{"title":"Digital technologies disclosure and corporate environmental performance: The role of market turbulence.","authors":"Hussien Ahmed, Awad Elsayed Awad Ibrahim, Heba Abou-El-Sood","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131171","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Firms are under simultaneous pressure to decarbonize and to digitalize, yet it is unclear whether digital transformation helps them cut emissions. This study examines whether and when corporate engagement with digital technologies (DT), as revealed in annual report disclosures, enhances corporate environmental performance (CEP) and how this association depends on market turbulence. Drawing on a panel of UK non-financial firms listed on the FTSE All-Share Index (2016-2022), we construct a novel DT disclosure (DTD) score via sentence- and paragraph-level textual analysis and link it to firms' carbon emissions intensity. Using panel-corrected standard errors, feasible generalized least squares, and panel quantile regressions, we find that higher DTD is significantly associated with lower emissions; in the baseline model, a one-unit increase in DTD is associated with a 0.299 reduction in carbon emissions intensity. However, this environmental association weakens among high-emission firms and under more turbulent market conditions. By integrating the resource-based view with affordance and strategic transformation perspectives, this paper contributes to emerging digital sustainability research by (i) demonstrating that the DTD-CEP relationship is non-linear and context-dependent across emission thresholds, and (ii) identifying market turbulence as an important external boundary condition shaping the environmental relevance of digital strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"419 ","pages":"131171"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149316768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advancing acid and metalliferous drainage characterisation, prediction, and monitoring in mine waste systems using electrical methods: Challenges and future directions.","authors":"Nadeera Batapola, Yan Zhou, Thierry Bore, Mandana Shaygan, Yuyang Zhu, Mansour Edraki","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131233","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD) is one of the most persistent environmental liabilities faced by the mining industry, owing to its potential to cause long-term contamination. AMD encompasses acidic to neutral, metal-rich waters generated by the oxidation of sulfide minerals upon exposure to oxygen and water. With the energy transition, the volume of mine wastes stored in large-scale facilities is projected to increase, and the magnitude and complexity of AMD-related risks are likely to intensify. Consequently, early assessment and effective monitoring of the geochemical stability of mine wastes are critical for mitigating environmental impacts, avoiding unforeseen closure and remediation costs over the mine life cycle. At present, AMD assessment and monitoring largely rely on conventional geochemical testing methods, which are constrained by inherent uncertainties and provide point-scale data with limited spatial representativeness across heterogeneous mine waste structures. In this context, geophysical techniques, particularly electrical methods, offer a complementary, non-invasive, spatially continuous, and cost-effective alternative for the assessment of AMD potential. This review critically synthesises current knowledge on the application of electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and induced polarisation (IP) methods for AMD investigations in mine waste systems. The review highlights the predominance of qualitative investigations and key barriers that limit the transition to quantitative and predictive AMD assessments, including the lack of validated petrophysical relationships and limited field-scale calibrations. By identifying critical knowledge gaps and future research priorities, the review provides a framework for advancing quantitative AMD prediction, monitoring, and risk-based mine waste management using electrical methods.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"419 ","pages":"131233"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149316840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qiwen Xu, Mengdie Feng, Tianyang Li, Lin Xiong, Gaoning Zhang, Binghui He
{"title":"Aggregate-scale reorganization of multitrophic soil micro-food webs under fertilization and earthworm activity shapes soil-plant nutrient coupling.","authors":"Qiwen Xu, Mengdie Feng, Tianyang Li, Lin Xiong, Gaoning Zhang, Binghui He","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131258","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fertilization is widely used to enhance crop productivity and nutrient cycling, whereas earthworms reorganize soil aggregates, creating heterogeneous microhabitats for soil micro-food webs. However, how earthworms modify fertilization effects on aggregate-associated multitrophic communities and soil-plant nutrient transfer remains unclear. We conducted an outdoor mesocosm experiment in a Sichuan pepper-faba bean agroforestry system with NPK fertilization (NPK; 15-15-15, 6.67 g kg<sup>-1</sup> dry soil), earthworm addition (EW; Eisenia fetida, 60 g m<sup>-2</sup>), their combination (NPK + EW), and a control across microaggregates (MIA; <0.25 mm), small macroaggregates (SMA; 0.25-2 mm), and large macroaggregates (LMA; 2-8 mm). Compared with NPK treatment, EW treatment significantly increased bacterial and protistan Shannon diversity from 724.24 to 803.42 (10.93%) and from 120.54 to 163.39 (35.55%), respectively (p < 0.05). Fungal Shannon diversity was primarily structured by aggregate size and was significantly higher in MIA (122.42) than in SMA (91.06) and LMA (107.16, p < 0.05). NPK + EW treatment non-additively reorganized co-occurrence network toward greater fungal representation and modularity. MIA supported the most complex co-occurrence networks and showed the strongest associations between microbial attributes and soil-plant nutrient variables. Beyond the positive effects of NPK fertilization and earthworm addition, structural equation modeling revealed that protistan diversity positively affected both soil nutrient supply and plant nutrient uptake (path coefficients = 0.29 and 0.32), whereas network complexity was negatively related to soil nutrient acquisition (-0.70) and supply (-0.47). These findings indicate that multitrophic coupling is an important mechanism through which fertilization and earthworm enhance nutrient transfer from soil to plants across aggregate-scale microhabitats.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"419 ","pages":"131258"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149316841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laurane Hennequin, Armand Crabit, Victor Berteloot, Antoine Gazaix, François Colin
{"title":"Soil hydrosaline dynamics with depth and time in actively water-managed Mediterranean coastal wetlands.","authors":"Laurane Hennequin, Armand Crabit, Victor Berteloot, Antoine Gazaix, François Colin","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131271","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mediterranean coastal wetlands provide key ecosystem services but are increasingly threatened by hydrological alterations and climate change. Surface soil salinity is commonly identified as the main driver of plant distribution, yet its effects are strongly modulated by soil water dynamics. This comprehensive study investigates how the combination of active freshwater management, using former agricultural channels, and landscape position is associated with hydrosaline dynamics and vegetation differentiation on 9 plots in a Mediterranean saltmarsh in Southern France. Soil salinity was measured at multiple depths during three campaigns over two years, and soil water content was monitored every three weeks over six months in plots under prolonged (PWS), temporary (TWS) or no water supply (NWS). As PWS plots were located closer to the main channel, management and landscape position are partly confounded in this observational design; results are therefore interpreted as associations. Salinity profiles differed among management types: PWS plots had homogeneous, moderately saline profiles, whereas TWS and NWS plots showed salinity increasing with depth. TWS plots were less saline than NWS plots despite similar distances to the main channel, so proximity alone does not explain these differences. Differences among campaigns were small, suggesting long-term processes. Soil drying cycles differed among plots and were related to recharge indicators rather than vegetation type. Vegetation mosaic was the result of the combined action of water management and landscape position. These results suggest that long-term management outcomes may depend on landscape position and subsurface hydrology, which should both be integrated in restoration planning for Mediterranean wetlands under increasing water scarcity.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"419 ","pages":"131271"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149316851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dissolved inorganic carbon dynamics regulated by natural and anthropogenic activities mediate riverine CO<sub>2</sub> emissions in China.","authors":"Jiayue Li, Fuhong Sun, Xiuyuan Chen, Yiding Guo, Fengchang Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131270","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Climate change and human disturbances substantially alter carbon biogeochemical exchanges between inland water bodies and the atmosphere. Hence, the pathways linking natural and anthropogenic drivers to fluvial carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions by regulating dissolved carbon (DC) cycling should be further investigated. Herein, we simulated the spatiotemporal evolution of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) across river networks in China and quantified the cascading effects of natural and anthropogenic factors on riverine CO<sub>2</sub> emissions via DC dynamics over the past two decades. The average concentrations of fluvial DOC and DIC nationwide were 3.22 ± 1.59 and 25.40 ± 9.80 mg L<sup>-1</sup>, respectively. Temporally, a breakpoint in DIC concentrations occurred in 2016, shifting from accumulation (slope = 0.07 mg L<sup>-1</sup> yr<sup>-1</sup>; 95% CI: [0.05, 0.11]) to decline (slope = -0.08 mg L<sup>-1</sup> yr<sup>-1</sup>; 95% CI: [-0.14, -0.03]), whereas DOC concentrations remained relatively stable. Structural equation modeling revealed that climatic and anthropogenic factors jointly influenced riverine CO<sub>2</sub> emissions through instream DIC dynamics, with a relative importance of 41.77%. Quantitative analysis indicated that improvements in aquatic and atmospheric environmental quality exerted negative total effects on fluvial CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and accounted for 21.72% of the relative importance in the model. These findings highlight the importance of considering DIC dynamics in strategies to mitigate riverine CO<sub>2</sub> emissions.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"419 ","pages":"131270"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149316769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sliding on landslides: A survey and assessment of environmental threats to ski areas situated on large failing rock masses in the French Alps.","authors":"Sylvain Blondeau, Yanni Gunnell","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131284","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"419 ","pages":"131284"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149316849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pikas shift from engineer to degradation amplifier via grazing-environment synergy on the Tibetan Plateau.","authors":"Chenyu Wang, Yilin Hou, Haicheng Wei, Ronglei Duan, Hongyu Li, Aiying Cheng, Chunliang Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131288","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) exhibit contradictory ecological roles in Tibetan Plateau conservation, simultaneously considered keystone ecosystem engineers and potential grassland degradation drivers. Focusing on the largest lake basin grasslands, we integrate fecal DNA metabarcoding, palynology, and habitat monitoring to elucidate pika foraging strategies and mechanisms driving their role shifts. Dietary analysis reveals a \"core-edge\" strategy: pikas maintain a conserved \"survival guarantee matrix\" of forage plants while opportunistically using \"dynamic buffer modules.\" This dietary and aggregation plasticity constitutes a behavioral flexibility that buffers environmental stress. Habitat analysis demonstrates that vegetation structure acts as a shared filter for both foraging and burrowing, with burrow density modulated to balance predation risk against intraspecific competition. These behaviors drive role transitions under combined environmental and grazing pressures: Pikas act as ecosystem engineers in high-quality meadows but amplify degradation through a cascading chain of collapse in deteriorated grasslands. Accordingly, we propose a tiered framework: maintaining moderate pika densities in high-capacity meadows to preserve ecological functions, while implementing vegetation optimization and restorative grazing in degraded low-altitude grasslands. By revealing how environmental context dictates keystone species' roles, this study provides actionable interventions for sustainable grassland management.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"419 ","pages":"131288"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149316848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unraveling heterogeneous drivers and policy effects on urban water quality: A hierarchical Bayesian causal learning framework.","authors":"Haojie Man, Jian Ma, Xiaoyu Yang, Xiaoli Ma, Jianbin Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131289","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The improvement of surface water quality is critical to mitigating global environmental degradation. However, the complex interactions between anthropogenic pollution and natural hydrology highlight the challenges of watershed governance. This paper proposes an integrated framework combining causal learning and Bayesian modeling to explore the driving mechanisms of urban water quality scores (WQS) from a heterogeneous perspective. A causal discovery algorithm integrating background knowledge is utilized to identify the underlying causal structure, and the hierarchical Bayesian model is employed to disentangle the heterogeneous mechanisms and transmission pathways. The policy intervention effects of governance strategies are evaluated through counterfactual scenario analysis. The results indicate that the nationwide WQS averaged approximately 0.639 over the study period, displaying a declining northwest-to-east spatial gradient. Causal structure identification reveals that factors such as agricultural non-point pollution, industrial activity, and end-of-pipe treatment capacity exhibit direct causal relationships with WQS. Agricultural non-point pollution shows the largest negative effect, followed by urbanization pressure. The driving effects exhibit significant watershed heterogeneity. End-of-pipe treatment gives high marginal returns in infrastructure-poor basins but saturates in developed basins like the Yangtze and Pearl Rivers. Counterfactual simulations show that under a 10% intervention at the national level, mitigating environmental pressures associated with urban population concentration can improve WQS through downstream pathways, while targeted reductions in agricultural non-point pollution and industrial point source emissions increase WQS by 1.0% and 0.59%, respectively. The research findings bridge causal mechanisms with spatial heterogeneity, informing the formulation of basin-specific regional water quality management policies.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"419 ","pages":"131289"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149316855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Magdalena Daria Vaverková, Věra Hubačíková, Martina Urbanová, Bronislava Spáčilová, Anna Podlasek, Eugeniusz Koda, Jan Winkler
{"title":"From energy and cooling systems to multifunctional environmental infrastructure: A decision-support review of photovoltaic-green roofs.","authors":"Magdalena Daria Vaverková, Věra Hubačíková, Martina Urbanová, Bronislava Spáčilová, Anna Podlasek, Eugeniusz Koda, Jan Winkler","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131282","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Photovoltaic-green roofs (PV-GRs) are increasingly recognized as an integrated solution for climate-resilient cities because they combine renewable energy generation, evaporative cooling, stormwater retention, biodiversity enhancement, and more efficient use of limited rooftop space. However, existing research often evaluates their energy, hydrological, ecological, material, and operational functions separately. This study provides a structured narrative and critical synthesis of 67 publications, distinguishing direct PV-GR evidence from supporting evidence from related systems. Attention is given to energy performance and thermal processes, including evapotranspirative cooling, radiation balance, PV module temperature reduction, and mitigation of the photovoltaic heat island effect. The review further examines vegetation, substrate properties, stormwater management, biodiversity, design parameters, maintenance, recycled materials, economic considerations, and life cycle performance. Available evidence indicates that PV-GRs can improve PV performance, reduce roof and module temperatures, support vegetation under partially shaded conditions, and provide hydrological, ecological, and microclimatic benefits. However, the magnitude of these benefits depends strongly on climate, system configuration, water availability, vegetation characteristics, substrate properties, and long-term maintenance. From an environmental management perspective, PV-GRs should therefore be regarded not merely as technologies for energy generation and cooling, but as multifunctional infrastructure whose performance should be evaluated through integrated, site-specific decision-support frameworks and against a reference system appropriate to the specific decision question.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"419 ","pages":"131282"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149316772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coastal urban flood risk under compound hazards: A systematic review and a resilience framework for disaster risk reduction.","authors":"Yubin Zhang, Na Wei, Pingping Luo, Xiaojuan Zhao, Yixuan Zhang, Yajun Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.131276","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Coastal cities are increasingly exposed to compound flooding driven by the interaction of sea-level rise, storm surge, extreme precipitation, and urbanization under climate change. Although both urban flood resilience (UFR) and coastal resilience frameworks have advanced disaster risk reduction, they remain insufficiently integrated for land-sea-subsurface interactions in coastal cities. This gap limits the effectiveness of resilience-based planning and may lead to underestimation of compound coastal flood risks. This study conducts a systematic review of the evolution of urban flood resilience research and synthesizes the drivers, mechanisms, and distinctive characteristics of coastal urban flooding. Based on an integrated analysis of climate forcing, marine dynamics, urban development, and subsurface processes, we develop a Coastal Urban Flood Resilience (CUFR) framework that reframes resilience from a general concept to a coastal-specific risk perspective. The framework emphasizes dynamic adaptation over rigid resistance and explicitly links engineering, ecological, and social dimensions to the processes that govern compound flooding and post-event recovery. To illustrate the practical relevance of CUFR for disaster risk reduction, representative international cases from New York, Rotterdam, and Shanghai are comparatively analyzed. The synthesis demonstrates how coordinated measures across multiple dimensions can reduce functional disruption, mitigate cascading impacts, and accelerate recovery under compound flood scenarios. By clarifying the mechanisms and governance implications of coastal flood resilience, this study provides a structured lens to support risk-informed decision-making, policy design, and climate adaptation strategies for coastal cities facing increasing flood hazards.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"419 ","pages":"131276"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149316845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}