Identifying Flood Events and Causes Based on Their Hydrograph Characteristics
Available online 11 February 2026
In glacierized river basins, floods having disaster-causing ability are usually significantly different in magnitudes of flood peaks and the speeds and magnitudes of runoff increase during flood events...
Agroecology in Action: Cross-Country Spatial Insights on Land Degradation, Soil Productivity, and Carbon Sequestration
Available online 8 February 2026
Land degradation poses a critical threat to global food security and ecosystem sustainability, with conventional agricultural practices exacerbating soil erosion, biodiversity loss, and carbon emissions....
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Meteorological Drought in an Arid Region of the Indian Desert using Standardized Precipitation Index
Available online 6 February 2026
Droughts are an environmental hazard that disrupts the hydrological system and ecological balance around the globe. Arid and semi-arid regions are facing issues related to socioeconomic stability and...
Permafrost roadbed protection and potential application of lightweight cellular concrete as an eco–friendly protection technology in China: A review
Available online 2 February 2026
Road construction in frozen areas faces significant challenges due to frost heaving, thaw settlement, and permafrost degradation, which compromise infrastructure stability and longevity. Traditional...
Vegetation–Climate–Topography coupling in a cold temperate region: Evidence from the Genhe Basin (2000–2019)
Available online 22 January 2026
Vegetation in cold temperate regions is shaped by a mix of climate pressures and terrain influences, often in uneven and place-specific ways. This study explores how vegetation, climate, and topography...
Effects of temperature and water supply conditions on the hydro-thermal properties of sandy silty clay: Evidence from unidirectional freezing tests
Available online 22 January 2026
Seasonally frozen soil regions are widely distributed in high-latitude and high-altitude areas of China, and their hydrothermal interaction directly affects the stability of engineering projects in...
Spatiotemporal Variations and Influencing Factors of Vegetation NDVI in Five Major Cities of Northwest China
Available online 21 January 2026
Northwestern China is a region highly sensitive to environmental changes, where variations in vegetation cover directly reflect the local ecological conditions. The Normalized Difference Vegetation...
Sediment Transport Dynamics of Barchan Dunes Formed by Coral Sand from the Xisha Islands, South China Sea: Insights from Water Tunnel Experiments
Available online 21 January 2026
Coral reefs in the South China Sea, which underpin coastal protection and serve as natural laboratories, are rapidly degrading under climate change and human pressures. Barchan dunes are key tracers...
Spatiotemporal changes of frozen soil layers during 1960-2021 and future prediction in Northeast China
Available online 9 January 2026
Frozen soil is highly sensitive to climate change. However, the characteristics and long-term changes of both seasonally frozen ground and permafrost are seldom known. The object of this study was to...
Allocation strategies of two dominant conifer species in heterogeneous environments on eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau
Available online 5 January 2026
The stability and functioning of montane forest ecosystems are critically regulated by the stoichiometry of carbon (C/SOC), nitrogen (N/TN), and phosphorus (P/TP) in the vegetation–soil system. However,...
Analysis of new characteristics of temperature change in the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin from 1991 to 2020
December 2025
Based on ERA5-Land hourly temperature reanalysis (1991–2020), this study quantifies spatiotemporal warming patterns in the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin (YZRB) through EOF analysis, extreme indices (ETCCDI),...
Climate changes in Northern Da Xing'anling Mountains since 1980 and their response to El Niño
December 2025
The Northern Da Xing'anling Mountains are an important ecological barrier in China and are highly sensitive to global climate change. Gaining an in-depth understanding of the climate change characteristics...
Research on the analytical methods for water-heat coupling in the frost-thaw process of canal slopes under saturated conditions
December 2025
As a typical seasonal frozen soil region, the slopes of canal projects in Heilongjiang Province frequently experience significant landslide damage due to a high water table and freeze-thaw cycles. This...
Impact of meteorological factors and ventilation coefficient on diurnal and seasonal variations of tropospheric ozone in Bangalore
December 2025
The reported study examines the diurnal and seasonal variations of tropospheric ozone and its precursors in Bangalore, India, from January to December 2020, and explores the impact of meteorological...
Analysis on the evolution law of precipitation and runoff in Sanjiang Plain: A case study of the lower Songhua River Basin
December 2025
Sanjiang Plain, located in the northeast of Heilongjiang Province, is one of the important grain producing areas in Heilongjiang Province, which has made great contributions to China's grain industry....
A nonlinear viscoelastic-plastic creep constitutive model of soil-rock mixture-concrete interface under freeze-thaw cycles
December 2025
The interface between concrete and soil-rock mixture (SRM-concrete interface) under freeze-thaw cycles is very prone to creep damage, threatening the long-term stability of the superstructure in cold...
Predicting the unfrozen water content in unsaturated frozen soils using the electrical conductivity method
December 2025
Determination of the unfrozen water and ice contents in frozen soils is a critical issue in cold region geotechnics. The electrical conductivity method has been adopted in both laboratory and in-situ...
Effects of carbon nanotubes treatment on engineering properties of sandy fine-grained soils subject to freeze–thaw cycles
December 2025
Freeze–thaw cycles (FTCs) are the significant factors that affect the bearing capacity of foundations and stability of structures in cold regions, posing challenges for the construction of water conservancy...
Valuing ecosystem products and realization pathways for farmland ecosystems in inland river basins: A case study of Zhangye City
December 2025
Farmland ecosystems are the primary ecosystem type in inland river basins, providing the biological and material basis for human development and survival. The foundation for monetizing the value of...
Study on mechanical properties and microstructural changes of lithium slag concrete under freeze-thaw cycles
Available online 13 December 2025
Concrete production is responsible for high CO2 emissions due to extensive cement use, making the resource-efficient utilization of industrial by-products an important research direction. Lithium slag...
Remote sensing monitoring of dusty weather after Zonag Lake outburst based on GEE
Available online 9 December 2025
Monitoring sand and dust is essential for addressing ecological protection and assessing climate change. This study utilized Landsat TM/ETM+/OLI, Sentinel-2 MSI, and MODIS remote sensing images, and...
Optimizing industrial layout in desertification reversal areas: a case study of Yanchi County, Ningxia
Available online 9 December 2025
With the implementation of national ecological strategies, many ecologically degraded regions in China have achieved remarkable restoration. However, how to plan the subsequent development of these...
Carbon emission from seasonal frozen ground small ponds on the eastern Tibetan Plateau
Available online 8 December 2025
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from small ponds are important to the global carbon balance in aquatic ecosystems, but there are large uncertainties due to the scarcity of observational data, particularly...
Dynamic evolution of reticulate dunes in the Hobq Desert from 1980 to 2024
Available online 3 December 2025
The study of reticulate dunes (RD) is of great significance in revealing the mechanism of aeolian landscape evolution, combating desertification and informing optimal ecological restoration strategies....
Influence of photography distance and image network geometry on ground-based SfM photogrammetry accuracy
Available online 20 November 2025
The photography distance and image network geometry are critical influencing factors on ground-based structure-from-motion photogrammetry (G-SfM) accuracy. However, their selection is often subjective,...
