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 …

Inland water greenhouse gas budgets for RECCAP2: 1. State‐of‐the‐art of global scale assessments

R Lauerwald, GH Allen, BR Deemer… - Global …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Inland waters are important emitters of the greenhouse gasses (GHGs) carbon dioxide
(CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) to the atmosphere. In the framework of the …

Assessing placement bias of the global river gauge network

CA Krabbenhoft, GH Allen, P Lin, SE Godsey… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Knowing where and when rivers flow is paramount to managing freshwater ecosystems. Yet
stream gauging stations are distributed sparsely across rivers globally and may not capture …

GeoDAR: Georeferenced global dam and reservoir dataset for bridging attributes and geolocations

J Wang, BA Walter, F Yao, C Song… - Earth System …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
Dams and reservoirs are among the most widespread human-made infrastructure on Earth.
Despite their societal and environmental significance, spatial inventories of dams and …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrography90m: A new high-resolution global hydrographic dataset

G Amatulli, J Garcia Marquez, T Sethi… - Earth System …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
The geographic distribution of streams and rivers drives a multitude of patterns and
processes in hydrology, geomorphology, geography, and ecology. Therefore, a …

Securing Nature's Contributions to People requires at least 20%–25%(semi-) natural habitat in human-modified landscapes

A Mohamed, F DeClerck, PH Verburg, D Obura… - One Earth, 2024 - cell.com
The cascading effects of biodiversity decline on human well-being present a pressing
challenge for sustainable development. Conservation efforts often prioritize safeguarding …

[HTML][HTML] Global reach-level 3-hourly river flood reanalysis (1980–2019)

Y Yang, M Pan, P Lin, HE Beck, Z Zeng… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Better understanding and quantification of river floods for very local and “flashy” events calls
for modeling capability at fine spatial and temporal scales. However, long-term discharge …

[HTML][HTML] How does the choice of DEMs affect catchment hydrological modeling?

DM Moges, H Virro, A Kmoch, R Cibin… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The digital elevation models (DEMs) are the primary and most important spatial inputs for a
wide range of hydrological applications. However, their availability from multiple sources …

The future of global river health monitoring

LM Kuehne, C Dickens, D Tickner, ML Messager… - PLOS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Rivers are the arteries of human civilisation and culture, providing essential goods and
services that underpin water and food security, socio-economic development and climate …

Climate change projected to impact structural hillslope connectivity at the global scale

AT Michalek, G Villarini, A Husic - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Structural connectivity describes how landscapes facilitate the transfer of matter and plays a
critical role in the flux of water, solutes, and sediment across the Earth's surface. The …