Although hypersaline environments pose challenges to life because of the low water content (water activity), many such habitats appear to support eukaryotic microbes. This contribution presents brief reviews of our current knowledge on eukaryotes of water-column haloclines and brines from Deep Hypersaline Anoxic Basins (DHABs) of the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as shallow-water hypersaline m...

Numerous studies have demonstrated that a complex distribution of water resources, regional development, and management mechanisms create significant challenges for transboundary river basins. We utilized diagnostic thinking to examine the issues 14 main watersheds in three regions (Northeast, Northwest, Southwest) China. Our four diagnosis points were quantity, quality, ecological stability hu...

Pakistan’s society and economy are highly dependent on the surface groundwater resources of Indus River basin. This paper describes development implementation a daily System Model (IRSM) for Pakistan Basin Irrigation (IBIS) to examine potential impact reservoir sedimentation provincial water security. The model considers both physical management characteristics system. model’s performance in re...

• Global siting of hydropower and SPHS projects model framework. Potential for 26 GW between 12 to 50 USD MWh-1. energy water storage costs 2 MWh-1, 0.015 m-3, respectively. The Indus basin has the potential be a global long-term hub. large untapped electricity generation regulate river flow, which could reduce flooding events provide supply during drought periods. In this paper, computational ...

Satellite precipitation data downscaling is gaining importance for climatic and hydrological studies at basin scale, especially in the data-scarce mountainous regions, e.g., Upper Indus Basin (UIB). The relationship between environmental variables frequently utilized to statistically enhance spatial resolution; non-stationary has not yet been completely explored. present work designed downscale...

The Ghaggar river which is also known as ancient Sarasvati noted for her mysterious disappearance. scholars from different field are studying the channel since 18th century. Archaeologists were intrigued by due to presence of archaeological sites all along basin. Explorations in past resulted in locating hundreds sites, particularly Harappan culture sites. A large number banks evidence that flo...

The Indus River Basin (IRB) is a severely water-stressed and rapidly developing home to an estimated 250 million people in South Asia. An acute deficit of environmental flows (EFs) the basin’s delta negatively impacts geomorphology surrounding ecosystems. Here, sub-national model IRB’s integrated water–energy–land systems applied quantify multi-sector transformations system costs for enhancing ...

Abstract The runoff from the Upper Indus River Basin (UIB) is considered vital for sustainable water supply and agriculture. Climate change may alter affect availability of water. This study employs a hydrologic model climate projections fine-resolution Meteorological Research Institute-Atmospheric General Circulation Model (MRI-AGCM) (0.1875°) to assess impacts in future (2075–2099) on flows U...

Several studies have indicated that glaciers in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau are thinning, resulting in reduced water supplies to major rivers such as the Yangtze, Yellow, Lancang, Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra in China, and south Asia. Three rivers in the upstream of Yangtze River originate from glaciers around the Geladandong snow mountain group in central Tibet. Here we used elevation observations...

Global agricultural production is heavily sustained by irrigation, but irrigation system efficiencies are often surprisingly low. However, our knowledge of irrigation efficiencies is mostly confined to rough indicative estimates for countries or regions that do not account for spatiotemporal heterogeneity due to climate and other biophysical dependencies. To allow for refined estimates of globa...