This study presents a spatio-temporal assessment of soil nutrient dynamics across five representative ecosites of Ashtamudi Lake, a tropical Ramsar-designated estuarine wetland on the southwest coast of India. Seasonal soil sampling was conducted during pre-monsoon, monsoon, and...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21023
Rapid urbanisation is a major driver of land use and land cover (LULC) transformation in urban lake catchments, often threatening the long-term sustainability of lake ecosystems. This study aimed to quantify and analyse long-term spatio-temporal LULC dynamics within the Shahpura...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21022
Wetlands are amongst the most productive ecosystems on the Earth that provides many important services to human society. They are biologically beneficial habitats that act as a transition zone between land and water. However, they are also ecologically sensitive and adaptive syst...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21021
Turbidity flow plays a critical role in sediment transport, water quality degradation, and ecosystem functioning in lacustrine and estuarine environments, particularly in urbanized coastal regions. Lake Pontchartrain, one of the largest estuaries along the Gulf Coast of the Unite...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21020
The rapid growth of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area (GMA), Jalisco, Mexico, has caused the urban heat island effect to increase its average annual temperature year after year, with record maximum temperatures recently recorded during the spring, specially in 2023 and 2024. This...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21019
Potential evapotranspiration (PET) is a crucial parameter for effective water resource management, particularly in semi-arid regions like Aurangabad district. PET was estimated for nine stations in this region using the Thornthwaite method, which is a widely-used approach for det...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21018
Energy is the key catalyst in the overall economic growth of any nation. Energy in many forms drives the nation. In the current scenario, India's energy utilization ranks fourth globally in total energy consumption, with the majority of it derived from non-renewable sources. The...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21017
Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) is an important warm-season vegetable crop whose growth, phenology, yield, and fruit quality are strongly influenced by prevailing weather conditions. This review synthesizes existing research on the effects of major weather parameters temperature,...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21016
The Lower Dhansiri River catchment in Assam, India, is one of the highly sensitive hydroclimatic zones in northeastern India, where rainfall patterns critically influence river discharge, agriculture and socio-economic systems. This study investigates long-term rainfall variabili...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21015
Ponds are shallow, water filled depressions inhabited by aquatic plants and animals. They are an important natural resource and provide habitat for native species. These ponds remain neglected with no proper attempt of nurturing the potential ecosystem services and are under eval...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i21014