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Facilitating Typhoon-Triggered Flood Disaster-Ready Information Delivery Using SDI Services Approach—A Case Study in Hainan

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2022
Natural disaster response and assessment are key elements of natural hazard monitoring and risk management. Currently, the existing systems are not able to meet the specific needs of many regional stakeholders worldwide; traditional approaches with field
Lei Hu   +4 more
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Trust-Building through Social Media Communications in Disaster Management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
open4Social media provides a digital space – a meeting place, for different people, often representing one or more groups in a society. The use of this space during a disaster, especially where information needs are high and the availability of ...
BUSA', MARIA GRAZIA   +3 more
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Late-arriving 2023 summer marine heatwave in the East China Sea and implications for global warming

open access: yesnpj Climate and Atmospheric Science
In 2023, the global temperature rose significantly, triggering a marine heatwave (MHW) in the East China Sea (ECS) from August 12 to October 13. Unlike the typical July onset, this event was delayed.
Hyoeun Oh   +7 more
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Natural disasters and their aftermath [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Psychiatry, 2006
The chronic trauma endured by the people of Iraq, Darfur and Zimbabwe is a subject regularly brought to our attention in the UK by the news media. The mental health risk attributable to living in a situation in which each day brings the threat of more disruption, another risk to life and limb, the loss of people you love, perhaps of your home, is great.
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Disaster risk reduction measures n Bangladesh [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Disasters damage the entire economy of the country when they predominantly take place in developing countries. While no country in the world is entirely safe, lack of capacity to limit the impact of hazards has made developing countries being the most ...
Amaratunga, Dilanthi   +4 more
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Exploring the Dynamics of Global Plate Motion Based on the Granger Causality Test

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
The geodynamic mechanism is the research focus and core issue of plate motions and plate tectonics. Analyzing the time series of earthquakes may help us understand the relationship between two plate boundaries and further explore movement mechanisms ...
Lixin Ning, Chun Hui, Changxiu Cheng
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Various responses of global heterotrophic respiration to variations in soil moisture and temperature enhance the positive feedback on atmospheric warming

open access: yesCommunications Earth & Environment
The ratio of soil heterotrophic respiration to total soil respiration (Rh/Rs) is critical for soil carbon pool stability and atmosphere-biosphere exchanges, yet its spatiotemporal dynamics and responses to environmental drivers remain poorly constrained.
Jingyu Zeng   +13 more
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Climate Change Effects on Agricultural Production: The Regional and Sectoral Economic Consequences in China

open access: yesEarth's Future, 2020
Climate is an essential element in agricultural production, and climate change inevitably have an impact on agriculture. Assessing the economic consequences of climate change requires comprehensive assessments of the impact chain from climate to crops ...
Yuan Liu   +5 more
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Flood Risk Assessment of Metro System Using Improved Trapezoidal Fuzzy AHP: A Case Study of Guangzhou

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2021
Metro systems have become high-risk entities due to the increased frequency and severity of urban flooding. Therefore, understanding the flood risk of metro systems is a prerequisite for mega-cities’ flood protection and risk management.
Guangpeng Wang   +4 more
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Deep learning-based identification of environmental memory effects on the gross primary productivity of alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

open access: yesEcological Processes
Background The widely distributed grasslands of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau play a vital role in the global carbon cycle and climate regulation. Gross primary productivity (GPP), an important indicator of ecosystem carbon sequestration capacity, remains ...
Qi Zhang   +8 more
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