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Land surface diversity: A geomorphodiversity index of Italy

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Volume 48, Issue 15, Page 3025-3040, December 2023., 2023
Geomorphodiversity refers to the variety of landforms and morphological processes characterizing the landscape. The definition of an index to quantify geomorphodiversity is a relevant step for Earth science, land use management, geoheritage conservation, and helps describing the interaction between abiotic and biotic compartments.
Martina Burnelli, Laura Melelli, Massimiliano Alvioli   +2 more
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Seeing beyond the frames we inherit: A challenge to tenacious conservation narratives

People and Nature, Volume 5, Issue 6, Page 2107-2123, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Natural and social scientists everywhere are struggling to understand how to proceed in the face of continued biodiversity loss and the injustices brought upon people living in and around conservation landscapes. This has resulted in increasing calls for critical reflection on the narratives driving conservation research and practice ...
Stephen M. Chignell, Terre Satterfield
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Reconstructing human‐induced geomorphic changes through historical maps and multitemporal remote sensing data in the Cancano–San Giacomo di Fraele reservoirs (Central Alps, Italy)

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Volume 51, Issue 3, March 2026.
Reconstructing ~200 years of landscape change at the Cancano–San Giacomo hydroelectric system (Central Alps), we integrate historical cartography, archival photographs, multitemporal aerial/satellite imagery and field validation to map pre‐ and post‐impoundment landforms.
Luca Forti, Manuela Pelfini, Anna Masseroli, Michele Zucali, Fabrizio Felletti, Stefano Morosini, Fabrizio Trisoglio, Andrea Zerboni, Roberto Sergio Azzoni   +8 more
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The New Space Race Era: The Exogeoheritage Challenge and Its Conservation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract The escalating pace of space exploration has ushered in a new era reminiscent of the space race of the 1960s. However, the discourse on exogeoconservation—the protection of geological heritage—now demands a prominent place in decision‐making processes.
B. De Toffoli
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Field Observations of Decreasing Rock Fracturing Rates Over Geologic Time

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, Volume 131, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract Rock fracturing regulates the topography, carbon cycle, geologic hazards, and infrastructure degradation of the Earth. Yet, there remains a paucity of constraints on long‐term fracturing behavior. Here we use field measurements of 2221 clasts across a range of environments and rock types to show that the number and total length of fractures in
M. Rasmussen, M. C. Eppes, A. Mushkin, P. G. Meredith, T. M. Mitchell, R. Keanini, J. Aldred, P. Andričević, S. Berberich, M. P. Dahlquist, S. G. Evans, M. Jain, M. Morovati, A. Layzell, Y. Nara, A. P. Rinehart, E. L. Sellwood, U. Shaanan   +17 more
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Systematic Slowing of Initially Rapid Retreat of New Coasts Formed by Historical Eruptions in Volcanic Islands

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, Volume 130, Issue 8, August 2025.
Abstract Due to their exposure to waves, volcanic island coasts typically retreat with cliff collapses and other erosional processes. Understanding how retreat rates vary over time and in response to environmental and other factors could be useful for geohazard assessment, coastal management and landform reconstruction.
Zhongwei Zhao, Neil C. Mitchell, Rui Quartau, Ricardo S. Ramalho   +3 more
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Morphometry and spatio‐temporal evolution of salt karren

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Volume 50, Issue 8, 30 June 2025.
Analysis of salt karren (pits, flutes, bevels and pedestals) using high‐resolution, multi‐temporal 3D models generated by SfM photogrammetry Morphometric characterisation and comparison with karren in other lithologies Complex evolutionary patterns of flutes and bevels and rapid vertical growth of pedestals Abstract Morphometric data on karren ...
Guillermo Pérez‐Villar, Francisco Gutiérrez, Alfonso Benito‐Calvo, Carles Roqué   +3 more
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Developments in Permafrost Science and Engineering in Response to Climate Warming in Circumpolar and High Mountain Regions, 2019–2024

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 167-188, April/June 2025.
ABSTRACT Research in geocryology is currently principally concerned with the effects of climate change on permafrost terrain. The motivations for most of the research are (1) quantification of the anticipated net emissions of CO2 and CH4 from warming and thaw of near‐surface permafrost and (2) mitigation of effects on infrastructure of such warming and
Christopher R. Burn, Annett Bartsch, Elora Chakraborty, Soumik Das, Regula Frauenfelder, Isabelle Gärtner‐Roer, Kjersti G. Gisnås, Teddi Herring, Benjamin M. Jones, Steven V. Kokelj, Moritz Langer, Emma Lathrop, Julian B. Murton, David M. Nielsen, Fujun Niu, Christine Olson, H. Brendan O'Neill, Sophie Opfergelt, Pier Paul Overduin, Kevin Schaefer, Edward A. G. Schuur, Elliott Skierszkan, Sharon L. Smith, Simone M. Stuenzi, Suzanne E. Tank, Jurjen van der Sluijs, Gonçalo Vieira, Sebastian Westermann, Stephen A. Wolfe, Ed Yarmak   +29 more
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An Ordovician Assemblage of Cool Water‐Adapted Paleotropical Ostracods Suggests an Early Psychrosphere

Island Arc, Volume 34, Issue 1, January/December 2025.
ABSTRACT An ostracod assemblage from the Late Ordovician (Katian) Phu Ngu Formation of northern Vietnam, South China paleoplate, yields typical Baltic and Laurentian‐affinity genera together with some endemic forms. Detailed paleontological and sedimentary analysis of the Phu Ngu Formation suggests it was deposited in a deeper marine forearc setting ...
Anna McGairy, Phong Duc Nguyen, Mark Williams, Christopher P. Stocker, Thomas H. P. Harvey, Toshifumi Komatsu, Thomas W. Wong Hearing, C. Giles Miller, Chloé M. Marcilly, Alexandre Pohl   +9 more
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The complex governance of protected areas: Insights from geoheritage and geopark management in China

Environmental Policy and Governance, Volume 34, Issue 6, Page 679-690, December 2024.
Abstract Geoparks aim to conserve areas of geological significance and achieve sustainable endogenous regional development via geotourism. The management of geoparks requires the involvement of all relevant stakeholders and authorities. However, the strategies when establishing geoparks are often based on the visions of scientists and policymakers ...
Andi Zhuang, Arie Stoffelen, Erik Meijles, Peter Groote   +3 more
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