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Climate change, collective harm and legitimate coercion [PDF]

open access: yesCritical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 2011
Liberalism faces a tension between its commitment to minimal interference with individual liberty and the urgent need for strong collective action on global climate change. This paper attempts to resolve that tension. It does so on the one hand by defending an expanded model of collective moral responsibility, according to which a set of individuals ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Evaluating the growth potential of harmful cyanobacteria in aquatic environments under climate change scenarios [PDF]

open access: yesActa Limnologica Brasiliensia
: Aim Neotropical freshwater environments face severe threats from climate change, posing significant risks to global water security. Extreme hydrological events, such as torrential rains and prolonged droughts, are expected to become more frequent and ...
Ariane Guimarães   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

State of harmful entomocomplex in winter wheat crops in Ukraine under the conditions of climate change

open access: yesКарантин і захист рослин, 2022
Goal. To establish the multi-year dynamics of the number of the main pests of winter wheat and the indicator of entomological diversity of agricultural landscapes in the conditions of climate change in Ukraine. Methods.
O. Borzykh   +6 more
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Reasons why people change their alcohol consumption in later life: findings from the Whitehall II Cohort Study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Harmful alcohol consumption among the ageing population is an important public health issue. Very few studies ask drinkers why they change their consumption in later life.
Bell, S, Britton, A
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Perceived Intensification in Harmful Algal Blooms Is a Wave of Cumulative Threat to the Aquatic Ecosystems

open access: yesBiology, 2022
Simple Summary Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a serious threat to aquatic environments. The intensive expansion of HABs across the world is a warning signal of environmental deterioration.
Syed Shabi Ul Hassan Kazmi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Methodology and Results of Satellite Monitoring of Karenia Microalgae Blooms, That Caused the Ecological Disaster off Kamchatka Peninsula

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2023
The environmental disaster in Kamchatka in the autumn of 2020 was caused by an extensive bloom of harmful microalgae of the genus Karenia. A spectral shape algorithm was used to detect algae on satellite imagery.
Anatoly Alexanin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between high school students’ cigarette smoking, asthma and related beliefs: a population-based study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background Smoking has a detrimental effect on the symptoms and severity of asthma, a common chronic disease among adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between asthma and smoking among high school students and assess ...
Jones, Resa M.   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Nutrients and sea surface temperature drive harmful algal blooms in China’s coastal waters over the past decades

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2023
Eutrophication under climate change is well known to affect the community, productivity, and distribution of phytoplankton. However, the specific drivers of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in coastal China are not fully understood.
Wenyu Wei, Yue Han, Yuntao Zhou
doaj   +1 more source

What Can Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Teach Us About Changing Our Approach to Human Activity and Environmental Stewardship in Order to Reduce the Severity of Climate Change?

open access: yesInternational Indigenous Policy Journal, 2018
Many Indigenous communities living on traditional lands have not contributed significantly to harmful climate change. Yet, they are the most likely to be impacted by climate change.
John Hansen, Rose Antsanen
doaj   +1 more source

Factors associated with alcohol reduction in harmful and hazardous drinkers following alcohol brief intervention in Scotland: a qualitative enquiry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Alcohol Brief Intervention (ABI) uses a motivational counselling approach to support individuals to reduce excessive alcohol consumption. There is growing evidence on ABI’s use within various health care settings, although how they work and
AC Mcfarlane   +21 more
core   +3 more sources

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