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Assessing river discharge dynamics through relative surface water extent changes in river basins

open access: yesiScience
Summary: Surface water in rivers is vital for human society. However, our current understanding of the dynamics and drivers of river flows relies predominantly on stream gauging data, which are limited in spatial coverage and involve significant costs ...
Feng Mao   +4 more
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Validating the application of cyclic hydraulic pressure pulses to reduce breakdown pressure in granite

open access: yesiScience
Summary: As the geoenergy sector moves toward more sustainable practices, an emerging field of research is the proposed utilization of cyclic hydraulic pressure pulses to safely and efficiently enhance productivity.
Jackie Evan Kendrick   +7 more
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Developing Metrics for NASA Earth Science Interdisciplinary Data Products and Services

open access: yesData Science Journal, 2022
Metrics are measures that are able to produce quantifiable information. There are many applications of metrics in Earth science data and services; for example, metrics are frequently used to track service performance and progress.
Zhong Liu   +10 more
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Thermodynamics and Equilibria in Earth System Sciences: An Introduction [PDF]

open access: yes
Thermodynamics is needed to understand many processes on Earth, be they physical, chemical, or biological. Thermodynamics is critical to study the atmosphere (lapse rate, fohn winds, circulation), hydrosphere (latent and sensible heat, pressure ...
Middelburg, Jack J.
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Developments in Earth & Environmental Sciences 8

open access: yes, 2008
Antarctic Climate Evolution is the first book dedicated to understanding the history of the world’s largest ice sheet and, in particular, how it responded to and influenced climate change during the Cenozoic.
Siegert, M., Florindo, F.
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Integrating Data Science and Earth Science [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
This open access book presents the results of three years collaboration between earth scientists and data scientist, in developing and applying data science methods for scientific discovery.

core   +3 more sources

Use of Mohr diagrams to predict fracturing in rock masses, with applications for predicting sub-surface behavior

open access: yesiScience
Summary: Mohr diagrams are a simple and effective method that can help geoscientists consider, model, and predict the ranges of mechanical properties of rock, stresses, fluid pressures, and the resultant fractures that are likely to occur in the sub ...
D.C.P. Peacock   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global Efforts to Reduce Paediatric Cancer Care Disparities in Radiotherapy: A Decade Change

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We present an update on the status, needs and challenges faced by paediatric imaging and radiotherapy (RT) programmes globally after a previous survey conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 10 years prior. Methods We developed and distributed a 121‐question survey to radiation oncologists, medical physicists and ...
Raymond B. Mailhot Vega   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydrodynamic insights into the paleobiology of the Ediacaran rangeomorph Fractofusus misrai

open access: yesiScience
Summary: The Ediacaran of Newfoundland preserves some of the oldest complex macroscopic communities, several of which are dominated by the fractal-like rangeomorph genus Fractofusus.
Daniel Pérez-Pinedo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The case for a semiotic method in Earth system science: Semantic networks of environmental research

open access: yesSign Systems Studies, 2020
This paper sets a framework for using semiotics as an analytical method for Earth system science. It illustrates the use of such a method by analysing a dataset consisting of 32,383 abstracts of research articles pertaining to Earth system science, modelled as semantic networks.
Olteanu, Alin   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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