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Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Plastic, with its remarkable versatility and numerous applications, has greatly benefited humanity. However, its extreme resistance to natural degradation means it persists in the environment for long periods, causing global environmental problems.
Teresa Chianese +13 more
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Wintertime production and storage of methane in thermokarst ponds of subarctic Norway [PDF]
BiogeosciencesThe ongoing climate change in permafrost areas can trigger abrupt thaw processes, leading to the formation of thermokarst lakes and ponds. These water bodies, especially in organic-rich areas, are recognized as strong methane (CH4) emitters during the ...
A. Pismeniuk +11 more
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Combustion and Society: A Fire-Centred History of Energy Use [PDF]
, 2014 Fire is a force that links everyday human activities to some of the most powerful energetic movements of the Earth. Drawing together the energy-centred social theory of Georges Bataille, the fire-centred environmental history of Stephen Pyne, and the ...
Clark, N, Yusoff, K
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Conservation Funding at the Local Level 地方层面的保护资金
Wildlife Letters, EarlyView.Direct conservation fund transfer to local communities ensures the involvement of these communities in decision‐making and fund utilisation, which will ultimately lead to effective biodiversity conservation. A Cakchiquel family in the hamlet of Patzutzun, Guatemala, 1993. Credits: John Issac. Source: UNEP‐WCMC Internal Resources.
Jithu K Jose
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The Future in Anthropocene Science
Earth's FutureThe Anthropocene is the present time of human‐caused accelerating global change, and new forms of Anthropocene risk are emerging that society has hitherto never experienced.
P. W. Keys, L. Badia, R. Warrier
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The Environmental Toll of Digital Technologies
FilozofiaThis study delves into the complex connection between digital technologies and environmental sustainability in the face of the worsening climate crisis.
João Ribeiro Mendes
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Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.We apply a new parameterized model through linking metabolic scaling and the maximum entropy theory of ecology to quantify the intraspecific metabolic scaling exponent of brown trout populations and assess the main drivers shaping the exponent. Abstract Metabolic scaling fundamentally sets the pace of life in almost all organisms.
Meng Xu, Ignasi Arranz
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An Impossible object? Ecological Democracy after the Anthropocene [PDF]
, 2017 El paper se pregunta en qué medida la democracia -o sea, una democracia ecológica- puede ocuparse del Antropoceno, la nueva era geológica que describe una masiva penetración humana en los sistemas naturales.Universidad de Málaga.
Arias-Maldonado, Manuel Jesus
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Crisis, temporality and governmental policy agendas: The cases of Finland and Sweden
Scandinavian Political Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Crises transform the temporal orientation of political decision‐making. They demand immediate and decisive action and thus convert time into a means of political control. In these circumstances, assessing the long‐term consequences of proposed policies with respect to welfare, sustainability or justice also becomes demanding.
Henri Vogt, Mikko Värttö
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Earth as a Hybrid Planet - The Anthropocene in an Evolutionary Astrobiological Context
, 2017 We develop a classification scheme for the evolutionary state of planets based on the non-equilibrium thermodynamics of their coupled systems, including the presence of a biosphere and the possibility of what we call an agency-dominated biosphere (i.e ...
Alberti, Marina +2 more
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