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Vegetable Tannins Used in the Manufacture of Historic Leathers

open access: yesMolecules, 2018
In this review, a brief description of how animal skins were transformed in leathers in Europe using different vegetable tannins will be presented. Special attention will be dedicated to the description of the type of tannins and the characteristics of ...
Lina Falcao, Maria Eduarda M Araujo
exaly   +2 more sources

Historic Yangtze flooding of 2020 tied to extreme Indian Ocean conditions

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021
Significance Summer rainfall along the Yangtze River in 2020 was the heaviest since 1961, with devastating socioeconomic impacts. While official forecasts based on tropical Pacific state failed, we show that dynamic models, when initialized with ocean ...
Zhen‐Qiang Zhou, S. Xie, Renhe Zhang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A constraint on historic growth in global photosynthesis due to rising CO_2

open access: yesNature Climate Change, 2023
Theory predicts that rising CO_2 increases global photosynthesis, a process known as CO_2 fertilization, and that this is responsible for much of the current terrestrial carbon sink.
T. Keenan   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A global database of historic glacier lake outburst floods

open access: yesEarth System Science Data, 2023
. Ongoing atmospheric warming has accelerated glacier mass loss in many mountain regions worldwide. Glacier lakes trap part of the glacial meltwater and have increased by about 50 % in number and area since the 1990s.
Natalie Lützow, G. Veh, O. Korup
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The legacy of structural racism: Associations between historic redlining, current mortgage lending, and health

open access: yesSSM: Population Health, 2021
Structural racism, which is embedded in past and present operations of the U.S. housing market, is a fundamental cause of racial health inequities.
Emily E. Lynch   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prehistory, Playhouses and the Public: London's Planning Archaeology

open access: yesInternet Archaeology, 2021
Three recent examples of public benefit following archaeological discoveries in London are presented, alongside an explanation of the policy context that supports them. The examples are provided from the perspective of planning archaeologists, who advise
Adam Single, Louise Davies
doaj   +1 more source

Making LiGHT Work of Large Area Survey? Developing Approaches to Rapid Archaeological Mapping and the Creation of Systematic National-scaled Heritage Data

open access: yesJournal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 2020
The characteristics and form of heritage data are fundamental to its utility in a range of applications, particularly so for heritage agencies who have a remit in management, policy, and the creation and curation of national databases of monuments, sites,
Dave Cowley   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate Change and Archaeology. An Introduction

open access: yesInternet Archaeology, 2022
Anthropogenic climate change is already affecting our environment. Climate projections show that in Europe we can expect: changes in rainfall, with increased drought and desertification, as well as increases in intensity and frequency of rainfall ...
Hannah Fluck, Kate Guest
doaj   +1 more source

Fire in heritage and historic buildings, a major challenge for the 21st century

open access: yesDevelopments in the Built Environment, 2022
Heritage and historic buildings possess an important architectural and cultural value which fire significantly threatens. However, current codes very rarely address the peculiarities of such buildings vis-` a-vis fire hazards.
E. García-Castillo   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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