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Power research in adaptive water governance and beyond: a review

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2023
Power dynamics are widely recognized as key contributors to poor outcomes of environmental governance broadly and specifically for adaptive water governance.
Lisa McIlwain   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Priming the Governance System for Climate Change Adaptation: The Application of a Social-Ecological Inventory to Engage Actors in Niagara, Canada

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2014
Climate change adaptation presents a challenge to current top-down governance structures, including the tension between provision of public goods and actions required by diverse stakeholders, including private actors.
Julia Baird   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the Biological Safety of Atmospheric Cold Plasma Treated Wheat Using Cell and Insect Models

open access: yesFoods, 2020
Atmospheric cold plasma (ACP) is under investigation for an extensive range of biocontrol applications in food biosystems. However, the development of a novel intervention technology requires a thorough evaluation of the potential for negative effects ...
Agata Los   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

An approach to measuring individual endorsement of social-ecological resilience of water systems

open access: yesEnvironmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2023
The role of the individual is increasingly a focus in sustainability discourses. We develop and operationalize indicators to measure individual attitudes as they relate to social-ecological resilience, using water systems (or ‘water resilience’) as a ...
Oluseyi Obasi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The human gut microbiome of athletes: metagenomic and metabolic insights

open access: yesMicrobiome, 2023
Background The correlation between the physical performance of athletes and their gut microbiota has become of growing interest in the past years, since new evidences have emerged regarding the importance of the gut microbiota as a main driver of the ...
Federico Fontana   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Human Feces with Rice Straw for Biogas Production: A Case Study in Sunyani

open access: yesModelling and Simulation in Engineering, 2022
The choice of feedstock for biogas production should not only be limited to organic waste like agricultural products, food, and animal waste. Human feces could also be considered a source of biogas production. The ever-increasing cost of fossil fuels and
Irédon Adjama   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability of donor-funded projects in developing remote minority Tonga communities of Zimbabwe

open access: yesDiscover Sustainability, 2023
Underdevelopment and poverty are causes for concern, towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly in the Global South.
Mark Makomborero Matsa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climatic Hazards: High Importance but Low Severity to Coastal Rural Fishing Communities

open access: yesEarth Science, Systems and Society, 2022
This study examines the relative importance and severity of climate change in the context of multiple socio-economic stressors in rural coastal fishing communities in Ghana.
Daniel Koomson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cloud-based applications for accessing satellite Earth observations to support malaria early warning

open access: yesScientific Data, 2022
Malaria epidemics can be triggered by fluctuations in temperature and precipitation that influence vector mosquitoes and the malaria parasite. Identifying and monitoring environmental risk factors can thus provide early warning of future outbreaks ...
Michael C. Wimberly   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accelerating the Renewable Energy Revolution to Get Back to the Holocene

open access: yesEarth's Future, 2023
The UN's Paris Agreement goal of keeping global warming between 1.5 and 2°C is dangerously obsolete and needs to be replaced by a commitment to restore Earth's climate.
Benjamin W. Abbott   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

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