The following paper about the assessment of urban wastewater flooding risks for coastal communities has been recently accepted for publication by Journal of Hydrology.
Aziz, F., X. Wang, and M. Q. Mahmood. Urban Wastewater Flooding Risk Assessment for Coastal Communities: Compound Impacts of Climate Change and Population Growth. Journal of Hydrology, accepted on September 20, 2024.
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The following paper about a comparative analysis of PlanetScope 4-band and 8-band imageries for land use land cover classification has been recently accepted for publication by Geomatica.
Basheer, S. and X. Wang. A comparative analysis of PlanetScope 4-band and 8-band imageries for land use land cover classification. Geomatica, accepted on August 28, 2024.
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The following paper about the prediction of long-term photovoltaic power generation has been recently accepted for publication by Renewable Energy.
Liu, Z., J. Guo, X. Wang, Y. Wang, W. Li, X. Wang, Y. Fan, and W. Wang. Prediction of long-term photovoltaic power generation in the context of climate change. Renewable Energy, accepted on August 28, 2024.
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Title: Quantitative assessment of The Group of Seven’s collaboration in sustainable development goals
Journal: Nature Communications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51663-5
Abstract: Strengthening international collaboration is essential to achieving the United Nations’ SDGs. The Group of Seven (G7) is recognized for acting and enhancing cooperation to achieve the SDGs. However, the current understanding of G7’s cooperation is rather subjective without quantitative measurements. Here we show a comprehensive and quantitative analysis of G7’s cooperation with regards to the economic and environmental SDGs over the period of 2000-2020. The results suggest that G7 countries have all contributed positively to economic indicators thanks to their closely binding relationship. By contrast, significant discrepancies and uncooperative performances in environmental indicators have been revealed. Particularly, Canada and Germany have shown considerable negative synergy contributions to environmental indicators, which might offset the positive contributions brought by France and Italy and lead to an overall negative synergy. Our results highlight the need for further collaboration among G7 to tackle emerging environmental issues, such as climate change and shrinking biodiversity.
Title: Pluvial flood modeling for coastal areas under future climate change – A case study for Prince Edward Island, Canada
Journal: Journal of Hydrology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131769
Abstract: It has been increasingly understood that pluvial flooding poses a substantial risk to numerous communities across the globe. This is especially relevant for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (PEI), which is susceptible to a compound flood consisting of both inland and coastal flooding. Despite various studies, a comprehensive pluvial flood model still lacks that addresses the complex interplay of compound floods. Therefore, this research aims to bridge the gap in flood mitigation by developing a pluvial flood model for PEI’s coastal communities. The Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curves under current and future climatic conditions were used to portray rainfall intensity over the study area corresponding to 10-year, 25-year, 50-year, and 100-year return periods. In addition, a hydraulic model (HEC-RAS 2D) was used to drive pluvial flood maps based on two configurations, including detailed flood maps for major municipalities and an island-wide level. The validated results showed consistency in model simulation when compared to observations. The high-resolution flood maps produced by this study can support the development of flood mitigation and adaptation strategies in PEI and other parts of the world.