The Science of The Total Environment,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
948, P. 174842 - 174842
Published: July 17, 2024
While
drought
impacts
are
widespread
across
the
globe,
climate
change
projections
indicate
more
frequent
and
severe
droughts.
This
underscores
pressing
need
to
increase
resistance
resilience
drought.
The
strategic
application
of
Preventive
Drought
Management
Measures
(PDMMs)
is
a
suitable
avenue
reduce
likelihood
ameliorate
associated
damages.
In
this
study,
we
use
an
optimisation
approach
with
multicriteria
decision-making
method
allocate
PDMMs
for
reducing
severity
agricultural
hydrological
results
that
implementing
can
droughts,
obtained
management
scenarios
(solutions)
highlight
utility
multi-objective
planning.
However,
examined
also
illustrate
trade-off
between
managing
alleviate
droughts
while
producing
opposite
effects
(or
vice
versa).
Furthermore,
impact
displays
temporal
spatial
variabilities.
For
instance,
implementation
within
specific
subbasin
may
mitigate
one
type
in
given
month
yet
exacerbate
conditions
preceding
or
subsequent
months.
case
intensify
streamflow
deficits
intervened
subbasins
alleviating
downstream
These
complexities
emphasise
customised
PDMMs,
considering
basin
characteristics
(e.g.,
rainfall
distribution
over
year,
soil
properties,
land
use,
topography)
quantification
PDMMs'
effect
on
each
Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
383(6686)
Published: Feb. 29, 2024
In
recent
decades,
climate
change
and
other
anthropogenic
activities
have
substantially
affected
groundwater
systems
worldwide.
These
impacts
include
changes
in
recharge,
discharge,
flow,
storage,
distribution.
Climate-induced
shifts
are
evident
altered
recharge
rates,
greater
contribution
to
streamflow
glacierized
catchments,
enhanced
flow
permafrost
areas.
Direct
withdrawal
injection,
regional
regime
modification,
water
table
storage
alterations,
redistribution
of
embedded
foods
globally.
Notably,
extraction
contributes
sea
level
rise,
increasing
the
risk
inundation
coastal
The
role
global
cycle
is
becoming
more
dynamic
complex.
Quantifying
these
essential
ensure
sustainable
supply
fresh
resources
for
people
ecosystems.
Global Change Biology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
30(2)
Published: Feb. 1, 2024
Scientific
innovation
is
overturning
conventional
paradigms
of
forest,
water,
and
energy
cycle
interactions.
This
has
implications
for
our
understanding
the
principal
causal
pathways
by
which
tree,
vegetation
cover
(TFVC)
influence
local
global
warming/cooling.
Many
identify
surface
albedo
carbon
sequestration
as
TFVC
affects
Moving
toward
outer
latitudes,
in
particular,
where
snow
more
important,
effects
are
perceived
to
overpower
sequestration.
By
raising
albedo,
deforestation
thus
predicted
lead
cooling,
while
increasing
forest
assumed
result
warming.
Observational
data,
however,
generally
support
opposite
conclusion,
suggesting
poorly
understood.
Most
accept
that
temperatures
influenced
interplay
incoming
shortwave
(SW)
radiation,
partitioning
remaining,
post-albedo,
SW
radiation
into
latent
sensible
heat.
However,
extent
avoidance
heat
formation
first
foremost
mediated
presence
(absence)
water
not
well
both
mediates
availability
on
land
drives
potential
production
(evapotranspiration,
ET).
While
directly
linked
than
cooling/warming,
it
driven
photosynthesis
powers
additional
cloud
top-of-cloud
reflectivity,
drive
cooling.
loss
reduces
storage,
precipitation
recycling,
downwind
rainfall
potential,
driving
reduction
ET
(latent
heat)
formation.
reducing
heat,
formation,
precipitation,
warming
(sensible
formation),
further
diminishes
growth
(carbon
sequestration).
Large-scale
tree
restoration
could,
therefore,
contribute
significantly
temperature
cooling
through
Water Resources Research,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
61(2)
Published: Feb. 1, 2025
Abstract
Over
95%
of
original
longleaf
pine
(
Pinus
palustris
)
(LLP)
forests
have
been
converted
to
other
land
uses,
including
loblolly
taeda
L
(LOP),
croplands,
urban
uses
during
the
past
two
centuries
in
southeastern
United
States
(U.S.)
for
socioeconomic
developments.
Restoring
LLP
represents
a
contemporary
forest
management
objective
improve
wildlife
habitat,
water
yield,
and
overall
ecosystem
services
resilience
changing
climate.
Given
importance
understanding
ecohydrological
processes
guiding
restoration
efforts,
this
study
compared
evapotranspiration
(ET)
measurements
at
eight
eddy
covariance
flux
sites
dominated
by
or
LOP
U.S.
In
addition,
we
developed
“paired
stands”
approach
compare
remote
sensing
based
ET
estimates
associated
site
biophysical
properties
approximately
1,600
LLP‐LOP
pairs.
We
found
significant
differences
ET,
ET/Precipitation
ratio,
yield/precipitation
ratio
between
types
forests,
these
are
explained
surface
histories.
Compared
LOP,
generally
had
lower
due
their
significantly
p
<
0.05)
leaf
area
index
but
higher
temperature
albedo.
Regionally,
increased
with
increase
atmospheric
dryness
(reference
ET/precipitation
ratio).
Therefore,
conclude
that
large‐scale
has
potential
reduce
augment
yield
long
run,
especially
relatively
drier
watersheds.
Maintaining
low
stand
tree
density
understory
characteristic
natural
ecosystems
through
active
is
critical
enhancing
supply.
Our
provides
scientific
basis
large
scale
diminishing
benefiting
resources
Environmental Conservation,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
51(3), P. 152 - 162
Published: April 23, 2024
Summary
The
concept
of
a
forest
transition
–
regional
shift
from
deforestation
to
recovery
tends
equate
area
expansion
with
sustainability,
assuming
that
more
is
good
for
people
and
the
environment.
To
promote
debate
just
ecologically
sustainable
outcomes
during
this
period
intense
focus
on
forests
(such
as
United
Nations’
Decade
Ecological
Restoration,
Trillion
Trees
initiative
at
Climate
Change
Conferences),
we
synthesize
recent
nuanced
integrated
research
inform
management
restoration
in
future.
Our
results
reveal
nine
pitfalls
transitions
sustainability
are
automatically
linked.
follows:
(1)
fixating
quantity
instead
quality;
(2)
masking
local
diversity
large-scale
trends;
(3)
expecting
U-shaped
temporal
trends
change;
(4)
failing
account
irreversibility;
(5)
framing
categories
concepts
universal/neutral;
(6)
diverting
attention
simplification
forestlands
into
single-purpose
conservation
or
intensive
production
lands;
(7)
neglecting
social
power
dispossessions;
(8)
productivism
hidden
driving
force;
(9)
ignoring
agency
sentiments.
We
develop
illustrate
these
local-
national-level
evidence
Southeast
Asia
outline
forward-looking
recommendations
policy
address
them.
Forest
neglects
risks
legitimizing
unsustainable
unjust
policies
programmes
tree
planting.
GCB Bioenergy,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(9)
Published: Aug. 7, 2024
Abstract
Biomass
feedstocks
are
growing
in
importance
due
to
their
ability
serve
as
a
renewable
alternative
fossil
fuels
for
large
scale
energy
generation,
with
bioenergy
projected
be
part
of
the
UK's
mix.
Combined
technologies
such
carbon
capture
and
storage,
sustainable
has
potential
produce
negative
emissions
including
counterbalancing
residual
emissions.
This
paper
presents
systematic
review
sustainability
impacts
wood
biomass
(forestry/SRC)
Miscanthus
,
which
grown
fuels,
comparing
three
key
indicators
sustainability:
soil
organic
sequestration
rates,
biodiversity,
water
use
efficiency
(WUE).
Analysis
shown
significant
influence
from
primary
composition
(
p
<
0.001)
previous
land
on
rates
following
conversion
feedstock
production.
Conversion
arable
forestry
can
have
positive
1.4
±
0.3
Mg
C
ha
−1
year
mineral
soils,
while
similar
conversions
highly
soils
lead
losses
−25
.
indicates
strong
need
careful
site
selection
future
plantations.
showed
no
preference
under
or
rate.
Biodiversity
at
different
trophic
scales
is
impacted
differently
by
No
impact
invertebrates
was
demonstrated
between
but
there
difference
crops
vertebrates
higher
levels.
A
limited
dataset
collected
WUE
review,
analysis
comparable
short
rotation
coppice,
had
significantly
lower
WUE.
With
global
temperatures
increasing
changes
climate,
stress
likely
increase.
will
play
an
important
role
considerations
dfor
long
term
planning
sourcing.
