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Risks and responses in rural India: Implications for local climate change adaptation action
Climate Risk Management, 2018 People in drylands face multiple climatic and non-climatic risks and subsequently engage in various response strategies to manage these risks. Research on risk management has typically focussed on a static, location-specific understanding of risk and ...
Chandni Singh +3 more
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Global Carbon Budget 2018 [PDF]
Earth System Science Data, 2018 Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere – the “global carbon budget” – is important to better understand the global carbon cycle, support the ...
C. Le Quéré +85 more
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Power in Coalition: Strategies for Strong Unions and Social Change [PDF]
, 2010 {Excerpt} For decades, unions around the world, like the teachers\u27 union in Australia, have been struggling. Across advanced English-speaking economies, we have seen the rising power of capital and its increasing influence over government.
Tattersall, Amanda
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Hydrological impacts of moderate and high-end climate change across European river basins
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2018 Study region: To provide a picture of hydrological impact of climate change across different climatic zones in Europe, this study considers eight river basins: Tagus in Iberian Peninsula; Emån and Lule in Scandinavia; Rhine, Danube and Teteriv in Central
Anastasia Lobanova +10 more
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A long-term Northern Hemisphere snow cover extent data record for climate studies and monitoring [PDF]
Earth System Science Data, 2015 This paper describes the long-term, satellite-based visible snow cover extent National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) climate data record (CDR) currently available for climate studies, monitoring, and model validation.
T. W. Estilow +2 more
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Tilling the Field: Lessons about Philanthropy's Role in School Discipline Reform [PDF]
, 2015 Anyone concerned about how the futures of millions of children are jeopardized because of discipline practices that unfairly exclude students from U.S. public schools will be heartened by this story about how transformative change can happen.It's a story
Leila Fiester
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The development of an intervention to improve the safety of community care nurses while driving and a qualitative investigation of its preliminary effects [PDF]
, 2011 This paper details the development of, and perceived role and effectiveness of an innovative intervention designed to ultimately improve the safety of a group of community care (CC) nurses while driving.
Lewis, Ioni, Newnam, Sharon
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Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2018 Study region: the Turkwel river basin, Kenya experiences a high level of water scarcity due to its arid climate, high rainfall variability and rapidly growing water demand.
Feyera A. Hirpa +4 more
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A global space-based stratospheric aerosol climatology: 1979–2016 [PDF]
Earth System Science Data, 2018 We describe the construction of a continuous 38-year record of stratospheric aerosol optical properties. The Global Space-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology, or GloSSAC, provided the input data to the construction of the Climate Model ...
L. W. Thomason +9 more
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Mayaro: an emerging viral threat?
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2018 Mayaro virus (MAYV), an enveloped RNA virus, belongs to the Togaviridae family and Alphavirus genus. This arthropod-borne virus (Arbovirus) is similar to Chikungunya (CHIKV), Dengue (DENV), and Zika virus (ZIKV).
Yeny Acosta-Ampudia +5 more
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