Wetlands are often considered as nature-based solutions that can provide a multitude of
services of great social, economic and environmental value to humankind. Changes in land …

Efforts are increasingly being made to classify the world's wetland resources, an important
ecosystem and habitat that is diminishing in abundance. There are multiple remote sensing …

Abstract Motivation The BioTIME database contains raw data on species identities and
abundances in ecological assemblages through time. These data enable users to calculate …

Abstract Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia is the deepest and (by volume) largest lake on Earth.
Among the most ancient lakes, it is home to thousands of endemic species. Lake Baikal is …

Wetlands are often vital physical and social components of a country's natural capital, as
well as providers of ecosystem services to local and national communities. We performed a …

Water and sediment supply are essential to the health of deltaic ecosystems. Diverse
datasets were integrated to better understand how climate change is shifting the supply of …

This study presents detailed suspended sediment budget for the four Siberian river deltas,
representing contrasting conditions between Northern and Southern environments. Two of …

Mining has become one of the main causes of increased heavy metal loading of river
systems throughout the world. There is however an evident gap between assessments of …

Central Asia contains one of the largest internal drainage basins in the world, and its
continental location results in limited availability of both surface and groundwater. Since the …

Abstract The Selenga River basin, located in southern Siberia, is an important component of
the Lake Baikal ecosystem, and comprises approximately 80% of the Baikal watershed …