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Response and resilience of karst subterranean estuary communities to precipitation impacts. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol, 2023
Heavy precipitation events caused a halocline shift resulting in a mortality event at a karst subterranean estuary, affecting the fauna inhabiting under the halocline (dotted white line) at the marine groundwater layer (a‐b). Overall, marine species (c‐e) inhabiting the caves were impacted, and cave‐adapted fauna (f‐i) remain resilient to short‐term ...
Calderón Gutiérrez F   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Enabling conditions for integrating government institutions for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the SADC region and beyond

open access: yesRisk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 14, Issue 1, Page 6-26, March 2023., 2023
Abstract Climate change, through extreme weather events, is increasing the risk and impacts of disasters. An increase in extreme weather events underscores the importance of bringing coherence in efforts to reduce the risk of disasters and to adapt to the impacts of the changing climate.
Livhuwani D. Nemakonde   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cascading effects of climate variability on the breeding success of an edge population of an apex predator

open access: yesJournal of Animal Ecology, Volume 89, Issue 11, Page 2631-2643, November 2020., 2020
The authors demostrate how climate interacts with local demography to determine population fitness and viability. The mechanistic approach taken allowed us to unravel the cascading effects of the annual fluctuations of a major climatic phenomenon over the Atlantic on the vital rates of a wild bird population, and provided the first evidence of wind as ...
Laura Gangoso   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nueva clasificación de las inundaciones costeras en Cuba

open access: yesRevista Cubana de Meteorología, 2017
Se presenta la nueva clasificación de las inundaciones costeras para el archipiélago cubano atendiendo a los sistemas meteorológicos que las generaron, las particularidades de los mismos y las características físico- geográficas de la región que afectan.
Axel Hidalgo Mayo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Securitization of local adaptation: Signs of riskification in a Dutch region

open access: yesRisk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 15, Issue 4, Page 419-440, December 2024.
Abstract Climate change is increasing the frequency of extreme weather events and sea level rise, causing scholars to argue that it has become a security issue and that extraordinary measures are being legitimized by its perceived threat, referred to as securitization.
Nenya Jochemsen, Heleen Mees
wiley   +1 more source

Clima do Rio Grande do Sul

open access: yesBoletim Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul, 2014
Versa sobre o clima do Rio Grande do Sul. Divide-se em: A denominação do clima do Rio Grande do Sul; Classificações climáticas; Temperatura; Chuvas. Demais fenômenos meteorológicos. Contém tabelas com informações climáticas.
José Alberto Moreno
doaj   +4 more sources

O comportamento hidrológico do rio Mondego perante valores de precipitação intensa, em Coimbra

open access: yesTerritorium: Revista Portuguesa de riscos, prevenção e segurança, 2005
A compreensão dos fenómenos naturais associados a riscos climático-meteorológicos e hidrológicos pretende ser um contributo para a sua prevenção.
Sílvia Louro, Luciano Lourenço
doaj   +1 more source

Turismo y amenazas de origen natural en la Macaronesia. Análisis comparado.

open access: yesCuadernos de Turismo, 2020
Los archipiélagos de la Macaronesia poseen rasgos físicos similares. Son islas con una gran dependencia exterior y con un destacado peso del sector turístico en sus PIBs. Su origen volcánico y sus características climáticas implican variadas amenazas de
Pedro Dorta Antequera   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aquel infeliz estado de pobreza. Los veranos ruinosos en la isla de Margarita: siglos XVI-XVIII

open access: yesRevista de Indias, 2018
Los diferentes fenómenos meteorológicos conducentes a sequías registrados en la isla de Margarita durante el período colonial son revisados aquí desde una perspectiva analítica que interpreta la articulación clima-sociedad-historia como una relación ...
Rogelio Altez
doaj   +1 more source

Editorial. Riesgos y Vulnerabilidad

open access: yesAcademia XXII, 2020
En décadas recientes, el crecimiento de las manchas urbanas en todo el planeta ha sido desmedido. Las ciudades se desarrollan en zonas no aptas para soportarlas, dadas sus condiciones naturales.
Alejandra Contreras Padilla   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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