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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini, Giacomo Pigatto, Andrea Tenucci   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing Storage Parameters for Underground Hydrogen Storage in Aquifers: Cushion Gas Selection, Well Pattern Design, and Purity Control

Applied Sciences
Underground hydrogen storage in aquifers is a promising solution to address the imbalance between energy supply and demand, yet its practical implementation requires optimized strategies to ensure high efficiency and economic viability.
Chuanzhi Cui, Yin Qian, Kan Ren, Zhongwei Wu   +3 more
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Biodiversity Strategies in Action—Empirical Evidence From the Food Value Chain

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is an increasing need for better understanding of firm activities that contribute to biodiversity preservation. Panwar, Ober, and Pinkse offer a valuable typology of corporate biodiversity protection strategies based on temporal and spatial dimensions, namely, the preloss (proactive) strategies of conservation and compensation, and the ...
Joanna Scott‐Kennel, Sini Laari, Asta Salmi   +2 more
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Hierarchically Engineered Transition Metal Electrode for Direct Lithium Extraction From Brine

Carbon Energy, EarlyView.
Carbon‐modified WO3 nanoparticles deliver lithium extraction from simulated brine with Li+ capacity of 3 mmol Li g−1h−1 and 43% recovery efficiency. Reduced graphene oxide enhances charge transport and interfacial stability, while reversible W redox validated by in‐situ spectroscopy, governs lithium intercalation dynamics and structural stability ...
Ankit Kumar Tripathi, Lixue Jiang, Thành Trần‐Phú, Denny Gunawan, Yihao Shan, Adhi Satriyatama, Liming Dai, Rose Amal, Rahman Daiyan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

California's agricultural regions gear up to actively manage groundwater use and protection

California Agriculture, 2015
New regulations are emerging in response to historic groundwater depletion and widespread groundwater quality degradation in California. They aim at long-term preservation of groundwater resources for use in agriculture, in urban areas and for the ...
Thomas Harter
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Adapting to Water Scarcity in Mediterranean Greenhouse Agriculture: Insights From Digital Irrigation and Regulated Water Governance in Southeastern Spain

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate‐driven water scarcity is compounding adaptation pressures on Mediterranean greenhouse farming, particularly for small and micro agricultural firms governed by regulated water‐governance systems. This paper analyses differentiated adaptation profiles in Almería (Spain) based on an analysis of farm structure, digital irrigation adoption,
Luis J. Belmonte‐Ureña, Francisco Camacho‐Ferre, Francisco José Castillo‐Díaz   +2 more
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The Influence of Groundwater Management on Land Subsidence Patterns in the Metropolitan Region of Guatemala City: A Multi-Temporal InSAR Analysis

Remote Sensing
This study investigates the relationships between surface deformations and groundwater management in the Metropolitan Region of Guatemala (MRG), a geologically complex area subjected to different types of ground deformation, integrating five ...
Carlos García-Lanchares, Alfredo Fernández-Landa, José Luis Armayor, Orlando Hernández-Rubio, Miguel Marchamalo-Sacristán   +4 more
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CHANGES IN THE COMPONENTS OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WITH THE LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT IN THE OPENCAST MINES (THE CASE OF KMA)

Известия высших учебных заведений: Геология и разведка, 2018
The influence of the processes of functioning of the local natural-technical systems (NTS) «Stoilenskoe» and «Lebedinskoe» of the KMA deposit on the environment has been studied with the information obtained during the period of last 7—12 years (2004 ...
O. M. Zhitinskaya, L. A. Yarg
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Analytical stress solution framework for lined compressed air energy storage chambers and its application to safe burial depth determination and supporting effectiveness evaluation

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
An analytical framework delivers a closed‐form stress solution for lined compressed air energy storage chambers, enabling the determination of the minimum safe burial depth. The solution quantitatively evaluates lining support effectiveness, offering a reliable tool for chamber design and optimization.
Zeyuan Sun, Cheng Zhao, Jinquan Xing, Qinyuan Luo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydrogeology of continental southern Italy

Journal of Maps, 2018
This paper summarizes the results of a study focused on the hydrogeological characterization and recognition of groundwater resources in continental southern Italy, developed under the European INTERREG IIC Programme.
De Vita Pantaleone, Allocca Vincenzo, Celico Fulvio, Fabbrocino Silvia, Mattia Cesaria, Monacelli Giuseppina, Musilli Ilaria, Piscopo Vincenzo, Scalise Anna Rosa, Summa Gianpietro, Tranfaglia Giuseppe, Celico Pietro   +11 more
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