3 July 2024
Paper Collection—Award Winning Papers in Environmental and Earth Sciences

Atmosphere:
● “Temporal Changes in Ozone Concentrations and Their Impact on Vegetation
by Stanislav Juráň, John Grace and Otmar Urban
Atmosphere 2021, 12(1), 82; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12010082

The Development of a Hybrid Wavelet-ARIMA-LSTM Model for Precipitation Amounts and Drought Analysis
by Xianghua Wu, Jieqin Zhou, Huaying Yu, Duanyang Liu, Kang Xie, Yiqi Chen, Jingbiao Hu, Haiyan Sun and Fengjuan Xing
Atmosphere 2021, 12(1), 74; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12010074

● “Atmospheric Dynamics and Numerical Simulations of Six Frontal Dust Storms in the Middle East Region
by Nasim Hossein Hamzeh, Sara Karami, Dimitris G. Kaskaoutis, Ina Tegen, Mohamad Moradi and Christian Opp
Atmosphere 2021, 12(1), 125; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12010125

Clean Technolgies:
● “Bio-Hydrogen Production from Wastewater: A Comparative Study of Low Energy Intensive Production Processes
by A K M Khabirul Islam, Patrick S. M. Dunlop, Neil J. Hewitt, Rose Lenihan and Caterina Brandoni
Clean Technol. 2021, 3(1), 156-182; https://doi.org/10.3390/cleantechnol3010010

● “Kolbe Electrolysis for the Conversion of Carboxylic Acids to Valuable Products—A Process Design Study
by Daniel Klüh, Wolfgang Waldmüller and Matthias Gaderer
Clean Technol. 2021, 3(1), 1-18; https://doi.org/10.3390/cleantechnol3010001

Climate:
● “Hydroclimatic Variability in the Bilate Watershed, Ethiopia
by Yoseph Arba Orke and Ming-Hsu Li
Climate 2021, 9(6), 98; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9060098

● “Temperature and Precipitation Extremes over the Iberian Peninsula under Climate Change Scenarios: A Review
by Susana C. Pereira, David Carvalho and Alfredo Rocha
Climate 2021, 9(9), 139; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9090139

Diversity:
● “Origins of Six Species of Butterflies Migrating through Northeastern Mexico: New Insights from Stable Isotope (δ2H) Analyses and a Call for Documenting Butterfly Migrations
by Keith A. Hobson, Jackson W. Kusack and Blanca X. Mora-Alvarez
Diversity 2021, 13(3), 102; https://doi.org/10.3390/d13030102

● “Why Is the Alpine Flora Comparatively Robust against Climatic Warming?
by Christian Körner and Erika Hiltbrunner
Diversity 2021, 13(8), 383; https://doi.org/10.3390/d13080383

● “Mires in Europe—Regional Diversity, Condition and Protection
by Franziska Tanneberger, Asbjørn Moen, Alexandra Barthelmes, Edward Lewis, Lera Miles, Andrey Sirin, Cosima Tegetmeyer and Hans Joosten
Diversity 2021, 13(8), 381; https://doi.org/10.3390/d13080381

● “The Role of Small Lowland Patches of Exotic Forests as Refuges of Rare Endemic Azorean Arthropods
by Noelline Tsafack, Simone Fattorini, Mário Boieiro, François Rigal, Alejandra Ros-Prieto, Maria Teresa Ferreira and Paulo A. V. Borges
Diversity 2021, 13(9), 443; https://doi.org/10.3390/d13090443

Energies:
● “Bifacial Photovoltaics 2021: Status, Opportunities and Challenges
by Radovan Kopecek and Joris Libal
Energies 202114(8), 2076; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082076

● “A Scalable Real-Time Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring System for the Estimation of Household Appliance Power Consumption
by Christos Athanasiadis, Dimitrios Doukas, Theofilos Papadopoulos and Antonios Chrysopoulos
Energies 202114(3), 767; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14030767

● “Do Environment-Related Policy Instruments and Technologies Facilitate Renewable Energy Generation? Exploring the Contextual Evidence from Developed Economies
by Umer Shahzad, Magdalena Radulescu, Syed Rahim, Cem Isik, Zahid Yousaf and Stefan Alexandru Ionescu
Energies 202114(3), 690; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14030690

● “The Beneficial Effect of the Addition of Fly Ash on Reduction of the Size of Microcracks in the ITZ of Concrete Composites under Dynamic Loading
by Grzegorz Ludwik Golewski
Energies 202114(3), 668; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14030668

● “Confronting Energy Poverty in Europe: A Research and Policy Agenda
by Stefan Bouzarovski, Harriet Thomso and Marine Cornelis
Energies 202114(4), 858; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14040858

● “Impact of the Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Use by Residential Users
by Sławomir Bielecki, Tadeusz Skoczkowski, Lidia Sobczak, Janusz Buchoski and Łukasz Maciąg, Piotr Dukat
Energies 202114(4), 980; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14040980

● “Review on Deep Neural Networks Applied to Low-Frequency NILM
by Patrick Huber, Alberto Calatroni, Andreas Rumsch and Andrew Paice
Energies 202114(9), 2390; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14092390

● “Deep-Learning Forecasting Method for Electric Power Load via Attention-Based Encoder-Decoder with Bayesian Optimization
by Xue-Bo Jin, Wei-Zhen Zheng, Jian-Lei Kong, Xiao-Yi Wang, Yu-Ting Bai, Ting-Li Su and Seng Lin
Energies 202114(6), 1596; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14061596

● “Critical Review of Flywheel Energy Storage System
by Abdul Ghani Olabi, Tabbi Wilberforce, Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem and Mohamad Ramadan
Energies 202114(8), 2159; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082159

● “Review of Multilevel Inverters for PV Energy System Applications
by Ali Bughneda, Mohamed Salem, Anna Richelli, Dahaman Ishak and Salah Alatai
Energies 202114(6), 1585; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14061585

● “CdTe-Based Thin Film Solar Cells: Past, Present and Future
by Alessandro Romeo and Elisa Artegiani
Energies 202114(6), 1684; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14061684

● “Assessing the Level of Energy and Climate Sustainability in the European Union Countries in the Context of the European Green Deal Strategy and Agenda 2030
by Magdalena Tutak, Jarosław Brodny and Peter Bindzár
Energies 202114(6), 1767; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14061767

● “Integrated Approach for Wastewater Treatment and Biofuel Production in Microalgae Biorefineries
by Sanjeet Mehariya, Rahul Kumar Goswami, Pradeep Verma, Roberto Lavecchia and Antonio Zuorro
Energies 202114(8), 2282; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082282

● “Methane Cracking for Hydrogen Production: A Review of Catalytic and Molten Media Pyrolysis
by Malek Msheik, Sylvain Rodat and Stéphane Abanades
Energies 202114(11), 3107; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14113107

● “Economic Considerations on Nutrient Utilization in Wastewater Management
by Josef Maroušek and Anna Maroušková
Energies 202114(12), 3468; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14123468

● “Recent Progress of Organic Photovoltaics with Efficiency over 17%
by Xuelin Wang, Qianqian Sun, Jinhua Gao, Jian Wang, Chunyu Xu, Xiaoling Ma and Fujun Zhang
Energies 202114(14), 4200; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14144200

● “A Review of DC Microgrid Energy Management Systems Dedicated to Residential Applications
by Sadaqat Ali, Zhixue Zheng, Michel Aillerie, Jean-Paul Sawicki, Marie-Cécile Péra and Daniel Hissel
Energies 202114(14), 4308; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14144308

● “Nexus between Financial Development, Renewable Energy Consumption, Technological Innovations and CO2 Emissions: The Case of India
by Muhammad Qayyum, Minhaj Ali, Mir Muhammad Nizamani, Shijie Li, Yuyuan Yu and Atif Jahanger
Energies 202114(15), 4505; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14154505

● “Comprehensive Review on Fuel Cell Technology for Stationary Applications as Sustainable and Efficient Poly-Generation Energy Systems
by Viviana Cigolotti, Matteo Genovese amd Petronilla Fragiacomo
Energies 202114(16), 4963; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14164963

● “Do Perceived Risk, Perception of Self-Efficacy, and Openness to Technology Matter for Solar PV Adoption? An Application of the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior
by Arifa Tanveer, Shihong Zeng, Muhammad Irfan and Rui Peng
Energies 202114(16), 5008; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14165008

Environments:
● “Sources of Light Density Microplastic Related to Two Agricultural Practices: The Use of Compost and Plastic Mulch
by Benjamin van Schothorst, Nicolas Beriot, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga and Violette Geissen
Environments 20218(4), 36; https://doi.org/10.3390/environments8040036

● “Study of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) Using Remote Sensing Data/Techniques: A Systematic Review
by Cátia Rodrigues de Almeida, Ana Cláudia Teodoro and Artur Gonçalves
Environments 20218(10), 105; https://doi.org/10.3390/environments8100105

Forests:
● “Xylem Phenology and Growth Response of European Beech, Silver Fir and Scots Pine along an Elevational Gradient during the Extreme Drought Year 2018
by Elena Larysch, Dominik Florian Stangler, Mona Nazari, Thomas Seifert and Hans-Peter Kahle
Forests 202112(1), 75; https://doi.org/10.3390/f12010075

● “Recent Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Forest Remote Sensing—A Systematic Review. Part II: Research Applications
by Riccardo Dainelli, Piero Toscano, Salvatore Filippo Di Gennaro and Alessandro Matese
Forests 202112(4), 397; https://doi.org/10.3390/f12040397

● “Global Change and Forest Disturbances in the Mediterranean Basin: Breakthroughs, Knowledge Gaps, and Recommendations
by Josep Peñuelas and Jordi Sardans
Forests 202112(5), 603; https://doi.org/10.3390/f12050603

● “Emerald Ash Borer Approaches the Borders of the European Union and Kazakhstan and Is Confirmed to Infest European Ash
by Mark G. Volkovitsh, Andrzej O. Bieńkowski and Marina J. Orlova-Bienkowskaja
Forests 202112(6), 691; https://doi.org/10.3390/f12060691

Hydrology:
● “A New Physically-Based Spatially-Distributed Groundwater Flow Module for SWAT+
by Ryan T. Bailey, Katrin Bieger, Jeffrey G. Arnold and David D. Bosch
Hydrology 20207(4), 75; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology7040075

Minerals:
● “Common Problems and Pitfalls in Fluid Inclusion Study: A Review and Discussion
by Guoxiang Chi, Larryn W. Diamond , Huanzhang Lu, Jianqing Lai and Haixia Chu
Minerals 202111(1), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11010007

● “A Study of Thermal Stability of Hydroxyapatite
by Natalia V. Bulina, Svetlana V. Makarova , Sergey G. Baev, Alexander A. Matvienko , Konstantin B. Gerasimov, Olga A. Logutenko and Vladimir S. Bystrov
Minerals 202111(12), 1310; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11121310

Quaternary:
● “Comparison of Climate Model Simulations of the Younger Dryas Cold Event
by Hans Renssen
Quaternary 20203(4), 29; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat3040029

● “The Late Quaternary Evolution of the Upper Reaches of Fluvial Systems in the Southern East European Plain
by Andrey Panin, Olga Borisova, Evgeny Konstantinov, Yury Belyaev, Ekaterina Eremenko, Andrey Zakharov and Aleksey Sidorchuk
Quaternary 20203(4), 31; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat3040031

● “Disentangling Domestication from Food Production Systems in the Neotropics
by Charles R. Clement, Alejandro Casas, Fabiola Alexandra Parra-Rondinel, Carolina Levis, Nivaldo Peroni, Natalia Hanazaki, Laura Cortés-Zárraga, Selene Rangel-Landa, Rubana Palhares Alves, Maria Julia Ferreira et al.
Quaternary 20214(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat4010004

● “Dating of the Lower Pleistocene Vertebrate Site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): Biochronology, Magnetostratigraphy, and Cosmogenic Radionuclides
by George E. Konidaris, Dimitris S. Kostopoulos, Matteo Maron, Mirjam Schaller, Todd A. Ehlers, Elina Aidona, Mattia Marini, Vangelis Tourloukis, Giovanni Muttoni, George D. Koufos et al. Quaternary 20214(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat4010001

● “Lake Sedimentary DNA Research on Past Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity: Overview and Recommendations
by Eric Capo, Charline Giguet-Covex, Alexandra Rouillard, Kevin Nota, Peter D. Heintzman, Aurèle Vuillemin, Daniel Ariztegui, Fabien Arnaud, Simon Belle, Stefan Bertilsson et al.
Quaternary 20214(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat4010006

Remote Sensing:
● “A Machine Learning-Based Approach for Surface Soil Moisture Estimations with Google Earth Engine
by Felix Greifeneder, Claudia Notarnicola and Wolfgang Wagner
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(11), 2099; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13112099

● “Estimating Canopy Density Parameters Time-Series for Winter Wheat Using UAS Mounted LiDAR
by Jordan Steven Bates, Carsten Montzka, Marius Schmidt and François Jonard
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(4), 710; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13040710

● “Spatial-Spectral Transformer for Hyperspectral Image Classification
by Xin He, Yushi Chen and Zhouhan Lin
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(3), 498; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13030498

● “Leveraging TLS as a Calibration and Validation Tool for MLS and ULS Mapping of Savanna Structure and Biomass at Landscape-Scales
by Shaun R. Levick, Tim Whiteside, David A. Loewensteiner, Mitchel Rudge and Renee Bartolo
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(2), 257; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13020257

● “Applying RGB- and Thermal-Based Vegetation Indices from UAVs for High-Throughput Field Phenotyping of Drought Tolerance in Forage Grasses
by Tom De Swaef, Wouter H. Maes, Jonas Aper, Joost Baert, Mathias Cougnon, Dirk Reheul, Kathy Steppe, Isabel Roldán-Ruiz and Peter Lootens
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(1), 147; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13010147

Mapping Daily Evapotranspiration at Field Scale Using the Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 Dataset, with Sharpened VIIRS as a Sentinel-2 Thermal Proxy
by Jie Xue, Martha C. Anderson, Feng Gao, Christopher Hain, Yun Yang, Kyle R. Knipper, William P. Kustas and Yang Yang
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(17), 3420; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13173420

Machine Learning Classification of Mediterranean Forest Habitats in Google Earth Engine Based on Seasonal Sentinel-2 Time-Series and Input Image Composition Optimisation
by Salvatore Praticò, Francesco Solano, Salvatore Di Fazio and Giuseppe Modica
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(4), 586; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13040586

SAR Ship Detection Dataset (SSDD): Official Release and Comprehensive Data Analysis
by Tianwen Zhang, Xiaoling Zhang, Jianwei Li, Xiaowo Xu, Baoyou Wang, Xu Zhan, Yanqin Xu, Xiao Ke, Tianjiao Zeng, Hao Su et al.
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(18), 3690; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13183690

● “UAVs for Vegetation Monitoring: Overview and Recent Scientific Contributions
by Ana I. de Castro, Yeyin Shi, Joe Mari Maja and Jose M. Peña
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(11), 2139; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13112139

● “A Review of GPR Application on Transport Infrastructures: Troubleshooting and Best Practices
by Mercedes Solla, Vega Pérez-Gracia and Simona Fontul
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(4), 672; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13040672

Safety:
● “Comparative Analyses of Parameters Influencing Children Pedestrian Behavior in Conflict Zones of Urban Intersections
by Aleksandra Deluka-Tibljaš, Irena Ištoka Otkovi and Tiziana Campisi, Sanja Šurdonja
Safety 2021, 7(1), 5; https://doi.org/10.3390/safety7010005

Physical Ergonomic Improvement and Safe Design of an Assembly Workstation through Collaborative Robotics
by Ana Colim, Carlos Faria, João Cunha, João Oliveira, Nuno Sousa and Luís A. Rocha
Safety 2021, 7(1), 14; https://doi.org/10.3390/safety7010014

Integrated IEW-TOPSIS and Fire Dynamics Simulation for Agent-Based Evacuation Modeling in Industrial Safety
by Wattana Chanthakhot and Kasin Ransikarbum
Safety 2021, 7(2), 47; https://doi.org/10.3390/safety7020047

Sustainability:
● “15-Minute City: Decomposing the New Urban Planning Eutopia
by Georgia Pozoukidou and Zoi Chatziyiannaki
Sustainability 2021, 13(2), 928; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020928

Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Its Mitigation Strategies: A Review
by Gurdeep Singh Malhi, Manpreet Kaur and Prashant Kaushik
Sustainability 2021, 13(3), 1318; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031318

Assessing Health Damages from Improper Disposal of Solid Waste in Metropolitan Islamabad–Rawalpindi, Pakistan
by Tanzila Akmal and Faisal Jamil
Sustainability 2021, 13(5), 2717; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052717

The Unsustainable Use of Sand: Reporting on a Global Problem
by Walter Leal Filho, Julian Hunt, Alexandros Lingos, Johannes Platje, Lara Werncke Vieira, Markus Will and Marius Dan Gavriletea
Sustainability 2021, 13(6), 3356; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063356

Urban Science:
● “Evaluating the Accuracy of Gridded Population Estimates in Slums: A Case Study in Nigeria and Kenya
by Dana R. Thomson, Andrea E. Gaughan, Forrest R. Stevens, Gregory Yetman, Peter Elias and Robert Chen
Urban Sci. 2021, 5(2), 48; https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci5020048

Water:
● “Start-Up of Anammox SBR from Non-Specific Inoculum and Process Acceleration Methods by Hydrazine
by Ivar Zekker, Oleg Artemchuk, Ergo Rikmann, Kelvin Ohimai, Gourav Dhar Bhowmick, Makarand Madhao Ghangrekar, Juris Burlakovs and Taavo Tenno
Water 2021, 13(3), 350; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030350

Occurrence and Fate of Emerging Pollutants in Water Environment and Options for Their Removal
by Ionela Cătălina Vasilachi, Dana Mihaela Asiminicesei, Daniela Ionela Fertu and Maria Gavrilescu
Water 2021, 13(2), 181; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13020181

Strategies for Improving Optimal Positioning of Quality Sensors in Urban Drainage Systems for Non-Conservative Contaminants
by Mariacrocetta Sambito and Gabriele Freni
Water 2021, 13(7), 934; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13070934

● “Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins in a Changing Environment: Concepts, Controversies, Challenges
by Ingrid Chorus, Jutta Fastner and Martin Welker
Water 2021, 13(18), 2463; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13182463

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