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Weathering the storms of climate change: Preparing persons with disabilities and the physiatrists who provide their care for extreme hurricanes

open access: yesPM&R, EarlyView.
Abstract Climate‐driven disasters have disproportionate and often devastating consequences on individuals with disabilities. Warming ocean and air temperatures are fueling more extreme tropical cyclones, further endangering those living in at‐risk regions.
Mollie Andreae   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monuments on the Border between Europe and Asia in the Formation of Geo-Cultural Image of the Ural Region in the 19th – Early 20th Century

open access: yesHistoria provinciae: журнал региональной истории
The article analyses the installation and public perception of four monuments that were erected in the pre-revolutionary period along the Ural Ridge on the border of Europe with Asia. V.
Svetlana V. Golikova
doaj   +1 more source

An unfolding signifier: London's Baltic Exchange in Tallinn [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
In the summer of 2007 an unusual cargo arrived at Muuga and Paldiski harbors outside Tallinn. It consisted of nearly 50 containers holding over 1,000 tons of building material ranging from marble columns, staircases and fireplaces, to sculpted ...
Alas J   +32 more
core   +1 more source

Synergistic efforts in specimen digitisation, curation and cataloguing of Brazil's megadiverse flora and funga

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The advancement of digital technologies has brought a rapid global information exchange, impacting all areas of our lives. This also applies to science. Knowledge, conservation and scientific innovation on global biodiversity are being strengthened and disseminated at unprecedented scales.
Ana Flávia Alves Versiane   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contaminants of emerging concern in agricultural soils: Current understanding, overlooked issues, and future priorities

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in agriculture represent a growing global challenge for food safety and public health. In this review, we synthesized evidence on how substances such as pharmaceuticals, microplastics, and per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) enter soils, accumulate in crops, and affect ecological and human health. We found
Laura J. Carter   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tracing change in the public perception of plants: insights from archives and social media in China

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
As urbanization accelerates, historic gardens serve as vital cultural treasures that offer spiritual and cultural support to the public. This study proposes an innovative approach that merges historical records from the Qing Dynasty with contemporary social media data to explore changes in public perceptions of these gardens.
Dong Xu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Nestorian Monument in China

open access: yesNature
THIS volume deals with one of the most interesting romances of literature ever known. The slory has often been told before; but it will bear repetition, on the chance of reaching some whose reading may have lain in other directions.The Nestorian Monument
佐伯 好郎   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Solar farms can mitigate negative impacts of whiplash weather on plant communities in a dryland ecosystem

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Utility‐scale solar energy (USSE) development generates novel questions regarding coupling clean energy production with terrestrial ecosystem services (e.g., forage production, pollinator support). We found that a USSE array sited in a fallowed cropland maintained a reseeded native plant community even a decade post‐restoration and that the array ...
Caitlin Robertson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Whose Lands? Which Public? Trump\u27s National Monument Proclamations and the Shape of Public-Lands Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
President Trump issued a proclamation in December 2017 purporting to remove two million acres in southern Utah from national monument status, radically shrinking the Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument and splitting the Bears Ears National ...
Purdy, Jedediah
core   +3 more sources

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