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Where Projects Fail: Geospatial Evidence of Delays and Cancellations in Chinese Development Finance

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Delays and cancellations can severely undermine the effectiveness of development finance. Yet, little systematic evidence exists on where and why these disruptions occur within the rapidly expanding portfolio of Chinese‐financed development projects in Africa.
Leoni Mendler‐Krakau
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Urbanization accelerates soil degradation in peri-urban compared to rural farms. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Rezapour S, Nouri A, Shokohi M, Alamdari P.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Extreme Hourly Rainfall in the Hawaiian Islands

International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
The extreme rainfall trends in Hawaiʻi were revealed by hourly rainfall data: Across islands, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island had larger events at a return period. Annual maximum series of 15 gauges showed significant positive trends. While extreme rainfall trends show increases or decreases regionally, the trends varied with rainfall duration.
Maxime Gayte, Yu‐Fen Huang, Yinphan Tsang, Pao‐Shin Chu, Thomas W. Giambelluca, Hanpei Zhang   +5 more
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Climate-driven Avicennia germinans expansion reduces marsh edge erosion in coastal Louisiana (USA). [PDF]

Sci Rep
Rabalais M, Elmer E, Quirk TE, Mariotti G.   +3 more
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Low‐Intensity Precipitation Dominates Peninsular Spain (1961–2022)

International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
Spatial analysis across Spain shows a shift in precipitation regimes (1961–2022) toward more frequent low‐intensity precipitation and reduced high‐intensity events, with localised increases in heavy precipitation along some coastal areas. This redistribution—captured through changes in precipitation frequency (RF) and volumetric contribution (RC ...
Ahmed M. El Kenawy, Santiago Beguería, Fernando Domínguez‐Castro, Amar Halifa‐Marín, Maria Adell‐Michavila, Borja Latorre, Magí Franquesa, Islam M. Gaber, Islam M. Hamdi, Sergio M. Vicente‐Serrano   +9 more
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Estimating soil erosion utilizing geospatial method and revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE) of Abu Ghraibat Watershed, Eastern Misan Governorate, Iraq. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Maaroof BF, Kareem HH, Al-Zubaydi JH, Al-Ansari N, Aziz MA, Al-Quraishy DAA, Al-Hasani B, Abdellatif M, Carnacina I, Thannoun RG, Al-Kubaisi MS, Al-Maarofi SS.   +11 more
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From Rare to Recurrent: Intensifying Hot–Dry Extremes Across Romania

International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
Romania has undergone a marked shift toward more frequent and spatially extensive compound hot–dry months since the 1990s, with persistent hotspots in the eastern Moldavian Plateau and the lower Danube–Bărăgan–Black Sea lowlands and comparatively buffered conditions at higher elevations.
Viorica Nagavciuc, Monica Ionita
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Long-term ecological effectiveness of the Three-North shelterbelt program assessed by changes in ecosystem services. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Guan X, Wang S, Xu M, Ji J, Cao C.
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Compound Meteorological and Hydrological Hot‐Dry and Hot‐Wet Extremes Over Global Land Areas: Spatiotemporal Changes, Attribution, and Drivers

International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
The changes in joint return period of compound meteorological hot‐dry (CMHHE) and hot‐wet (CMHWE) and compound hydrological hot‐dry (CHHDE) and hot‐wet (CHHWE) extremes were attributed to changes in associated univariate extremes and their dependence.
Ruting Yang, Silong Zhang, Xiongpeng Tang, Chao Gao, Haibin Zhang, Xin Yin, Yanli Liu   +6 more
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Ecological multifunctionality of watersheds increases with tree species richness. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Zhang J, Reich PB, Song C, Zhang Y, Chen HYH, Nabuurs GJ, Wang X, He T, Dolezal J, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Paquette A, Viana H, Alberti G, Parfenova E, Tchebakova N, Liang J, Crowther TW, de-Miguel S, Pfautsch S, Schall P, Jaroszewicz B, Peri PL, Picard N, Zhang Q, Zhang K.   +24 more
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