Modeling the interactions of water and energy systems is important to the enforcement of
infrastructure security and system sustainability. To this end, recent technological …

Cities drive the majority of global human resource consumption and serve as hubs of major
infrastructural networks. To offset their resource demands, cities derive goods and resources …

Assessing the impact of human activity on ecosystems often links local biodiversity to
disturbances measured within the same locality. However, remote disturbances may also …

Cities are powerful political and economic entities, and for many cities cultivating renewable
energy penetration is sound economic policy. Many power plants in the United States will …

Recent decades have produced a river of field data linking hydrologic alteration to fish
populations in hundreds of US river systems. Adverse impact thresholds and relationships …

Environmental flows are critical for balancing societal water needs with that of riverine
ecosystems; however, data limitations often hinder the development of predictive …

Floodplain inundation poses both risks and benefits to society. In this study, we characterize
floodplain inundation across the United States using 5800 stream gages. We find that …

This paper quantifies and maps a spatially detailed and economically complete blue water
footprint for the United States, utilizing the National Water Economy Database version 1.1 …

Energy systems are inherently spatial entities, encompassing infrastructure and land
requirements; diverse perspectives of energy system stakeholders tied to locations of supply …

Demand for high-volume, short duration water withdrawals could create water stress to
aquatic organisms in Fayetteville Shale streams sourced for hydraulic fracturing fluids. We …