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{"title":"Snow-driven nitrogen cycling and microbial networks in desert biocrusts.","authors":"Waseem Shoukat, Wei Hang, Jungang Yang, Yongxing Lu, Xiaoying Rong, Benfeng Yin, Ye Tao, Ibrahim Inuwa Yahaya, Xuyang Wang, Xiaobing Zhou, Yuanming Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127429","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are essential for nitrogen (N) cycling in arid ecosystems, but how snow cover modulates these processes remains unclear. This study investigated the effects of variable snow cover on N fixation, ammonia oxidation (AO), and microbial networks across moss-, lichen-, and cyanobacteria-dominated biocrusts in China's Gurbantunggut Desert. Snow manipulations double snow (DS), ambient snow (CK), and removed snow (RS) were applied to biocrust plots in winter. Nitrogen fixation and AO rates, soil properties soil water content (SWC), organic carbon (SOC), inorganic N, and microbial co-occurrence networks were analyzed in spring. DS enhanced nitrogen fixation rates, particularly in cyanobacteria-dominated crusts (up to 0.4 μg N g^-1 day^-1), while moss crusts showed elevated fixation under RS conditions (rates can up to 0.4 μg N g^-1 day^-1), which correlated with increased SWC (r = 0.72) and SOC (r = 0.65). Conversely, RS reduced AO rates by 50-67 % across biocrusts, with cyanobacteria experiencing the steepest decline (20 μg N g^-1 day^-1). Microbial networks under DS exhibited higher modularity in moss crusts (modularity = 0.85), indicating structured, cooperative communities, while RS fragmented networks, especially in cyanobacteria (modularity = 0.41). Soil salinity (EC) and pH were negatively correlated with microbial activity under RS. Moss crusts showed resilience, maintaining stable N fixation and microbial diversity under varying snow cover, whereas cyanobacteria showed increased sensitivity to drought. These results highlight the critical role of snow cover in maintaining N cycling during the spring season via moisture retention and SOC accumulation. Declining snow cover, as predicted under climate change, may disproportionately affect cyanobacteria-dominated crusts and thus destabilize soil fertility. Conservation strategies that prioritize bryophyte biocrusts could enhance ecosystem resilience in arid landscapes. This study highlights the interplay between snow regimes, biocrust type, and microbial functionality, and provides insights for predicting N cycling dynamics in warming drylands.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127429"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145197649","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":"From production to climate technology contribution: Exploring the nonlinear relationship between green manufacturing orientation and climate change innovation.","authors":"Kristin Gisa, Frank Tietze, Qi Ang Du, Thomas Schäper","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127218","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Firms are increasingly facing pressure to align their manufacturing strategies with environmental goals; however, evidence on whether these efforts are associated with meaningful climate change innovation (CCI) remains mixed. This study examines the impact of green manufacturing orientation (GMO) on CCI and whether this relationship varies across different industries. We apply a text-based GMO measure from annual reports for 322 Standard and Poor's 500 firms between 2009 and 2019 and link it to climate-related patent data. Panel regression analysis reveals an inverted U-shaped relationship, where moderate levels of GMO are most strongly associated with CCI contributions, while overly intensive approaches exhibit diminishing returns in non-manufacturing industries. In contrast, for manufacturing firms, the relationship is U-shaped. These findings extend the natural resource-based view by conceptualizing GMO as a bounded, context-dependent capability and emphasize that policymakers should prioritize GMO investments in manufacturing sectors, where stronger and sustained innovation benefits are likely to be realized.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127218"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145197655","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":"Signaling role of finance in the relationship between environmental regulation and firm green innovation.","authors":"Hongyu Li, Junjie Wu, Zhiqiang Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127461","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper investigates the signaling role of finance in shaping the relationship between China's New Environmental Protection Law (NEPL) and firm-level green innovation, drawing on the \"Signaling View\" framework. Leveraging the NEPL as a quasi-natural experiment and utilizing data from Chinese listed companies from 2010 to 2020, our findings reveal that firms significantly increased their green innovation post-NEPL. Firms, especially those in high-polluting industries, utilized green patents as strategic signals to demonstrate environmental responsibility, enhance reputation, and reduce financing costs. Green patent applications and acquisitions increased by 14.5 % and 15.7 %, respectively, in these sectors. The signaling effect is more substantial among larger firms and those with greater media exposure, highlighting the role of public scrutiny in motivating environmental compliance. Further analysis reveals broader benefits of green signaling, including improved media sentiment, higher ESG scores, and lower debt financing costs. Our findings emphasize the synergistic role of finance and policy in advancing green innovation through the signaling effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127461"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145197608","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":"Horseback opinions: what do visitors see when they see the wild horses that concern conservation biologists?","authors":"Franco Bostal, Alberto L Scorolli, Sergio M Zalba","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127455","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127455","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social conflicts surrounding invasive alien species can hinder their management, which makes studying the human dimension increasingly important. This approach is particularly relevant in natural reserves, where assessing visitors' perceptions of invasive alien species can help guide the design of more effective outreach and engagement strategies. This study examines visitors' knowledge of feral horses, their perceptions of these animals' value and ecological impact, and their acceptance of different management alternatives in a protected grassland area in the Argentine Pampas. We expect that public perceptions of feral horses and acceptance of the proposed actions will be closely related, and that both will be influenced by knowledge, prior access to information, and demographic factors. We designed a questionnaire to evaluate visitors' knowledge and perceptions about the feral horses in the area, as well as their acceptance of various management options. Our results indicate that many park visitors are unaware of the feral horse issue, often emphasize the cultural significance of these animals, and generally do not recognize them as non-native. However, there is awareness of their ecological impacts on grasslands and broad acceptance of the need to manage the population. Visitorś knowledge and information received from park staff or guides increase support for management, underscoring the importance of providing effective information before and during visits. These findings highlight the need of targeted communication and education strategies to foster broader public support for invasive alien species management.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127455"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145197639","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":"Renewable energy towards ensuring women employment: Mediating and moderating role of climate change vulnerability.","authors":"Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Bekhzod Kuziboev, Khayrilla Kurbonov, Murodjon Matniyozov, Feruz Kalandarov, Aziza Matyakubova","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127454","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The shift to renewable energy is not just about saving the planet; it is also a huge opportunity to help women thrive, yet the literature has not fully explored this connection. This paper examines the relationship between renewable energy, climate change risks, and women's employment, highlighting the challenges women often face due to energy shortages and climate change. Using data from 139 countries between 2000 and 2023, our study demonstrates that renewable energy consistently enhances women's employment, particularly in countries where a significant proportion of women are already in the workforce. The findings of this study indicate that renewable energy is a positive factor in mitigating climate-related burdens. Climate change worsens the opportunity for women to secure employment, while renewable energy is found to serve as a safety net (positive impact of renewable energy on women's jobs). This study's findings demonstrate that renewable energy can empower women economically and make them more resilient to the effects of climate change. Current and future policies need to show a gender-responsive nature in addressing climate change, giving women a fair and sustainable opportunity.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127454"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145190502","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":"The cannibalization effect of intermittent renewables: Are wind and solar power in Germany still dependent on policy support?","authors":"Kyriaki Tselika, Maria Tselika, Elias Demetriades, Gunnar S Eskeland","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127415","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Over the past few decades, European states have implemented measures to expand the role of renewable energy in electricity generation. Amid the current energy crisis, renewable sources are crucial for maintaining a reliable energy system and achieving EU sustainability goals. Policymakers are establishing incentives to attract investors and regulations that ensure the social and economic sustainability of renewable energy systems. This article examines how increased production from wind or solar energy can reduce their own market value and revenues - a phenomenon known as cannibalization. We also analyze how one technology can affect the market value and revenues of the other, referred to here as cross-cannibalization. We construct daily indices that measure the unit revenue and market value of wind and solar power, and apply linear and nonlinear quantile regressions to estimate how the distribution of revenues and value factors varies with renewable penetration and demand. Our findings indicate that both wind and solar energy experience cannibalization and cross-cannibalization primarily in the lower quantiles of their distributions, where market values are low. This effect intensifies with higher levels of wind and solar penetration and consumption. Interestingly, we find that solar power can increase wind's market value in higher market value quantiles, indicating complementary generation patterns between the two technologies. As governments worldwide seek to promote renewable energy while reducing financial support, understanding the interplay between cannibalization effects and market conditions is essential. Our findings suggest that encouraging a balanced mix of wind and solar generation and investing in grid flexibility can help mitigate value cannibalization and enhance market stability. These insights can offer guidance for policymakers, investors, and industry professionals navigating the challenges of renewable energy expansion.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127415"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145184421","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":"ESG-based executive compensation and waste management: Global evidence.","authors":"Ammar Ali Gull, Aitzaz Ahsan Alias Sarang, Irfan Haider Shakri, Asad Ali Rind","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127367","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The world generates over 2 billion tons of solid waste annually, which is estimated to rise by 70 % by 2050 due to population growth, urbanization, and industrialization. This escalating waste crisis severely threatens human habitats, endangering both environmental and public health. Effective waste management becomes critical in combating global warming as solid waste generation rises. In this vein, the current study investigates the impact of executives' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) compensation on waste management practices within firms worldwide. We utilize a dataset spanning 43 countries and comprising 17,443 firm-year observations from 2002 to 2019. We employ the system generalized method of moments (GMM) to analyze the relationship between executives' ESG compensation and waste management. Our findings reveal that executives' compensation tied to ESG performance is associated with reduced waste generation and increased recycling initiatives. Specifically, an increase of one standard deviation in ESG compensation reduces total waste by 1.07 %. We also observe a similar association between ESG compensation policy and waste management. However, the relationship between executives' ESG compensation and waste management is more pronounced for firms operating in environmentally sensitive and low-stringency environments than those operating in environmentally non-sensitive industries and under high-stringency conditions. Additionally, we find that this relationship is pronounced for firms with low levels of firm-level corporate governance quality compared to those with high levels. This research informs policymakers and stakeholders by highlighting the importance of incorporating ESG considerations into executive compensation contracts to promote sustainable waste management practices and preserve the environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127367"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145184331","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":"Is there an additional price premium for single-family houses exposed to urban parks? Insights from causal spatio-temporal matching in Québec city.","authors":"Jean Dubé, Julie Le Gallo, Capucine Chapel, Mohamed Hilal, François Des Rosiers, Marie-Pier Champagne","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127417","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Urban parks and green spaces are known for providing positive social and environmental services, which is usually capitalized into real estate prices. While positive externalities extend at the neighbourhood level, negative externalities can be detected close to the infrastructures, making the price premium varying locally for houses exposed. The paper investigates if local price premium for exposition to different types of parks differ between houses connected or adjacent to parks compared to other houses located nearby but not directly exposed. For that purpose, a spatio-temporal propensity score matching identification strategy is proposed and applied on single-family house transactions in Québec City between 2004 and 2020. The estimation results show that, except for two specific situations, direct exposition does not necessarily translate in significant additional house price premiums. However, a complementary quantile analysis suggests that the non-significant mean differential price premium hides an important spatial dimension, pointing to the presence of environmental inequities.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127417"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145184342","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":"An expert elicitation to inform coastal management decision-making for mitigating future hazards.","authors":"Davina L Passeri, Matthew Richardson, Julien Martin, Simeon Yurek, Karim Alizad, Matthew V Bilskie, James Flocks, Donya Frank-Gilchrist, Robert L Jenkins, Rangley C Mickey, Margaret L Palmsten, Christopher G Smith, Kathryn E L Smith, Sara L Zeigler","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127447","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127447","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A scientific expert elicitation was conducted to address the feasibility of restoring coastal environments in response to future hazards to best meet management objectives. Subject matter experts produced probabilistic estimates of coastal change metrics used to evaluate decision objectives and alternatives informed by a stakeholder advisory group. Changes in salt marsh extents, storm surge flooding and barrier island morphology by the year 2050 were estimated for three scenarios of management actions (no action, interior headland restoration, beach and dune nourishment), while also considering the effects of future sea level rise (SLR). Collectively the participants were confident in their expectations of increased storm surge flooding with SLR, regardless of management interventions. Estimates of marsh response had large uncertainty, but experts generally hypothesized that marsh area would decrease with increasing SLR if no action was taken, especially in areas already experiencing marsh deterioration. There was agreement that dune heights and barrier island widths would decrease with SLR if no action was taken. Experts felt that beach and dune nourishment may reduce the amount of erosion under future SLR. All experts recognized the dynamic effects of SLR and feedback between bio-geo-physical processes that govern coastal systems. Participants agreed that size and location of management actions were important factors for influencing the coastal response. Expert elicitation is novel in the context of coastal management decision making and can be a useful tool for informing future scientific needs and providing rapid results to end users to inform reallocation of resources surrounding research and application.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127447"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145184396","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":"Using the SMART-Farm Tool to identify linchpin farming practices for the improvement of the atmosphere-related sustainability performance of the Luxembourgish agriculture sector.","authors":"Evelyne Stoll, Sabine Keßler, Laura Leimbrock-Rosch, Torsten Bohn, Rachel Reckinger, Christian Schader, Christian Herzig, Stéphanie Zimmer","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127426","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Agriculture is a major source of environmental emissions, including greenhouse gases (GHG), ammonia and other air pollutant emissions, particularly in livestock-intensive countries such as Luxembourg. Organic agriculture has attracted attention as a more environmentally friendly agricultural management system. This study assessed the atmosphere-related sustainability performance of 87 farms (4.5 % of all farms in Luxembourg) using the Sustainability Monitoring and Assessment RouTine (SMART)-Farm Tool, which operationalizes the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)'s Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture Systems (SAFA) Guidelines. The sample included 58 conventional and 29 organic farms. Results showed that organically managed farms (orgF) achieved significantly higher sustainability scores than conventional farms (conF) in the Atmosphere theme (orgF mean: 63.8 %, conF mean: 56.6 %, p < 0.001), as well as in the sub-themes Air Quality (orgF mean: 69.3 %, conF mean: 59.1 %, p < 0.001) and Greenhouse Gases (orgF mean: 57.7 %, conF mean: 53.5 %, p = 0.002). Indicator-level analysis identified two key improvement strategies: (1) increasing concentrated feed autarky, with organic farms relying less on external protein and energy feeds; and (2) closing nutrient cycles, evidenced by higher use of legumes, green cover, and lower nitrogen inputs. These practices were strongly associated with improved atmospheric sustainability performance. Additionally, practices such as reduced tillage and cover cropping were underutilized across all systems, indicating broader areas for optimisation. While organic management outperformed conventional, the findings emphasize that many beneficial practices can be adopted system-independently. Policy efforts should focus on supporting these two linchpin strategies to trigger the development of a more sustainable farming system in Luxembourg and increase the sector's atmosphere-related sustainability performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127426"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145184412","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}