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View article: The Escalating Threat of Heatwaves in Central Asia: Climate Change Impacts and Public Health Risks
The Escalating Threat of Heatwaves in Central Asia: Climate Change Impacts and Public Health Risks Open
Extreme temperature events, particularly heatwaves, are intensifying due to climate change and urbanization, posing major public health challenges in Central Asia (CA), where research is limited. Despite the rising frequency and severity o…
View article: Can University Campuses Be Urban Living Labs? Case Study of Soil and Tree Functions at Wageningen University Green Area
Can University Campuses Be Urban Living Labs? Case Study of Soil and Tree Functions at Wageningen University Green Area Open
Analysis of the spatial relationships between carbon (C) and energy fluxes in urban green areas with management and maintenance of urban green infrastructures (UGIs) is necessary to support decisions in UGI planning aiming to facilitate mi…
View article: Exploring the integration of urban climate models and urban building energy models through shared databases: a review
Exploring the integration of urban climate models and urban building energy models through shared databases: a review Open
Urban energy demand and climate dynamics are inherently interconnected. However, existing modeling approaches often fail to integrate data effectively across multiple spatial scales. Urban Building Energy Models (UBEMs) and Urban Climate M…
View article: Energy Generation and Carbon Footprint under Future Projections (2022–2100) of Central Asian Temperature Extremes
Energy Generation and Carbon Footprint under Future Projections (2022–2100) of Central Asian Temperature Extremes Open
Limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5 °C is becoming increasingly difficult. The study analyzed data from 700 locations (1962–2100) to assess climate change impacts on heating‐cooling energy and carbon footprint in under‐researched C…
View article: Extreme Temperature Events in Kazakhstan and Their Impacts on Public Health and Energy Demand
Extreme Temperature Events in Kazakhstan and Their Impacts on Public Health and Energy Demand Open
Extreme temperature events such as heatwaves are becoming increasingly severe and frequent because of climate change, posing significant challenges to public health and energy infrastructure. This study explores the impacts of extreme temp…
View article: Zika and Chikungunya in Europe 2100 – A GIS based model for risk estimation
Zika and Chikungunya in Europe 2100 – A GIS based model for risk estimation Open
Temperature is only one of many factors influencing the spread of vector-borne infectious diseases. Nevertheless, the representation of risk areas on the basis of climate scenarios allows an assessment of future risk development. Monitorin…
View article: Solute fluxes in headwater catchments with contrasting anthropogenic impact
Solute fluxes in headwater catchments with contrasting anthropogenic impact Open
Understanding the response of headwater catchments to increasing anthropogenic influences is one of the key issues in hydrological and geomorphological research. Two headwater catchments with contrasting human impacts on the environment we…
View article: Spontaneous tree growth and carbon dynamics during the first decade after removal of a coniferous monoculture at a humid temperate forest site
Spontaneous tree growth and carbon dynamics during the first decade after removal of a coniferous monoculture at a humid temperate forest site Open
In September 2013, 8.6 hectares of a 70-year old Norway spruce (picea abies) monoculture were cleared in the newly founded national park Eifel (Germany) and left to spontaneous regrowth of the expected deciduous forest matching the site…
View article: Observations of Changes in Vineyards Using Long-Term MODIS NDVI and LAI around Geothermal Power Plants
Observations of Changes in Vineyards Using Long-Term MODIS NDVI and LAI around Geothermal Power Plants Open
Turkey is ranked 4th worldwide in terms of installed geothermal power plant (GPP) capacity (IRENA, 2023). On the other hand, there are some discussions regarding their impacts on valuable economic agricultural products like figs, olives, a…
View article: Perspectives for the lignite post-mining landscapes of the lignite mining landscapes under changing environmental conditions – what can we learn from a comparison between the Rhenish and the Lusatian regions in Germany?
Perspectives for the lignite post-mining landscapes of the lignite mining landscapes under changing environmental conditions – what can we learn from a comparison between the Rhenish and the Lusatian regions in Germany? Open
The German government's decision to phase out lignite mining by 2038 or earlier, as recently 2030 has been agreed for the Rhineland, will trigger a number of transition processes in Germany's remaining lignite mining areas. The two largest…
View article: Societal Transformation: Transformation Research, Transformational Research, Research Transformation: A Novel Framework from RWTH Aachen University
Societal Transformation: Transformation Research, Transformational Research, Research Transformation: A Novel Framework from RWTH Aachen University Open
The global environmental crisis, technological developments, the COVID-19 pandemic, and ongoing economic and political globalization are just a few of the developments that are massively increasing the pressure for transformation on region…
View article: Ecosystem Services as a Framework for Transformation of the Rhenish Mining Area
Ecosystem Services as a Framework for Transformation of the Rhenish Mining Area Open
This book chapter discusses the concept of ecosystem services as a potential framework for socio-ecological transformation processes in mining areas toward resilient and sustainable post-mining landscapes. As mining landscapes all around t…
View article: Joint optimization of land carbon uptake and albedo can help achieve moderate instantaneous and long-term cooling effects
Joint optimization of land carbon uptake and albedo can help achieve moderate instantaneous and long-term cooling effects Open
Both carbon dioxide uptake and albedo of the land surface affect global climate. However, climate change mitigation by increasing carbon uptake can cause a warming trade-off by decreasing albedo, with most research focusing on afforestatio…
View article: Perspectives of lignite post-mining landscapes under changing environmental conditions: what can we learn from a comparison between the Rhenish and Lusatian region in Germany?
Perspectives of lignite post-mining landscapes under changing environmental conditions: what can we learn from a comparison between the Rhenish and Lusatian region in Germany? Open
Background The decision of the German federal government to cease lignite mining until 2038 or—if possible—already earlier until 2030, will cause manifold transition processes in the remaining lignite mining districts of Germany. The two l…
View article: Comparison of Meteorological Drought Indices in Georgia (1931-2020)
Comparison of Meteorological Drought Indices in Georgia (1931-2020) Open
Recently, the severity of droughts has been increasing due to climate change. Due to the multifaceted nature of droughts (meteorological, hydrological, economic, ecological, etc.), it affects almost all aspects of community life directly o…
View article: Networking the forest infrastructure towards near real-time monitoring – A white paper
Networking the forest infrastructure towards near real-time monitoring – A white paper Open
Forests account for nearly 90 % of the world's terrestrial biomass in the form of carbon and they support 80 % of the global biodiversity. To understand the underlying forest dynamics, we need a long-term but also relatively high-frequency…
View article: Environmental Drivers of Gross Primary Productivity and Light Use Efficiency of a Temperate Spruce Forest
Environmental Drivers of Gross Primary Productivity and Light Use Efficiency of a Temperate Spruce Forest Open
Various environmental variables drive gross primary productivity (GPP) and light use efficiency (LUE) of forest ecosystems. However, due to their intertwined nature and the complexity of measuring absorbed photosynthetically active radiati…
View article: Localising and quantifying night-time cooling effects from sub-catchments in a mid-European low mountain area
Localising and quantifying night-time cooling effects from sub-catchments in a mid-European low mountain area Open
We propose a novel method to analyse and quantify cooling effects provided to a settlement by source areas of nocturnal cold-air drainage. In an interdisciplinary approach, these source areas were defined as hydrological sub-catchments of …
View article: The Impact of Partial Deforestation on Solute Fluxes and Stream Water Ionic Composition in a Headwater Catchment
The Impact of Partial Deforestation on Solute Fluxes and Stream Water Ionic Composition in a Headwater Catchment Open
To ensure the good chemical status of surface water across Europe, it is necessary to increase research on the comprehensive impact of land use and land cover changes, i.e., deforestation, on the natural environment. For this reason, we us…
View article: Related data to article "Environmental Drivers of Gross Primary Productivity and Light Use Efficiency of a Temperate Spruce Forest"
Related data to article "Environmental Drivers of Gross Primary Productivity and Light Use Efficiency of a Temperate Spruce Forest" Open
Data related to the article "Environmental Drivers of Gross Primary Productivity and Light Use Efficiency of a Temperate Spruce Forest", currently (2022-12-05) under review for publication in JGR:Biogeosciences.
View article: Related data to article "Environmental Drivers of Gross Primary Productivity and Light Use Efficiency of a Temperate Spruce Forest"
Related data to article "Environmental Drivers of Gross Primary Productivity and Light Use Efficiency of a Temperate Spruce Forest" Open
Data related to the article "Environmental Drivers of Gross Primary Productivity and Light Use Efficiency of a Temperate Spruce Forest", currently (2022-12-05) under review for publication in JGR:Biogeosciences.
View article: Headwater chemistry in subarctic areas with different plant communities (Finnish Lapland)
Headwater chemistry in subarctic areas with different plant communities (Finnish Lapland) Open
Eliza Płaczkowska, Katarzyna Wasak-Sęk, Mirosław Å»elazny, Łukasz Jelonkiewicz, Ilkka Syvänperä, Riku Paavola, Katja Sippola, Rauni Partanen, Michael Leuchner. Episodes 2023;46:239-57. https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2022/022026
View article: Effects of Measurement Height and Low-Pass-Filtering Corrections on Eddy-Covariance Flux Measurements Over a Forest Clearing with Complex Vegetation
Effects of Measurement Height and Low-Pass-Filtering Corrections on Eddy-Covariance Flux Measurements Over a Forest Clearing with Complex Vegetation Open
Flux measurements over heterogeneous surfaces with growing vegetation and a limited fetch are a difficult task, as measurement heights that are too high or too low above the canopy adversely affect results. The aim of this study is to asse…
View article: Eddy covariance flux data at the Wüstebach clear-cut site for the 2020 growing season
Eddy covariance flux data at the Wüstebach clear-cut site for the 2020 growing season Open
Data related to the research article Effects of Measurement Height and Low-Pass Filtering Corrections on Eddy-Covariance Flux Measurements Over a Forest Clearing with Complex Vegetation published in Boundary-Layer Meteorology.
View article: Eddy covariance flux data at the Wüstebach clear-cut site for the 2020 growing season
Eddy covariance flux data at the Wüstebach clear-cut site for the 2020 growing season Open
Data related to the research article Effects of Measurement Height and Low-Pass Filtering Corrections on Eddy-Covariance Flux Measurements Over a Forest Clearing with Complex Vegetation published in Boundary-Layer Meteorology.