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Ready for the worst: awaiting disaster in ageing rural Japan. [PDF]

Disasters
Petraroli I, Nagahama A, Baars RC, Terumoto K.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Getting hands‐on with hedges—Does experiential engagement in plant science experiments affect secondary school pupils' environmental perceptions?

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
In towns and cities, vegetation growing around streets and buildings can lessen the risks posed by extreme heat, rainfall and poor air quality. However, the urban public (and particularly, youth) have limited awareness of these environmental benefits.
Chloe Sutcliffe, Rosie Naylor, Jorge Campos‐Gonzalez, Tijana Blanusa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cod, construction, and communities: Relations between fish and architectural history in Ísafjörður, Iceland. [PDF]

Open Res Eur
Tavares A, Benediktsson K, Azevedo A, Sousa Santos R, Eyjólfsson G, Valliant M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Balancing tracks and trees: Assessing railroad impact on Brazilian biodiversity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The Brazilian West–East Integration Railway (FIOL) aims to boost the national economy by improving commodity transport; however, it crosses three of Brazil's most biodiverse and fragile regions: the Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Using digitised plant records and land‐use analyses, our study reveals significant vegetation loss within the ...
Ana Luiza Silva Rocha, Anselmo Nogueira, Matheus Colli‐Silva, Juliana Gastaldello Rando   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring how economic level drives urban flood risk. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Fan J, Liu B, Lei T, Sun Y, Ma Y, Guo R, Chen D, Zhou K, Li S, Gao X.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Development and adoption of Kernza—A perennial grain crop for sustainable agriculture

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Annual cereal grains account for ~50% of human food calories, but cultivation of these crops has resulted in major environmental and social issues worldwide. For nearly three decades, researchers have been breeding intermediate wheatgrass—a perennial cool‐season grass—to serve as the world's first commercial‐scale perennial grain crop to improve ...
Jessica L. Gutknecht, James A. Anderson, George Annor, Prabin Bajgain, Timothy E. Crews, Colin Cureton, Lee DeHaan, Erin Meier, Tessa Peters, Valentín Picasso, Evelyn C. Reilly, Aaron Reser, Tara Ritter, Aubrey Streit Krug, Nicole Tautges, Jacob M. Jungers   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the impact of subsurface hydraulic barriers on Qanat flow rates using quantile regression forest. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Can M, Vaheddoost B, Safari MJS.
europepmc   +1 more source

Development of Coupled Electrochemical Systems for Metal Resource Recovery From Aqueous Metal‐Organic Complexes

Rare Metals, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The past decade has witnessed a burgeoning demand of metals for global industrial development and infrastructure. Meanwhile, the depletion of mineral resources and the environmental damage caused by wastewater discharges pose significant threats to both economic and ecological sustainability. Fortunately, metal‐containing wastewaters also hold
Fei Zhang, Yu Cao, Yanjing Wang, Zhijuan Liu, Chao Xie, Yanyong Wang, Shuangyin Wang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why Autonomous Vehicles Are Not Ready Yet: A Multi‐Disciplinary Review of Problems, Attempted Solutions, and Future Directions

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Personal autonomous vehicles can sense their surrounding environment, plan their route, and drive with little or no involvement of human drivers. Despite the latest technological advancements and the hopeful announcements made by leading entrepreneurs, to date no personal vehicle is approved for road circulation in a “fully” or “semi ...
Xingshuai Dong, Massimiliano Cappuccio, Fady Alnajjar, Luqman Ali, Hamad Al Jassmi, Essam Debie, Milad Ghasrikhouzani, Alessandro Lanteri, Tate McGregor, Oleksandra Molloy, Alice Plebe, Michael Regan, Eduardo Sandoval, Dongmo Zhang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining Atopic Dermatitis Through the One Health Concept Lens. [PDF]

Allergy
Minić-Pantić D, Abela B, Lehtimäki J, Zink A, Jensen-Jarolim E, Fettelschoss-Gabriel A, Traidl-Hoffmann C, Ring J, Schmid-Grendelmeir P, Prélaud P, Taïeb A.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source