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A supply-limited torrent that does not feel the heat of climate change
Nature CommunicationsDebris-flow activity in the Alps is anticipated to undergo pronounced changes in response to a warming climate. Yet, a fundamental challenge in comprehensively assessing changes in process activity is the systematic lack of long-term observational debris-
Jiazhi Qie +9 more
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Wildlife in the Anthropocene: Conservation After Nature by Jamie Lorimer [PDF]
, 2016 Review of Jamie Lorimer\u27s Wildlife in the Anthropocene: Conservation After ...
Banting, Pamela
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The Horror of the Anthropocene
C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings, 2018 In this essay I explore the profound and specific fastening of horror to the Anthropocene by considering both scientific and philosophical responses to our contemporary moment. I then take Cormac McCarthy’s The Road as a case study of the Anthropocene horror story, analysed in relation to the four stages of horror as defined by John Clute.
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Hazards and disasters in the Anthropocene: some critical reflections for the future
Geoscience Letters, 2018 The arrival of the Anthropocene presents many challenges—both theoretical and practical. Scholars in different disciplines, practitioners, the public and others, are all considering the meaning of the Anthropocene and how its arrival affects their ways ...
Dale Dominey-Howes
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From the Stochastic Weather to a Putative Chaotic Earth System [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 In this brief report we discuss how continuous changes on the physical parameters that determine the weather conditions may lead to long term climate variability. This variability of the weather patterns are a response to continuous random short period weather excitations that are imprinted in the ocean-atmosphere-cryosphere-land system, the Earth ...
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Forestry in the Anthropocene [PDF]
Science, 2015 Human activity has had enormous effects on the species composition of floras and faunas, creating new ecological biomes worldwide. A principal challenge in forestry research and conservation is how to deal with these novel ecosystems. Most attention to this phenomenon is centered on the negative effects of species introductions and the need to stem the
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Accounting for Renewable Energy: Investigating Emerging Topics and Research Pathways
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents a structured and systematic literature review (SLR) and critique of the literature on the opportunities and challenges of accounting, auditing, and renewable energy sources to identify trends and research streams and construct an agenda for future research.
Charl De Villiers +3 more
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Geological Heritage of the Anthropocene Epoch—A Conceptual Viewpoint
Heritage, 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
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Individual‐based landscape genomics for conservation: An analysis pipeline
Molecular Ecology Resources, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Landscape genomics can harness environmental and genetic data to inform conservation decisions by providing essential insights into how landscapes shape biodiversity. The massive increase in genetic data afforded by the genomic era provides exceptional resolution for answering critical conservation genetics questions.
E. Anne Chambers +2 more
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Coming into the Anthropocene [PDF]
, 2014 This essay reviews Professor Jonathan Cannon’s Environment in the Balance. Cannon’s book admirably analyzes the Supreme Court’s uptake of, or refusal of, the key commitments of the environmental-law revolution of the early 1970s.
Chey, Chan Oeurn +6 more
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