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Thermal plasticity is independent of environmental history in an intertidal seaweed [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Organisms inhabiting the intertidal zone have been used to study natural ecophysiological responses and adaptations to thermal stress because these organisms are routinely exposed to high‐temperature conditions for hours at a time.
Sophie J. McCoy, Stephen Widdicombe
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Comfort in Australia’s Unproductive North and the Attendant Anxiety of Tropical Cyclones
ABE Journal, 2021 In 1922, the Commonwealth Bank opened in Cairns, North Queensland, on the corner of Abbott and Spence Street, not far from the Esplanade and the waters of the Trinity Inlet.
Deborah van der Plaat
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Urban Everyday Life and Electrification in Context of Fuel Crises in First Quarter of 20th Century
Научный диалог, 2023 The article examines the social response to the introduction of new electric technologies (street lighting and trams) in cities, as well as the limitations on their use during periods of fuel crises. The concepts of “energy transition” and “shift towards
A. B. Agafonova
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E-REA, 2021 The Great 1927 Flood ranks as the worst environmental disaster in American history. In the early 20th century, Mississippi floods had been worsening as the levee system progressed, in a period when the development of industrial plantations required the ...
Stéphanie DENÈVE
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Environmental History and World History
Historia provinciae: журнал региональной истории, 2018 This paper deals with three major aspects of world environmental historiography. Firstly, based on a bird’s-eye view of the world environmental historiography, the ‘received wisdoms’ were deconstructed.
Bao Maohong
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People and Nature, 2023 Perceptions of past ecological change affect views of current ecosystem state, but how do baselines help to shape stakeholders' visions of an idealized future?
Loren McClenachan, Benjamin Neal
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Contree, 2011 In 21st century South Africa, new and old technological innovations in agriculture can be employed to protect existing and future water supplies that are increasingly becoming vulnerable to encroaching global warming trends.
Mark Nyandoro
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Humanities, 2021 This article addresses broad and plural concepts of landscape, considering its diversity of meanings and uses, which go far beyond its environmental and geographical connotations. It discusses the relationship between humanity and the rest of the natural
Ana Cristina Roque +2 more
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Sharing Is Caring, but Is the Shore Cared for? The Sharing Paradox of the French Coast
Urban Science, 2020 Coastlines have long attracted industrial activities, services, housing, and tourism. At select geographic locations, harbors host port facilities and provide local economic growth opportunities.
Stephan J. Hauser, Catherine Roche
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International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2018 The analysis of energy efficiency of agroecosystems from a sociometabolic perspective is a useful way to assess the sustainability of farm systems. In this paper we examine the transition of a Mediterranean agroecosystem from an organic farm system in ...
Lucía Díez +7 more
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