Scientific discovery in the age of artificial intelligence

H Wang, T Fu, Y Du, W Gao, K Huang, Z Liu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being increasingly integrated into scientific discovery to augment
and accelerate research, hel** scientists to generate hypotheses, design experiments …

Artificial intelligence for geoscience: Progress, challenges and perspectives

T Zhao, S Wang, C Ouyang, M Chen, C Liu, J Zhang… - The Innovation, 2024 - cell.com
This paper explores the evolution of geoscientific inquiry, tracing the progression from
traditional physics-based models to modern data-driven approaches facilitated by significant …

Hydropower impacts on riverine biodiversity

F He, C Zarfl, K Tockner, JD Olden, Z Campos… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Hydropower is a rapidly develo** and globally important source of renewable electricity.
Globally, over 60% of rivers longer than 500 km are already fragmented and thousands of …

Sustainable irrigation and climate feedbacks

Y Yang, Z **, ND Mueller, AW Driscoll, RR Hernandez… - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
Agricultural irrigation induces greenhouse gas emissions directly from soils or indirectly
through the use of energy or construction of dams and irrigation infrastructure, while climate …

[ΒΙΒΛΙΟ][B] Climate and society: Transforming the future

R Leichenko, K O'Brien - 2024 - books.google.com
This bold and passionate textbook has become a go-to introduction to current and emerging
thinking on the social dimensions of climate change, presenting key concepts and …

Potential ecological impacts of floating photovoltaics on lake biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

R Nobre, S Boulêtreau, F Colas, F Azémar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The need to mitigate the effects of climate change is accelerating the development of novel
technologies such as floating photovoltaics (FPV). Despite FPV being identified as an …

Hydropower expansion in eco-sensitive river basins under global energy-economic change

AFMK Chowdhury, T Wild, Y Zhang, M Binsted… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Vast hydropower resources remain untapped globally, the deployment of which could
provide energy-economic benefits but negatively impact riverine ecosystems. Across eco …

Declining cost of renewables and climate change curb the need for African hydropower expansion

A Carlino, M Wildemeersch, CJ Chawanda, M Giuliani… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Across continental Africa, more than 300 new hydropower projects are under consideration
to meet the future energy demand that is expected based on the growing population and …

Accelerating environmental flow implementation to bend the curve of global freshwater biodiversity loss

AH Arthington, D Tickner, ME McClain… - Environmental …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Environmental flows (e-flows) aim to mitigate the threat of altered hydrological regimes in
river systems and connected waterbodies and are an important component of integrated …