s Rank Correlation shows that NO2 and CO have a moderately positive correlation (p < 0.01) with PM2.5 (r = 0.47) and PM10 (r = 0.48) in the central regions while all meteorological parameters show significantly weak to very weak correlations with PM. …”
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Detection of Bartonella spp. in foxes' populations in Piedmont and Aosta Valley (NW Italy) coupling geospatially-based techniques by Annalisa Viani, Tommaso Orusa, Sara Divari, Stella Lovisolo, Stefania Zanet, Riccardo Orusa, Enrico Borgogno-Mondino, Enrico Bollo

“…The Tasseled Cap Wetness Index (TCW), an indicator of landscape moisture, was calculated for each meteorological season. The study found that Bartonella spp. infections in foxes were positively associated with higher TCW values (&gt;0.7). …”
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Floristic Diversity and Potential of Site of Biological and Ecological Interest Brikcha, Prérif (North-West Morocco) by Ahmed Chriqui, Ouafae Benkhnigue, Issam El Khadir, Yassine Mouniane, Sidi Mohamed Hachimi Alaoui, Lahcen Zidane, Driss Hmouni

“…Cistus and Quercus are the two most species-rich genera with four taxa each. The spring season is the preferred flowering time for 56.77% of the flora. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of VOCs in an Industrial Harbor City: Spatiotemporal Distribution, Health Risk, and Potential Sources by Thi-Hieu Le, Chung-Shin Yuan, Chitsan Lin, Zhi-Ping Hsu, I-Hsin Hsu, Lin-Chi Wang

“…Abstract Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) measurements during the worst air quality season of 2020–2022 were conducted at three distinct sites within Kaohsiung Harbor, Taiwan’s largest harbor and a significant hub in Asia. …”
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Impacts of tropical climate on outdoor treatment of anaerobically digested sanitary wastewater using native microalgae by Gabriela Santos Cardozo, Graziele Ruas, Fabiana Alves Fiore, Gustavo Henrique Ribeiro Silva

“…The cultivation took place in an outdoor area with constant aeration and under natural climatic conditions during two seasons: summer and winter. Each season's cultivation occurred in triplicate over 7 days. …”
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Pastoral livestock farming constraints and adaptation strategies in response to institutional reforms in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa by Basnewindé Ilboudo, Alhassane Zaré, Alhassane Zaré, Innocent Charles Emmanuel Traoré, Innocent Charles Emmanuel Traoré, Loyapin Bondé, Reginald Tang Guuroh, Reginald Tang Guuroh, Reginald Tang Guuroh, Oumarou Ouédraogo

“…They also combine socio-professional conversion to support their livelihoods, with atypical transhumance in the rainy season and seek herd feed satisfaction. New forage harvesting techniques, supported by training, and the integration of agriculture into livestock farming are opportunities to promote agropastoralism, more sustainable. …”
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