River basins are dynamic environments that are always changing and reorganizing under geologic forces. New research investigates how this shape shifting influences aquatic speciation and extinction.
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World’s Deepest Freshwater Cave May Be a Kilometer Deep
The Czech Republic’s Hranice Abyss is more than twice as deep as researchers thought.
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How Forest Degradation Affects Carbon and Water Cycles
Forest degradation may be as widespread as deforestation in the Amazon, but its impact on energy, carbon, and water fluxes is less well understood.
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¿Cuántas Modificaciones Puede Aguantar el Ciclo de Agua de la Tierra?
El marco teórico que estudia los límites planetarios define cuánta perturbación humana pueden soportar los diversos procesos del sistema terrestre, pero puede que no describa adecuadamente el ciclo del agua o la medida en que lo hemos alterado.
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Modeling Water Stress for Shared Water Resources
Billions of people rely on water resources that originate across borders. New research evaluates how climate change and increased water demand could affect future water stress.
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Ensemble Learning Estimates Terrestrial Water Storage Changes
Ensemble learning models for estimating past changes of terrestrial water storage from climate are presented and tested in the Pearl River basin, China.
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How Does a Greening Arctic Affect Groundwater Recharge?
New research examines how shifts in aboveground ecology influence belowground hydrology in the Arctic.
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How Much Modification Can Earth’s Water Cycle Handle?
The planetary boundaries framework defines how much human disturbance various Earth system processes can take, but it may not adequately depict the water cycle or the extent to which we’ve altered it.
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New Analysis Helps Manage Risks to Shipping in the Great Lakes
Modeling of mysteriously fluctuating water levels in the Great Lakes has helped to optimize the prices of shipping insurance contracts along with investments in dredging navigation channels.
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Shaping Water Management with Planetary Boundaries
A new study uses the planetary boundaries concept to formulate an approach to water management that considers both global and local limits to water cycle modifications.