Agroforestry can support cleaner water, but poor design carries risks
A systematic review of 110 records finds that appropriately designed agroforestry can reduce runoff, erosion and nutrient losses, but dense ...
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Rethinking the Default: Fine-Tuning a Land Surface Model for Snow and Flood Prediction in the Missouri River Basin
A NASA-led study of the Missouri River Basin shows that swapping individual physics schemes in the Noah-MP land surface model ...
Clearing Invasive Bush Could Soften Droughts in a Warming Ethiopia, Study Finds
A new modelling study of Ethiopia's Ganale Dawa River Basin shows that clearing encroaching woody vegetation can reduce agricultural drought ...
Wildfires Are Quietly Pushing Toxic Arsenic Into the Water We Drink
A new scoping review finds that wildfires frequently mobilize arsenic into surface waters, with burned mining, agricultural, and urban areas ...
New Drought Index Tracks the Whole Water Cycle, Not Just Rainfall
A new copula-based study of Shandong Province shows that a runoff-centered drought index outperforms precipitation-based alternatives by integrating the full ...
Meta-Analysis Reveals How Warming Is Reshaping Water Flows in Pakistan’s Frozen Mountains
A new meta-analysis of 29 studies finds that precipitation significantly drives runoff in northern Pakistan's glacier-fed mountains, while temperature effects ...
Machine Learning Reveals How Warming Penetrates Frozen Soils of Northeast China
A new interpretable machine learning study shows that warming in Northeast China's frozen soils decreases with depth, with longwave radiation, ...
Ancient Honeycomb Stone Walls Slash Erosion and Boost Sorghum Yields in Benin
A two-year field experiment in Benin shows that farmers' traditional honeycomb stone arrangements cut soil loss by up to 52 ...
Satellite Gravity Data Reveal the Right Way to Balance a Region’s Water
Researchers at the University of Isfahan compared three water balance formulations against downscaled GRACE satellite gravity data and found that ...
Most of Earth’s Catchments Handle Rainfall in Surprisingly Complex Ways
A new global classification of more than 80,000 catchments reveals that complex rainfall–runoff behavior is the planetary norm, especially in ...
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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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