Yujie Xu, Pouya Vahmani, Andrew Jones, & Tianzhen Hong Department of Energy, Office of Science, Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program Acknowledged Support: yes DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105468 Abstract Anthropogenic heat (AH), i.e., waste heat from buildings to the ambient environment, increases urban air temperature and contributes to the urban heat island effect, which leads to more air-conditioning energy…

A. L. Hamilton, P. M. Reed, R. S. Gupta, H. B. Zeff & G. W. Characklis Department of Energy, Office of Science, Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program Acknowledged Support: yes DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51660-8 Abstract As regions around the world invest billions in new infrastructure to overcome increasing water scarcity, better…

Alan M. Rhoades, Colin M. Zarzycki, Benjamin J. Hatchett, Héctor Inda-Diaz, William Rudisill, Benjamin Bass, Eli Dennis, Anne Heggli, Rachel McCrary, Seth McGinnis, Mohammed Ombadi, Stefan Rahimi-Esfarjani, Emily Slinskey,Abhishekh Srivastava, Julia Szinai, Paul A. Ullrich, Michael Wehner, David Yates & Andrew D. Jones  Department of Energy, Office of Science, Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program Acknowledged Support: yes DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-024-07351-7 Abstract The California-Nevada 1997 New Year’s flood was an…

Harrison Zeff, Antonia Hadjimichael, Patrick M. Reed, Gregory W. Characklis Department of Energy, Office of Science, Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program Acknowledged Support: yes DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EF003739 Abstract The ability to reallocate water to higher-value uses during drought is an increasingly important “soft-path” tool for managing water resources in an uncertain future. In…

Dan Li, Linying Wang, Weilin Liao, Ting Sun, Gabriel Katul, Elie Bou-Zeid and Björn Maronga  Department of Energy, Office of Science, Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program Acknowledged Support: yes DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj7398 Abstract Urban surface and near-surface air temperatures are known to be often higher than their rural counterparts, a phenomenon now labeled as the urban heat island effect. However, whether the elevated…

Ning Sun, Mark S. Wigmosta, Hongxiang Yan, Hisham Eldardiry, Zhaoqing Yang, Mithun Deb, Taiping Wang, and David Judi  Department of Energy, Office of Science, Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program Acknowledged Support: yes DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EF003868 Abstract Historical records in the Delaware River Basin reveal complex and spatially diverse flood generating mechanisms influenced by the region’s mountains-to-plains gradients….