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Restoration tools and strategies for afforested Mediterranean coastal grasslands: is eucalypt removal alone enough to kickstart ecosystem recovery?

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Afforestation with non‐native trees has profoundly altered coastal dune grasslands worldwide, creating persistent ecological legacies that constrain ecosystem recovery. Objectives We evaluated the cost‐effectiveness of two restoration approaches, distinguished by their respective demands for resource investment: Moderately ...
Aviv Avisar, James Aronson, Tamar Dayan
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Growth‐stage adaptive ventilation strategy for compact cultivation systems based on airflow simulation

Agricultural &Environmental Letters, Volume 11, Issue 1, June 2026.
Abstract Airflow design in compact cultivation systems is often overlooked despite its importance for microclimate and crop performance. This study aimed to determine whether growth‐stage‐aware ventilation strategies are necessary for effective airflow in small chambers. Using graphics processing unit accelerated, computer‐based airflow simulations, we
Jung‐Sun Gloria Kim, Jiwon Yang, Soo Chung   +2 more
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Understanding the human dimensions of wildfire risk at a community level in British Columbia, Canada

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes, Volume 70, Issue 2, Summer / été 2026.
Abstract Recent spikes in the number of large and catastrophic wildfires in Canada pose significant risks to the environment and society. Rural and remote communities are especially at risk due to their location in wildfire‐prone areas, remoteness, and limited access or escape routes.
James Whitehead, Tristan D. Pearce, Greg Halseth, Ivan Villaverde Canosa, James D. Ford   +4 more
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Machine Learning Classification of AI‐Generated and Human‐Mapped Buildings in OpenStreetMap Using Morphometric Analysis

Transactions in GIS, Volume 30, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT The proliferation of AI‐generated building footprints in OpenStreetMap (OSM) has transformed crowdsourced mapping, yet the geometric characteristics associated with different digitization methods remain poorly understood. This study presents a comprehensive morphometric analysis of more than 9 million building footprints across 15 ...
Abdulkadir Memduhoğlu
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Detecting Pteridium arachnoideum and Tithonia diversifolia in a Multiclass Land‐Cover Framework in the Cerrado: A Deep Learning Time‐Series Benchmark With Spatial Cross‐Validation

Transactions in GIS, Volume 30, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This study presents the first deep‐learning time‐series benchmark for detecting two encroaching species in the Brazilian Cerrado: the native super‐dominant fern Pteridium arachnoideum and the invasive alien shrub Tithonia diversifolia. We evaluate 43 architectures across six families (CNNs, RNNs, Transformers, and three hybrid groups) on ...
Leandro de Arruda Bruno, Osmar Abílio de Carvalho Júnior, Osmar Luiz Ferreira de Carvalho, Potira Meirelles Hermuche   +3 more
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Nano/Micro‐Engineered Hydrogel Carriers for Sustainable Agriculture: Bridging Structural Form to Field Performance

Advanced Sustainable Systems, Volume 10, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Hydrogels are 3D polymeric networks that can absorb and retain significant amounts of water and exhibit physical properties such as swelling and contraction in response to changes in the external environment. Owing to these unique physicochemical properties, hydrogels have attracted interest as effective solutions to key challenges in modern ...
Yeonseo Kim, Seyeong Heo, Minhyeok Noh, Hojin Wang, Yu‐Jin Kim, Eun Sang Jung, Dae Youn Hwang, Woochan Kim, Jangho Kim, Sunho Park   +9 more
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Exploring the relationship between air temperature and urban morphology factors using machine learning under local climate zones

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
Urban microclimate faces serious challenges due to increased urbanization and frequent heatwave events. Many studies focused on investigating the holistic quantitative relationships between urban morphology factors and heat island intensity at the city ...
Chengliang Fan, Binwei Zou, Jianjun Li, Mo Wang, Yundan Liao, Xiaoqing Zhou   +5 more
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Ecosystem‐Centered Robot Design: Toward Ecoresorbable Sustainability Robots (ESRs)

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 15, 13 March 2026.
Robots exploring natural ecosystems can support monitoring and conservation, but must adopt ecosystem‐centered design to avoid pollution, waste, and damage. This review proposes guidelines for co‐designing ecoresorbable sustainability robots (ESRs), uniting materials, robotics, and ecological contexts in a single framework.
Tülin Yılmaz Nayır, Yuan Fang, Consuelo Contreras, Andrew K. Schulz, Florian Hartmann   +4 more
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How AI Shapes the Future Landscape of Sustainable Building Design With Climate Change Challenges?

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 13, 3 March 2026.
This review examines how artificial intelligence reshapes sustainable building design faced with climate change challenges. The authors synthesize existing studies to demonstrate AI's transformative potential across design lifecycle phases from climate‐aware form generation to performance optimization.
Pengyuan Shen, Xiaoni Gao, Shuai Lu, Yi Zhang, Xing Zheng, Matthaios Santamouris   +5 more
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Urban heat exacerbates climatic risks to urban biodiversity

npj Urban Sustainability
Urban climates typically exhibit high local variability and diverge markedly from mesoclimate conditions. Yet, urban microclimate data needed to assess the impacts of urban heat on biodiversity are lacking.
Andreas Dietzel, Marco Moretti, Kilian Perrelet, Lauren M. Cook   +3 more
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