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Natural sciences and environmental issues: a contribution from the philosophy of environmental sciences

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environment and Health, 2017
The environmental issue has been considered a 'starting point' for certain epistemological transformations that aim at rethinking the way of performing science and interpreting the nature-society relationship. In this paper, we will explore controversial disputes in the natural science field through the analysis of a particular case study: the socio ...
Klier, Gabriela Ruth   +5 more
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Making climate reanalysis and CMIP6 data processing easy: two “point-and-click” cloud based user interfaces for environmental and ecological studies

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science
Climate reanalysis and climate projection datasets offer the potential for researchers, students and instructors to access physically informed, global scale, temporally and spatially continuous climate data from the latter half of the 20th century to ...
James M. Lea   +7 more
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Science and environmental stewardship

open access: yesGlobal Bioethics, 2014
People’s vision of world phenomena is still based on the traditional mechanistic concept, which implies that process outcomes can be fully predicted and controlled. The new scientific concept that our world is characterized by complex, self-organizing processes, is so far acknowledged by few insiders.
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Altitude-dependent climate impacts and economic feasibility of alternative fuels in aviation from 2025 to 2050

open access: yesiScience
Summary: The aviation industry plays an increasing role in climate change due to emissions at cruise altitudes. This study combines projections from the Aviation Integrated Model (AIM) and simulations from the Aviation-FAIR model to assess greenhouse gas
Qiang Cui   +5 more
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Training Students Attitudes in Environmental Science Course Through Lesson Study

open access: yesJurnal Riset Biologi dan Aplikasinya, 2019
The core competences of Environmental Sciences are to communicate and to understand the concepts of natural resources and environment, to solve related problems, and to have an environmental awareness.
Fida Rahmadiarti   +2 more
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Use of virtual reality to engage undergraduate students in environmental field experiences

open access: yesFuture in Educational Research
Field‐based experiences enhance cognitive and affective skill sets of undergraduate students. Although field‐based learning is a highly effective pedagogical modality, it is not accessible to all students, necessitating the development and evaluation of ...
Elizabeth W. Stoner   +6 more
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Review of the sustainable built environment in 1998–2015

open access: yesEngineering Structures and Technologies, 2016
A city is a complex physical and social phenomenon that is under constant development and undergoes quantitative and qualitative changes. The welfare of the whole society depends on the sustainability of the built environment.
Ieva Ubarte, Oleg Kaplinski
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