River ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry in a changing world

TJ Battin, R Lauerwald, ES Bernhardt, E Bertuzzo… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
River networks represent the largest biogeochemical nexus between the continents, ocean
and atmosphere. Our current understanding of the role of rivers in the global carbon cycle …

Recent advances and new frontiers in riverine and coastal flood modeling

K Jafarzadegan, H Moradkhani… - Reviews of …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decades, the scientific community has made significant efforts to simulate
flooding conditions using a variety of complex physically based models. Despite all …

The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt

P Haase, DE Bowler, NJ Baker, N Bonada, S Domisch… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
Owing to a long history of anthropogenic pressures, freshwater ecosystems are among the
most vulnerable to biodiversity loss. Mitigation measures, including wastewater treatment …

Satellites reveal hotspots of global river extent change

Q Wu, L Ke, J Wang, TM Pavelsky, GH Allen… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Rivers are among the most diverse, dynamic, and productive ecosystems on Earth. River
flow regimes are constantly changing, but characterizing and understanding such changes …

Designing diversified renewable energy systems to balance multisector performance

JM Gonzalez, JE Tomlinson, EA Martínez Ceseña… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Renewable energy system development and improved operation can mitigate climate
change. In many regions, hydropower is called to counterbalance the temporal variability of …

Rising water temperature in rivers: Ecological impacts and future resilience

MF Johnson, LK Albertson, AC Algar… - Wiley …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Rising water temperatures in rivers due to climate change are already having observable
impacts on river ecosystems. Warming water has both direct and indirect impacts on aquatic …

River damming impacts on fish habitat and associated conservation measures

Q Chen, Q Li, Y Lin, J Zhang, J **a, J Ni… - Reviews of …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
River damming has brought great benefits to flood mitigation, energy and food production,
and will continue to play a significant role in global energy supply, particularly in Asia, Africa …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive geospatial database of nearly 100 000 reservoirs in China

C Song, C Fan, J Zhu, J Wang, Y Sheng… - Earth System …, 2022‏ - essd.copernicus.org
With rapid population growth and socioeconomic development over the last century, a great
number of dams/reservoirs have been constructed globally to meet various needs. China …

Fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages reveal extensive degradation of the world's rivers

MJ Feio, RM Hughes, SRQ Serra… - Global Change …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Rivers suffer from multiple stressors acting simultaneously on their biota, but the
consequences are poorly quantified at the global scale. We evaluated the biological …

Global trends in aquatic animal tracking with acoustic telemetry

JK Matley, NV Klinard, APB Martins, K Aarestrup… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2022‏ - cell.com
Acoustic telemetry (AT) is a rapidly evolving technique used to track the movements of
aquatic animals. As the capacity of AT research expands it is important to optimize its …