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Geoheritage and Dark Tourism in Iasi (Romania): From Building Stones to Sustainable Tourism Development [PDF]

Present Environment and Sustainable Development
Located in northeastern Romania within the Moldavian Plateau, Ia?i is a vital hub of culture, history, and religion. This paper explores the relationship between dark tourism and geotourism in the Ia?i region, examining how geological and ...
Ana-Maria ANASTASIEI, Lilian NIACȘU, Sergiu LOGHIN   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geological-Geomorphological and Paleontological Heritage in the Algarve (Portugal) Applied to Geotourism and Geoeducation [PDF]

, 2021
Antonio Miguel Martínez-Graña, Paulo Legoinha, José Luis Goy Goy, José Ángel González Delgado, Ildefonso Armenteros Armenteros, Cristino J. Dabrio, Caridad Zazo   +6 more
openalex   +1 more source

What's there beyond the sun and the sea? Detecting tourists' interest towards nature in a mass tourism destination using social media data

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Nature‐based tourism is a rapidly growing subsector of the international tourism industry. However, capturing broad‐scale patterns of nature visits during touristic trips or visitors' appreciation of nature may be difficult using traditional data sources and methods. In this study, we harness geotagged social media data to understand the scale
Matti Hästbacka, Tatu Leppämäki, Anna Hausmann, Matías Manuel González Hernández, Tuuli Toivonen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in the Wadi Guir Watershed: Adaptation Strategies for Sustainable Management [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
The Wadi Guir Watershed, located in the eastern basins of Morocco, spans approximately 4,231 km². One of the major challenges both globally and in Morocco, particularly in oasis regions such as the Guir River watershed, is ensuring water availability ...
Messaoudi Badre, Kabiri Lahcen, Ait Lahssaine Ismail, El Hafyani Mohammed, Kadiri Abdelhakim, Essafraoui Badre, Albergel Jean   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Digitization connects scattered specimens and enables new historical research: Plants from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881–1884)

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Widespread museum digitization initiatives have made the world's herbaria more accessible than ever, launching a renaissance of specimen use. We highlight the value of digitization to bolster both scientific and historical research using the specimens from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881–1884) to the Canadian arctic, remembered for its tragedy ...
J. Mason Heberling, Jackson P. Wright
wiley   +1 more source

Classification and Protection Status of Remnant Natural Plant Communities in Arkansas [PDF]

, 1981
A classification and inventory of Arkansas\u27s remaining tracts of relatively undisturbed vegetation was initiated in 1979. Based on extensive literature surveys and field work, the classification includes five physiognomic classes, 17 cover classes ...
Pell, William F.
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Distinguishing damages from two earthquakes —Archaeoseismology of a Crusader castle (Al-Marqab citadel, Syria) [PDF]

, 2010
Damages from two major earthquakes are identified in medieval Al-Marqab citadel (Latin: Margat) in coastal Syria. Built by the Order of St. John (Hospitallers) in the twelfth–thirteenth centuries, the hilltop fortification has masonry walls made with and
Kázmér, Miklós, Major, Balázs
core   +1 more source

Digitisation as archival intermediary: Quantifying and qualifying Greta B. Stevenson's mycological collector networks

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Mass digitisation of natural science collections and archives has increasingly become a priority for scientific heritage institutions. Here, we explore the potential of mass digitisation to improve our understanding of the nature and history of scientific collaboration. Focusing on mycologist Greta B.
Christopher Kreuzer, Geoff S. Ridley, Nathan E. C. Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ground penetrating radar assessment of historical buildings: the study of the roofs, columns and ground of Santa Maria del Mar, in Barcelona / GPR assessment of the basilica Santa Maria del Mar [PDF]

, 2017
Santa Maria del Mar is a magnificent gothic church built between 1329 and 1383 in a neighbourhood outside the city walls, over the remains of a more ancient church.
Caselles Magallón, Josep Oriol, Clapes Boixader, Jaime, Pérez Gracia, María de la Vega   +2 more
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All‐sky assimilation impacts of the Tomorrow.io microwave sounder constellation on global weather forecasts

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
Key Findings: An assimilation methodology is established for the Tomorrow.io microwave sounder (TMS) flying on CubeSats in sun‐synchronous and inclined orbits, and in all cloud scenes. The TMS has a significant impact on weather forecast lead times up to 3 days in the Tropics in a research‐quality numerical weather prediction setting, and yields water ...
Jonathan J. Guerrette, Ryan Honeyager, Stephen Joseph Munchak, Xiaoxu Tian   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source