Abstract Urban Heat Island (UHI) research has acquired popularity in recent decades
because of increasing recognition of heat stress impacts on human health, environments …

Groundwater resources are vital to ecosystems and livelihoods. Excessive groundwater
withdrawals can cause groundwater levels to decline,,,,,,,,–, resulting in seawater intrusion …

Modeling the interactions of water and energy systems is important to the enforcement of
infrastructure security and system sustainability. To this end, recent technological …

Groundwater nitrate contamination has been the main water quality problem threatening the
sustainable utilization of water resources in Jeju Island, South Korea. The spatially varying …

Wetlands serve as a critical habitat for many plants and animals. However, with urban
expansion and other processes, the wetlands in China are lost at an alarming rate in recent …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) has a vital role in the physical, chemical and biological behavior
of the soil, and therefore prediction of the amount and map** spatial distribution of SOC is …

Numerous studies have identified associations between the surface urban heat island
(SUHI) effect (ie, SUHI, hereinafter is referred to as UHI) and urban growth, particularly …

The consumption of contaminated drinking water is one of the major causes of mortality and
many severe diseases in develo** countries. The principal drinking water sources in …

Land surface temperature (LST) has a critical impact on the energy balance of land surface
processes and ecosystem stability. Meanwhile, LST is controlled by multiple factors at the …

Groundwater nitrate contamination in the Central Valley (CV) aquifer of California is a
ubiquitous groundwater problem found in various parts of the valley. Heavy irrigation and …