Preference for natural borders in rice paddies by two treefrog species
Animal Cells and Systems, 2018 In the Republic of Korea, one of the biggest threats to amphibians is habitat modification such as urbanisation and land conversion. With the loss of natural habitats, rice paddies play an important role as substitute habitats for amphibians that ...
Jordy Groffen +2 more
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Climate change and transport infrastructures: State of the art [PDF]
, 2018 Transport infrastructures are lifelines: They provide transportation of people and goods, in ordinary and emergency conditions, thus they should be resilient to increasing natural disasters and hazards.
Loprencipe, Giuseppe, Moretti, Laura
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Carbon emission assessment of tunnel infrastructures: From construction to operation
Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.This study develops a lifecycle carbon accounting framework for tunnel infrastructures, covering design, construction, operation, maintenance, and dismantling. Applied to a subsea tunnel case, the framework reveals the carbon emission distribution among four typical tunnel types and highlights potential carbon offset methods for low‐carbon tunnel ...
Luyuan Long +4 more
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An Investigation of the Bacterial Influence of Acidithiobacillus Thiooxidans on Concrete Composites
E3S Web of Conferences, 2018 Vegetation and microorganisms present the biological factors that deteriorate concrete. These problems are very visible in places like sewage, underground and hydraulic structures, chemical plants, industrial structures, liquid-containing structures ...
Harbulakova Vlasta Ondrejka +2 more
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Carbon Sequestration Technology for Vegetated Concrete Road Embankments
Journal of Innovation and DevelopmentWith the rapid development of our country’s economy, environmental issues have increasingly come to the forefront. In the field of slope protection engineering, traditional methods often harm the ecological environment, making the promotion of ecological civilization particularly important.
Lijie Ma, Wanting Yang
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Assessing depleted uranium (DU) contamination of soil, plants and earthworms at UK weapons testing sites [PDF]
, 2007 Depleted uranium (DU) weapons testing programmes have been conducted at two locations within the UK. An investigation was therefore carried out to assess the extent of any environmental contamination arising from these test programmes using both alpha ...
Angus B. MacKenzie +31 more
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Diurnal Air–Surface Temperature Dynamics in Hong Kong: An Analysis Across Land Use and Climate Zones
International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.Daytime and nighttime air temperature (Ta) from automatic weather stations and land surface temperature (Ts) derived from ASTER and Landsat 8–9 are used to examine the relationship between Ta and Ts. The spatial and statistical characteristics of Ta − Ts dynamics are further analysed across land use (LU) and local climate zones (LCZ).
Ibrahim Ademola Adeniran +4 more
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Fritz Scheffer Under National Socialism: Assessing His Political Involvement
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aims This article examines the role of soil scientist Fritz Scheffer (1899–1979) under National Socialism and offers a critical assessment of his scientific, institutional, and political positioning between 1933 and 1945. It asks how Scheffer shaped his career within the tension between disciplinary specialization, political expectations, and ...
Jan Arend
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Mitigation technologies for counteracting the UHI effects and for improving outdoor thermal comfort in mediterranean urban open spaces: a study of vegetation and cool materials effects on pedestrian comfort in Rome [PDF]
, 2017 The present study investigates the influence of building materials, traditional as well as innovative, and vegetated urban surfaces on the urban microclimate and on pedestrian outdoor thermal comfort in a typical Mediterranean city: Rome.
Battisti, A., Laureti, F.
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The Effects of Biogeotextiles on the Stabilization of Roadside Slopes in Lithuania. [PDF]
, 2006 Soil erosion, Water erosion, Soil conservation, Geotextiles, Geotextile mats, Roadside slopes, Vegetation cover, Biogeotextiles , Palm mat geotextiles - Borassus aethiopum - Mauritia flexuosa - Buriti mats - BORASSUS Project - LithuaniaBiogeotextiles ...
Booth, Colin A. +3 more
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