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Exploring the relationships between 3D urban landscape patterns and PM2.5 pollution using the multiscale geographic weighted regression model Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Haoyan Duan, Qian Cao, Lunche Wang, Xihui Gu, Khosro Ashrafi
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a major source of air pollution and exerts serious impacts on human health. The 3D urban landscape patterns can significantly affect the diffusion and emissions of PM2.5. However, studies on the relationships between 3D urban landscape patterns and PM2.5 pollution across different seasons remain understudied. With the ground-level air pollutants estimated by the remote
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High-resolution climate change during the Marine Isotope Stage 3 revealed by Zhouqu loess in the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Zixuan Chen, Qiong Li, Pushuang Li, Jiantao Zhou, Yating Su, Weiming Liu, Yuanlong Luo, Chen Wen, Xuechao Xu, Shengli Yang
A consensus has not yet been reached on effects of climate change and driving mechanisms between the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and adjacent monsoonal areas during the Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS 3). Loess–paleosol sequences from the TP provide valuable information about the MIS 3 environmental history. Detailed color index and a diffuse reflectance spectral (DRS) analysis of Zhouqu (ZQ) loess from the Western
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Occurrence and formation of clast-free circular depressions in the southern Namib Desert, Tsau ǁKhaeb (Sperrgebiet) National Park, Namibia Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Joseph R McAuliffe, Norbert Jürgens, Felicitas Gunter, Antje Burke
Circular depressions are concave, shallow depressions found on planar landscape surfaces in the southern Namib Desert. They occur on gravelly substrates with nearly level to very slightly inclined surfaces. The depressions range from 6 to 10 m in diameter with centers typically depressed 10–20 cm below the level of the surrounding terrain. Locations of individual circular depressions were mapped at
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Tree-ring hydrological research in the Himalaya: State of the art and future directions Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Nazimul Islam, Torsten Vennemann, Ulf Büntgen, Paolo Cherubini, Stuart N Lane
Recent developments in tree-ring research offer great potential for reconstructing past climate changes; determining the frequencies of natural hazards; and assessing the availability of freshwater resources over timescales that extend well into the pre-instrumental period. Here, we review the state of dendrochronological research in the Himalaya and outline future directions for tree-ring-based hydrological
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Factors controlling distribution of mountainous gullies at the regional scale: An example of the Yuanmou dry-hot valley (SW China) Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Haiqing Yang, Leichao Bai, Wei Lv, Lei Wang, Yushu Zhou, Bin Zhang
The primary factors controlling regional gully distribution in mountainous areas are poorly understood. To investigate the spatial characteristics and controlling factors of mountainous gullies at the regional scale, kernel density (KD) estimation, semivariogram, and Geodetector methods were used based on 11 environmental factors of gullies in the Yuanmou dry-hot valley. The results show that (a) gullies
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Infilled lakes (Pampas) of the Cordillera Blanca, Peru: Inventory, sediment storage, and paleo outbursts Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Adam Emmer
Infilled lakes are a prevalent geomorphic feature in the intricate high mountain landscape of the Cordillera Blanca, Peru. Despite their apparent geomorphic, hydrological, and ecological importance, a systematic inventory of these areas has been lacking. This study presents an inventory of infilled lakes in the Cordillera Blanca. A total of 962 infilled lake polygons have been manually mapped, covering
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The response of geographical processes to landscape restoration: China’s research progress Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Yanxu Liu, Yu Han, Jincheng Wu, Chenxu Wang, Bojie Fu
The UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030) provides a new momentum for scaling up ecosystem restoration efforts to landscape restoration. China’s recent experience with transformative inves...
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Impacts of irrigation-climate interactions on irrigated soybean yields in the US Arkansas Delta from 2003 to 2017 Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Yaqian He, Matthew H. Connolly, Rongting Xu, Xiao Huang, Zhuosen Wang, Marisol Filares Arreguin, Caden Rhodes
Irrigation has been widely implemented across the globe as a mitigation strategy to combat climate change and erratic rainfall. Irrigation in the confined geographic region like the Arkansas Delta ...
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Role of Andean tropical montane soil organic carbon in the deglacial carbon budget Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Nicholas S. Bill
During the last deglaciation, atmospheric CO2 increased by about 75 ppm. The deep ocean is likely the dominant source of this atmospheric CO2 rise in the atmospheric pool; however, a consensus acco...
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The shape-shifting form of UK floodplains: Fusing analysis of the territorially constructed with analysis of natural terrain processes Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 John Lewin, Tom O’Shea
Physically, river floodplains have both the subdued morphology of natural terrain created as extreme discharges and sediments pass through catchment drainage systems and, to an increasing extent, t...
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Mid and late Holocene climate changes recorded by biomarkers in the sediments of Lake Gouchi and their relationship with the cultural evolution of northern Shaanxi Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Rui Yang, Aifeng Zhou, Huan Zhang, Lin Chen, Kaiyu Cao, Youliang Huang, Yongxiu Lu, Weimiao Dong
The climatic and environmental characteristics of the Holocene are much debated, especially the occurrence of a climatic optimum in the mid-Holocene and the interactions between human civilization ...
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Quaternary glaciations in western China: A review of the chronologies established by absolute dating Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2023-02-25 Yanan Li, Ping Fu, Renrong Chen, Yingkui Li
Quaternary glaciations in western China have been investigated over the last century with the emphasis on the Tibetan Plateau and its adjacent regions. Earlier studies were mainly based on field ob...
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Scale mismatches between predictor and response variables in species distribution modelling: A review of practices for appropriate grain selection Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2023-02-21 Vítězslav Moudrý, Petr Keil, Anna F Cord, Lukáš Gábor, Vincent Lecours, Alejandra Zarzo-Arias, Vojtěch Barták, Marco Malavasi, Duccio Rocchini, Michele Torresani, Kateřina Gdulová, Florencia Grattarola, François Leroy, Elisa Marchetto, Elisa Thouverai, Jiří Prošek, Jan Wild, Petra Šímová
There is a lack of guidance on the choice of the spatial grain of predictor and response variables in species distribution models (SDM). This review summarizes the current state of the art with reg...
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Four millennia of geomorphic change and human settlement in the lower Usumacinta–Grijalva River Basin, Mexico Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2023-02-19 Esperanza Muñoz-Salinas, Duncan Cook, Miguel Castillo, Timothy Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach
The lower Usumacinta–Grijalva River Basin contains one of the richest biodiversity landscapes of the Maya region. Our research is based on (1) an integrative literature review of the geomorphologic...
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How do spatial factors of green spaces contribute to flood regulation in urban areas? A systematic mapping approach Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Sina Razzaghi Asl, Hamil Pearsall
Flooding is increasing in urban areas around the world, leading to loss of life and property damage, and cities are using urban green spaces (UGS) for flood regulation. The spatial attributes of UG...
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A conceptual hydrological model of semiarid Andean headwater systems in Chile Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Gonzalo Navarro, Shelley MacDonell, Rémi Valois
Semiarid Andean headwaters are key components of the hydrological system of north-central Chile as this is the main source of runoff which supports ecosystems and population located downstream. Thi...
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Dynamic bundles to detect the spatiotemporal characteristics and impact factors of ecosystem services in northern China Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2023-01-31 Ruonan Li, Lingqiao Kong, Yanzheng Yang, Yu Wang, Hua Zheng, Mei Liang
Understanding the spatiotemporal distribution of multiple ecosystem services (ESs) and their complex internal relationships is crucial for regional collaborative sustainable development. The lack o...
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Rural outmigration generates a carbon sink in South China karst Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2023-01-30 Jingyi Chang, Yuemin Yue, Xiaowei Tong, Martin Brandt, Chunhua Zhang, Xuemei Zhang, Xiangkun Qi, Kelin Wang
China karst is a global hotspot of increasing vegetation cover, with ecological conservation projects being considered as the main driver. New research using global datasets also indicates that rur...
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Soil as part of the Earth system Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2023-01-11 Richard Huggett
The idea that soil or the pedosphere is connected to the other terrestrial spheres dates back at least to 1880. Some 26 years later, the interdependency of the terrestrial spheres was established, ...
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Multi-source remote sensing data shows a significant increase in vegetation on the Tibetan Plateau since 2000 Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Junliu Yang, Zhongbao Xin, Yanzhang Huang, Xiaoyu Liang
In recent years, there has been growing concern that vegetation changes on the Tibetan Plateau are associated with climate change (temperature and precipitation) and human activities. This study us...
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The Longleaf Tree-Ring Network: Reviewing and expanding the utility of Pinus palustris Mill. Dendrochronological data Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2023-01-02 Grant L Harley, Matthew D Therrell, Justin T Maxwell, Arvind Bhuta, Joshua C Bregy, Karen J Heeter, Thomas Patterson, Maegen Rochner, Monica T Rother, Michael Stambaugh, Nicole E Zampieri, Jan Altman, Savannah A Collins-Key, Christopher M Gentry, Christopher Guiterman, Jean M Huffman, Daniel J Johnson, Daniel J King, Evan R Larson, Caroline Leland, Hung TT Nguyen, Neil Pederson, Joshua J Puhlick, Mukund
The longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) and related ecosystem is an icon of the southeastern United States (US). Once covering an estimated 37 million ha from Texas to Florida to Virginia, the ne...
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Tree species on environmental gradients in subtropical forest of northwest Belize, in the Maya Lowlands Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-12-21 Sheila E Ward, Nicholas Brokaw, Stanley Walling, Marisol Cortes-Rincon
We studied species composition and spatial distributions of tree species, and the underlying topography and soil, in subtropical forests of northwest Belize, a region in the Maya Lowlands. Our goal...
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Nitrogen dynamics in the Critical Zones of China Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-27 Si-Liang Li, Xin Liu, Fu-Jun Yue, Zhifeng Yan, Tiejun Wang, Songjing Li, Cong-Qiang Liu
Nitrogen dynamics at ecosystem levels profoundly impact the Earth’s surface system due to their environmental and ecological significance. Exploring the sources and transformation of nitrogen in va...
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Nitrogen cycling in aquatic environments of China: Progress and future challenges Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-27 Lijun Hou, Dengzhou Gao, Yanling Zheng, Xiaofei Li, Guoyu Yin, Hongpo Dong, Xia Liang, Min Liu
Aquatic environments are hot spots of nitrogen (N) cycling and nitrous oxide (N2O) emission. Understanding key N biogeochemical processes and N2O dynamics is critical for uncovering the responses o...
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Review of vegetation phenology trends in China in a changing climate Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-27 Jing Zhang, Shouzhi Chen, Zhaofei Wu, Yongshuo H Fu
Vegetation phenology is sensitive to climate change and has been defined as the footprint of ongoing climate change. Previous studies have shown that the spatial difference in China’s vegetation ph...
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Quantitative analysis and spatial distribution of landform spatial structure on Loess Plateau Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-20 Siwei Lin, Nan Chen, Zhzou Qianqian, Qiu Feng, Xie Jing, Qi Meng, Fan Yugui, Yang Zihao, Lin Weibin, Deng JiaYin, Tu Ping
The Loess Plateau is the largest gully geomorphic region in the world, characterized by the most intense soil erosion in a typical loess-covered area. Previous studies have focused on the terrain a...
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Assessing the lidar revolution in the Maya lowlands: A geographic approach to understanding feature classification accuracy Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-10 Thomas G Garrison, Amy E Thompson, Samantha Krause, Sara Eshleman, Juan C Fernandez-Diaz, J Dennis Baldwin, Rafael Cambranes
It has been well over a decade since lidar-based research began in earnest in the Maya Lowlands of southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. Most investigations have an archaeological focus...
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Responses of sedimentary proxy indicators to lake-level fluctuations on the central Tibetan Plateau since the last deglaciation Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-04 Kan Yuan, Zhe Sun, Can-Ge Li, Kejia Ji, Xiaohuan Hou, Mingda Wang, Juzhi Hou
Lake sediments are valuable archives to investigate past changes in climate and environment on various timescales. Closed-basin lakes can be regarded as precipitation gauges, which are ideal for st...
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Costa Rican wetlands vulnerability index Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-25 Néstor Veas-Ayala, Marcela Alfaro-Córdoba, Adolfo Quesada-Román
Costa Rica comprises approximately 6% of the world’s biodiversity. Among these lush ecosystems, wetlands are represented in mangrove forests near the sea, along river lowlands, sedimentary and volc...
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Advances in remote sensing of the early Anthropocene in tropical wetlands: From biplanes to lidar and machine learning Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-20 Colin Doyle, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Timothy Beach
This paper reviews the history of remote sensing for mapping ancient Maya wetland fields in Central America and provides a new assessment using machine learning with LiDAR data. We evaluate past us...
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Anatomy of a storm: A review of shape analysis research that fuses form and function in weather forecasting and analysis Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-13 Stephanie E. Zick
Features in the natural and built environment can be viewed as objects, and an object’s shape provides valuable information about the physical processes that generate those features. Formally, shap...
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Peat definitions: A critical review Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-04 Mauro Lourenco, Jennifer M Fitchett, Stephan Woodborne
Peatlands are carbon-rich ecosystems that comprise the largest terrestrial carbon store. Peatland preservation has been acknowledged on the global scale as a key nature-based component in addressin...
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Multifaceted characteristics of aridity changes and causal mechanisms in Chinese drylands Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Ying Hu, Fangli Wei, Bojie Fu, Shuai Wang, Lanhui Wang, Yongzhe Chen
The water cycle is accelerating in the context of global warming. However, how the multifaceted characteristics of aridity, particularly atmospheric, hydrological, and ecological drying, change and...
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Articulation of the cross-boundary effects of China’s ecological conservation redline program: A perspective on the ecological security network and ecological radiation Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-09-29 Fujun Du, Jiangbo Gao, Liyuan Zuo, Yuan Jiang
China’s Ecological Conservation Redline (ECR) program ensures the coordination and sustainability of natural and economic development while maintaining regional ecological security. Current researc...
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Progress report: Drought and water management in ancient Maya society Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-09-27 Tripti Bhattacharya, Samantha Krause, Dan Penny, David Wahl
Paleoclimate research in the Maya region of Mesoamerica provides compelling evidence of drought during key periods of cultural transition in Maya society. These include the transition from the Prec...
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Anthropogenic contaminants in glacial environments II: Release and downstream consequences Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-09-26 Dylan B Beard, Caroline C Clason, Sally Rangecroft, Ewa Poniecka, Kim J Ward, Will H Blake
Anthropogenic contamination has been detected in glacial and proglacial environments around the globe. Through mechanisms of secondary release, these contaminants are finding their way into glacial...
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Geodiversity inclusiveness in biodiversity assessment Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-09-03 Jake RA Crisp, Joanna C Ellison, Andrew Fischer, Jia SD Tan
Biodiversity assessment is constitutive in establishing conservation priorities and outcomes, and geodiversity complements species richness as a surrogate in the absence of species data, improves s...
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Ecosystem services dynamics towards SDGs in the belt and road Initiative cities Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-08-26 Wenze Yue, Jinhui Xiong, Yong Liu, Haoxuan Xia
In the unprecedented global changes, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become a common beacon for all countries’ development worldwide. Systemic analysis of the ecosystem services (ESs)...
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A review of wildfire impacts on stream temperature and turbidity across scales Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-08-22 Junjie Chen, Heejun Chang
Wildfire has increased in severity and frequency with climate change and human activities in recent years, threatening water-related ecosystem services. Forested watersheds are at risk of impacts o...
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A power-law relation of surface roughness and ages of alluvial fans in a hyperarid environment: A case study in the Dead Sea area Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-08-16 Qiang Su, Junjie Ren, Xianyan Wang, Oubo Liang
Despite recent advances in mapping and dating alluvial fans, due to the availability of high-resolution remote sensing data and Quaternary dating techniques, quantifying surface features in remote ...
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A discussion on the plausible role of ice streams in carving Martian outflow channels: Revisiting the earliest hypothesis by Lucchitta et al. (1981) Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-19 Lydia Sam, Anshuman Bhardwaj, Saeideh Gharehchahi
Linear, incised and usually an order of magnitude wider than the Martian valleys, the Martian outflow channels are scoured ground commonly displaying streamlined remnants of the pre-existing terrai...
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Progress of studies on satellite-based terrestrial vegetation production models in China Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-15 Wenping Yuan, Shangrong Lin, Xiaoyuan Wang
Vegetation production is an important variable in terrestrial ecosystems, playing crucial roles in sustaining carbon balance, reducing atmospheric CO2 concentration, and mitigating global climate c...
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Quantifying alpha, beta and gamma geodiversity Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-14 Helena Tukiainen, Tuija Maliniemi, Janne Alahuhta, Jan Hjort, Marja Lindholm, Henriikka Salminen, Henna Snåre, Maija Toivanen, Annika Vilmi, Jani Heino
Geodiversity is an emerging, multi-faceted concept in Earth and environmental sciences. Knowledge on geo-diversity is crucial for understanding functions of natural systems and in guiding sustainab...
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Distinct response of high-latitude ecosystem and high-altitude alpine ecosystem to temperature and precipitation dynamics: A meta-analysis of experimental manipulation studies Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-14 Prakash Bhattarai, Bishnu Timilsina, Rabindra Parajuli, Yao Chen, Jie Gao, Yangjian Zhang
Cold biome ecosystems, extensively distributed on our planet, are highly sensitive to global changes. Fluctuations caused by climate change would inevitably affect the ecosystems’ structure and fun...
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Fragility curves for road embankments exposed to adjacent debris flow Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-11 Natalia Nieto, Alondra Chamorro, Tomás Echaveguren, Cristián Escauriaza
Studies of recent decades have shown thousands of kilometers of transportation networks that have presented damage or failure from different types of flows, causing important traffic disruptions. Debris flows running adjacent (or in parallel) to river channels often explain the structural damage to road embankments caused by slope erosion. The probability of expected structural damage caused by a natural
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Assessing the effectiveness of alternative landslide partitioning in machine learning methods for landslide prediction in the complex Himalayan terrain Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-11 Muhammad Tayyib Riaz, Muhammad Basharat, Maria Teresa Brunetti
Several devastating landslides have occurred in the NW Himalayas, which has prompted several researchers to strive for improvement in landslide susceptibility modelling (LSM) methodologies. This re...
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Classics revisited/from the archive Mayan Urbanism: Impact on a Tropical Karst Environment Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-06 Mark Brenner
Deevey et al.’s (1979) Mayan Urbanism: Impact on a Tropical Karst Environment combined paleo-demographic data from the Lowland Maya region, obtained from archaeological survey and test-pitting, with paleolimnological data derived from local lakes, to evaluate the environmental impacts of long-term, ancient Maya agro-engineering activities in the region. The interdisciplinary approach to studying human-environment
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The development and disintegration of a Classic Maya center and its climate context Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-04 KM Prufer, AE Thompson, AD Wickert, DJ Kennett
Research in Southern Belize has produced a 1000-year record of coupled human and environmental relationships at the ancient Maya city Uxbenká. Located at the southeastern margin of the Maya Lowlands, this region has excellent agricultural land and some of the highest rainfall in the Maya region. Uxbenká was the founding political center in southern Belize after 100 BCE. After 850 years, Uxbenká experienced
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Acoustic methods in physical geography: Applications and future development Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-02 David Dunkerley
Sound is produced by many geomorphic and hydrological processes, such as rockfalls and landslides, ocean waves, fluvial flood flows and collisions among moving bedload clasts. In these and other areas of study, acoustic methods have found useful application to detect and quantify the operation of important landscape processes. In some, such as the recording of river discharge, the occurrence of rare
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Spatial analysis guiding decision making in environmental conservation: Systematic conservation planning and ecosystem services Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-02 Ulises Rodrigo Magdalena, Gabriel Barros Gonçalves de Souza, Raul Reis Amorim
Achieving conservation targets for sustainable development has been one of society’s greatest challenges. In this context, environmental conservation approaches such as Systematic Conservation Planning (SCP) and ecosystem services (ES) have become increasingly popular as feasible solutions for the allocation, delimitation, and management of protected areas. These approaches, often used to drive public
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Limited impacts of global warming on rockfall activity at low elevations: Insights from two calcareous cliffs from the French Prealps Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Robin Mainieri, Nicolas Eckert, Christophe Corona, Jerome Lopez-Saez, Markus Stoffel, Franck Bourrier
In mountainous regions, global warming will likely affect the frequency and magnitude of geomorphic processes. This is also the case for rockfall, one of the most common mass movements on steep slopes. Rainfall, snowmelt, or freeze-thaw cycles are the main drivers of rockfall activity, rockfall hazards are thus generally thought to become more relevant in a context of climate change. At high elevations
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Anthropogenic contaminants in glacial environments I: Inputs and accumulation Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-06-28 Dylan B Beard, Caroline C Clason, Sally Rangecroft, Ewa Poniecka, Kim J Ward, Will H Blake
Historically, glaciers have been seen as pristine environments. However, recent research has shown that glaciers can accumulate and store contaminants over long timescales, through processes such as atmospheric deposition, sedimentation, glacial hydrology and mass movements. Studies have identified numerous anthropogenically derived contaminants within the global cryosphere, including the six we focus
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The origins of modern urban climate science: reflections on ‘A numerical model of the urban heat island’ Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-06-13 Gerald Mills, Iain D Stewart, Dev Niyogi
Modern urban climatology is a part of boundary-layer climatology with a focus on the urban effects on the atmosphere. The best known of these effects is the urban heat island (UHI), which has been a subject of study for more than 200 years and may be categorised into air, surface and substrate types. Progress on this topic has occurred in various phases associated with theoretical developments, improvements
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Identification of driving forces for windbreak and sand fixation services in semiarid and arid areas: A case of Inner Mongolia, China Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-06-02 Lihan Cui, Zhen Shen, Yuexin Liu, Chaoyue Yu, Qingling Lu, Zhonghao Zhang, Yang Gao, Tiantian Nie
Soil wind erosion is a global problem that leads to increasingly serious regional land degradation, where the need for windbreak and sand fixation services (WSFS) is substantial. Inner Mongolia plays an important role in global semiarid and arid areas and the severe land degradation resulting from soil wind erosion warrants an urgent solution. However, the mechanism of influence of various driving
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The continental and regional synoptic background favorable for hailstorms occurrence in North-Eastern Romania Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-05-19 Lucian Sfîcă, Vasilică Istrate, Robert Hrițac, Ovidiu Machidon
The current study aims to portray the specific weather patterns associated with hail falls in north-eastern Romania. This was done using multiple hail records data covering a long period of time (1981–2020). COST733 software enabled us to assess objectively the atmospheric circulation classification types for the middle troposphere (500 hPa) and also for the ground level (sea level pressure) over the
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Intra-gully mapping of the largest documented gully network in South Africa using UAV photogrammetry: Implications for restoration strategies Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-05-17 Jay le Roux, Lefa Morake, Bennie van der Waal, Ryan Leigh Anderson, David William Hedding
Gully erosion can reach alarming dimensions, and in several cases contributes significantly to soil loss and sediment yield in catchments. The studied example is one of the largest known gully networks in the world (its surface area is approximately 0.5 million m2 and volume 5 million m3), more than twice as large compared to the largest gullies described in peer-reviewed literature. To improve gully
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Impact of the Mediterranean oscillation on total lightning activity Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-05-12 Fernando de Pablo Dávila, Luís J Rivas Soriano, Ángel González-Zamora
For the first time, the relationship between total (cloud-to-ground and intracloud) lightning activity and the Mediterranean Oscillation (MO) is addressed in this work. Data from optical transient detector (OTD) and lightning imaging sensor (LIS) were used to calculate the total flash density, and the MO was described using the Mediterranean Oscillation index (MOi). The study intended to analyse the
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Declining honey production and beekeeper adaptation to climate change in Chile Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-05-11 Martina Gajardo-Rojas, Ariel A. Muñoz, Jonathan Barichivich, Karin Klock-Barría, Eugenia M Gayo, Francisco E Fontúrbel, Matías Olea, Christine M Lucas, Camilo Veas
Drought severity has pervasive impacts on honey production via direct impacts on water resources and nectar availability. The current mega-drought in Chile has impacts on water resources and forest vigor, particularly in the Mediterranean and Temperate regions where honey production is concentrated. While honey production plays an important role in the local rural economy and providing pollination
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Permafrost, thermal conditions and vegetation patterns since the mid-20th century: A remote sensing approach applied to Jotunheimen, Norway Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-05-05 Helen Hallang, Sietse O Los, John F Hiemstra
Northern high-alpine regions are currently experiencing rapid warming, which often results in the degradation of sub-surface permafrost and the upslope advancement of vegetation. The present study combines remotely sensed MODIS Land Surface Temperatures (LSTs) and the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) with observed air temperatures to model the thermal and vegetational dynamics in NE Jotunheimen
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Spatiotemporal variation in human settlements and their interaction with living environments in Neolithic and Bronze Age China Prog. Phys. Geogr. (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-05-03 Guanghui Dong, Yongxiu Lu, Shanjia Zhang, Xiaozhong Huang, Minmin Ma
It is evident that the origin, development, and expansion of agriculture and animal husbandry during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods across Eurasia facilitated the increase of the world population and emergence of ancient civilizations, as well as altering human livelihoods, especially in East Asia. However, different areas of China have different histories in terms of the development of agriculture