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Climate as a risk factor for armed conflict [PDF]

Nature, 2019
Research findings on the relationship between climate and conflict are diverse and contested. Here we assess the current understanding of the relationship between climate and conflict, based on the structured judgments of experts from diverse disciplines. These experts agree that climate has affected organized armed conflict within countries.
Mach, KJ, Kraan, CM, Adger, WN, Buhaug, H, Burke, M, Fearon, JD, Field, CB, Hendrix, CS, Maystadt, JF, O Loughlin, J, Roessler, P, Scheffran, J, Schultz, KA, von Uexkull, N   +13 more
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Electrospun Wood‐Derived Biopolymers as Electrodes in Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electrospinning transforms wood‐derived cellulose and lignin into architecturally defined, binder‐free carbon electrodes with tuneable porosity and functionality. This review shows how fibre design enables decoupled charge and mass transport, enhancing performance across battery systems, while identifying key challenges in spinnability, scalability ...
Michael W. Thielke, Hattie R. Chisnall, Jesus Vazquez Chavez, Ana B. Jorge Sobrido   +3 more
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Advancing SafeWax, A Bio‐Inspired Superhydrophobic Coating, Toward Sustainable and Climate‐Resilient Crop Protection

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study advances SafeWax, a bio‐inspired, fatty‐acids‐based superhydrophobic coating, by identifying an agriculturally compliant solvent and revealing how solvent‐controlled Fatty acid crystallization governs the coating's microscopic structure and performance.
Niv Ben‐Arie, Iryna Polishchuk, Franziska Tauber, Coralie Schneider, Elena Prudnikov, Alessia Calora, Silvia Milita, Simona Fermani, Mireia Alejandra Ibanez Revert, Ilaria Filippetti, Claudio Ratti, Matthias Kellermeier, Markus Rueckel, Boaz Pokroy   +13 more
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CO2‐to‐CO Conversion in a Gas‐Fed, Zero‐Gap, PEM Electrolyzer Enabled by Polycations and Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon‐Supported Cobalt Nanoparticles

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A gas‐fed, zero‐gap, PEM CO2 electrolyzer is realized by incorporating PDDA+ ions onto the carbonaceous Co/N‐C electrocatalyst, with gaseous H2 and CO2 fed into the anode and cathode, respectively. Operating without an aqueous electrolyte, the system sustains a peak FECO of 65.1% at 100 mA cm−2. ABSTRACT Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction (ECO2R)
Yuen Leong Chow, Hsi‐Wen Wu, Aimin Li, Yalou Guo, Duhong Chen, Jie Zhang, Paul A. Webley   +6 more
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Ultrathin Amphipathic Dual‐Polymer Networks: Unlocking Hyper‐Permeable CO2 Capture via Solvent‐Mediated Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Amorphization

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Hydrophilic PEO‐copolymers and hydrophobic PDMS are physically integrated via a compatibilizing solvent into an amphipathic dual‐polymer network with versatile interfacial affinity and completely amorphized PEO segments for hyper‐permeable CO2 transport.
Ji Wu, Fan Feng, Baiwang Zhao, Jordan Yuan Zhe Ng, Kaiyu Wang, Can Zeng Liang, Guangtai Zheng, Boxuan Zhao, Tai‐Shung Chung, Sui Zhang   +9 more
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Dimensionality‐Driven Interfacial Electronic Coupling in Carbon‐Supported Gd‐CuO Catalysts for Selective CO2 Electroreduction to Ethylene

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The 2D carbon‐supported Gd–CuO exhibits strong interfacial electronic coupling, abundant oxygen vacancies, and highly exposed active sites, enabling efficient CO enrichment and C─C coupling toward selective and durable CO2‐to‐C2H4 conversion. ABSTRACT Copper‐based catalysts are promising for electrochemical CO2 reduction toward value‐added chemicals ...
Xueya Zhu, Binghao Shen, Mengshan Chen, Yue Hu, Ruijie Xia, Senwei Ji, Zhi Teng, Donglin Xie, Shunli Li, Xue Zhao, Hermenegildo Garciad, Yingtang Zhou   +11 more
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Strong Agricultural Resilience to 2022 Southern China Drought

Earth's Future
Meteorological drought, especially when influenced by human activities, significantly impacts agriculture. We assessed the Yangtze River Basin (YRB)’s crop ecosystem resilience during the 2022 southern China drought.
Yijing Cao, Yongqiang Zhang, Jing Tian, Xiaojie Li, Zixuan Tang, Xuening Yang, Xuanze Zhang, Ning Ma   +7 more
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Lewis Acid Site Engineering in MOF‐Derived Aluminum Oxide/Carbon Composites for Dechlorination of Waste Plastic Pyrolysis Oil

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Controlled carbonization of an Al‐MOF partially decomposes its linkers, exposing coordinatively unsaturated Al centers within an oxide/carbon composite. The resulting Lewis acid sites, rather than surface area, govern organochlorine capture: the composite removes chemically diverse organochlorines from waste plastic pyrolysis oil, outperforms a ...
Seong Cheon Kim, Byeongju Jeon, Suk Hyun Lim, Eun Hee Kwon, Nam Sun Nho, Siyoung Q. Choi, Jeasung Park   +6 more
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Temporal dynamics of sapota pest damage and Phytophthora disease: insights from time series and machine learning models

Frontiers in Plant Science
IntroductionSapota (Manilkara zapota L.) is a major tropical fruit crop prone to damage by bud borer (Anarsia achrasella), seed borer (Trymalitis margarias), and fruit rot caused by Phytophthora species.
Meenakshi Malik, Niranjan Singh, Amoghavarsha Chittaragi, Raghavendra D, Balanagouda Patil, Bachu Lakshmi Manisha   +5 more
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Homing in on a key factor of climate change [PDF]

Nature, 2018
The sensitivity of Earth’s climate to atmospheric carbon dioxide levels is a big unknown in predicting future global warming. A compelling analysis suggests that we can rule out high estimates of this sensitivity. The sensitivity of Earth’s climate to atmospheric carbon dioxide levels is a big unknown in predicting future global warming.
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