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Environmental Tracers in Groundwater Hydrology
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (187+ words) The graph below shows the total number of articles in environmental tracers in groundwater hydrology across all publications each year (not limited to Nature Index journals). Stable isotope: Non-radioactive isotope whose relative abundance varies naturally and is used to trace…...
Groundwater Hydrology
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (228+ words) The graph below shows the total number of articles in groundwater hydrology across all publications each year (not limited to Nature Index journals). Hydraulic conductivity: A measure of a porous medium's capacity to transmit water under a unit hydraulic gradient....
Hantavirus crops up on a cruise ship " what scientists are watching
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (321+ words) The group of rodent viruses can cause disease in humans, but cases are rare. The group of rodent viruses can cause disease in humans, but cases are rare....
Water Management in Ancient Civilizations
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (181+ words) Explore research topics across seven scientific disciplines. Search and discover topics from Applied sciences, Biological sciences, Chemistry, Earth & environmental sciences, Health sciences, Physical sciences, and Social sciences. View the latest institution rankings View the latest Country/territory rankings The Nature…...
Safeguarding, strengthening and expanding river protections for nature and people - Nature Sustainability
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (380+ words) Our assessment (and online tool) enables conservation actors to identify gaps in river protection and use data to equip more effective watershed protection initiatives. Federal public lands have an outsized role in protecting rivers nationwide, and multiple-use lands provide a…...
National assessment of river protection in the United States
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (1699+ words) Supplementary Information is available for this paper. Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to L. C. and J. D. O. Living Planet Report 2022 Building a Nature-Positive Society (eds Almond, R. E. A. et al.) (WWF, 2022). Ceballos, G. et al. Accelerated modern human-induced species losses: entering the sixth…...
Atacama Desert Hydrology and Geology
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (127+ words) Hyperaridity: A climatic state characterised by extremely low precipitation and high evaporation rates, leading to minimal surface moisture. Endorheic Basin: A drainage basin in which water does not flow out to the ocean, instead collecting as evaporite deposits or forming…...
Groundwater Hydrology | Nature Research Intelligence
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (137+ words) Aquifer: A geological formation with sufficient interconnected pore space to store and transmit significant volumes of groundwater. Darcy's Law: An empirical relationship which states that the specific discharge through a porous medium is proportional to the hydraulic gradient, providing the…...