Settling behavior of microplastic hetero-aggregates in aquatic environments with varying salinity
August 2025
The aggregation of microplastics (MPs) with sediments in natural water plays a crucial role in the general deposition and transport of plastic particles. However, the effect of salinity changes on the...
Environmental evolution of coastal regions in northern Beibu Gulf, South China, based on sedimentary elemental records and carbon-nitrogen isotope composition
August 2025
Elucidating the historical variation of biogenic elements and source provenance in coastal areas is crucial to better understand environmental evolution and organize ecological management. In this study,...
Effects of different vegetation litter cover on hydrodynamic characteristics of soil runoff-sediment yield in Taiyi Mountain area of northern China
August 2025
Vegetation litter is effective in mitigating surface soil erosion caused by rainfall and runoff. Studying the runoff, sediment yield, and hydrodynamic characteristics of the soil covered by vegetation...
Can desert phreatophytic trees enhance recharge through sediment-clogged reservoirs of recharge dams in Arabia?
August 2025
Sidr (Christ-thorn) phreatopytic-xerophitic wild trees growing in the reservoir area of the Al-Khoud groundwater recharge/flood protection dam in Muscat (Oman) were surveyed. Trees’ loci, heights and...
Identifying the effects of climate change on discharge and sediment transport in a typical alpine basin
August 2025
Global-scale changes in precipitation and temperature lead to regional variations in the hydrologic cycle. Understanding the impacts of climate change on discharge and sediment processes is crucial...
Performance of microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) as a local scour countermeasure for offshore wind turbine monopile foundation
August 2025
Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is an emerging method for mitigating scour and erosion. The present study experimentally investigates the efficacy of MICP as a local scour countermeasure...
Evaluating critical hydrodynamic characteristics of rill formation on saturated soil slopes
August 2025
As a specific near surface hydrological condition, soil saturation can significantly affect the critical hydrodynamic characteristic and soil erosion rate of rill formation, leading to severe rill erosion....
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August 2025
CFD modeling of movement of geobag for riverbank erosion control structures
August 2025
The erosion of riverbanks led to significant environmental and infrastructure challenges, leading to soil loss, structural damage, and flooding. Since the 1970s, erosion control structures such as geobags...
Analytical simulation of meander morphology from equilibrium to long-term evolution: Impacts of channel geometry and vegetation-induced coarsening
August 2025
This study introduces an innovative approach to modeling meandering river morphology, integrating and investigating the effects of geometric characteristics and vegetation-induced channel coarsening....
Review of soil solidification methods in scour and erosion control
Available online 21 August 2025
This review focuses on the mechanisms and scour resistance of various soil solidification methods used in civil and coastal engineering. Traditional chemical methods, such as ordinary Portland cement...
From single to synthetic PGPR: Exploring the strategies of submerged macrophyte remediation in cadmium polluted sediment
Available online 12 August 2025
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are used to assist phytoremediation. Synthetic PGPR can adapt to diverse sediment environments more effectively than single PGPR. However, their mechanisms...
Soil texture and exchangeable ions primarily control soil erosion resistance in estuaries of Laizhou Bay
Available online 9 August 2025
Estuaries are irreplaceable ecological habitats and the primary deposition areas for sediment and pollutants from rivers. However, many estuaries are subject to an elevated risk of soil erosion owing...
Turbulence structure and near-wall suppression in equilibrium and nonequilibrium sediment transport: An experimental study
Available online 8 August 2025
Sediment transport in open channels plays a significant role in shaping turbulent flow structures, influencing sediment dynamics and flow resistance. Transport regimes are classified into equilibrium,...
Evaluating the potential of remediated dredged sediments as a growth medium for landscape plants: Effects of soil amendments and heavy metal uptake
Available online 5 August 2025
This study investigated the potential application of dredged sediments as a medium for cultivating landscape plants, assessing plant performance in contaminated dredged sediment (CDS) and remediated...
Determination of the most suitable artificial neural network method for sediment estimation in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin
Available online 5 August 2025
In studies on water resources planning and management, regular and complete hydrological data such as streamflow and sediment data are needed. Since the existing data generally do not fully reflect...
Short-term effects of polyacrylamide application on soil detachment capacity in rills of deforested hillslopes: A flume experiment
Available online 5 August 2025
Very few studies have explored the effectiveness of polyacrylamide (PAM) application on soil in mitigating rill erosion, especially in deforested environments. This study has measured the soil detachment...
Controls on channel morphodynamics in the Yellow River Estuary: Insights from a multi-method assessment under an evolving multi-channel regime
Available online 30 July 2025
The Yellow River Estuary (YRE) in China has transitioned to a complex multi-channel regime since 2013, making understanding terminal channel morphodynamics crucial for effective water and sediment management....
Investigating temporal scour hole variations: A comparative study of hybrid CatBoost models and experimental data
Available online 30 July 2025
The scour hole caused by 3-dimensional wall jets (3DWJ) is a serious problem downstream of dams and power stations. The current study utilized a newly created hybrid machine learning (ML) model to predict...
Investigation into the existence and genesis of fluid mud in Lake Taihu, China
Available online 29 July 2025
Fluid mud, characterized by a bulk density < 1.2 g/cm3, has various adverse environmental effects; furthermore, it can pose challenges for maritime navigation, as fluid mud is an important factor for...
Simulating the water balance of a small lake in the subtropical monsoon region via the stable isotopic technique
Available online 25 July 2025
The isotope tracing method provides a novel way to investigate the underlying mechanisms of water balance. This study focused on Taozi Lake in Changsha, a city in the subtropical monsoon region. We...
Experimental study on riprap stable size around wing-wall abutments
Available online 24 July 2025
Many experiments were done over a relatively wide range of effective parameters to determine the stable size of riprap stones around wing-wall abutments. The experiments involved five sizes of riprap...
Sedimentary organic matters within the subtropical mountainous river-estuary-bay continuum: Provenances, fates and implications
Available online 24 July 2025
Deep insight into the spatialtemporal composition and distribution dynamics of suspended particulate organic carbon (POC) and sedimentary total organic carbon (TOC) within the mountainous river-estuary-bay...
Bed roughness effects on horseshoe vortex dynamics and soil erosion mechanisms in vegetated overland flows
Available online 17 July 2025
Understanding how bed roughness modulates hydrodynamic processes around vegetation is critical for predicting soil erosion patterns in sloped landscapes. Through flume experiments with high-frequency...
Highly active sediment transport induces morphodynamic changes exacerbating flash flooding
Available online 16 July 2025
Rainfall-induced flash floods often trigger active sediment transport and substantial morphological changes, which in turn affect flood dynamics. Previous numerical studies have mostly overlooked the...
