Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Arid

  1. Cropland warming and cooling differ by time of day in tropical Africa
    Cropland expansion across tropical Africa produces nighttime cooling but hydroclimatically-dependent daytime effects, driven by turbulent heat flux changes tied to vegetation differences.
  2. Soil moisture drove vegetation change on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
    Soil moisture constraints override atmospheric aridity in governing vegetation dynamics across the warming Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, with regional variation depending on basin hydrogeography.
  3. Bankruptcy rules guided pollutant allocation in Abbas-Abad River
    Integrated water quality modeling approach using bankruptcy rules and particle swarm optimization for equitable pollution load allocation in a semiarid mountainous river system.
  4. Africa shows rising droughts, heatwaves, and compound extremes
    Study analyzes compound drought-heatwave events across Africa 1979-2024, revealing acceleration trends and spatiotemporal patterns with implications for climate vulnerability and adaptation.
  5. Ancient feathers show a managed trans-Andean parrot trade
    Pre-Inca Amazonian parrot feather trade reconstructed using ancient DNA, isotope analysis, and spatial modeling reveals sophisticated trans-Andean exchange networks operated by the Ychsma culture.
  6. Mega-flood increased nutrient loads and altered water quality
    Mega-flood impact on Murray-Darling Basin water quality: analysis of nutrient dynamics, hysteresis patterns, and climate-driven flood risks across spatial gradients.
  7. New open-air sites show repeated Later Stone Age visits in the Karoo
    Archaeological survey in Wolwekraal Nature Reserve documents multiple late Holocene Later Stone Age sites along the Dorps River, revealing repeated occupational patterns in the arid Karoo region.