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Failure risk analysis of dangerous earth‒rock dams on the basis of element failure probabilities. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Peng P, Li Z, Zhang X, Lu K, Dai Q.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Consequences of Soil Organic Carbon for Crop Yield, Farm Productivity and Profit

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Crop choices affect soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, allowing farmers to manipulate the amount of carbon sequestered in the soil over time. This paper examines the private and public benefits of crop rotations that sequester additional carbon across the province of Saskatchewan, Canada using a novel field‐level dataset from the Saskatchewan ...
Devin Allen Serfas
wiley   +1 more source

Study on the mechanical behavior and fracturing mechanism of rock containing two unparallel prefabricated fissures under uniaxial loading. [PDF]

PLoS One
Li J, Wei Y, Wang T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Carbon Farming Optimisation With Market Premiums for Biodiversity Co‐Benefits Under Climate Change Socio‐Economic Pathway Scenarios

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving global climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation and restoration goals requires innovative solutions that balance carbon sequestration with biodiversity conservation. Payments for ecosystem services markets often treat carbon sequestration and biodiversity separately, but integrating biodiversity as a co‐benefit within ...
Yuan Gao, Jeffery Connor, David Summers, Cathy Waters, Annette Cowie   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The evolution law of mining stress concentration effect and mining pressure manifestation mechanism under different pushing methods in valley landforms. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Fu P, Luo J, Yan S, Mu J.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
wiley   +1 more source

Full-lifecycle catastrophic evolution mechanisms of red-bed translational landslides. [PDF]

iScience
Zhou H, Zhou H, Zhou S, Zheng D, Wu S, Li A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘A Sort of Armed Argument’: Ireland's Civil War of Words

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article sets out to contribute to the study of the languages of European civil wars through outlining and analysing the deployment of language as a weapon by the opposing sides of the Irish independence movement that split over the terms of the Anglo‐Irish Treaty of December 1921.
DONAL Ó DRISCEOIL
wiley   +1 more source

Stability analysis and optimization of open pit mine slopes based on the improved Sarma method with nonhomogeneous hydraulic boundary conditions. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Ma G, Liang Z, Ou S, Tao Z, Huang B, Cao H.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front

History, EarlyView.
Abstract During the Second World War, contrary to enduring images of bombardment and scarcity, people on Britain's ‘Home Front’ continued to take part in a broad array of sporting activities. Cricket played a more significant role in the wartime sporting landscape than many historians have previously recognized.
Michael Collins
wiley   +1 more source