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Heavy precipitation forecasts over Switzerland – An evaluation of bias-corrected ECMWF predictions
Weather and Climate Extremes, 2021 Heavy precipitation episodes are particularly hazardous in mid-sized alpine catchments where runoff tends to increase rapidly after strong rainfall, leaving limited time for warning.
Simone Schauwecker +3 more
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Automated precipitation monitoring with the Thies disdrometer: biases and ways for improvement [PDF]
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2020 The intensity and phase of precipitation at the ground surface can have important implications not only for meteorological and hydrological situations but also in terms of hazards and risks.
M. Fehlmann +6 more
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The Environmental Impacts of the Coronavirus [PDF]
Environmental and Resource Economics, 2020 AbstractThe Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has resulted in global lockdowns, sharply curtailing economic activity. It is a unique experiment with substantial impacts that will form the agenda for research. There are five sets of questions: the short-term impacts on emissions, the natural environment and environmental policy, including regulations and ...
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Glacial geomorphology of the Chirripó National Park, Costa Rica
Journal of Maps, 2019 Several regions of tropical America show imprints of past glacial activity. These relict landforms can support the understanding of past climate conditions, such as during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), and the implications that these paleoclimatic ...
Adolfo Quesada-Román +3 more
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Climate impacts on tree growth in a Neotropical high mountain forest of the Peruvian Andes
iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2020 Global warming can jeopardize important ecosystem functions and services in sensitive Neotropical mountain areas. However, untangling the relative roles of natural climate variability pattern from current global warming trends still represent a major ...
Rodríguez-Morata C +3 more
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Environmental Research: Climate, 2023 Cryogenic land surface processes (CLSPs), such as cryoturbation, are currently active in landscapes covering 25% of our planet where they dictate key functions, such as carbon (C) cycling, and maintain patterned landscape features.
Maria Väisänen +5 more
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Teaching case: the water I wear
Revista Ambiente Contábil, 2021 Purpose: This case aims to enable students to learn about environmental impacts and their effects and allow them to use methods of economic valuation of the environment to internalize externalities related to environmental and social impacts. The product
Aracéli Cristina de Sousa Ferreira +2 more
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Health Literacy, Self‐Efficacy and Knowledge of Sickle Cell Disease Among Caregivers
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder in which abnormal haemoglobin leads to severe anaemia, painful crises and organ failure. Caregivers’ health literacy (HL) – their ability to assess, understand and apply information, and interact with healthcare professionals – is crucial for managing children with SCD, yet ...
Melanie Bruinooge +6 more
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Environmental Impacts of CO₂-EOR [PDF]
, 2014 The aim of this report is to identify the potential environmental impacts on the marine environment of offshore activities which are unique to CO2-EOR, or which may pose additional significant issues not encountered in normal oil and gas operations ...
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Ice‐melt period dominates annual carbon dioxide evasion from clear‐water Arctic lakes
Limnology and Oceanography LettersCurrent estimates of carbon dioxide (CO2) evasion from Arctic lakes are highly uncertain because few studies integrate seasonal variability, specifically evasion during spring ice‐melt.
J. Karlsson +4 more
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