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Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Benjamin Black +4 more
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Background The Pacific Island nation of Tonga (a middle-income country) introduced a sweetened beverage tax of T$0.50/L in 2013, with this increasing further in 2016 (to T$1.00/L), and in 2017 (T$1.50/L; US$0.02/oz).
Andrea Teng +8 more
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Washing hands with soap (CTPS) is one of the clean and healthy lifestyle behaviors that is currently becoming the world's attention given the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus that occurred at the end of December 2019 and had a very fatal impact on all ...
Yenni Gustiani Tarigan +1 more
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A giant ionospheric hole was simultaneously detected in the in situ measurements of FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 (F7/C2), Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), Swarm missions, and ground-based total electron content (TEC) by global navigation satellite system ...
Jong-Min Choi +6 more
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The Kariba Dam, Discursive Displacements and the Politics of Appropriating a Waterscape in Zimbabwe, 1950s-2017 [PDF]
The construction of mega dams does not just cause large scale technical and environmental transformations, it triggers new and competing ways of appropriating the emerging waterscapes. When the Kariba Dam emerged in the late 1950s along the Zambezi River,
Terence M. Mashingaidze
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Pelaksanaan Peraturan Daerah N0.7 Tahun 2003
Implementation of Regional Regulation Number 7 of 2003 concerning Prevention and Eradication of Community Diseases in Gunung Tua Tonga Village, Panyabungan City District.The background of this research is the implementation of Regional Regulation No.
Putri Adelina +2 more
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Le patrimoine culturel immatériel à Tonga et ses médiations touristiques
It has been proposed that the notion of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) may contribute to the emergence of a new “heritage regime”. Using the example of the Tongan lakalaka, which has been inscribed on the representative list of ICH by Unesco, this ...
Aurélie Condevaux
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EVALUATION OF TSUNAMI SOURCE MECHANISMS ALONG THE TONGA TRENCH AND VOLCANIC ARC – Case Study: Earthquake and Tsunami of 29 September 2009 [PDF]
The present report provides an evaluation of the tectonics of the upper part of the Tonga Trench and Volcanic Arc Region. The overall tectonics of the region are dominated by the convergence of the Pacific and Australia plates.
George Pararas-Carayannis
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A final word: Pasifika solutions for Pacific problems
The issues that challenge the stewardship of Pasifika’s peoples are as complex and diverse as the Pacific itself. We have our own conceptual tools that help us understand these complex issues. Our problem has been that we have a hard time using the tools
Kalafi Moala
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