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The impacts of biological invasions

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock   +42 more
wiley   +1 more source

Science or fiction? What the anthropocene means for EPT [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
How should environmental political theorists deal with environmental science? The question has acquired a new urgency with the rise of the Anthropocene, a geological-cum-ecological concept received with skepticism by many political theorists.
Arias-Maldonado, Manuel Jesus
core   +1 more source

Geological Heritage of the Anthropocene Epoch—A Conceptual Viewpoint

open access: yesHeritage, 2019
The growth of interest in the Anthropocene has coincided with the rise of geoheritage research and these ideas seem to be mutually enriching. However, very few previous investigations were devoted to the Anthropocene geoheritage. The conceptual treatment
Dmitry A. Ruban
doaj   +1 more source

Alpha, beta and gamma diversity in relatively natural, mixed and transformed landscape scenarios

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Biodiversity losses and biotic homogenisation associated with human‐induced land‐cover changes are key issues for ecology. However, the effects of human‐caused land‐use changes on biodiversity change at the landscape scale are not well understood. Combining the PREDICTS global biodiversity database with MODIS satellite‐based land cover from 2001 to ...
Shuyu Deng   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological Finitude as Ontological Finitude: Radical Hope in the Anthropocene [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The proposal that the earth has entered a new epoch called “the Anthropocene” has touched a nerve . One unsettling part of having our ecological finitude thrust upon us with the term “Anthropocene” is that, as Nietzsche said of the death of God, we ...
Flores, Fernando, Rousse, B. Scot
core  

Exploring Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) to Detect Soil Pipes: Theoretical Modeling and Field Experiments

open access: yesLand Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil erosion research remains critical for sustainable development as it impacts soil health through different erosive processes. Recent studies on soil piping highlight advancements in detecting surface features (using UAV); however, detecting underground pipes still remains challenging.
Anita Bernatek‐Jakiel, Marta Kondracka
wiley   +1 more source

Welcome to the Anthropocene by Alice Major [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Review of Alice Major\u27s Welcome to the ...
harding-russell, gillian
core   +1 more source

The Coronavirus: Biopolitics and the Rise of ‘Anthropocene Authoritarianism’ [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
If the lesson of the global response to the Coronavirus is that humanity itself is the problem, then Anthropocene Authoritarianism looks set to pose a larger long-term challenge to our ways of life than the virus itself.
Chandler, D., Chandler, D.
core  

The Right to the Sustainable Smart City [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Environmental concerns have driven an interest in sustainable smart cities, through the monitoring and optimisation of networked infrastructures. At the same time, there are concerns about who these interventions and services are for, and who benefits ...
Baggio Aline   +10 more
core   +1 more source

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