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Vulnerability assessment of nearshore clam habitat subject to storm waves and surge

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Present work studied the lesion mechanism of coastal clam and its vulnerability assessment subject to the hydrodynamic disturbance of extreme storm events. A clam habitat at the northeast coast of China was chosen for the demonstration study.
Yao Zhang   +7 more
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Warning water level determination and its spatial distribution in coastal areas of China [PDF]

open access: yesNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2023
The warning water level is the default water level at which storm surges may occur along a coast and indicates a stage of alert. This level forms the basis for storm-surge forecasting, and prewarning is an important reference for governments and aids in ...
S. Liu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Forests and climate change in Latin America: Linking adaptation and mitigation in projects and policies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Integrating adaptation and mitigation in forestry projects and policies would maximise local cobenefits and contribute to increased capacity to cope with the risks associated with climate change. Latin America has had some preliminary experience with the
Andrade, Angela   +4 more
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Experimental Study on Influence of Microexpansive Concrete Self-Stress on Performance of Steel Pipe Concrete

open access: yesShock and Vibration, 2021
To explore the influence of microexpansive concrete self-stress on the performance of steel pipe concrete, the expansion rate test of microexpansive concrete confined by steel tube was carried out with different expansion rates.
Xin Liu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overcoming the risk of inaction from emissions uncertainty in smallholder agriculture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The potential for improving productivity and increasing the resilience of smallholder agriculture, while also contributing to climate change mitigation, has recently received considerable political attention (Beddington et al 2012). Financial support for
C M Ryan   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Analysis on the causes of positive precipitation anomaly in Shandong in the autumn of 2021

open access: yes暴雨灾害, 2023
Based on daily precipitation data of 123 national stations in Shandong province from 1961 to 2021, ERA5 monthly reanalysis data and NOAA sea surface temperature data, the causes of the positive precipitation anomaly in Shandong in autumn 2021 were ...
Weiping XU   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Benefits of Organic Agriculture as a Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Strategy in Developing Countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Organic agriculture, as an adaptation strategy to climate change and variability, is a concrete and promising option for rural communities and has additional potential as a mitigation strategy. This article is a short review of this topic.
Müller, Adrian
core   +2 more sources

Experimental Study on Hydrogen Recombination Characteristics of a Passive Autocatalytic Recombiner during Spray Operation

open access: yesHydrogen, 2022
During an accident, hydrogen distribution in a containment building of a nuclear power plant (NPP) and characteristics of hydrogen depletion by passive autocatalytic recombiners (PARs) differ depending on the thermal-hydraulic behaviors occurring in the ...
Jongtae Kim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Attenuation Ability of Saturated Joints Filled with Granular Materials under High-Amplitude Stress Wave Loading

open access: yesGeofluids, 2022
Existing experimental evidence shows that the propagation of explosive waves in the free fields of soils is remarkably affected by the degree of saturation.
Sheng Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mitigation: Plausible mitigation targets [PDF]

open access: yesNature Climate Change, 2011
Whether the widely accepted 2 °C limit for climate change is practically achievable depends partly on climate sensitivity, but predominantly on complex socio-economic dynamics.
openaire   +1 more source

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