WaterWired

CRS Report: 'Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Speech Resources - Fact Sheet'

An unusual post for WaterWired but appropriate for the USA's impending celebration of Martin Luther King Day on 16 June 2023.

Leave it to the Congressional Research Service. 

Devon Galena updated (13 January 2023) this CRS report: 'Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Speech Resources - Fact Sheet'.

Download CRS_Report_MLKJr_Speech_Resources_Fact_Sheet_13Jan2023

Introduction
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a federal holiday observed annually on the third Monday in January. It celebrates the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. in honor of his birthday and achievements. The day is also referred to as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday; MLK Day; Martin Luther King Day; the King Holiday; and the King Day of Service. In 2022, this holiday is celebrated on January 17.

This guide assists congressional offices with work related to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. It contains links to legislation, CRS reports, sample speeches and remarks from the Congressional Record, and presidential proclamations and remarks. It also contains links to additional government resources and selected educational, cultural, and advocacy organizations.

History
On November 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed legislation making the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a legal public holiday to be observed on the third Monday of every January (P.L. 98-144). When President Bill Clinton signed the King Holiday and Service Act on August 23, 1994 (P.L. 103-304), the holiday was designated as a day of community service, interracial cooperation, and youth anti-violence initiatives.

President Ronald Reagan delivered the remarks “Message on the Observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day” on January 14, 1986, and issued Proclamation 5431 on January 18, 1986, as part of the first recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a federal holiday.

Legislation
P.L. 98-144—Authorized Dr. King’s birthday to be a legal public holiday, on the third Monday in January (97 Stat. 917; November 2, 1983).

P.L. 103-304—Authorized appropriations and amended existing statutes to support the planning and performance of national service opportunities in conjunction with the legal holiday honoring the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (108 Stat. 1565; August 23, 1994).

Related CRS Reports
CRS Report R41990, Federal Holidays: Evolution and Current Practices, by Jacob R. Straus; CRS Report R43743, Monuments and Memorials Authorized and Completed Under the Commemorative Works Act in the District of Columbia, by Jacob R. Straus.

More to come!

"Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

6000 Posts and 16 Years Ago - Welcome to WaterWired!

Okay - it's only 5,957 posts, not 6,000.

Here's what I wrote on Sunday 7 January 2007. 16 years ago? Who'd a-thunk it? Certainly not I!

Thanks for stopping by and reading the initial post of WaterWired.

My objectives in establishing this blog are:

1) Providing my perspective on today's water and related issues, regardless of where they may be - the Pacific Northwest, the rest of the USA, or the developing/developed world;

2) Illustrating the many facets of water - as a life-giver, commodity, resource, nuisance, weapon, vehicle for cooperation, instigator of conflict, subject matter for literature/art, etc.;

3) Soliciting and listening to your perspectives on water;

4) Satisfying my desire to be a "writer" (gees, I guess "blogger" is the proper  term);

5) Educating and entertaining my readers (and myself!); and, above all

6) Stimulating thought and generating controversy (though never for its own sake!)

Again, thanks for visiting, and I hope you will return frequently.

"In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water.
            Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong,
                there is nothing that can surpass it."
                            -- Lao-tze, 6th century BC

Even had some comments:

Thanks to both Emily and Yubi.

As I reflect back on 16 years and an average of a post per day I realize that I have become more of an 'aggregator' as opposed to an 'originator' or 'creator'. I started out with the intent of writing original material on a daily basis. I realized that was an onerous task and I could not keep it up, certainly not on a daily basis while I was working full time  I tell myself that I will revert to an 'originalist' (channeling the late Antonin Scalia) but I doubt that's possible, even with my impending retirement from OSU (June 2023). I want to start posting on my personal blog, Campanastan -originally called 'Aquablog' - which has languished in the past five or so years. This blog preceded WaterWired by two weeks.

For now, I am not going to worry about where the path will take me. I am a firm believer in serendipity and so far, so good.

One thing is for sure - I will still be wearing this T-shirt!

Stay tuned - I may post my first 'real' post!

"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” - Yogi Berra       

Xiang Li and John L. Nieber Opine: 'The Rise of Machine Learning in Hydrology'

The November-December 2022 issue of Water Resources IMPACT features a fascinating 2-page article by Xiang Li and John L. Nieber on 'The Rise of Machine Learning in Hydrology'. John is the Guest Editor of this issue. 

No, it's not another chapter in 'The Terminator' franchise. More interesting and useful.

Download Machine_Learning_Hydrology

A paragraph to whet your appetite for this subject. Click on the graphic to enlarge it.

Since 2015 AlphaGo and its successor  programs have defeated human Go professionals  using artificial intelligence. AlphaGo was developed to test how well a neural network using deep learning can compete at the game Go and other board games, such as chess, without being taught the rules. The tremendous growth in AI, machine learning (ML), and big data has opened a new era, sometimes called the Fourth Industrial Revolution. From the targeting of more effective  business advertisements to the greater accuracy of live captions on the media, ML has fundamentally changed the way we live and work. Now data scientists, computer scientists, and hydrologists are coming together to use ML to advance our understanding of hydrological systems.

The authors.

Their emails and bios are at the end of the article.

Last one of 2022!

Enjoy!

Water-MDPI, Volume 14, Issue 24 (December-2 2022) - 150 Articles

It's Water-MDPI, Volume 14, Issue 24 (December-2 2022) - 150 Articles To view abstracts, click here or on the titles below. Cover Story Article: Influence of Livelihood Capital of Rural Reservoir Resettled Households on the Choice of Livelihood Strategies in China Jing Wu, Shaojun Chen, Kexin Zhou and Xinxin Chen Water 2022, 14(24), 4055; DOI: 10.3390/w14244055    Featured Papers Review: Application and Prospect of Curtain Grouting Technology in Mine Water Safety Management in China: A Review Shichong Yuan, Bangtao Sun, Guilei Han, Weiqiang Duan and Zhixiu Wang Water 2022, 14(24), 4093; DOI: 10.3390/w14244093 Review: Nanomaterials for Water Remediation: An Efficient Strategy for Prevention of Metal(loid) Hazard Jyoti Mathur, Pooja Goswami, Ankita Gupta, Sudhakar Srivastava, Tatiana Minkina, Shengdao Shan and Vishnu D. Rajput Water 2022, 14(24), 3998; DOI: 10.3390/w14243998 Review: Soil Microbiome Study Based on DNA Extraction: A Review Urszula Wydro Water 2022, 14(24), 3999; DOI: 10.3390/w14243999 Review: Microbial Interactions, Growth, and Health of Aquatic Species in Biofloc Systems Uthpala Padeniya, Donald Allen Davis, Daniel E. Wells and Timothy J. Bruce Water 2022, 14(24), 4019; DOI: 10.3390/w14244019 Article: Simulation Feedback of Temperature Field of Super-High Arch Dam during Operation and Its Difference with Design Temperature Chunyao Hou, Dong Chai, Heng Cheng, Shaoqing Ning, Bo Yang and Yi Zhou Water 2022, 14(24), 4028; DOI: 10.3390/w14244028 Article: Long-Term Temporal Flood Predictions Made Using Convolutional Neural Networks Hau-Wei Wang, Gwo-Fong Lin, Chih-Tsung Hsu, Shiang-Jen Wu and Samkele Sikhulile Tfwala Water 2022, 14(24), 4134; DOI: 10.3390/w14244134 Article: A Machine Learning Method for Engineering Risk Identification of Goaf Haiping Yuan, Zhanhua Cao, Lijun Xiong, Hengzhe Li and Yixian Wang Water 2022, 14(24), 4075; DOI: 10.3390/w14244075 Article: Hydrogeochemical Characteristics and Groundwater Quality in a Coastal Urbanized Area, South China: Impact of Land Use Chunyan Liu, Qinxuan Hou, Yetao Chen and Guanxing Huang Water 2022, 14(24), 4131; DOI: 10.3390/w14244131 Article: Analysis of the Effect of Soil Remediation Processes Contaminated by Heavy Metals in Different Soils Ke Ren, Fangyuan Teng, Shejiang Liu and Xiuli Liu Water 2022, 14(24), 4004; DOI: 10.3390/w14244004 Article: Impacts of Precipitation Type Variations on Runoff Changes in the Source Regions of the Yangtze and Yellow River Basins in the Past 40 Years Yingying Hu, Yuyan Zhou, Yicheng Wang, Fan Lu, Weihua Xiao, Baodeng Hou, Yuanhui Yu, Jianwei Liu and Wei Xue Water 2022, 14(24), 4115; DOI: 10.3390/w14244115 Article: River–Lake System Connectivity Effectively Reduced the Salinity of Lake Water in Bosten Lake, Northwest China Honghua Zhou, Yaning Chen, Zhaoxia Ye, Yupeng Li and Chenggang Zhu Water 2022, 14(24), 4002; DOI: 10.3390/w14244002 Article: Exploring the Influences of Stream Network Structure and Connectivity on Water Environment Risk in China Menghan Chen, Zhicheng Xu, Lei Cheng, Qinyao Hou, Pan Liu and Shujing Qin Water 2022, 14(24), 4007; DOI: 10.3390/w14244007 Article: Effects of Dry and Wet Negev Soil–Dust Deposition on the Induction of Autoxidation of Soil–Dust Lipid Components Jean-François Rontani, Bruno Charriere, Christophe Menniti, Itzhak Katra and Dominique Aubert Water 2022, 14(24), 4092; DOI: 10.3390/w14244092 Article: Differentiating Nitrate Origins and Fate in a Semi-Arid Basin (Tunisia) via Geostatistical Analyses and Groundwater Modelling Kaouther Ncibi, Micòl Mastrocicco, Nicolò Colombani, Gianluigi Busico, Riheb Hadji, Younes Hamed and Khan Shuhab Water 2022, 14(24), 4124; DOI: 10.3390/w14244124 Article: Contaminant Removal from Wastewater by Microalgal Photobioreactors and Modeling by Artificial Neural Network Amin Mojiri, Noriatsu Ozaki, Reza Andasht Kazeroon, Shahabaldin Rezania, Maedeh Baharlooeian, Mohammadtaghi Vakili, Hossein Farraji, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Tomonori Kindaichi and John L. Zhou Water 2022, 14(24), 4046; DOI: 10.3390/w14244046 Article: Digestate as a Source of Nutrients: Nitrogen and Its Fractions Wojciech Czekała Water 2022, 14(24), 4067; DOI: 10.3390/w14244067 Article: Effect of Reactor Stages in Series in the Main Anoxic Section on Anoxic Phosphorus Absorption Performance of Modified A2O Process Bojiao Yan, Jing Luo, Xiaoling Wang and Hai Lu Water 2022, 14(24), 4082; DOI: 10.3390/w14244082 Article: Environmental and Economic Performance of Sludge Composting Optimization Alternatives: A Case Study for Thermally Hydrolyzed Anaerobically Digested Sludge Irina Kliopova, Edgaras Stunžėnas, Jolita Kruopienė and Rimas Pranas Budrys Water 2022, 14(24), 4102; DOI: 10.3390/w14244102 Article: Equilibrium, Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies for the Adsorption of Metanil Yellow Using Carbonized Pistachio Shell-Magnetic Nanoparticles Adnan, Muhammad Omer, Behramand Khan, Inkisar Khan, Muhammad Alamzeb, Farah Muhammad Zada, Ihsan Ullah, Rahim Shah, Mohammed Alqarni and Jesus Simal-Gandara Water 2022, 14(24), 4139; DOI: 10.3390/w14244139 Article: Buried Straw Layer Coupling Film Mulching Regulates Soil Salinity of Coastal Tidal Soil and Improves Maize (Zea mays L.) Growth Juan Wang, Anquan Chen, Yan Li, Danyi Shi, Zhaoyi Zhong and Chuncheng Liu Water 2022, 14(24), 4119; DOI: 10.3390/w14244119 Article: Evidence for Links between Feeding Behavior of Daphnia magna and Water Framework Directive Elements: Case Study of Crestuma-Lever Reservoir Bárbara S. Diogo, Sara Rodrigues, Nelson Silva, Ivo Pinto and Sara C. Antunes Water 2022, 14(24), 3989; DOI: 10.3390/w14243989 Article: Molecular Responses Mechanism of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 to Cadmium Stress Gang Ruan, Wujuan Mi, Xuwang Yin, Gaofei Song and Yonghong Bi Water 2022, 14(24), 4032; DOI: 10.3390/w14244032 Article: Numerical Investigation of Hydrodynamics in a U-Shaped Open Channel Confluence Flow with Partially Emergent Rigid Vegetation Zhengrui Shi and Sheng Jin Water 2022, 14(24), 4027; DOI: 10.3390/w14244027 Article: Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Intensification Due to Inner Surface Modification in Circular Mini-Channel Aleksandr V. Belyaev, Alexey V. Dedov, Nikita E. Sidel’nikov, Peixue Jiang, Aleksander N. Varava and Ruina Xu Water 2022, 14(24), 4054; DOI: 10.3390/w14244054 Article: Investigation on Pressure Fluctuation of the Impellers of a Double-Entry Two-Stage Double Suction Centrifugal Pump Hongyeyu Yan, Yaguang Heng, Yuan Zheng, Ran Tao and Changliang Ye Water 2022, 14(24), 4065; DOI: 10.3390/w14244065 Article: Uptake of Microplastics in the Wedge Clam Donax trunculus: First Evidence from the Mediterranean Sea Zoe Olivieri, Giulia Cesarini, Monica Orsini, Serena De Santis and Massimiliano Scalici Water 2022, 14(24), 4095; DOI: 10.3390/w14244095 Article: Simultaneous Removal of Metal Ions from Wastewater by a Greener Approach Lubna A. Ibrahim, Marwa E. El-Sesy, ElSayed ElBastamy ElSayed, Martina Zelenakova, Maria Hlinkova, Essam Sh. Mohamed and Mohamed Abu-Hashim Water 2022, 14(24), 4049; DOI: 10.3390/w14244049 Article: An Estimation of Virtual Trades of Embedded Water and Land through Sri Lankan Seasonal Crops’ Trades to Improve the Cropping Preferences Zohreh Rajabi, Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman Tariq and Nitin Muttil Water 2022, 14(24), 4101; DOI: 10.3390/w14244101 Article: Comparing CSM-CROPGRO and APSIM-OzCot Simulations for Cotton Production and Eddy Covariance-Based Evapotranspiration in Mississippi Amitava Chatterjee and Saseendran S. Anapalli Water 2022, 14(24), 4022; DOI: 10.3390/w14244022 Article: Residues of Selected Anticonvulsive Drugs in Surface Waters of the Elbe River Basin (Czech Republic) Martin Ferencik, Jana Blahova, Jana Schovankova, Zuzana Siroka, Zdenka Svobodova, Vit Kodes, Karla Stepankova and Pavla Lakdawala Water 2022, 14(24), 4122; DOI: 10.3390/w14244122 Water-Energy Nexus Article: Ultrasonic Vibration Technology to Improve the Thermal Performance of CPU Water-Cooling Systems: Experimental Investigation Amin Amiri Delouei, Hasan Sajjadi and Goodarz Ahmadi Water 2022, 14(24), 4000; DOI: 10.3390/w14244000 New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences Article: Deformation Prediction of Cihaxia Landslide Using InSAR and Deep Learning Yuxiao Wang, Shouyi Li and Bin Li Water 2022, 14(24), 3990; DOI: 10.3390/w14243990 Article: Geomatics-Based Modeling and Hydrochemical Analysis for Groundwater Quality Mapping in the Egyptian Western Desert: A Case Study of El-Dakhla Oasis Hanaa A. Megahed, Hossam M. GabAllah, Mohamed A. E. AbdelRahman, Paola D’Antonio, Antonio Scopa and Mahmoud H. Darwish Water 2022, 14(24), 4018; DOI: 10.3390/w14244018 Article: Comparative Study of Coupling Models of Feature Selection Methods and Machine Learning Techniques for Predicting Monthly Reservoir Inflow Jakkarin Weekaew, Pakorn Ditthakit, Quoc Bao Pham, Nichnan Kittiphattanabawon and Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh Water 2022, 14(24), 4029; DOI: 10.3390/w14244029 Article: Surface Water Mapping from SAR Images Using Optimal Threshold Selection Method and Reference Water Mask Olena Kavats, Dmitriy Khramov and Kateryna Sergieieva Water 2022, 14(24), 4030; DOI: 10.3390/w14244030 Article: Experimental Investigation of Uniaxial Compressive Strength of Distilled Water Ice at Different Growth Temperatures Yujia Zhang, Zuoqin Qian, Song Lv, Weilong Huang, Jie Ren, Ziwei Fang and Xiaodong Chen Water 2022, 14(24), 4079; DOI: 10.3390/w14244079 Article: Estimating Chlorophyll-a Concentration from Hyperspectral Data Using Various Machine Learning Techniques: A Case Study at Paldang Dam, South Korea GwangMuk Im, Dohyun Lee, Sanghun Lee, Jongsu Lee, Sungjong Lee, Jungsu Park and Tae-Young Heo Water 2022, 14(24), 4080; DOI: 10.3390/w14244080 Article: Synthesis of Fumed-Pr-Pi-TCT as a Fluorescent Chemosensor for the Detection of Cyanide Ions in Aqueous Media Sepideh Saberi Afshar, Ghodsi Mohammadi Ziarani, Fatemeh Mohajer, Alireza Badiei, Siavash Iravani and Rajender S. Varma Water 2022, 14(24), 4137; DOI: 10.3390/w14244137 Hydrogeology Article: Real-Time Groundwater Dynamics Verification in the Embankment’s Substrate during the Transition of a Flood Wave Filip Bujakowski, Tomasz Falkowski, Anna Podlasek and Piotr Ostrowski Water 2022, 14(24), 3986; DOI: 10.3390/w14243986 Article: Evaluation of Potential Seawater Intrusion in the Coastal Aquifers System of Benin and Effect of Countermeasures Considering Future Sea Level Rise Amos Agossou, Jeong-Seok Yang and Jae-Boem Lee Water 2022, 14(24), 4001; DOI: 10.3390/w14244001 Article: Genesis Mechanisms of Geothermal Resources in Mangkang Geothermal Field, Tibet, China: Evidence from Hydrochemical Characteristics of Geothermal Water Yuzhong Liao, Yanguang Liu, Guiling Wang, Tingxin Li, Feng Liu, Shuaichao Wei, Xiaoxue Yan, Haonan Gan and Wei Zhang Water 2022, 14(24), 4041; DOI: 10.3390/w14244041 Article: Genesis of Significance of Carbonated Thermal Water Springs in Xining Basin, China Yude Lei, Zhen Zhao, Baojian Zhang, Xianchun Tang, Yinfei Luo, Guiling Wang, Jun Gao and Dailei Zhang Water 2022, 14(24), 4058; DOI: 10.3390/w14244058 Article: Mechanism and Control of Grout Propagation in Horizontal Holes in Fractured Rock Zhaoxing Liu, Shuning Dong, Hao Wang and Hongbo Shang Water 2022, 14(24), 4062; DOI: 10.3390/w14244062 Article: Groundwater Vulnerability Indicator Assessment of Karst Island Water Resources: Enhancement of the Freshwater Lens Assessment Protocol Robert Michael DiFilippo, Carlos Primo David and Lee Bosher Water 2022, 14(24), 4071; DOI: 10.3390/w14244071 Article: Fluid-Structure Coupling Creep Characteristics of Red-Bed Soft Rock in South China Shuguang Zhang, Xiao Yun, Yu Song, Wenbo Liu and Li Yang Water 2022, 14(24), 4088; DOI: 10.3390/w14244088 Article: Hydrogeochemical Characteristics of Karst Areas: A Case Study of Dongzhuang Reservoir Area in Jinghe River Haifeng Zhang, Jiang Zhan, Weifeng Wan and Junzhi Wang Water 2022, 14(24), 4111; DOI: 10.3390/w14244111 Soil and Water Article: Water Efficiency of Coriander under Flows of Application of Nutritive Solutions Prepared in Brackish Waters Raphaela Revorêdo Bezerra, José Amilton Santos Júnior, Uriel Calisto Pessoa, Ênio Farias de França e Silva, Tarcísio Ferreira de Oliveira, Kézia Ferreira Nogueira and Edivan Rodrigues de Souza Water 2022, 14(24), 4005; DOI: 10.3390/w14244005 Article: Evaluating a Surface Energy Balance Model for Partially Wetted Surfaces: Drip and Micro-Sprinkler Systems in Hazelnut Orchards (Corylus Avellana L.) Camilo Souto, Octavio Lagos, Eduardo Holzapfel, Christopher Ruybal, David R. Bryla and Gladys Vidal Water 2022, 14(24), 4011; DOI: 10.3390/w14244011 Article: Bio-Organic Fertilizer Combined with Different Amendments Improves Nutrient Enhancement and Salt Leaching in Saline Soil: A Soil Column Experiment Meng Xiao, Guangming Liu, Shengguo Jiang, Xuewei Guan, Jinlin Chen, Rongjiang Yao and Xiuping Wang Water 2022, 14(24), 4084; DOI: 10.3390/w14244084 Article: Spatio-Temporal Analysis and Driving Factors of Soil Water Erosion in the Three-River Headwaters Region, China Dan Wu, Rui Peng, Lin Huang, Wei Cao and Taoli Huhe Water 2022, 14(24), 4127; DOI: 10.3390/w14244127 Water and Climate Change Review: Hydrological Modelling and Climate Adaptation under Changing Climate: A Review with a Focus in Sub-Saharan Africa Vincent Dzulani Banda, Rimuka Bloodless Dzwairo, Sudhir Kumar Singh and Thokozani Kanyerere Water 2022, 14(24), 4031; DOI: 10.3390/w14244031 Article: Variability of the Carbon Isotope Composition of Peat-Forming Plants during the Biochemical Transformation Evgeniya Golovatskaya, Liliya Nikonova, Galina Simonova and Daria Kalashnikova Water 2022, 14(24), 4035; DOI: 10.3390/w14244035 Article: Cross-Priming Approach Induced Beneficial Metabolic Adjustments and Repair Processes during Subsequent Drought in Olive Mariem Ben Abdallah, Kawther Methenni, Wael Taamalli, Kamel Hessini and Nabil Ben Youssef Water 2022, 14(24), 4050; DOI: 10.3390/w14244050 Article: Possible Factors Driving Groundwater Quality and Its Vulnerability to Land Use, Floods, and Droughts Using Hydrochemical Analysis and GIS Approaches Sherif Ahmed Abu El-Magd, Hanaa Ahmed, Quoc Bao Pham, Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh, Duong Tran Anh, Ismail Elkhrachy and Ahmed M. Masoud Water 2022, 14(24), 4073; DOI: 10.3390/w14244073 Article: Evaluation of Inundation Probability and Inundation Depth through Rainfall–Runoff Analysis Ho-Jun Keum, Jong-Cheol Seo and Yeon-Moon Choo Water 2022, 14(24), 4076; DOI: 10.3390/w14244076 Article: Water Temperature Evolution Driven by Solar Radiation in an Ice-Covered Lake: A Numerical Study and Observational Data Sergei Smirnov, Alexander Smirnovsky, Galina Zdorovennova, Roman Zdorovennov, Nikolay Palshin, Iuliia Novikova, Arkady Terzhevik and Sergey Bogdanov Water 2022, 14(24), 4078; DOI: 10.3390/w14244078 Article: Impacts of Climate Change Induced Sea Level Rise, Flow Increase and Vegetation Encroachment on Flood Hazard in the Biobío River, Chile Gerhard Schoener, Enrique Muñoz, José Luis Arumí and Mark C. Stone Water 2022, 14(24), 4098; DOI: 10.3390/w14244098 Article: Determination of River Hydromorphological Features in Low-Land Rivers from Aerial Imagery and Direct Measurements Using Machine Learning Algorithms Vytautas Akstinas, Andrius Kriščiūnas, Arminas Šidlauskas, Dalia Čalnerytė, Diana Meilutytė-Lukauskienė, Darius Jakimavičius, Tautvydas Fyleris, Serhii Nazarenko and Rimantas Barauskas Water 2022, 14(24), 4114; DOI: 10.3390/w14244114 Article: Future Changes in Temperature and Precipitation over Northeastern Brazil by CMIP6 Model Leydson G. Dantas, Carlos A. C. dos Santos, Celso A. G. Santos, Eduardo S. P. R. Martins and Lincoln M. Alves Water 2022, 14(24), 4118; DOI: 10.3390/w14244118 Article: Modeling Hydrological Regimes of Floodplain Wetlands Using Remote Sensing and Field Survey Data Xiaodong Na and Wenliang Li Water 2022, 14(24), 4126; DOI: 10.3390/w14244126 Ecohydrology Article: Research on the Impact of Water Conservancy Projects on Downstream Floodplain Wetlands—Taking Yimin River as an Example Chunming Hu and Xi Dong Water 2022, 14(24), 4064; DOI: 10.3390/w14244064 Article: Prioritizing Water Resources for Conservation in a Land of Water Crisis: The Case of Protected Areas of Iran Parvaneh Sobhani, Hassan Esmaeilzadeh, Seyed Mohammad Moein Sadeghi, Isabelle D. Wolf and Azade Deljouei Water 2022, 14(24), 4121; DOI: 10.3390/w14244121 Hydrology Review: A Virological Perspective on the Use of Bacteriophages as Hydrological Tracers Perrine Florent, Henry-Michel Cauchie and Leslie Ogorzaly Water 2022, 14(24), 3991; DOI: 10.3390/w14243991 Article: Flood Damage on Dairy Farms: A What-If Analysis to Assess Economic Losses Anna Gaviglio, Maria Elena Marescotti, Eugenio Demartini and Annafrancesca Corradini Water 2022, 14(24), 3984; DOI: 10.3390/w14243984 Article: The Application and Improvement of Soil–Water Characteristic Curves through In Situ Monitoring Data in the Plains Pingnan Zhang, Gang Chen, Jinning Wu, Chuanhai Wang, Shiwei Zheng, Yue Yu, Youlin Li and Xiaoning Li Water 2022, 14(24), 4012; DOI: 10.3390/w14244012 Article: Sub-Hourly to Daily Rainfall Intensity-Duration-Frequency Estimation Using Stochastic Storm Transposition and Discontinuous Radar Data Christoffer B. Andersen, Daniel B. Wright and Søren Thorndahl Water 2022, 14(24), 4013; DOI: 10.3390/w14244013 Article: Potential of Two SAR-Based Flood Mapping Approaches in Supporting an Integrated 1D/2D HEC-RAS Model Ioanna Zotou, Kleanthis Karamvasis, Vassilia Karathanassi and Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis Water 2022, 14(24), 4020; DOI: 10.3390/w14244020 Article: Identification of Time-Varying Parameters of Distributed Hydrological Model in Wei River Basin on Loess Plateau in the Changing Environment Haizhe Wu, Dengfeng Liu, Ming Hao, Ruisha Li, Qian Yang, Guanghui Ming and Hui Liu Water 2022, 14(24), 4021; DOI: 10.3390/w14244021 Article: Development of Technology for Identification of Climate Patterns during Floods Using Global Climate Model Data with Convolutional Neural Networks Jaewon Jung and Heechan Han Water 2022, 14(24), 4045; DOI: 10.3390/w14244045 Article: A Dilemma between Flood and Drought Management: Case Study of the Upper Chao Phraya Flood-Prone Area in Thailand Weerayuth Pratoomchai, Chaiwat Ekkawatpanit, Naphol Yoobanpot and Kwan Tun Lee Water 2022, 14(24), 4056; DOI: 10.3390/w14244056 Article: Application of Soil Moisture Data Assimilation in Flood Forecasting of Xun River in Hanjiang River Basin Jueying Bai, Ran Mu, Baowei Yan and Jing Guo Water 2022, 14(24), 4061; DOI: 10.3390/w14244061 Article: Methodological Contribution to the Assessment of Generation and Sediment Transport in Tropical Hydrographic Systems Elizon D. Nunes, Patrícia de A. Romão, Maurício M. Sales, Newton M. de Souza and Marta P. da Luz Water 2022, 14(24), 4091; DOI: 10.3390/w14244091 Article: Application of the HEC-RAS Program in the Simulation of the Streamflow Hydrograph for Air Lakitan Watershed Achmad Syarifudin, Alfrendo Satyanaga and Henggar Risa Destania Water 2022, 14(24), 4094; DOI: 10.3390/w14244094 Article: Temp-Spatial Heterogeneity of Water Recharge and Its Stable Mechanisms of the Mountainous Rice Terraces in East Asia Monsoon Region Chengjing Liu, Yuanmei Jiao, Qiue Xu, Zhilin Liu and Yinping Ding Water 2022, 14(24), 4110; DOI: 10.3390/w14244110 Article: Deterministic and Stochastic Generation of Evaporation Data for Long-Term Mine Pit Lake Water Balance Modelling Kristian Mandaran, Neil McIntyre and David McJannet Water 2022, 14(24), 4123; DOI: 10.3390/w14244123 Article: Quantifying Groundwater Infiltrations into Subway Lines and Underground Car Parks Using MODFLOW-USG Davide Sartirana, Chiara Zanotti, Marco Rotiroti, Mattia De Amicis, Mariachiara Caschetto, Agnese Redaelli, Letizia Fumagalli and Tullia Bonomi Water 2022, 14(24), 4130; DOI: 10.3390/w14244130 Article: Collaborative Ecological Flow Decision Making under the Bengbu Sluice Based on Ecological-Economic Objectives Ying Pei, Baohong Lu, Yang Song, Yan Yang, Xinyue Feng and Wenlong Shen Water 2022, 14(24), 4133; DOI: 10.3390/w14244133 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Review: Application of the Human Viral Surrogate Pepper Mild Mottle Virus for Wastewater Fecal Pollution Management Khalid Maniah, Islam Nour, Atif Hanif, Mohamed Taha Yassin, Abdulrahman Alkathiri, Yazeed Alharbi, Riyadh Alotaibi, Abdullah E. Al-Anazi and Saleh Eifan Water 2022, 14(24), 4033; DOI: 10.3390/w14244033 Review: Microplastic Accumulation and Degradation in Environment via Biotechnological Approaches Sonal Thakur, Shivangi Mathur, Saumya Patel and Biswaranjan Paital Water 2022, 14(24), 4053; DOI: 10.3390/w14244053 Review: Bacterial Laccases as Biocatalysts for the Remediation of Environmental Toxic Pollutants: A Green and Eco-Friendly Approach—A Review Neha Agarwal, Vijendra Singh Solanki, Amel Gacem, Mohd Abul Hasan, Brijesh Pare, Amrita Srivastava, Anupama Singh, Virendra Kumar Yadav, Krishna Kumar Yadav, Chaigoo Lee, Wonjae Lee, Sumate Chaiprapat and Byong-Hun Jeon Water 2022, 14(24), 4068; DOI: 10.3390/w14244068 Article: Removal of Environmentally Harmful and Hardly Degradable Pharmaceuticals Sulfamethoxazole, Diclofenac, and Cetirizine by Adsorption on Activated Charcoal Daniela Pavúková, Lucia Fašková, Eva Melníková, Emília Mališová, Ján Híveš, Ladislav Štibrányi, Pavol Hudec, Monika Naumowicz and Miroslav Gál Water 2022, 14(24), 3988; DOI: 10.3390/w14243988 Article: Wastewater Treatment with the Natural Sorbents from the Arctic Elena Vialkova and Anastasiia Fugaeva Water 2022, 14(24), 4009; DOI: 10.3390/w14244009 Article: Coagulation and Flocculation Optimization Process Applied to the Sidestream of an Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant Arturo Barros, Xanel Vecino, Mònica Reig and José Luis Cortina Water 2022, 14(24), 4024; DOI: 10.3390/w14244024 Article: Start-Up Evaluation of a Full-Scale Wastewater Treatment Plant Consisting of a UASB Reactor Followed by Activated Sludge Jaime Díaz-Gómez, Andrea Pérez-Vidal, David Vargas-Nuncira, Olga Usaquén-Perilla, Ximena Jiménez-Daza and Claudia Rodríguez Water 2022, 14(24), 4034; DOI: 10.3390/w14244034 Article: The Chemically Modified Leaves of Pteris vittata as Efficient Adsorbent for Zinc (II) Removal from Aqueous Solution Qaiser Khan, Muhammad Zahoor, Syed Muhammad Salman, Muhammad Wahab, Muhammad Talha, Abdul Waheed Kamran, Yousaf Khan, Riaz Ullah, Essam A. Ali and Abdul Bari Shah Water 2022, 14(24), 4039; DOI: 10.3390/w14244039 Article: CO2 Addition and Semicontinuous Feed Regime in Shaded HRAP—Pathogen Removal Performance Graziele Ruas, Sarah Farias Lacerda, Maria Alice Nantes, Mayara Leite Serejo, Gustavo Henrique Ribeiro da Silva and Marc Árpad Boncz Water 2022, 14(24), 4047; DOI: 10.3390/w14244047 Article: Landscape Ecological Risk Assessment and Planning Enlightenment of Songhua River Basin Based on Multi-Source Heterogeneous Data Fusion Ying Zhao, Zhe Tao, Mengnan Wang, Yuanhua Chen, Rui Wu and Liang Guo Water 2022, 14(24), 4060; DOI: 10.3390/w14244060 Article: Removal Performances of Turbidity, Organics, and NH4+-N in a Modified Settling Tank with Rotating Biological Discs Used for Enhancing Drinking Water Purification Wendong Wang, Chaokun Li, Yingying Dong, Zhiwen Chen, Lan Yang, Yulu Wei, Kun Wu, Hui Zhang and Yinqiang Tian Water 2022, 14(24), 4066; DOI: 10.3390/w14244066 Article: Characterizing Aqueous Cd2+ Removal by Plant Biochars from Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Wenxuan Li, Xueli Wang, Haizhen Kong and Dan Zhang Water 2022, 14(24), 4085; DOI: 10.3390/w14244085 Article: Potential of Adsorption of Diverse Environmental Contaminants onto Microplastics Chaehwi Lim, Namgyu Kim, Junho Lee and Yeojoon Yoon Water 2022, 14(24), 4086; DOI: 10.3390/w14244086 Article: Optimization of Aeration Rate—Low Cost but High Efficiency Operation of Aniline-Degrading Bioaugmentation Reactor Jianyang Song, Chunyan Wang, Haojin Peng, Qian Zhang, Yao Li, Hua Wei and Hongyu Wang Water 2022, 14(24), 4096; DOI: 10.3390/w14244096 Article: Metal Ions Removal from Contaminated Water Using Membranes Functionalized with Ionic Liquids Lavinia Lupa, Laura Cocheci, Adina Maria Dobos, Mihaela Dorina Onofrei, Petru Negrea and Anca Filimon Water 2022, 14(24), 4105; DOI: 10.3390/w14244105 Article: Efficient Dye Removal from Real Textile Wastewater Using Orange Seed Powder as Suitable Bio-Adsorbent and Membrane Technology Miguel A. D. Flores Alarcón, Claudia Revilla Pacheco, Kiara Garcia Bustos, Kevin Tejada Meza, Felix Terán-Hilares, David. A. Pacheco Tanaka, Gilberto J. Colina Andrade and Ruly Terán-Hilares Water 2022, 14(24), 4104; DOI: 10.3390/w14244104 Article: Evaluation of the Adsorptive Performances of Rapeseed Waste in the Removal of Toxic Metal Ions in Aqueous Media Teodora Arsenie, Irina Gabriela Cara, Maria-Cristina Popescu, Iuliana Motrescu and Laura Bulgariu Water 2022, 14(24), 4108; DOI: 10.3390/w14244108 Article: Parametrical Study for the Effective Removal of Mordant Black 11 from Synthetic Solutions: Moringa oleifera Seeds’ Extracts Versus Alum Amina Hadadi, Ali Imessaoudene, Jean-Claude Bollinger, Sabrina Cheikh, Aymen Amine Assadi, Abdeltif Amrane, Mohamed Kebir and Lotfi Mouni Water 2022, 14(24), 4109; DOI: 10.3390/w14244109 Article: Preparation of Magnetic Dummy Molecularly Imprinted Meso-Porous Silica Nanoparticles Using a Semi-Covalent Imprinting Approach for the Rapid and Selective Removal of Bisphenols from Environmental Water Samples Jing Chen, Xiaoli Sun, Muhua Wang, Yan Wang, Qinyao Wu, Shurong Wu and Sisi Fang Water 2022, 14(24), 4125; DOI: 10.3390/w14244125 Article: Advanced Treatment of Laundry Wastewater by Electro-Hybrid Ozonation–Coagulation Process: Surfactant and Microplastic Removal and Mechanism Jiahao Luo, Xin Jin, Yadong Wang and Pengkang Jin Water 2022, 14(24), 4138; DOI: 10.3390/w14244138 Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance Article: Role of Multifunctional Water Reservoirs in the Upper Vistula Basin in Reducing Flood Risk Krzysztof Woś, Radosław Radoń, Tomasz Tekielak, Krzysztof Wrzosek, Łukasz Pieron and Michał Piórecki Water 2022, 14(24), 4025; DOI: 10.3390/w14244025 Article: Watershed Ecological Compensation Mechanism for Mainstream and Branches Based on Stochastic Evolutionary Game: A Case of the Middle Yellow River Ying Liu, Enhui Jiang, Bo Qu, Yongwei Zhu and Chang Liu Water 2022, 14(24), 4038; DOI: 10.3390/w14244038 Article: Water Reservoirs in Plans to Improve Navigability of the Lower Section of the Vistula Łukasz Pieron, Krzysztof Woś and Krzysztof Wrzosek Water 2022, 14(24), 4042; DOI: 10.3390/w14244042 Article: A Study on the Drivers of Remote Sensing Ecological Index of Aksu Oasis from the Perspective of Spatial Differentiation Chao Ling, Guangpeng Zhang, Xiaoya Deng, Ayong Jiao, Chaoqun Chen, Fujie Li, Bin Ma, Xiaodong Chen and Hongbo Ling Water 2022, 14(24), 4052; DOI: 10.3390/w14244052 Article: The Structural Characteristics of the Virtual Water Trade Network of the China’s Major Crops Xuan Liang, Aihua Long and Jiawen Yu Water 2022, 14(24), 4083; DOI: 10.3390/w14244083 Article: Optimal Choices in Decision Supporting System for Network Reservoir Operation Rapeepat Techarungruengsakul, Ratsuda Ngamsert, Teerawat Thongwan, Rattana Hormwichian, Kittiwet Kuntiyawichai, Seyed Mohammad Ashrafi and Anongrit Kangrang Water 2022, 14(24), 4090; DOI: 10.3390/w14244090 Hypothesis: Water Oriented City—A ‘5 Scales’ System of Blue and Green Infrastructure in Sponge Cities Supporting the Retention of the Urban Fabric Anna Zaręba, Alicja Krzemińska, Mariusz Adynkiewicz-Piragas, Krzysztof Widawski, Dan van der Horst, Francisco Grijalva and Rogelio Monreal Water 2022, 14(24), 4070; DOI: 10.3390/w14244070 Water Quality and Contamination Review: Modeling of Groundwater Nitrate Contamination Due to Agricultural Activities—A Systematic Review Meenakshi Rawat, Rintu Sen, Ikenna Onyekwelu, Travis Wiederstein and Vaishali Sharda Water 2022, 14(24), 4008; DOI: 10.3390/w14244008 Review: Influence of Anthropogenic Activities on Redox Regulation and Oxidative Stress Responses in Different Phyla of Animals in Coastal Water via Changing in Salinity Abhipsa Bal, Falguni Panda, Samar Gourav Pati, Taslima Nasim Anwar, Kajari Das and Biswaranjan Paital Water 2022, 14(24), 4026; DOI: 10.3390/w14244026 Review: Sustainable Membrane Technologies for By-Product Separation of Non-Pharmaceutical Common Compounds Md Eman Talukder, Fariya Alam, Mst. Monira Rahman Mishu, Md. Nahid Pervez, Hongchen Song, Francesca Russo, Francesco Galiano, George K. Stylios, Alberto Figoli and Vincenzo Naddeo Water 2022, 14(24), 4072; DOI: 10.3390/w14244072 Article: Simulation Study on the Effect of Non-Point Source Pollution on Water Quality in the Upper Reaches of the Lijiang River Zitao Li, Junfeng Dai, Zhangnan Li, Yan Liu, Jingxuan Xu, Zhenyu Zhang and Baoli Xu Water 2022, 14(24), 3995; DOI: 10.3390/w14243995 Article: Dynamics of Pollution in the Hyporheic Zone during Industrial Processing Brine Discharge Yanina Parshakova and Andrey Ivantsov Water 2022, 14(24), 4006; DOI: 10.3390/w14244006 Article: Potential of GTL-Derived Biosolids for Water Treatment: Fractionization, Leachate, and Environmental Risk Analysis Shifa Zuhara, Snigdhendubala Pradhan, Mujaheed Pasha and Gordon McKay Water 2022, 14(24), 4016; DOI: 10.3390/w14244016 Article: A Paleolimnological Perspective on Arctic Mountain Lake Pollution Vladimir Dauvalter, Zakhar Slukovskii, Dmitry Denisov and Alina Guzeva Water 2022, 14(24), 4044; DOI: 10.3390/w14244044 Article: Temporal–Spatial Variability of Dissolved Carbon in the Tributary Streams of the Lower Yangtze River Basin Ji-Fa Cui, Shi-Jie Han, Xi-Mei Zhang, Xing-Guo Han and Zhi-Ping Wang Water 2022, 14(24), 4057; DOI: 10.3390/w14244057 Article: Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of the Effective Implementation of Water Quality Improvement Programs for Citarum River, West Java, Indonesia Iwan Juwana, Nur A. Rahardyan, Didin A. Permadi and Arief D. Sutadian Water 2022, 14(24), 4077; DOI: 10.3390/w14244077 Article: Chemometric Approach to Pesticide Residue Analysis in Surface Water Ljiljana Ćurčić, Biljana Lončar, Lato Pezo, Nataša Stojić, Dunja Prokić, Vladimir Filipović and Mira Pucarević Water 2022, 14(24), 4089; DOI: 10.3390/w14244089 Article: Occurrence and Removal of Priority Substances and Contaminants of Emerging Concern at the WWTP of Benidorm (Spain) Edmond Tiberius Alexa, María de los Ángeles Bernal-Romero del Hombre Bueno, Raquel González, Antonio V. Sánchez, Héctor García and Daniel Prats Water 2022, 14(24), 4129; DOI: 10.3390/w14244129 Editorial: Microplastics and Their Impacts on Organisms and Trophic Chains Jun Yan, Shengchao Yao, Tianyi Zhang, Zijing Ye, Jingjing Weng, Xiaofeng Hu and Kai Zhang Water 2022, 14(24), 4069; DOI: 10.3390/w14244069 Urban Water Management Article: Impact on Potable Water Consumption Due to Massive Migrations: The Case of Bogotá, Colombia Nestor Ortiz, Laura González and Juan Saldarriaga Water 2022, 14(24), 3987; DOI: 10.3390/w14243987 Article: Frequency Characteristic Analysis of Acoustic Emission Signals of Pipeline Leakage Weiping Cheng and Yongxin Shen Water 2022, 14(24), 3992; DOI: 10.3390/w14243992 Article: Application of Regression-Based Machine Learning Algorithms in Sewer Condition Assessment for Ålesund City, Norway Lam Van Nguyen and Razak Seidu Water 2022, 14(24), 3993; DOI: 10.3390/w14243993 Article: Risk-Based Inspection and Rehabilitation Planning of Service Connections in Intermittent Water Supply Systems for Leakage Management in Arid Regions Husnain Haider, Muath Abdullah Almutlaq, Abdullah Alodah, Abdul Razzaq Ghumman, Ibrahim Saleh AlSalamah, Yousry Mahmoud Ghazaw and Md. Shafiquzzaman Water 2022, 14(24), 3994; DOI: 10.3390/w14243994 Article: Microbiological Contamination of Urban Groundwater in the Brazilian Western Amazon Célia Ceolin Baia, Taíse Ferreira Vargas, Vivian Azevedo Ribeiro, Josilena de Jesus Laureano, Rachel Boyer, Caetano Chang Dórea and Wanderley Rodrigues Bastos Water 2022, 14(24), 4023; DOI: 10.3390/w14244023 Article: Assessment of Chambal River Water Quality Parameters: A MATLAB Simulation Analysis Mukesh Kumar Gupta, Rahul Kumar, M. K. Banerjee, Naveen Kumar Gupta, Tabish Alam, Sayed M. Eldin and Mohd Yawar Ali Khan Water 2022, 14(24), 4040; DOI: 10.3390/w14244040 Article: Groundwater Quality and Potential Pollution in the Southern Shimabara Peninsula, Japan Kei Nakagawa, Hiroki Amano, Zhi-Qiang Yu and Ronny Berndtsson Water 2022, 14(24), 4106; DOI: 10.3390/w14244106 Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics Article: Contrast Analysis of Flow-Discharge Measurement Methods in a Wide–Shallow River during Ice Periods Jinzhi Lu, Xinlei Guo, Jiajia Pan, Hui Fu, Yihong Wu and Zeyu Mao Water 2022, 14(24), 3996; DOI: 10.3390/w14243996 Article: Influence of Water Depth and Slope on Roughness—Experiments and Roughness Approach for Rain-on-Grid Modeling Rebecca Hinsberger, Andreas Biehler and Alpaslan Yörük Water 2022, 14(24), 4017; DOI: 10.3390/w14244017 Article: Ethohydraulic Experiments Investigating Retention Rates of an Electrified Bar Rack Jonas Haug, Calvin Frees, Barbara Brinkmeier and Markus Aufleger Water 2022, 14(24), 4036; DOI: 10.3390/w14244036 Editorial: Computational Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics Ahmad Shakibaeinia and Amir Reza Zarrati Water 2022, 14(24), 3985; DOI: 10.3390/w14243985 Editorial: Flow Hydrodynamic in Open Channels: A Constantly Evolving Topic Mouldi Ben Meftah Water 2022, 14(24), 4120; DOI: 10.3390/w14244120 Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems Article: Host Range and Phylogenetic Position of Acipenserobdella volgensis (Zykoff, 1904) (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae) with a Global Checklist of Bivalve-Associated Fish Leeches Ivan N. Bolotov, Vadim V. Maryinsky, Dmitry M. Palatov, Alexander V. Kondakov, Tatyana A. Eliseeva, Ekaterina S. Konopleva, Mikhail Y. Gofarov, Ilya V. Vikhrev and Yulia V. Bespalaya Water 2022, 14(24), 4010; DOI: 10.3390/w14244010 Article: Effects of Dam Building on Niche Differentiation of Comammox Nitrospira in the Main Stream of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area Shuang Liu, Jiahui Zhang, Yuchun Wang, Mingming Hu, Yufei Bao, Shanze Li, Jie Wen and Jianwei Zhao Water 2022, 14(24), 4014; DOI: 10.3390/w14244014 Article: Salinity Shapes the Microbial Communities in Surface Sediments of Salt Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau, China Yuanyuan He, Lele He, Zhe Wang, Ting Liang, Shichun Sun and Xiaoshou Liu Water 2022, 14(24), 4043; DOI: 10.3390/w14244043 Article: Seasonal Variability of Plankton Production Parameters as the Basis for the Formation of Organic Matter Flow in the Southeastern Part of the Baltic Sea Sergey A. Mosharov, Irina V. Mosharova, Olga A. Dmitrieva, Anna S. Semenova and Marina O. Ulyanova Water 2022, 14(24), 4099; DOI: 10.3390/w14244099 Article: A Short Cost-Effective Methodology for Tracing the Temporal and Spatial Anthropogenic Inputs of Micropollutants into Ecosystems: Verified Mass-Balance Approach Applied to River Confluence and WWTP Release Hawraa Ayoub, Olivier Potier, Bachar Koubaissy, Steve Pontvianne, Audrey Lenouvel, Cédric Guignard, Hélène Poirot, Joumana Toufaily, Tayssir Hamieh and Thibault Roques-Carmes Water 2022, 14(24), 4100; DOI: 10.3390/w14244100 Article: Effects of Extracts Containing Metabolites of Different Cyanobacteria from an Ambient Spring (Central Europe) on Zooplankters Daphnia magna and Duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza Magdalena Toporowska, Beata Ferencz and Jarosław Dawidek Water 2022, 14(24), 4107; DOI: 10.3390/w14244107 Article: Multivariate Analysis of Rotifer Community and Environmental Factors Using the Decomposed Components Extracted from a Time Series Geun-Hyeok Hong, Kwang-Hyeon Chang, Hye-Ji Oh, Yerim Choi, Sarang Han and Hyun-Gi Jeong Water 2022, 14(24), 4113; DOI: 10.3390/w14244113 Article: A Case Study of a 10-Year Change in the Vegetation and Water Environments of Volcanic Mires in South-Western Japan Akira Haraguchi Water 2022, 14(24), 4132; DOI: 10.3390/w14244132 Article: Ecotoxicological and Chemical Approach to Assessing Environmental Effects from Pesticide Use in Organic and Conventional Rice Paddies Fulvio Onorati, Andrea Tornambé, Andrea Paina, Chiara Maggi, Giulio Sesta, Maria Teresa Berducci, Micol Bellucci, Enrico Rivella and Susanna D’Antoni Water 2022, 14(24), 4136; DOI: 10.3390/w14244136 Oceans and Coastal Zones Article: Numerical Modelling of an Innovative Conical Pile Head Breakwater Arunakumar Hunasanahally Sathyanarayana, Praveen S. Suvarna, Pruthviraj Umesh, Kiran G. Shirlal, Hans Bihs and Arun Kamath Water 2022, 14(24), 4087; DOI: 10.3390/w14244087 Article: Current Assessment of Water Quality and Biota Characteristics of the Pelagic Ecosystem of the Atlantic Sector of Antarctica: The Multidisciplinary Studies by the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas Natalia Mirzoeva, Tatiana Polyakova, Ernest Samyshev, Tatiana Churilova, Vladimir Mukhanov, Alexandr Melnik, Vladislav Proskurnin, Evgeny Sakhon, Elena Skorokhod, Olga Chuzhikova-Proskurnina, Elena Chudinovskih, Natalia Minkina, Natalia Moiseeva, Victor Melnikov, Artem Paraskiv, Lidia Melnik and Tatiana Efimova Water 2022, 14(24), 4103; DOI: 10.3390/w14244103 Article: Carbon Neutrality Assessment and Driving Factor Analysis of China’s Offshore Fishing Industry Hongjun Guan, Yuhuan Chen and Aiwu Zhao Water 2022, 14(24), 4112; DOI: 10.3390/w14244112 Article: Channel Bed Adjustment of the Lowermost Yangtze River Estuary from 1983 to 2018: Causes and Implications Ming Tang, Heqin Cheng, Yijun Xu, Hao Hu, Shuwei Zheng, Bo Wang, Zhongyong Yang, Lizhi Teng, Wei Xu, Erfeng Zhang and Jiufa Li Water 2022, 14(24), 4135; DOI: 10.3390/w14244135 Correction: Correction: Favaretto et al. A Spatial Structure Variable Approach to Characterize Storm Events for Coastal Flood Hazard Assessment. Water 2021, 13, 2556 Chiara Favaretto, Luca Martinelli and Piero Ruol Water 2022, 14(24), 4015; DOI: 10.3390/w14244015 Water Erosion and Sediment Transport Article: Model Test and Numerical Simulation of Slope Instability Process Induced by Rainfall Yongshuai Sun, Ke Yang, Ruilin Hu, Guihe Wang and Jianguo Lv Water 2022, 14(24), 3997; DOI: 10.3390/w14243997 Article: Failure Process Analysis of Landslide Triggered by Rainfall at Volcanic Area: Fangshan Landslide Case Study Weiwei Gu, Zinan Li, Cheng Lin, Faming Zhang, Menglong Dong, Yukun Li and Chang Liu Water 2022, 14(24), 4059; DOI: 10.3390/w14244059 Article: Characteristics and Mechanism of Local Scour Reduction around Pier Using Permeable Sacrificial Pile in Clear Water Hongliang Qi, Guishan Chen, Wen Zou, Tiangang Yuan, Weiping Tian and Jiachun Li Water 2022, 14(24), 4051; DOI: 10.3390/w14244051 Article: Analyzing Rainfall Threshold for Shallow Landslides Using Physically Based Modeling in Rasuwa District, Nepal Bin Guo, Xiangjun Pei, Min Xu and Tiantao Li Water 2022, 14(24), 4074; DOI: 10.3390/w14244074 Article: Physical and Rheological Characteristics of Sediment for Nautical Depth Assessment in Bushehr Port and Its Access Channel Farzin Samsami, Seyyed Abbas Haghshenas and Mohsen Soltanpour Water 2022, 14(24), 4116; DOI: 10.3390/w14244116 Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture Article: Bayesian Calibration and Uncertainty Assessment of HYDRUS-1D Model Using GLUE Algorithm for Simulating Corn Root Zone Salinity under Linear Move Sprinkle Irrigation System Farzam Moghbel, Abolfazl Mosaedi, Jonathan Aguilar, Bijan Ghahraman, Hossein Ansari and Maria C. Gonçalves Water 2022, 14(24), 4003; DOI: 10.3390/w14244003 Article: Effects of Bacillus pumilus BP-171 and Carbon Sources on the Growth Performance of Shrimp, Water Quality and Bacterial Community in Penaeus vannamei Culture System Mingyang Wang, Yang Liu, Kai Luo, Tengfei Li, Qingbing Liu and Xiangli Tian Water 2022, 14(24), 4037; DOI: 10.3390/w14244037 Article: Magnetized Saline Water Irrigation Enhances Soil Chemical and Physical Properties Ahmed Elsayed Abdelghany, Ahmed I. Abdo, Mohamed G. Alashram, Kamel Mohamed Eltohamy, Jiabei Li, Youzhen Xiang and Fucang Zhang Water 2022, 14(24), 4048; DOI: 10.3390/w14244048 Article: Technological Innovation in the Traditional Olive Orchard Management: Advances and Opportunities to the Northeastern Region of Portugal Carlos Silveira, Arlindo Almeida and António C. Ribeiro Water 2022, 14(24), 4081; DOI: 10.3390/w14244081 Article: A Low-Cost Wireless Sensor for Real-Time Monitoring of Water Level in Lowland Rice Field under Alternate Wetting and Drying Irrigation Kristelle Marie S. Dela Cruz, Victor B. Ella, Delfin C. Suministrado, Gamiello S. Pereira and Edzel S. Agulto Water 2022, 14(24), 4128; DOI: 10.3390/w14244128 General Review: Uranium and Fluoride Removal from Aqueous Solution Using Biochar: A Critical Review for Understanding the Role of Feedstock Types, Mechanisms, and Modification Methods Anjali Thakur, Rakesh Kumar and Prafulla Kumar Sahoo Water 2022, 14(24), 4063; DOI: 10.3390/w14244063 Article: Temporal and Spatial Variations of the Bacterial Diversity in a Deep Alkaline Lake E. Gozde Ozbayram, Latife Köker, Ayça Oğuz Çam, Reyhan Akçaalan and Meriç Albay Water 2022, 14(24), 4097; DOI: 10.3390/w14244097 Article: Numerical Simulation of the Wormhole Propagation in Fractured Carbonate Rocks during Acidization Using a Thermal-Hydrologic-Mechanics-Chemical Coupled Model Piyang Liu, Chaoping Huang, Lijing Jia, Weijing Ji, Zhao Zhang and Kai Zhang Water 2022, 14(24), 4117; DOI: 10.3390/w14244117

Special Issues Open for Submissions Monitoring and Self-Learning Control of Water Systems (Deadline: 10 January 2023) Optimization and Prediction of Water Quality Model Based on Artificial Intelligence (Deadline: 10 January 2023) Identification and Quantification of Water Flow and Solute Transport Processes in Agricultural, Natural and Artificial Hillslopes (Deadline: 10 January 2023) Effect of Aquatic Environment on Fish Ecology (Deadline: 10 January 2023) Water Treatment and Emerging Contaminants (Deadline: 15 January 2023) To access the full list of Special Issues, please click here

Topical Collection (without Deadline) Water Policy Collection To access the full list of Topical Collections, please click here

Recent Special Issue Reprints Research on Hydraulics and River Dynamics Vlassios Hrissanthou (Ed.) ISBN 978-3-0365-5597-3 (Hbk) ; ISBN 978-3-0365-5598-0 (PDF) DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-5598-0 Water Resource Management through the Lens of Planetary Health Approach Pankaj Kumar and Ram Avtar (Eds.) ISBN 978-3-0365-6146-2 (Hbk) ; ISBN 978-3-0365-6145-5 (PDF) DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-6145-5 Advances in Urban Groundwater and Sustainable Water Resources Management and Planning Helder I. Chaminé, Maria José Afonso and Maurizio Barbieri (Eds.) ISBN 978-3-0365-6001-4 (Hbk) ; ISBN 978-3-0365-6002-1 (PDF) DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-6002-1 Advancement in the Fluid Dynamics Research of Reversible Pump-Turbine Ran Tao, Changliang Ye and Xijie Song (Eds.) ISBN 978-3-0365-5858-5 (Hbk) ; ISBN 978-3-0365-5857-8 (PDF) DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-5857-8 Groundwater Quality and Public Health Jianhua Wu, Peiyue Li and Saurabh Shukla (Eds.) ISBN 978-3-0365-5836-3 (Hbk) ; ISBN 978-3-0365-5835-6 (PDF) DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-5835-6 To access the full list of books, please click here   "You CANNOT take bribes for grades. The college CAN take ‘gifts’ for ‘considerations’ toward donor family members. Why is this so difficult?" - @ass_deans

RNRF Special Report: 'Our Fate in the Stars - How a Universe Rich with Alien Worlds Can Help Us Save Our Own'

A special report from the Renewable Natural Resources Foundation:   
Our Fate in the Stars: How a Universe Rich with Alien Worlds Can Help Us Save Our Own by Adam Frank.

You can also find this article by Adam Frank in the Renewable Resources Journal 33(3) pp. 2 - 9.

Buckle up!

Editor's Note:
Anthropogenic climate change has become a matter of intense debate in the public sphere, not only regarding how human civilization can respond to this threat, but even whether or not it is happening at all. University of Rochester astrophysicist Dr. Adam Frank describes a new, astrobiological framework for thinking about climate change that broadens our perspective on humanity’s place on Earth. By considering current environmental dilemmas in a wider context — how life on Earth impacts physical planetary processes, and how civilizations throughout the universe might naturally induce climate change on their planets — Frank argues that we are better positioned to solve the compelling, existential problem of climate change.

This report is adapted from a lecture of the same name that Frank presented at Dartmouth College in May 2017. His book Light of the Stars, published July 2018, provides further reading on astrobiology and climate change.

 

What is the Problem?
The premise of Frank’s argument is: You can’t solve a problem until you can understand it, and you can’t understand it until you can tell its story. What, then, is the real story behind climate change?

There is broad scientific consensus that humans are driving changes in the Earth’s current climate state by burning fossil fuels. Problems associated with climate change, such as ocean acidification, shifting weather patterns and melting ice caps, are further compounded by general resource depletion across the world’s biomes. While the science surrounding the topic is well established, political debate has lagged behind, and many people do not think climate change is happening or do not believe it is a threat to civilization.

This was not always the case, however. High-level political rhetoric surrounding climate change goes at least as far back as 1964, with an address by President Lyndon Johnson to Congress:

“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through radioactive materials and a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”

Over fifty years after LBJ’s address, debate in the public sphere has become extremely polarized, and political gridlock has limited the options of how to tackle the climate change problem. A new framework for thinking about climate change could move the conversation in a more productive direction.

Think Like a Planet
Much of the social misconceptions about climate change could be attributed to a problem in perspective. Fundamentally, climate change is thought of as a one-time phenomenon — that it has never happened before — and many people unfamiliar with climate science concepts simply don’t believe that that human beings are capable of drastically altering the planet’s atmosphere. In order to tackle these misunderstandings, Frank argued the perspective on climate change needs to move beyond just human beings in this moment in history.

To do this he suggested “thinking like a planet.” Scientific understanding of planets has seen rapid advancements in recent decades. Frank noted that the idea of planets as a general, universal, cosmic phenomenon is very new, as are ideas suggesting that planets, their biospheres, and even their civilizations are broadly governed by knowable rules. Studying these rules and thinking about how planets and civilizations occur as a natural phenomenon can help us “think like a planet.”

Earth at one time had a magma ocean. Earth was also a continent-less water world. There was a later time when the Earth was seven degrees warmer than it is now — a jungle world. Later, the Earth was completely glaciated. In the distant future, as the sun heats up, Earth will be a desert world. There have been many different versions of Earth throughout the planet’s long history, and there will continue to be many more in the future.

Geologists have demarcated epochs in the Earth’s history that represent the planet’s wildly different conditions. Currently, we are in the Holocene, a period of warm, moist, conditions that has only started since the last Ice Age about 10,000 years ago. Generally speaking, sophisticated human civilizations began and flourished in the Holocene.

Because civilization has thrived within the Holocene, it is unclear what would happen to human civilization outside of the Holocene. Frank stated that this point is particularly important to understand, because when we say we are worried about the climate, what we really mean is that we are worried about the Holocene. The word “sustainability” is often used to describe solutions to climate change. But what, exactly, do we want to sustain? We want to sustain is Earth as it currently is — comfortable for human civilization. Specifically, a civilization that maximizes human well-being, is technological and energy intensive, and has a high enough population to support a functioning, complex, technologically advanced society. To do this, we need to keep the Holocene. But by sustaining the Holocene in perpetuity, we are altering the planet’s evolution. A perspective encompassing a long history of Earth shows that humans are far from the first species to do this.

Cutting to the chase..(go here to the last page)

Conclusion
And how does this perspective give us a new way of telling the story of the human race?

Frank proposed that the story of climate change and the Anthropocene should be told as a story of humans as an energy harvesting species. Just as planets have given rise to dinosaurs and blue-green algae, planets have also fostered energy harvesting civilizations, and from that perspective, humans are not that unique. Civilizations are just one of many different experiments a planet can run on its surface, and there have likely been many civilizations throughout the universe, as the pessimism line shows. Frank argued that humans are a part of the biosphere, not above the biosphere. New York City, then, is as much a part of nature as a bird’s nest. Can humans learn to cooperate with the planet and sustain their civilization, or will the Anthropocene see the Earth moving on to a different experiment?

The crux of Frank’s argument is that Anthropocenes have happened before and are a natural part of the formation of civilizations. Climate change is not humanity’s fault — it is simply what any civilization would naturally do. Frank cautioned that this does not mean humans are not causing climate change, but rather civilizations did not set about harvesting energy and burning coal and oil with the intention of changing the climate. The Anthropocene is not a story of human greed, human unworthiness, or humans as a plague upon the planet. It is simply a story about the natural course of events under civilizations. It is a story about a planet and its experiments.

Climate change is inevitable — any civilization will cause climate change, but whether or not we can build a sustainable civilization is an open question. A planetary view of the Anthropocene problem allows for hope and optimism in staving off a collapse of Earth’s civilization. The Anthropocene, Frank contended, is not a story with villains, it’s just a story about winners and losers. We want to make sure that we are on the winning side, and can join the community of cosmic civilizations that have also managed to create a sustainable world. After all, Frank concluded, if another civilization has made it, why can’t we?

Fascinating! 

"There are good reasons to believe in extraterrestrial intelligence, but this [UFOs] is not one of them." - Adam Frank (in the New York Times)