Mapping global threats to seagrass meadows reveals opportunities for conservation
Environmental Research: EcologyNumerous global maps chart humanities impact on multiple levels of biodiversity, revealing a multitude of pressures across a variety of ecological systems.
Benjamin L H Jones +5 more
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Mangrove Ecotourism along the Coasts of the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A Systematic Review
LandMangrove ecotourism is gaining immense popularity in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries as a neoliberal conservation tool, and it has contributed significantly to the growth of the tourism sector in the region over the past two decades. However,
Lara G. Moussa +25 more
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Cuban Land Use and Conservation, from Rainforests to Coral Reefs [PDF]
, 2018 Cuba is an ecological rarity in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its complex political and economic history shows limited disturbances, extinctions, pollution, and resource depletion by legal or de facto measures.
Ahamed, Sonya +7 more
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Passive Shape‐Adaptive Fluidic Interface for Enhanced Skin‐Sensor Coupling in Wearable Devices
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This study presents a passive fluidic interface for wearable biosensors that adapts to static and dynamic body shape changes to maintain consistent skin contact. Flexible, fluid‐filled pouches redistribute pressure from high‐load areas to regions requiring improved contact, enhancing signal quality and comfort in a compact, low‐energy design for ...
Natalia Sanchez‐Tamayo +6 more
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Examining the environmental vulnerability of the floodplain geosystem in the Syr Darya River’s lower reaches [PDF]
Journal of Water and Land DevelopmentThe Syr Darya River’s lower reaches of floodplain geosystems face growing environmental pressures, necessitating a thorough understanding of their vulnerability on which this study focuses, emphasising the role of natural and climatic factors.
Bibatpa N. Madekesheva, Sagymbay Oketay
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Radiative Cooling by Green(er) Solvents‐Upcycled Polyvinyl Chloride From Drug Blisters Waste
Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.This study explores upcycling poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) from used pharmaceutical blisters into sustainable radiative cooling materials. Using solvent separation and membrane fabrication, PVC was converted into white membranes paired with aluminum foil.
Andrea Lanfranchi +2 more
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Marine protected areas as a tool for environmental justice
Frontiers in Marine ScienceOverfishing, destructive industrial practices, and climate change are the biggest drivers of biodiversity loss in the ocean. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), including through nature conservation initiatives like “30x30” and “America the Beautiful,” can be
Anupa Asokan
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Taking the High Road: Protecting Open Space Along America's Highways [PDF]
, 2002 Examines the environmental impacts of road construction and the spiraling of land prices along new roads, and promotes best practices for linking land use and road construction.
Preston L. Schiller
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Freshwater ecosystem services in mining regions : modelling options for policy development support [PDF]
, 2018 The ecosystem services (ES) approach offers an integrated perspective of social-ecological systems, suitable for holistic assessments of mining impacts. Yet for ES models to be policy-relevant, methodological consensus in mining contexts is needed.
Goethals, Peter +2 more
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Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang +4 more
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