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Escalating Hydroclimatic Extremes and Volatility in the UK Under 2°C and 4°C Warming

Earth's Future, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Hydrological extremes, including both floods and droughts, are projected to intensify under global warming, yet their joint evolution and variability across temperate catchments remain underexplored. This study uses bias‐corrected regional climate projections from the UK Climate Projections 2018 (UKCP18) and a distributed HBV‐TYN hydrological ...
Y. He, D. Manful, N. Forstenhäusler, Y. Huang, B. Smith, Q. Zha   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impervious Surfaces Do Not Impact Urban Tree Crown Growth

Forests
Tree canopies in urban areas have many important ecosystem functions, and councils have targets to increase urban tree canopy area, which has proved challenging. Urban centres have large areas of impervious surfaces, and there is a perception that impervious surfaces are harmful for urban tree growth as water cannot penetrate the soil in which trees ...
Peter Cybula, Patricia R. Torquato, Amy Hahs, Stefan K. Arndt   +3 more
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Classification‐Based Greenspace Exposure Assessment Reveals the Compensatory Role of Urban Cropland in Greenspace Equity

Earth's Future, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Urban greenspace inequality has become a major sustainability challenge, yet the roles of different greenspace types in mitigating exposure inequality remain poorly understood, even as cropland is increasingly being incorporated into urban landscape thinking.
Junnan Qi, Zhou Huang, Ganmin Yin, Fei Suo, Shuliang Ren, Xiaoqin Yan, Yi Bao, Yi Yin, Bin Chen   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of Urbanization on Infrastructure Sustainability and Resilience in Variable Microclimates Within Arid Environments

Earth's Future, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Rapid urbanization significantly intensifies land surface temperature (LST), with profound implications for local climate, infrastructure sustainability, and environmental quality. The Local Climate Zones (LCZs) classification provides a standardized framework for examining urban thermal dynamics and supporting strategies to mitigate heat ...
Abderraouf Hzami, Omer Abedrabboh, Christos Fountoukis, M. Rami Alfarra, Azzam Abu‐Rayash   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Vegetated and Synthetic (Impervious) Surfaces on the Microclimate of Urban Area

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2013
The present paper shows the considerable impacts of both vegetated and synthetic surfaces on the microclimate of urban area. Vegetation of a particular place affects the microclimate through reduced solar radiation and lower air temperature due to shading and evapotranspiration.
Obiakor, M.O., Ezeonyejiaku, C.D., Mogbo, T.C.   +2 more
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Importance of Spatially Continuous Urban Surface Properties in Urban‐Resolving Earth System Modeling

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Volume 18, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Accurate representation of urban properties and processes at higher resolutions in global modeling systems is essential for advancing our ability to capture the complexities of urban systems and informing effective resilience strategies. However, the prescription of coarse global‐scale urban properties in most state‐of‐the‐art Earth system ...
Yifan Cheng, Lei Zhao, Keith Oleson, TC Chakraborty, Keer Zhang, Cenlin He, Joyce Yang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Growing Threat of Flooding on Transportation Infrastructure Across Texas Through 2100

Earth's Future, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Flooding poses an escalating threat to transportation resilience, yet existing regulatory hazard maps often suffer from incomplete coverage and rely on static historical data, leaving vast infrastructure networks exposed to unquantified risks. We bridge this gap for Texas—a hydro‐geomorphologically diverse state with aging infrastructure—under
Rakibul Ahasan, İnci Güneralp, Burak Güneralp, Bjorn Birgisson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Landscape heterogeneity is an important predictor of snake–human encounters in Eswatini

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 6, June 2026.
Our results suggest that large‐scale land use changes, such as disintegration of natural habitat into smaller patches of habitat, are associated with a significant increased likelihood of encountering a snake. This has important implications for both snakebite prevention and landscape conservation in southern Africa as habitats change and populations ...
Sara Padidar, Robert J. Fletcher Jr., Wisdom M. Dlamini, Thea Litschka‐Koen, Ara Monadjem   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detecting Land Use Change Impacts on Streamflow by Combining Field Data and Water Balance Modelling

JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Volume 62, Issue 3, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Over the last half‐century, land use changes, including deforestation, urban sprawl, and open‐pit surface mining, have accelerated across the Susurluk Basin in northwestern Türkiye. This study analysed how land use changes, damming and mining activities affected basin hydrology using empirical and analytical methods and the process‐based Water
İsmail Bilal Peker, Eren Dağra Sökmen, Ning Liu, Sezar Gülbaz, Ge Sun, Steven G. McNulty, Yusuf Serengil   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of freshwater availability and terrestrial land‐cover change in the distribution of a declining, terrestrial, insectivorous bird

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 3, June 2026.
Abstract Insectivorous, Afro‐Palearctic migrant birds provide cross‐border ecosystem services, but many are declining rapidly. The complex life cycle of migrant birds makes their conservation difficult, but understanding where they spend time during the breeding season can help indicate where those actions will be most effective.
Catrin F. Eden, Simon Gillings, Richard K. Broughton, Bart Donato, Chris M. Hewson, Stuart P. Sharp   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source