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Climate impacts on tree growth in a Neotropical high mountain forest of the Peruvian Andes

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2020
Global warming can jeopardize important ecosystem functions and services in sensitive Neotropical mountain areas. However, untangling the relative roles of natural climate variability pattern from current global warming trends still represent a major ...
Rodríguez-Morata C, Madrigal-González J, Stoffel M, Ballesteros-Cánovas JA   +3 more
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Ecological roles and importance of sharks in the Anthropocene Ocean

Science
In ecosystems, sharks can be predators, competitors, facilitators, nutrient transporters, and food. However, overfishing and other threats have greatly reduced shark populations, altering their roles and effects on ecosystems. We review these changes and
S. Dedman, Jerry H. Moxley, Y. Papastamatiou, M. Braccini, J. Caselle, D. Chapman, J. Cinner, Erin M. Dillon, N. Dulvy, Ruth E. Dunn, Mario Espinoza, A. R. Harborne, E. Harvey, M. Heupel, C. Huveneers, N. A. Graham, J. Ketchum, N. Klinard, Alison A. Kock, Christopher G. Lowe, M. MacNeil, E. Madin, D. McCauley, M. Meekan, Amelia C. Meier, C. Simpfendorfer, M. T. Tinker, Megan V. Winton, A. Wirsing, M. Heithaus   +29 more
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The Anthropocene condition: evolving through social–ecological transformations

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2023
Anthropogenic planetary disruptions, from climate change to biodiversity loss, are unprecedented challenges for human societies. Some societies, social groups, cultural practices, technologies and institutions are already disintegrating or disappearing ...
E. Ellis
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Three galleries of the anthropocene

, 2014
This paper considers three ‘galleries’ that explore the Anthropocene in cultural ways, and theimplications of the Anthropocene idea for cultural institutions and heritage.
Robin, Libby, Avango, Dag,, Möllers, Nina, Trischler, Helmuth, Scherer, Bernd, Keogh, Luke   +5 more
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Labor conditions in wildlife fieldwork and implications for scientific integrity and safety

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Abstract Wildlife fieldwork underpins ecological and sustainable science, yet the labor conditions of those who conduct it remain uneven. Wildlife technicians routinely operate under hazardous conditions while working on short‐term contracts with limited job security, restricted decision‐making power, and insufficient structural protections.
Elijah Hayes Lee, Luisa Maria Diele‐Viegas   +1 more
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In‐Lake GHG Production Constrained by Lake DOM Mass Balance in a Boreal Catchment

Water Resources Research
The processing of organic carbon in surface waters represents a critical component of the carbon (C) cycle in boreal landscapes and is closely linked to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, primarily carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4).
Xiang Lu, Francois Clayer, Peter Dörsch, Dag Olav Hessen, Uta Brandt, Mats Rouven Ippach, Alexander Michael Delver, Heleen A. deWit   +7 more
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Understanding Fire Regimes for a Better Anthropocene

Annual Review Environment and Resources, 2023
Fire is an integral part of the Earth System and humans have skillfully used fire for millennia. Yet human activities are scaling up and reinforcing each other in ways that are reshaping fire patterns across the planet.
L. Kelly, M. Fletcher, I. O. Menor, A. Pellegrini, Ella S. Plumanns-Pouton, P. Pons, G. Williamson, D. Bowman   +7 more
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Gendering the Anthropocene ?

Itinerari, 2020
The essay aims to analyze the relationship between new feminist thinking and the Anthropocene. Although many feminist thinkers point out the risks and difficulties hidden behind the reference to a generic Anthropos in the expression “Anthropocene,” feminism has made important contributions to the birth of ecological sensitivity and continues to provide
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Can Private Equity Deliver on Its Societal Ambitions? What We Know and Don't Know About Environmental, Social, and Governance Factor Integration in Private Equity

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Private equity (PE) firms increasingly integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in investment decisions and raise impact funds to address sustainability challenges. We review and integrate the growing body of literature on why, when, and how PE fund managers incorporate ESG factors into their investment strategies and ...
Tjarda Molenaar, Christopher Wickert, Svetlana Khapova   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A supply-limited torrent that does not feel the heat of climate change

Nature Communications
Debris-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, Adrien Favillier, Frédéric Liébault, Juan Antonio Ballesteros Cánovas, Jérôme Lopez-Saez, Sébastien Guillet, Loïc Francon, Yihua Zhong, Markus Stoffel, Christophe Corona   +9 more
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