Satellite Record Reveals Two Decades of Greening in China’s Kubuqi Desert
A 24-year satellite analysis shows that more than 80 percent of China's Kubuqi Desert has experienced highly significant vegetation greening, ...
Tag: land use change
Machine learning maps rapid urban expansion in Gambella
A Random Forest and satellite-imaging study found that built-up land in Gambella, Ethiopia, rose from 93 hectares in 2005 to ...
Research report: Geospatial approaches to mapping invasive alien plants: the neglected role of soil in remote sensing and GIS-based distribution models
A systematic review found that 17 of 24 studies reporting geospatial predictors for invasive alien plants omitted direct soil variables, ...
Revised water footprint lowers south-central Chile appropriation estimate by 2.7-fold
A revised water-footprint model estimated human water appropriation across south-central Chile at about 5 billion cubic metres per year, 2.7 ...
Global staple-food trade dataset estimates biodiversity loss across 157 countries, 1995–2022
A research dataset and network analysis estimated biodiversity loss embodied in global trade of wheat, soybeans, rice and maize across ...
Review and workshop identify Southern American coastal lakes as a sentinel network for global change
A review and 2025 expert workshop identify more than 100 shallow coastal lakes in southern Brazil and eastern Uruguay as ...
Dongting Lake wetlands reshaped as waterbird communities shift with recession
A 2000–2020 landscape and waterbird study found that Dongting Lake’s nearly stable wetland area concealed major habitat reconfiguration, modest modeled ...
Study links wetland loss to Croatian beetle’s local extinction
A century-scale reconstruction indicates that a wetland beetle disappeared from Croatia’s Mediterranean region despite protected areas containing most of its ...
Distribution model projects narrower future range for Chilean sky island lizard
A species-distribution model projects a 42.5% contraction in the climatically suitable range of Liolaemus nigroviridis by 2080 under RCP 8.5, ...
Ghana’s Expanding Universities Are Quietly Reshaping Their Host Communities
A new study of communities surrounding Ghana's KNUST documents how university-driven urbanization has transformed land use and intensified noise, waste, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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