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Curating landscapes to encourage care for biodiversity through arts and citizen science

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how combining Citizen Science and Art workshops within curated wildflower meadows can generate repeated, positive experiences with nature, and foster a sense of care for it. The project aimed to increase awareness, encourage responsibility, and develop competencies related to urban nature.
Elisa Olivares Esquivel, Simone Farris, Catherine Higham   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remote sensing and citizen science for habitat mapping: A machine learning approach to lowland heathland in Surrey, UK

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In a time of extensive global biodiversity loss, conservation efforts increasingly rely on high‐resolution, accurate, up‐to‐date habitat maps to guide decision‐making and strategic interventions. Many products have been developed in response, using machine learning (ML) methods to automate habitat classification, often relying on satellite ...
Victoria Webster, Ana Andries, Daniel Banks, Andrew Jamieson, Ben Siggery, Mike Waite, Richard Murphy, Stephen Morse   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

SCOUR NEAR SPILL-THROUGH TYPE ABUTMENT ON CLEAR-WATER SCOUR CONDITION FOR MULTI-SECTION CHANNELS

Journal of Civil Engineering
Scour is a natural phenomenon caused by erosion due to water flow on the alluvial channel bed and channel wall. In fact, scour happened in the bridge abutment is total scour, that is a combination between local scour, general scour, and constriction ...
Jaji Abdurrosyid, Achmad Karim Fatchan
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating Testability of Permafrost Models Through Physical and Thermal Testing in Complex Mountain Terrain, Yukon, Canada

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Due to its subsurface nature, permafrost cannot be directly observed with the naked eye or optical remote sensing. Consequently, accurately describing its distribution and thermal state is challenging. This is especially true in vast, remote environments, where obtaining comprehensive field data is demanding or improbable.
Ria Nicholson, Philip P. Bonnaventure, Nick C. Noad, Madeleine C. Garibaldi, Rabecca Thiessen, Will Kochtitzky   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnobotanical insights into the medicinal and food uses of Lamiaceae in the Mediterranean region: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
For generations, Mediterranean communities have used Lamiaceae or Labiatae plants like rosemary, thyme or mint to care for their health and to enrich their food. By bringing together dispersed knowledge from across the Mediterranean region, our review revealed the continuing relevance of Lamiaceae while also compiling past uses that may hold future ...
Fuencisla Cáceres, Joan Vallès, Teresa Garnatje, Airy Gras   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does an Armor Layer Control Clear-Water Scour at Cylindrical Bridge Piers? A Comprehensive Experimental Assessment under Steady and Unsteady Flow Conditions

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics
Local scour at bridge piers is a critical phenomenon jeopardizing structural integrity worldwide. This study presents a comprehensive physical modelling investigation into the evolution of local scour in the presence of a protective armor layer ...
Kabiri-Samani Abdorreza, Fathi Amirhossein, Farooq Rashid   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications for the sotol plant (Asparagaceae, Convallarioideae): A review

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Sotol (Dasylirion spp.) is a resilient desert plant that sustains ecosystems, cultures and livelihoods in Chihuahua Desert. Our review highlights its nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications in food, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and water remediation. By synthesizing evidence across disciplines, we show how sotol can
Dámaris Leopoldina Ojeda Barrios, Antonio Martínez Ruiz, Marisela Calderón Jurado, Ramón Saúl Luján Aguirre, Juan Luis Jacobo Cuellar, Oscar Sariñana‐Aldaco, María Teresa Martínez Damián, Oscar Cruz Alvarez   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental Investigation of the Effect of the Pier Group Skew Angle on Local Scour Around the Piers under Steady Flow [PDF]

علوم آب و خاک
Local scour around bridge piers is one of the most significant factors for the bridges’ destruction. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the scour depth around the bridge piers.
L. Hashemi, S. M. Kashefipour, M. Ghomeshi, M. Bahrami Yarahmadi   +3 more
doaj  

PREDICTION OF MAXIMUM SCOUR DEPTH AROUND SPUR-DIKE-LIKE STRUCTURES

PROCEEDINGS OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING, 1999
Some features of flow and scouring around spur-dike-like structures (or abutments) are discussed based on experiments under clear-water scouring. A simplified analytical model for the prediction of the maximum scour depth around these kinds of structures is developed by considering flow concentration to a restricted region in the scour hole.
RAHMAN, Munsur, MURAMOTO, Yoshio
openaire   +2 more sources

Effects of Engineered Dam Releases on Benthic Assemblages During Drought and Comparison With Unregulated Reaches

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT River regulation following damming is often associated with deleterious downstream effects, in large part due to reduced total discharge and disruption of seasonal flooding. These effects would be expected to be exacerbated by drought, particularly extended drought.
Jeffrey G. Holmquist, Jutta Schmidt‐Gengenbach   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source