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The importance of periodic droughts for maintaining diversity in the freshwater environment [PDF]
, 1996 Whereas some species may rely on periodic drought conditions for part of their life histories, or have life strategies suited to exploiting the habitat or changed environmental conditions that are created by drought, for other organisms it is a time of ...
Everard, Mark
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When the River Runs Low: Heterogeneous Impacts of Transportation Disruptions on Local Grain Basis
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A substantial share of U.S. soybean and corn exports from the Midwest moves by barge along the Mississippi River system to export terminals in the Louisiana Gulf. Transportation costs between Midwestern grain elevators and export terminals create a wedge between prices at these locations, and shocks to these costs are partially passed on to ...
Yuan Zhang +3 more
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Farmers and Breeders of Bogota Plateau in Face of Climatic Changes in the 18th Century
Fronteras de la Historia, 2017 This research analyzes the adaptation of the farmers and breeders of Bogota plateau to confront droughts and floods that occurred during the 18th century. Based on qualitative information in official colonial documents, letters and notebooks of travelers,
Katherinne Giselle Mora Pacheco
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Frontiers in WaterThe study focuses on the history of expansion of water infrastructure and drought mitigation measures, through construction of a large network of reservoirs over a 100-year period in the Jaguaribe River Basin, in the state of Ceará, Brazil.
Bruno Pereira +5 more
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Influence of Climate Change on Soil Water Regime in Koprivnica-Križevci County
Ekológia (Bratislava), 2014 Spoljar A., Kisic I., Peremin Volf, T., Kamenjak D., Kaucic D.: Influence of climate change on soil water regime in Koprivnica-Krizevci County. Ekológia (Bratislava), Vol. 33, No. 2, p. 178-187, 2014.
Spoljar Andrija +4 more
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Integrated urban water management in Texas: a review to inform a one water approach for the future [PDF]
, 2018 Texas has considerable experience grappling with historic droughts as well as flooding associated with tropical storms and hurricanes, yet the State’s water management challenges are projected to increase.
Ashmore, Jacqueline +2 more
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt +6 more
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Forest Science and Technology, 2019 A field study was carried to determine the impact of the land application of polyacrylamide (PAM) on the runoff used for supplemental irrigation. Five treatments were investigated: PAM A-130, PAM A-836, PAM Aerotil, plastic mulch, and natural (no PAM no ...
Naji K. Al-Mefleh +2 more
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Urban droughts and floods in Maiduguri: twin hazards of a variable climate [PDF]
, 1996 Maiduguri, an important city in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa, experiences both drought and floods. Although droughts are more popular, floods are a seasonal occurrence in parts of the city in the average rainy season.
Odihi, John O.
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen +3 more
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