Sustainability-Driven Evaluation of Circular Plastic and Bioplastic Waste Reused as Building Materials Using MCDA and SWOT Analysis. [PDF]
Belioka MP.
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart +57 more
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An Indicator contribution-oriented assessment framework for identifying dominant fire risk drivers in cable tunnels: Development and case study. [PDF]
Li L, Wang Y, Liu B, Song L, Ma W.
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen +15 more
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An intelligent IoT-machine learning framework for wildfire detection and prediction using a hybrid RF-XGB model. [PDF]
Radhi AA, Ibrahim AA.
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What drives animal responses to high severity fire? The role of functional traits
ABSTRACT Fire regimes are changing worldwide, with increases in the frequency, extent, and severity of fires posing growing risks to biodiversity. Fire severity – the degree of habitat alteration following fire – strongly influences both immediate survival and long‐term recovery of fauna.
Grace A. Vielleux +3 more
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The Integration of Fire Ecology and Freshwater Ecosystems in North America: Knowledge Gaps and Research Needs. [PDF]
Piczak ML +13 more
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ABSTRACT Retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries can be repurposed to stationary storage batteries. While this circularity solution has attracted attention from entrepreneurs, falling battery prices, along with the longer lifetime of new batteries, high consumer expectations and limited governmental support challenge the approach.
Juliane Seika, Merla Kubli
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Identifying key factors in building fires: A novel approach fusing K-shell entropy gravity. [PDF]
Yu Y, Wang N, Cui S, Zhao E.
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ABSTRACT As firms increasingly incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns into their strategic agendas, stakeholder legitimacy—an audience‐conferred judgment of organizational appropriateness—has become pivotal. We theorize legitimacy as expanding a hybrid response portfolio in which firms may pursue substantive change (business ...
Min‐Jae Lee +3 more
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