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Coastal hardening and what it means for the world’s sandy beaches
Nature CommunicationsSea level rise is expected to cause chronic shoreline retreat, affecting over 10% of the world’s population in low-elevation coastal zones (LECZ). Sandy beaches supported by man-made structures are more vulnerable to substantial beach area loss due to ...
Khin Nawarat +5 more
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Urban Resilience in a Global Context [PDF]
, 2020 Urban Resilience is seen by many as a tool to mitigate harm in times of extreme social, political, financial, and environmental stress. Despite its widespread usage, however, resilience is used in different ways by policy makers, activists, academics ...
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Paraborg: Paramedic Cyborg Insects for In Situ Emergency Drug‐Delivery
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This work introduces Paraborg, a human‐supervised paramedic cyborg‐insect platform that combines controllable locomotion, onboard imaging, and an auto‐injection mechanism for in situ drug‐delivery. By demonstrating reliable navigation, target stabilization, injector launch, and multi‐insect teamwork, the study extends cyborg insects from survivor ...
H. Nhan Le +5 more
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Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023 Ultra-high performance glass sand concrete (UHPGC) is a new composite material with superior mechanical properties and durability made by replacing quartz sand in traditional ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) with environmentally friendly and ...
Yubo Jiao +5 more
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China's Low‐Carbon Energy Transition Over the Past Two Decades: Experiences and Implications
Advanced Science, EarlyView.China's low‐carbon energy transition features a brief decline and subsequent rebound in coal consumption, alongside the rapid expansion of renewable energy. This study develops a stage‐based analytical framework to explain this evolution from the perspectives of economic development, energy security, and environmental sustainability, revealing how ...
Yu Liu +3 more
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, 2019 The nature of urban risk and disasters is changing. Hazards are increasing in intensity and frequency and their causes and after-effects are becoming more complex. Their unpredictable nature and impacts have a significant bearing on the mental wellbeing,
Reeder, Lynne, +3 more
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Transport and retention of laundry microplastic fibres in slow sand filtration systems
Scientific ReportsThis study investigates the transport and retention of microplastic fibres (MFs) in slow sand filtration (SSF) systems using coarse and fine sand media under varying flow conditions.
Fan Gao, Rosa Busquets, Luiza C. Campos
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Autonomous Solar Metallurgy for High‐Purity Gold Recovery from Electronic Waste
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Inspired by microbial strategies for metal uptake and biomineralization, defect‐rich copper sulfide (Cu31S16) functions as a solar metallurgical platform that unifies Au(III) capture, reduction, and self‐separation. The bioinspired design enables ultrafast gold recovery from electronic‐waste leachates and the spontaneous formation of millimeter‐scale ...
Chaopeng Liu +7 more
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 It is of great significance to carry out research on the evolution of urban resilience and the detection of influencing factors to promote urban safety management and guide urban planning.
Wei He +5 more
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Research Film Resilience in Urban Sudan 2022
, 2022 This film is a compilation of footage filmed at location in Khartoum within the framework of the Climate change Resilience in Urban Sudan project. It focuses specifically on the community of Tuti Island and our fieldvisits there in 2020 and 2022.
Wessels, Josepha,
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