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Under the Shade of a Coolabah Tree: A Second Cache of Tulas From the Boulia District, Western Queensland

Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper reports on the excavation of a cache of stone artefacts, buried on the bank of a waterhole or ‘billabong’ in central western Queensland. This is an extremely rare find, and yet it is the second such site to be reported within less than a 10 km radius.
Yinika L. Perston, Lynley A. Wallis, Heather Burke, Lorna Bogdanek, Trevina Rogers, Justine Kemp   +5 more
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Trends and Current Situation of China's Meat Sector

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the world's largest meat producer, consumer, and importer, China's meat sector has undergone profound transformation over the past decade, driven by biological crises (e.g., African Swine Fever), environmental policies, and global market integration. This study analyzes the sector's production restructuring, consumption diversification, and
Zengyong Zhu
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Spatiotemporal Variations of Terrestrial Water Storage and Driving Factors in the Water Towers of Northwest China Based on GRACE and Multi‐Source Data Sets

Water Resources Research
Mountains represent important water towers and thus are the primary water suppliers for downstream areas. However, divergent trends in terrestrial water storage (TWS) in water towers and their driving factors have not been clarified.
Jiayuan Feng, Bingjie Li, Jinxi Song, Bin Tang, Myint Myint Nyein, Bawa Precious Tani   +5 more
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Artificial Surface Water Construction Aggregated Water Loss Through Evaporation in the North China Plain

Remote Sensing
As a typical grain base with a dense population and high-level urbanization, the North China Plain (NCP) faces a serious threat to its sustainable development due to water shortage.
Ziang Wang, Yan Zhou, Wenge Zhang, Shimin Tian, Yaoping Cui, Haifeng Tian, Xiaoyan Liu, Bing Han   +7 more
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Effect of Microplastics on Pore Structure of Sandy Loam Soil: Study Using X-ray Computed Tomography

Guan'gai paishui xuebao, 2023
【Background】 Microplastic particles are an emerging pollutant found in almost all ecosystems including soils. Its impact on soil function is multifactual, and this paper investigates the change in pore structure of soil contaminated by microplastic ...
WANG Zhichao, LI Jiachen, ZHANG Bowen, JING Shuangyi, LI Weiping   +4 more
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The Layout and Size of an Early Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B Small Settlement Revealed by Geophysical Prospection at Harbetsuvan Tepesi in Southeastern Anatolia

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Upper Mesopotamia, the transition from the Pre‐Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) to Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) period, ca. 10 800–10 600 cal. BP, is marked by a series of changes in chipped stone industries, architectural forms, symbolic objects, regional distribution of settlements and long‐distance exchange networks among others.
Toshihiro Tada, Ryota Moriwaki, Kazuya Shimogama, Kenta Suzuki, Wataru Satake, Nurcan Küçükarslan, Celal Uludağ, Yoshihiro Nishiaki   +7 more
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Experimental Study of Bedform Development Characteristics and Their Effects on Sediment Transport

Applied Sciences
Bedforms are complex and varied features on riverbeds created by the interaction between flow and sediment particles. Bedform evolution is crucial for understanding sediment transport, bed resistance, and the ecological environment of rivers.
Xu Geng, Wenhong Cao, Chunjing Liu, Guangming Zhang   +3 more
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A Study on Ecological Management for the Yellow River Basin in Sichuan

Contemporary Social Sciences, 2021
Promoting ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin is a major national strategy that is planned and promoted by President Xi Jinping.
Jin Xiaoqin
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A Geomorphometric Approach to Estimate the Deterioration of Earthen Archaeological Sites by Rainfall and Diffusion Processes: The Huaca Chornancap (Eighth–14th Century ad), Lambayeque, Peru

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rain‐induced erosion processes can severely damage Earthen archaeological sites. Huaca Chornancap (HCH; eighth–14th century ad) is a platform located in the Lambayeque region (Peru) exposed to seasonal rain due to El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
Luigi Magnini, Maria Ilaria Pannaccione Apa, Robert Gutiérrez Cachay, Marco Fernández Manayalle, Carlos Eduardo Wester La Torre, Guido Ventura   +5 more
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The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
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