Concept: Arid
Cropland biophysical impacts on land surface temperature show diurnal differences across tropical Africa
How cropland expansion affects daily temperature cycles in tropical Africa

Soil moisture constraints override atmospheric aridity in governing vegetation dynamics on the warming Qinghai-Tibetan plateau
Soil water availability, not atmospheric drying, limits plant growth on the warming Tibetan Plateau

Optimized Modeling of Pollution Load Allocation in a Mountainous River of Semiarid Basin Based on Bankruptcy Rules: A Case Study of the Abbas-Abad River, Iran
Fair pollution allocation among industrial users protects river water quality standards

Intensifying droughts, heatwaves, and compound drought–heatwave events and their spatiotemporal patterns in Africa (1979–2024)
How combined droughts and heatwaves are spreading across Africa

Ancient DNA and spatial modeling reveal a pre-Inca trans-Andean parrot trade
Feathers reveal a sophisticated pre-Inca trade network spanning the Amazon and Andes

The impact of a mega-flood event on the water quality of the southern Murray-Darling Basin, Australia
How extreme flooding alters nutrient levels in a critical water source

The archaeological landscape of Wolwekraal Nature Reserve (South Africa)
Late Stone Age settlement patterns reveal repeated occupation of a Karoo river valley.









