The changing nature of groundwater in the global water cycle

X Kuang, J Liu, BR Scanlon, JJ Jiao, S Jasechko… - Science, 2024 - science.org
In recent decades, climate change and other anthropogenic activities have substantially
affected groundwater systems worldwide. These impacts include changes in groundwater …

Characteristics and changes of glacial lakes and outburst floods

G Zhang, JL Carrivick, A Emmer, DH Shugar… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Global glacier mass loss has accelerated, producing more and larger glacial lakes. Many of
these glacial lakes are a source of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), which pose threats …

Future emergence of new ecosystems caused by glacial retreat

JB Bosson, M Huss, S Cauvy-Fraunié, JC Clément… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Glacier shrinkage and the development of post-glacial ecosystems related to anthropogenic
climate change are some of the fastest ongoing ecosystem shifts, with marked ecological …

Biomass-derived carbon applications in the field of supercapacitors: Progress and prospects

W Lu, Y Si, C Zhao, T Chen, C Li, C Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
In response to the escalating threats posed by climate change and the depletion of fossil fuel
reserves, the pursuit of renewable energy sources and efficient energy storage technologies …

Widespread societal and ecological impacts from projected Tibetan Plateau lake expansion

F Xu, G Zhang, RI Woolway, K Yang, Y Wada… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau are expanding rapidly in response to climate change.
The potential impact on the local environment if lake expansion continues remains …

The development of terrestrial ecosystems emerging after glacier retreat

GF Ficetola, S Marta, A Guerrieri, I Cantera, A Bonin… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The global retreat of glaciers is dramatically altering mountain and high-latitude landscapes,
with new ecosystems develo** from apparently barren substrates,,–. The study of these …

Comprehensive review of advanced desalination technologies for solar-powered all-day, all-weather freshwater harvesting systems

T Arunkumar, D Parbat, SJ Lee - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar-powered freshwater harvesting is one of the accelerating trends today. Thanks to
those who have developed efficient light-absorbing materials, latent heat energy storage …

Accelerating glacier volume loss on Juneau Icefield driven by hypsometry and melt-accelerating feedbacks

B Davies, R McNabb, J Bendle, J Carrivick… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Globally, glaciers and icefields contribute significantly to sea level rise. Here we show that
ice loss from Juneau Icefield, a plateau icefield in Alaska, accelerated after 2005 AD. Rates …

The increasingly dominant role of climate change on length of day variations

MK Shahvandi, S Adhikari, M Dumberry… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The melting of ice sheets and global glaciers results in sea-level rise, a pole-to-equator
mass transport increasing Earth's oblateness and resulting in an increase in the length of …

Heterogeneous changes in global glacial lakes under coupled climate warming and glacier thinning

T Zhang, W Wang, B An - Communications Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Global glacial lakes have expanded markedly in recent decades, accompanied by many
catastrophic glacial lake outburst floods. However, our understanding of glacial lake …