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How innovation systems emerge to solve ecological problems: Biofuels in the United States and Brazil [PDF]

, 2010
This paper discusses the re-emergence of biofuel innovation systems in the United States and Brazil. We argue that innovation systems emerge and evolve to solve a problem, and that the way the problem is framed and articulated has a significant impact on
Gee, Sally, McMeekin, Andrew
core  

From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Quantitative analysis of landscape patterns and ecosystem services at multiple scales in hilly areas of Southern China

Scientific Reports
Understanding the scale-dependent mechanisms linking landscape patterns to ecosystem services is crucial for sustainable land management, especially in fragmented hilly regions.
Pengfei Zhu, Yue Qiu, Abiot Molla, Ying Su, Zhifeng Wu, Shudi Zuo, Yin Ren   +6 more
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Reducing Cd Uptake by Wheat Through Rhizosphere Soil N-C Cycling and Bacterial Community Modulation by Urease-Producing Bacteria and Organo-Fe Hydroxide Coprecipitates

Microorganisms
The bioavailability of heavy metals is profoundly influenced by their interactions with active soil components (microorganisms, organic matter, and iron minerals).
Junqing Zhang, Shuangjiao Tang, Hao Wei, Lunguang Yao, Zhaojin Chen, Hui Han, Mingfei Ji, Jianjun Yang   +7 more
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ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM: THE DIALECTIC OF STATE GOALS

Вестник университета, 2020
Economic growth and technological progress are always paired with the need to improve environmental issues. Global trends in the field of ecology have been considered.
N. S. Kozyr, Yu. S. Nischuck
doaj   +1 more source

Long‐Term Elevated CO2 Improves Soil Health and Rice Yields in Paddy Fields

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Combining the two longest‐running rice free‐air CO2 enrichment experiments with a global data synthesis, this study demonstrates that long‐term elevated CO2 consistently enhances soil health. In rice paddies, this improvement sustains the CO2 fertilization effect over decades.
Fan Jiang, Wenchao Du, Kees Jan van Groenigen, Josep Peñuelas, Scott X. Chang, Lian Song, Chuang Cai, Yu Wang, Lin Deng, Zhengkun Hu, Weishou Shen, Qicong Wu, Haiyang Yu, Ying Yin, Fuxun Ai, Wei Zhou, Dongming Wang, Jianqiang Sun, Xiaoyuan Yan, Renfang Shen, Jiabao Zhang, Hongyan Guo, Chunwu Zhu   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amphiphilic nanowire-assisted monomer shuttling enables ultra-selective reverse osmosis membranes for water purification

Nature Communications
Reverse osmosis (RO) membrane separation is vital for the advanced removal of contaminants, playing a key role in safe water supply. However, existing RO membranes fall remarkably short in adequate removal of small neutral organic contaminants (SNOCs ...
Huimin Zhou, Xingran Zhang, Zhouyan Li, Zhiwei Qiu, Zhe Yang, Ruobin Dai, Zhiwei Wang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial and temporal change assessment of marine ecological security in regions along the Maritime Silk Road

Ecological Indicators
The Maritime Silk Road presents not only great opportunities for development but also enormous challenges to marine ecological security. While, there lacks a systematic assessment of the state of marine ecological security at the regional multi-country ...
Jingxuan Liu, Juanle Wang, Chen Xu, Jiacheng Jiang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Difference Analysis of Ecological Security Assessment Based on FAHP [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2019
In this study, the important city of Guanzhong Plain-Weinan, was studied and its ecological security index changed from the year of 2000 to 2012. The stress-state-response (PSR) model was used to establish an ecological security assessment system based ...
Yin Yahao, Li Haihong, An Fengqiu
doaj   +1 more source

Pan-European backcasting exercise, enriched with regional perspective, and including a list of short-term policy options [PDF]

, 2010
This deliverable reports on the results of the third and final pan-European stakeholder meeting and secondly, on the enrichment with a Pilot Area and regional perspective.
Bärlund, I., Dubel, A., Kok, K., Sendzimir, J., Vliet, M., van   +4 more
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