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Gravimetry-based water storage shifting over the China-India border area controlled by regional climate variability (2019)
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Chun, K. P., He, Q., Fok, H. S., Ghosh, S., Yetemen, O., Chen, Q., & Mijic, A. (2020). Gravimetry-based water storage shifting over the China-India border area controlled by regional climate variability. Science of the Total Environment, 714, Article 136360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136360

The regional water storage shifting causes nonstationary spatial distribution of droughts and flooding, leading to water management challenges, environmental degradation and economic losses. The regional water storage shifting is becoming evident due... Read More about Gravimetry-based water storage shifting over the China-India border area controlled by regional climate variability.

Water storage redistribution over East China, between 2003 and 2015, driven by intra- and inter-annual climate variability (2019)
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He, Q., Chun, K. P., Sum Fok, H., Chen, Q., Dieppois, B., & Massei, N. (2020). Water storage redistribution over East China, between 2003 and 2015, driven by intra- and inter-annual climate variability. Journal of Hydrology, 583, Article 124475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124475

National development and resilience are strained by shifting regional water storage patterns. The water shifting pattern has been found over China, but the underlying climate mechanisms of the pattern remain largely unexplored. In this study, how shi... Read More about Water storage redistribution over East China, between 2003 and 2015, driven by intra- and inter-annual climate variability.

Climatic and vegetational drivers of insect beta diversity at the continental scale (2019)
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Chesters, D., Beckschäfer, P., Orr, M. C., Adamowicz, S. J., Chun, K. P., & Zhu, C. D. (2019). Climatic and vegetational drivers of insect beta diversity at the continental scale. Ecology and Evolution, 9(24), 13764-13775. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5795

Aim: We construct a framework for mapping pattern and drivers of insect diversity at the continental scale and use it to test whether and which environmental gradients drive insect beta diversity. Location: Global; North and Central America; Western... Read More about Climatic and vegetational drivers of insect beta diversity at the continental scale.

Bitter cucumber in diabetes (2019)
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Uehleke, B., Krawinkel, M., Ludwig, C., Swai, M., Yang, R., Chun, K., & Habicht, S. (2019). Bitter cucumber in diabetes. Zeitschrift für Phytotherapie, 40(4), 172-174. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-0918-9693

The press office of the University of Giessen "advertises" an allegedly promising clinical study which was the first "scientifically tenable" study to show the blood sugar-lowering effect of bitter cucumber [Fig. 1] as "significant". The authors of t... Read More about Bitter cucumber in diabetes.

Does engagement build empathy for shared water resources? Results from the use of the interpersonal reactivity index during a mobile water allocation experimental decision laboratory (2019)
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Bradford, L., Chun, K. P., Bonli, R., & Strickert, G. (2019). Does engagement build empathy for shared water resources? Results from the use of the interpersonal reactivity index during a mobile water allocation experimental decision laboratory. Water, 11(6), Article 1259. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11061259

Currently, there are no tools that measure improvements in levels of empathy among diverse water stakeholders participating in transboundary decision-making. In this study, we used an existing empathy scale from clinical psychology during an Experime... Read More about Does engagement build empathy for shared water resources? Results from the use of the interpersonal reactivity index during a mobile water allocation experimental decision laboratory.

Priorities and interactions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with focus on wetlands (2019)
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Jaramillo, F., Desormeaux, A., Hedlund, J., Jawitz, J., Clerici, N., Piemontese, L., …Åhlén, I. (2019). Priorities and interactions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with focus on wetlands. Water, 11(3), Article 619. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11030619

Wetlands are often vital physical and social components of a country's natural capital, as well as providers of ecosystem services to local and national communities. We performed a network analysis to prioritize Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) tar... Read More about Priorities and interactions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with focus on wetlands.

Methane dynamics in an estuarine brackish Cyperus malaccensis marsh: Production and porewater concentration in soils, and net emissions to the atmosphere over five years (2018)
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Yang, P., Wang, M. H., Lai, D. Y., Chun, K. P., Huang, J. F., Wan, S. A., …Tong, C. (2019). Methane dynamics in an estuarine brackish Cyperus malaccensis marsh: Production and porewater concentration in soils, and net emissions to the atmosphere over five years. Geoderma, 337, 132-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.09.019

Wetlands can potentially affect global climate change through their role in modulating the atmospheric concentrations of methane (CH4). Their overall CH4 emissions, however, remain the greatest uncertainty in the global CH4 budget. One reason for thi... Read More about Methane dynamics in an estuarine brackish Cyperus malaccensis marsh: Production and porewater concentration in soils, and net emissions to the atmosphere over five years.

Water level reconstruction and prediction based on space-borne sensors: A case study in the Mekong and Yangtze river basins (2018)
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He, Q., Fok, H. S., Chen, Q., & Chun, K. P. (2018). Water level reconstruction and prediction based on space-borne sensors: A case study in the Mekong and Yangtze river basins. Sensors, 18(9), Article 3076. https://doi.org/10.3390/s18093076

Water level (WL) measurements denote surface conditions that are useful for monitoring hydrological extremes, such as droughts and floods, which both affect agricultural productivity and regional development. Due to spatially sparse in situ hydrologi... Read More about Water level reconstruction and prediction based on space-borne sensors: A case study in the Mekong and Yangtze river basins.

Bitter gourd reduces elevated fasting plasma glucose levels in an intervention study among prediabetics in Tanzania (2018)
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Krawinkel, M. B., Ludwig, C., Swai, M. E., Yang, R. Y., Chun, K. P., & Habicht, S. D. (2018). Bitter gourd reduces elevated fasting plasma glucose levels in an intervention study among prediabetics in Tanzania. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 216, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2018.01.016

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus have become major health issues even in non-industrialized countries. As access to clinical management is often poor, dietary interventions and alternative medicines are... Read More about Bitter gourd reduces elevated fasting plasma glucose levels in an intervention study among prediabetics in Tanzania.

Application of ENSO and drought indices for water level reconstruction and prediction: A case study in the lower Mekong River estuary (2018)
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Fok, H. S., He, Q., Chun, K. P., Zhou, Z., & Chu, T. (2018). Application of ENSO and drought indices for water level reconstruction and prediction: A case study in the lower Mekong River estuary. Water, 10(1), Article 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10010058

Water level monitoring is important for understanding the global hydrological cycle. Remotely-sensed indices that capture localized instantaneous responses have been extensively explored for water level reconstruction during the past two decades. How... Read More about Application of ENSO and drought indices for water level reconstruction and prediction: A case study in the lower Mekong River estuary.

Watershed services in the humid tropics: Opportunities from recent advances in ecohydrology (2017)
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Pompeu, P. V., Rocha, H., Poca, M., Johnson, M., Krishnaswamy, J., Hamel, P., …Jasechko, S. (2018). Watershed services in the humid tropics: Opportunities from recent advances in ecohydrology. Ecohydrology, 11(3), Article e1921. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1921

In response to increasing pressures on water resources, watershed services management programs are implemented throughout the tropics. These programs aim to promote land management activities that enhance the quantity and quality of water available t... Read More about Watershed services in the humid tropics: Opportunities from recent advances in ecohydrology.

Contribution of supra-permafrost discharge to thermokarst lake water balances on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (2017)
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Pan, X., Yu, Q., You, Y., Chun, K. P., Shi, X., & Li, Y. (2017). Contribution of supra-permafrost discharge to thermokarst lake water balances on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Journal of Hydrology, 555, 621-630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.10.046

The seasonal hydrological mechanisms of two thermokarst lakes on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) were characterized by three-year intensive field observations and a water balance model. In three ice-free seasons, the supra-permafrost dis... Read More about Contribution of supra-permafrost discharge to thermokarst lake water balances on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Advancing ecohydrology in the changing tropics: Perspectives from early career scientists (2017)
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Wright, C., Kagawa-Viviani, A., Gerlein-Safdi, C., Mosquera, G., Poca, M., Tseng, H., & Chun, K. P. (2018). Advancing ecohydrology in the changing tropics: Perspectives from early career scientists. Ecohydrology, 11(3), Article e1918. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1918

Tropical ecosystems offer a unique setting for understanding ecohydrological processes, but to date, such investigations have been limited. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of studying these processes—specifically, how they ar... Read More about Advancing ecohydrology in the changing tropics: Perspectives from early career scientists.

DIY meteorology: Use of citizen science to monitor snow dynamics in a data-sparse city (2017)
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Appels, W. M., Bradford, L., Chun, K. P., Coles, A. E., & Strickert, G. (2017). DIY meteorology: Use of citizen science to monitor snow dynamics in a data-sparse city. FACETS, 2(2), 734-753. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2017-0030

Cities are under pressure to operate their services effectively and project costs of operations across various timeframes. In high-latitude and high-altitude urban centers, snow management is one of the larger unknowns and has both operational and bu... Read More about DIY meteorology: Use of citizen science to monitor snow dynamics in a data-sparse city.

Ecohydrological disturbances associated with roads: Current knowledge, research needs, and management concerns with reference to the tropics (2017)
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Wemple, B. C., Browning, T., Ziegler, A. D., Celi, J., Chun, K. P. S., Jaramillo, F., …Sawyer, D. (2018). Ecohydrological disturbances associated with roads: Current knowledge, research needs, and management concerns with reference to the tropics. Ecohydrology, 11(3), Article e1881. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1881

Roads are a pervasive form of disturbance with potential to negatively affect ecohydrological processes. Some of the most rapid growth in road networks is occurring in developing countries, particularly in the tropics, where political agendas are oft... Read More about Ecohydrological disturbances associated with roads: Current knowledge, research needs, and management concerns with reference to the tropics.

Recent increases in permafrost thaw rates and areal loss of palsas in the Western Northwest Territories, Canada (2017)
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Mamet, S. D., Chun, K. P., Kershaw, G. G., Loranty, M. M., & Peter Kershaw, G. (2017). Recent increases in permafrost thaw rates and areal loss of palsas in the Western Northwest Territories, Canada. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 28(4), 619-633. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1951

Decay of palsas can indicate permafrost status, particularly in regions where air temperatures have increased rapidly in recent decades. Using weather data, annual surveys of active-layer thickness, and analyses of high-resolution aerial imagery from... Read More about Recent increases in permafrost thaw rates and areal loss of palsas in the Western Northwest Territories, Canada.

Spatial distribution of livestock and poultry farm based on livestock manure nitrogen load on farmland and suitability evaluation (2017)
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Yan, B., Shi, W., Yan, J., & Chun, K. P. (2017). Spatial distribution of livestock and poultry farm based on livestock manure nitrogen load on farmland and suitability evaluation. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 139, 180-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2017.05.013

A spatial distribution model of livestock manure nutrient was used to study the spatial distribution of livestock manure and livestock manure nitrogen load on farmland (LMNLF) at a patch scale. The spatial distribution of livestock and poultry farm (... Read More about Spatial distribution of livestock and poultry farm based on livestock manure nitrogen load on farmland and suitability evaluation.

A novel stochastic method for reconstructing daily precipitation times-series using tree-ring data from the western Canadian Boreal Forest (2017)
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Chun, K. P., Mamet, S. D., Metsaranta, J., Barr, A., Johnstone, J., & Wheater, H. (2017). A novel stochastic method for reconstructing daily precipitation times-series using tree-ring data from the western Canadian Boreal Forest. Dendrochronologia, 44, 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2017.01.003

Tree ring data provide proxy records of historical hydroclimatic conditions that are widely used for reconstructing precipitation time series. Most previous applications are limited to annual time scales, though information about daily precipitation... Read More about A novel stochastic method for reconstructing daily precipitation times-series using tree-ring data from the western Canadian Boreal Forest.

Trend analysis of nutrient loadings in a large prairie catchment (2016)
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Morales-Marín, L. A., Chun, K. P., Wheater, H. S., & Lindenschmidt, K. E. (2017). Trend analysis of nutrient loadings in a large prairie catchment. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 62(4), 657-679. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2016.1255747

Nutrient loadings in many river catchments continue to increase due to rapid expansion of agriculture, urban and industrial development, and population growth. Nutrient enrichment of water bodies has intensified eutrophication which degrades water qu... Read More about Trend analysis of nutrient loadings in a large prairie catchment.