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Valuation of tourists’ willingness to pay for ecological conservation towards a sustainable financial mechanism for national parks: an empirical case of Cuc Phuong National Park, Red River delta, Vietnam

Environmental Research Communications
National Parks (NPs) play an important role in preserving the ecological values of nature, while also bringing economic benefits to the community. However, current NPs in developing countries are facing the challenge of lacking financial resources for ...
Bui Thi Hoang Lan, Dinh Duc Truong, Le Huy Huan, Nguyen Dieu Hang   +3 more
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Revisiting assessments of ecosystem drought recovery

Environmental Research Letters, 2019
The time taken for ecosystems to recover from drought (drought recovery time) is critically important for the ecosystem state. However, recent literature presents contradictory conclusions on this feature: one study concludes that drought recovery time ...
Laibao Liu, Lukas Gudmundsson, Mathias Hauser, Dahe Qin, Shuangcheng Li, Sonia I Seneviratne   +5 more
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Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights the principle mechanisms of slipping at the microscale, linking contact mechanics with a friction behavior model for surface interfaces. Main strategies to develop anti‐slip properties to the surfaces are discussed alongside standardized testing approaches.
Sogand Abbaspoor‐Zanjani, Carlo Antonini, Teresa Gatti, Mengjiao Wang   +3 more
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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, Paola Lova, Davide Comoretto   +2 more
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Assessing future heat stress across China: combined effects of heat and relative humidity on mortality

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
This study utilizes China’s records of non-accidental mortality along with twenty-five simulations from the NASA Earth Exchange Global Daily Downscaled Projections to evaluate forthcoming heat stress and heat-related mortality across China across four ...
Guwei Zhang, Guwei Zhang, Guwei Zhang, Ling Han, Jiajun Yao, Jiaxi Yang, Jiaxi Yang, Jiaxi Yang, Zhiqi Xu, Zhiqi Xu, Zhiqi Xu, Xiuhua Cai, Jin Huang, Lin Pei, Lin Pei, Lin Pei   +15 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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From waste to Wealth: Unveiling drivers, moderators, and strategic pathways for circular economy adoption and investment in Vietnam's FDI sector

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
The transition from linear economy to circular economy (CE) has become a trend in the world for sustainable development, including Vietnam, a developing country with strong economic growth and integration.
Bui Huy Nhuong, Dinh Duc Truong, Bui Thi Hoang Lan, Bui Huy Quang, Duong Duc Tam   +4 more
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Short-Term Forecasting of Satellite-Based Drought Indices Using Their Temporal Patterns and Numerical Model Output

Remote Sensing, 2020
Drought forecasting is essential for effectively managing drought-related damage and providing relevant drought information to decision-makers so they can make appropriate decisions in response to drought.
Sumin Park, Jungho Im, Daehyeon Han, Jinyoung Rhee   +3 more
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An Increasing Misalignment Between Crop Distribution and Environmental Resources Under Climate Change in China

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Climate change reshapes the spatial alignment between crop production and environmental resources. Using multi‐source data and a crop model, integrated climatic, water, and soil endowments for maize and wheat are quantified and compared with harvest distributions.
Zheng'e Su, Zhentao Zhang, Jin Zhao, Xia Liang, Chuang Zhao, Zhijuan Liu, Minghao Zhuang, Jing Sun, Bo Lu, Ke Liu, Johannes W. M. Pullens, Matthew T. Harrison, Deli Chen, Xiaoguang Yang   +13 more
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Sector coupling: accelerating renewable energy integration in transport with electric vehicles

Sustainable Earth Reviews
Energy and transport have long operated in ‘silos’, creating inefficiencies and conflicting goals. Breaking these silos through sector coupling links electricity and transport, aligning policies and actions to decarbonise mobility while boosting ...
Kanya Pranawengkapti, Shritu Shrestha, Stefan Werland, Emilie Martin, Oliver Lah   +4 more
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