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The Role of Fire in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations
Proceedings, 2020 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations do not mention Fire as a key factor in achieving an environmentally-friendly human society. This paper reviews the key aspects of the impact of fire that make it necessary to update the SDGs.
Artemi Cerdà
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FIRElinks. Fire in the Earth System: Science & Society
Proceedings, 2020 FIRElinks is a EU-spanning network of scientists and practitioners involved in forest fire research and land management with backgrounds such as fire dynamics, fire risk management, fire effects on vegetation, fauna, soil and water, and socio-economic ...
Artemi Cerdà
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Screening and genome-wide analysis of lignocellulose-degrading bacteria from humic soil
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Crop straw contains huge amounts of exploitable energy, and efficient biomass degradation measures have attracted worldwide attention. Mining strains with high yields of cellulose-degrading enzymes is of great significance for developing clean energy and
Tianjiao Zhang +39 more
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Applied Sciences, 2021 Spain has been highly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is reflected at different scales. From an economic point of view, lockdowns and the reduction of activities have damaged the country (e.g., complete lockdown from March 13 to June 21, 2020 ...
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino +1 more
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Types of Physical Soil Degradation and Implications for Their Prevention and Monitoring
, 2022 Physical soil degradation is a deterioration of the soil’s structure diminishing its functions and ecosystem services. It is mainly initiated and manifested by physical forces and processes, such as energy impacts of water, wind and mechanical pressure ...
Keller, Thomas, +1 more
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A method to detect soil carbon degradation during soil erosion [PDF]
, 2009 Soil erosion has been discussed intensively but controversial both as a significant source or a significant sink of atmospheric carbon possibly explaining the gap in the global carbon budget.
Conen, F. +5 more
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Soil Erosion on Mountain Trails in Eastern Iberian Peninsula
Proceedings, 2020 A review on trial erosion shows that soil erosion rates are one to three orders of magnitude higher than the ones recommended as sustainable. This is threatening the sustainable managements of mountain terrains, mainly in the popular hiking paths.
Artemi Cerdà +5 more
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Environmental Challenges, 2022 Geomorphic assessments are crucial to understanding stream processes, defining ecological stream conditions, and improving management and restoration recommendations.
Felicia Orah Rein Moshe +4 more
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Four-year soil erosion rates in a running-mountain trail in eastern Iberian Peninsula
Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 2019 During the last decades, the use of mountain trails for running is more and more popular. New trails are opened to allow the runners to practice and compete.
D. Salesa, A. Cerdà
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Soil degradation and recovery - Changes in organic matter fractions and structural stability. [PDF]
Geoderma, 2020 The combination of concurrent soil degradation and restoration scenarios in a long-term experiment with contrasting treatments under steady-state conditions, similar soil texture and climate make the Highfield land-use change experiment at Rothamsted ...
Jensen JL +5 more
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