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{"title":"Green influencers and nature-based solutions: The roles of awareness, scepticism and attitude.","authors":"Mia Bothma, Ari Krisna Mawira Tarigan, Atiyyah Hasan","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129404","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129404","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Combatting climate change and promoting sustainable urban communities are urgent global goals aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 11 and 13. Nature-based solutions (NbS) offer a promising opportunity to address climate challenges by integrating natural ecosystem services within urban development. Although research on NbS is growing, there is limited research on socio-economic factors, particularly public awareness, attitudes, and scepticism and specifically the role that social media influencers might play in promoting NbS initiatives. To address this gap, this study is among the first to integrate social media influencers and attachment theory into a Stimulus-Organism-Response framework to investigate how attachment to green influencers affects awareness, scepticism and attitudes towards NbS. Furthermore, the study provides a novel cross-country comparison of two distinct socio-ecological contexts: South Africa and Norway. Using multigroup structural equation modelling, data from 704 respondents who engage with green influencers were analysed. Results indicate that attachment to influencers is positively associated with awareness of NbS in both countries, but significantly negatively associated with scepticism in South Africa, while Norway displays a more reflective scepticism. These cross-country differences extend influencer marketing theory by demonstrating that influencer attachment does not uniformly reduce scepticism but interacts with socio-ecological context. By positioning green influencers as change agents for sustainability changes, this study contributes theoretically to environmental management and suggests that tailored influencer marketing strategies that foster awareness and critical engagement can effectively promote NbS adoption, supporting climate action and sustainable urban development aligned with SDG 11 and SDG 13.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"404 ","pages":"129404"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147490315","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":"Impacts of timescales on the relationship between compound drought-hot extremes based on precipitation and groundwater.","authors":"Runze Huang, Zengchao Hao, Alexander Sun, Xingyu Zhao, Yitong Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129372","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129372","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Concurrent precipitation deficits (or meteorological droughts) and high temperature extremes, referred to as compound meteorological droughts and hot extremes (CMDHEs), have attracted increasing attention due to their potentially amplified impacts on water resources, including groundwater. Because of delays in hydrogeological processes such as infiltration or percolation, groundwater storage typically responds to meteorological droughts with a lag, implying CMDHEs may not impose substantial impacts on water resources during the same period. In contrast, the concurrence of groundwater droughts (i.e., reduced water supply) and high temperature (i.e., reduced water supply via the evapotranspiration and increased water demand related to human activities under heatwaves), which constitutes compound groundwater droughts and hot extremes (CGDHEs), can pose substantially higher impacts on water resources. However, the difference in the distribution and changes of the two extremes (CMDHEs and CGDHEs) is still underassessed. In this study, we first explore the spatial distribution of the CGDHEs and then investigate their differences with CMDHEs, attributing these differences to the lags between meteorological droughts and groundwater droughts. We further estimate the optimal timescale of accumulated precipitation corresponding to groundwater droughts to reduce differences in the distribution and changes in the two compound extremes. Results indicate that the hotspots of CGDHEs mainly reside in northern South America, Europe, central and southern Africa, southeastern Asia, and eastern Australia, with large differences between CMDHEs and CGDHEs across arid regions. Based on the optimal timescale of accumulated precipitation, the difference in the distribution and changes is significantly reduced (e.g., with higher correlation coefficients between spatial extents of the two extremes), providing potential for near-real time monitoring of CGHDEs. The findings of this study can be useful for mitigating groundwater droughts to aid water resources management.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"404 ","pages":"129372"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147493204","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":"Three centuries of human impact: A comprehensive framework for assessing landscape dynamics and environmental consequences in the Great Lake Basin.","authors":"Zhongwu Li, Yinglong Hou, Lingxia Wang, Wenqing Li, Hui Wang, Fengwei Ran, Xinyu Ling, Xiaodong Nie","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129376","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129376","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Anthropocene has ushered in a new era where human activities surpass natural processes as the primary drivers of environmental change. Understanding long-term dynamics of human impact, landscape evolution, and environmental consequences is critical for addressing these shifts. This study investigates 300 years of human activity changes and their effects on landscape transformations in the Dongting Lake Basin, providing a historical perspective on anthropogenic environmental impacts. We used a multi-scale geographically weighted regression to investigate the drivers of landscape evolution, with carbon effects as a case study of their environmental impact. The past three centuries witnessed a nearly universal transformation in the Dongting Lake Basin, where severe fragmentation, regularization, and reduced connectivity impacted over 90% of the region. Anthropogenic factors are key drivers of landscape evolution, with significant interconnections effects between basin landscape pattern evolution and the intensity of human activities, positively correlated with the Fragmentation Index and Regularity Index, and negatively correlated with the Connectivity Index. The carbon effects of landscape evolution indicate that landscape patterns characterized by high fragmentation (-0.086) and low connectivity (0.605) lead to greater carbon loss, with the impacts of fragmentation and connectivity on carbon stocks being more significant. The \"Degraded Landscape\" pattern leads to greater carbon loss, while the \"Ideal Landscape Structure\" has the opposite effect. Our findings highlight the need to incorporate sustainable landscapes into carbon policies, especially with increasing human activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"404 ","pages":"129376"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147508415","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":"Highly efficient Hg²⁺ removal using sugarcane bagasse-derived biochar/polyaniline nanofiber composite: Adsorption performance and mechanism.","authors":"Hoda E M Ghania, Heba A El-Sabban, Amr Hussein Mady, Yasser M Moustafa, Mostafa M H Khalil","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129459","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129459","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, a sustainable sugarcane bagasse-derived biochar/polyaniline nanofiber (SBB/PANI) composite was successfully synthesized via in situ oxidative polymerization and evaluated for efficient Hg²⁺ removal from aqueous solutions. Comprehensive characterization using XRD, FTIR, XPS, SEM, and TEM confirmed the successful integration of polyaniline nanofibers onto the biochar matrix and the presence of abundant surface functional groups. Batch adsorption experiments revealed that the SBB/PANI composite exhibited excellent mercury removal performance, achieving a maximum adsorption capacity of 248.3 mg g^-1 and a removal efficiency of 98.8% under optimal conditions (pH 5, contact time = 60 min, adsorbent dosage = 4 g L^-1). Kinetic data were well described by the pseudo-second-order model, indicating chemisorption-dominated adsorption, while equilibrium data fitted the Langmuir isotherm, suggesting monolayer adsorption on homogeneous active sites. Thermodynamic analysis confirmed that the adsorption process is spontaneous and endothermic. Furthermore, the composite demonstrated excellent selectivity toward Hg²⁺ in the presence of competing metal ions, good regeneration performance over multiple cycles, and high efficiency in treating real industrial wastewater samples. XPS analysis revealed that mercury adsorption is primarily governed by coordination and complexation with nitrogen- and sulfur-containing functional groups, with additional contributions from oxygen-containing groups. These findings highlight the SBB/PANI composite as a promising, low-cost, and environmentally sustainable adsorbent for mercury remediation in water treatment applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"404 ","pages":"129459"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147519600","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":"Zinc-iron layered double hydroxide enhances cadmium tolerance in tobacco via cell wall immobilization and regulation of phenylpropanoid and nitrogen metabolism.","authors":"Xiaoyan Sui, Zhenyu Zhao, Qiang Ma, Zhongqing Liu, Sheng Zhang, Jianbing Ding, Zhengyu Deng, Pengfei Yi, Weijie Yan, Xiaoxuan Yi, Haocun Tang, Zhenhua Wang, Chuandong Jiang, Chuanzong Li, Qiang Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129501","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129501","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cadmium (Cd) contamination poses a severe threat to crop growth and agricultural safety. This study investigates the alleviating effects and underlying mechanisms of zinc-iron layered double hydroxide (ZnFe-LDH) on tobacco seedlings under Cd stress. An integrated approach combining physiological measurements with transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses was employed to systematically evaluate the response of tobacco to ZnFe-LDH treatment. The results demonstrate that while Cd significantly inhibits plant growth, ZnFe-LDH markedly mitigates this toxicity. Specifically, 15 mg/kg ZnFe-LDH treatment restored photosynthetic performance by repairing cellular structures and upregulating key photosynthetic genes. Furthermore, ZnFe-LDH reduced Cd accumulation in leaves and roots by 64.36% and 43.91%, respectively, primarily by promoting Cd immobilization in the cell wall. The treatment significantly boosted antioxidant enzyme activities, thereby reducing oxidative damage. Additionally, multi-omics analysis revealed that ZnFe-LDH modulates phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and nitrogen metabolism pathways, leading to increased lignin content and ammonium levels, which enhance the cell wall's capacity for Cd sequestration. These findings indicate that ZnFe-LDH enhances plant resistance to Cd stress through a multi-mechanism including metabolic regulation and cell wall reinforcement. Consequently, ZnFe-LDH shows great potential as an environmentally friendly nanomaterial for the phytoremediation of Cd-contaminated soils.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"404 ","pages":"129501"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147571435","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":"Optimizing submerged plant restoration in eutrophic lakes: Insights from plant community structure and water depth.","authors":"Manli Xia, Wei Li, Yongwei Zhi, Yu Cao","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129504","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129504","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Subtropical shallow lakes often experience monospecific succession of submerged macrophytes, resulting in two typical community structures: canopy-forming (associated with eutrophic stages) and rosette-forming (associated with post-restoration conditions). However, current understanding of how these two community structures influence subsequent plant colonization remains limited. This study employed a mesocosm experiment with different plant community structures (PCSs): canopy-forming communities (CAs), rosette-forming communities (ROs), and no-plant controls (CK), combined with two water depths, to examine the effects of PCSs on the growth of eight submerged macrophyte species. Based on the key functional trait-plant height, these eight typical species were classified into two growth forms: long species and short species, with a focus on elucidating consistent patterns of plant responses under the combined effects of PCSs and water depth. The results showed that: (i) The effects of PCSs on plant growth varied and were modulated by water depth: CAs inhibited subsequent plant colonization through intense competition for light resources, with this inhibitory effect intensifying with increasing water depth; ROs homogenized underwater environmental heterogeneity, effectively alleviating deep-water stress, reducing plant biomass differences induced by water depth treatment, and weakening competitive imbalance between long and short species. (ii) Functional classification based on plant height effectively predicted species responses: long species exhibited between performance in shallow water, or under the background of CAs, and CK, but these advantages were context-dependent, significantly diminishing or disappearing in deep water and under the background of ROs. Notably, Potamogeton maackianus, despite morphological similarity to long species, displayed response patterns characteristic of short species, highlighting the importance of ecological functional classification. This study demonstrated that PCSs regulated subsequent species colonization through microenvironmental filtering and that plant height could serve as a key functional indicator for predicting coexistence patterns among submerged macrophytes. Our findings provide experimental evidence for community assembly of submerged macrophytes, and this knowledge can be used in natural lake restoration to improve the plant diversity.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"404 ","pages":"129504"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147571466","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":"Climate change mitigation in rice fields: A global synthesis of agronomic interventions.","authors":"Jean-Martial Johnson, Ando M Radanielson, Kazuki Saito","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129365","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129365","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rice sustains half the global population, yet its cultivation is a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Meeting rising demand calls for agronomic interventions that increase yields while curbing GHG emissions. Here, for the first time, we present a meta-synthesis of 91 meta-analyses, quantifying the effects of 54 rice agronomic interventions, grouped into 14 categories, on yield, CH₄ and N₂O emissions, global warming potential (GWP), and GHG emission intensity (GHGI). Biochar consistently delivered co-benefits, increasing yield by 12%, and reducing CH₄, N₂O, and GHGI by 15-18%. In contrast, residue incorporation and organic amendment raised yields (5% and 19%), but sharply increased CH₄ emissions (144% and 76%) and GWP (96% and 65%). No-till or reduced tillage lowered GWP by 15% without a yield penalty. Water-saving technologies cut CH₄ emissions by 50% and GHGI by 39%, with a slight yield decline (-3%). Within this category, intermittent irrigation offered the best balance, while non-flooded systems achieved greater emission reductions but incurred larger yield losses (-9%). Inorganic nitrogen fertilizer increased yields by 31% but raised N₂O emissions by 130%. Innovations, including deep placement and enhanced-efficiency fertilizers, reduced N₂O emissions by up to 38% and improved yields by 6%-19%. Symbiotic systems (e.g., rice-duck) reduced CH₄, though effects on N₂O were variable. While several agronomic interventions show promise, evidence remains limited for others (e.g., liming, crop establishment, weed management). Assessment of integrated approaches is needed to elucidate synergies and trade-offs, enabling the design of scalable, sustainable rice systems tailored to diverse contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"404 ","pages":"129365"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147571710","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":"Calcined oyster shell powder as a sustainable alternative to chemical coagulants for enhanced turbidity removal: Optimization of coagulation parameters.","authors":"Wathsala Benthota Pathiranage, Rosamargarita Mendoza, Mohammed Majdoub, Oussama Oulhakem, Hunain Alkhateb, Matteo D'Alessio","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129466","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129466","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigates the optimization of coagulation-flocculation conditions for turbidity removal using calcined oyster shell powder (OSP) as a sustainable alternative to aluminum sulfate (alum). Unlike previous studies that focused on algae, nutrients, or metal removal, this work evaluates the ability of OSP to specifically remove turbidity. The research addresses gaps in prior OSP studies by applying a full factorial design followed by response surface methodology to optimize turbidity removal and quantify the interaction effects among dosage, mixing (time and speed), and settling conditions. Turbid water (∼300 NTU) was prepared using wildfire ash, and jar tests were conducted under controlled laboratory conditions. Alum consistently achieved high turbidity removal (∼99%) across all conditions, whereas OSP demonstrated dose-dependent performance, reaching 97.59% removal under optimized conditions (1.94 g/L dosage, 60-min settling time, and 19.82-min slow mixing at 60 rpm). Material characterization confirmed the thermal conversion of CaCO₃ to reactive CaO during calcination, supporting coagulation through Ca²⁺ release and particle destabilization. Despite a 50% reduction in surface area after calcination, OSP retained a mesoporous structure. The findings highlight OSP's comparable performance to alum and its added benefit of increasing pH, demonstrating its promise as a low-cost, sustainable coagulant for water treatment applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"404 ","pages":"129466"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147519520","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":"Independent and hierarchical effects of ecological factors on invasion resistance to Rumex acetosella: Priority effects dominate.","authors":"Chaeho Byun, Kripal Singh","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129486","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129486","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biotic resistance-the ability of native communities to suppress the establishment and spread of invasive species-is influenced by multiple ecological mechanisms. However, their relative importance when operating simultaneously remains poorly understood. We conducted a factorial greenhouse experiment to evaluate six factors hypothesized to confer invasion resistance: functional similarity, species diversity, priority effects, native seed density, propagule pressure, and soil carbon enrichment. Using Rumex acetosella L. as a model invader and 12 native species representing three functional groups, we quantified biotic resistance through the relative competition index across 270 experimental units. Structural equation modeling revealed a clear hierarchy among mechanisms. Priority effects exerted the strongest influence on invasion resistance (β = +0.434, P < 0.0001), followed by native seed density (β = +0.186, P = 0.001). Early establishment of natives three weeks before the invader approximately doubled resistance compared to simultaneous sowing. In contrast, diversity, functional similarity, propagule pressure, and soil carbon enrichment showed no significant effects. Critically, we detected no significant interactions among factors, indicating that these mechanisms operate largely independently rather than synergistically. Native plant cover and light interception were positively correlated with invasion resistance, indicating that rapid canopy development and light pre-emption represent proximate pathways linking early arrival and higher seeding rates to invader suppression. These results establish a management hierarchy: early native establishment provides the strongest defense against invasion, with seed density offering secondary reinforcement. These findings challenge the conventional emphasis on diversity and trait-matching in restoration design.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"404 ","pages":"129486"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147519558","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":"Divergent impacts of flash drought drivers on alpine ecosystem resilience.","authors":"Yu Zhang, Yixue Hong, Xiao Yang, Xin Wang, Xiaojun Zhang, Jinling Pei, Zhaohui Luo, Lixuan Zhou, Xijun Yu, Huhu Kang, Qiangqiang Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129445","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129445","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Flash droughts are escalating globally, yet the divergent impacts of their thermodynamic and hydraulic drivers on alpine ecosystem resilience remain unresolved. Focusing on the Yarlung Tsangpo River Basin (2000-2023), we integrated a multivariate drought identification framework with a Kalman filter-based Bayesian linear dynamic model to quantify ecosystem resilience dynamics in response to flash drought. While widespread resilience degradation was observed across 92% of the basin, our analysis reveals a novel and counter-intuitive divergence. Specifically, soil moisture deficits-driven flash drought consistently weakened ecosystem resilience, whereas temperature-driven events triggered a transient resilience enhancement. The latter showed a positive correlation between resilience enhancement and temperature anomaly contribution (R² = 0.64). This temporary boost to meltwater subsidies from thawing permafrost and physiological thermal acclimation for alpine ecosystems, which effectively may mask underlying tipping points. However, this impact is highly heterogeneous: grasslands and shrublands in the mid-upper reaches suffered severe resilience loss, whereas forests demonstrated remarkable buffering capacity. Furthermore, increasing flash drought frequency, intensity, and duration were all strongly associated with declining resilience, with high-frequency events being particularly detrimental. These findings challenge the common view on drought impacts, revealing a masked resilience response in alpine ecosystems, highlighting that their stability may be temporary. This underscores the critical importance of protecting high-altitude forests as a core climate adaptation strategy.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"404 ","pages":"129445"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147519587","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}