Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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Diffuse CO2 degassing and volcanic activity at Cape Verde islands, West Africa2015 / Samara M Dionis, Nemesio M Pérez, Pedro A Hernández, Gladys Melián, Fátima Rodríguez, et al.
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The effectiveness of beach mega-nourishment, assessed over three management epochs
Abstract Resilient coastal protection requires adaptive management strategies that build with nature to maintain long-term sustainability. With increasing pressures on shorelines from urbanisation, industrial growth, sea-level rise and changing...
2016 / Jennifer M. Brown, Jack J.C. Phelps, Andrew Barkwith, Martin D. Hurst, Michael A. Ellis, et al. -
The FIELDS Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus2016 / S. D. Bale, K. Goetz, P. R. Harvey, P. Turin, J. W. Bonnell, et al.
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Ecological restoration across the Mediterranean Basin as viewed by practitioners
Abstract Restoration efforts in the Mediterranean Basin have been changing from a silvicultural to an ecological restoration approach. Yet, to what extent the projects are guided by ecological restoration principles remains largely unknown. To...
2016 / Alice Nunes, Graça Oliveira, Teresa Mexia, Alejandro Valdecantos, Claudio Zucca, et al. -
Vestiges of the proto-Caribbean seaway: Origin of the San Souci Volcanic Group, Trinidad
Abstract Outcrops of volcanic–hypabyssal rocks in Trinidad document the opening of the proto-Caribbean seaway during Jurassic–Cretaceous break-up of the Americas. The San Souci Group on the northern coast of Trinidad comprises the San Souci Volcanic ...
2014 / Iain Neill, Andrew C. Kerr, Kevin R. Chamberlain, Axel K. Schmitt, Franco Urbani, et al. -
Dynamic ocean management: Defining and conceptualizing real-time management of the ocean
Abstract Most spatial marine management techniques (e.g., marine protected areas) draw stationary boundaries around often mobile marine features, animals, or resource users. While these approaches can work for relatively stationary marine resources, ...
2015 / Sara M. Maxwell, Elliott L. Hazen, Rebecca L. Lewison, Daniel C. Dunn, Helen Bailey, et al. -
Quantifying soil carbon loss and uncertainty from a peatland wildfire using multi-temporal LiDAR
Abstract Peatlands are a major reservoir of global soil carbon, yet account for just 3% of global land cover. Human impacts like draining can hinder the ability of peatlands to sequester carbon and expose their soils to fire under dry conditions....
2015 / A.D. Reddy, T.J. Hawbaker, F. Wurster, Z. Zhu, S. Ward, et al. -
Selecting regional climate scenarios for impact modelling studies
Abstract In climate change research ensembles of climate simulations are produced in an attempt to cover the uncertainty in future projections. Many climate change impact studies face difficulties using the full number of simulations available, and...
2016 / Renate A.I. Wilcke, Lars Bärring -
Implications of projected climate change for groundwater recharge in the western United States
Summary Existing studies on the impacts of climate change on groundwater recharge are either global or basin/location-specific. The global studies lack the specificity to inform decision making, while the local studies do little to clarify potential ...
2016 / Thomas Meixner, Andrew H. Manning, David A. Stonestrom, Diana M. Allen, Hoori Ajami, et al. -
Tonalites and plagiogranites of the Char suture-shear zone in East Kazakhstan: Implications for the Kazakhstan-Siberia collision
Abstract The paper presents first U–Pb zircon ages and geochemical data from Carboniferous granitoids (tonalites and plagiogranites) of the Char suture–shear zone in East Kazakhstan, which is located in the north-western Central Asian Orogenic Belt...
2015 / M.L. Kuibida, I.Yu. Safonova, P.V. Yermolov, A.G. Vladimirov, N.N. Kruk, et al. -
Identification of products formed during the heterogeneous nitration and ozonation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Abstract The 3- and 4-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are the most abundant of PAHs in air particulate matter (PM). Thus we have investigated heterogeneous oxidation of 3- and 4-ring PAHs in a small-scale flow reactor using quartz...
2015 / Richard E. Cochran, Haewoo Jeong, Shokouh Haddadi, Rebeka Fisseha Derseh, Alexandra Gowan, et al. -
Separability of sea ice types from wide swath C- and L-band synthetic aperture radar imagery acquired during the melt season
Abstract Differentiating between first-year ice (FYI) and multi-year ice (MYI) in C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery during spring–summer melt, when wet snow and melt ponds mask the underlying ice, is difficult. It has been suggested that ...
2016 / J. Alec Casey, Stephen E.L. Howell, Adrienne Tivy, Christian Haas -
Assessment of the flash flood potential of Bâsca River Catchment (Romania) based on physiographic factors2013 / Gabriel Minea
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Conversion of the chemical concentration of odorous mixtures into odour concentration and odour intensity: A comparison of methods
Abstract Continuous odour measurements both of emissions as well as ambient concentrations are seldom realised, mainly because of their high costs. They are therefore often substituted by concentration measurements of odorous substances. Then a...
2015 / Chuandong Wu, Jiemin Liu, Peng Zhao, Martin Piringer, Günther Schauberger -
Coupled 3D neutron kinetics and thermalhydraulic characteristics of the Canadian supercritical water reactor
Abstract The Canadian Supercritical Water-cooled Reactor concept, as an evolution of the CANada Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) reactor, includes both pressure tubes and a low temperature heavy water moderator. The current Pressure Tube type SCWR...
2016 / David William Hummel, David Raymond Novog -
Assessment of rice self-sufficiency in 2025 in eight African countries
Abstract Most African countries are far from self-sufficient in meeting their rice consumption; in eight countries the production: consumption ratio, ranged from 0.16 to 1.18 in 2012. We show that for the year 2025, with population growth, diet...
2015 / P.A.J. van Oort, K. Saito, A. Tanaka, E. Amovin-Assagba, L.G.J. Van Bussel, et al. -
Geological setting and characterization of a methane hydrate reservoir distributed at the first offshore production test site on the Daini-Atsumi Knoll in the eastern Nankai Trough, Japan
Abstract To obtain basic information for methane hydrate (MH) reservoir characterization at the first offshore production test site (AT1) located on the northwestern slope of the Daini-Atsumi Knoll in the eastern Nankai Trough, extensive geophysical ...
2015 / Tetsuya Fujii, Kiyofumi Suzuki, Tokujiro Takayama, Machiko Tamaki, Yuhei Komatsu, et al. -
An independent assessment of the technical feasibility of the Mars One mission plan – Updated analysis
Abstract In recent years, the Mars One program has gained significant publicity for its plans to colonize the red planet. Beginning in 2025, the program plans to land four people on Mars every 26 months via a series of one-way missions, using...
2015 / Sydney Do, Andrew Owens, Koki Ho, Samuel Schreiner, Olivier de Weck -
A new mixed-mode fracture criterion for large scale lattice models2013 / T. Sachau, D. Koehn
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Septic systems as sources of organic wastewater compounds in domestic drinking water wells in a shallow sand and gravel aquifer
Abstract Domestic drinking water wells serve 44 million people in the US and are common globally. They are often located in areas served by onsite wastewater treatment systems, including septic systems, which can be sources of biological and...
2016 / Laurel A. Schaider, Janet M. Ackerman, Ruthann A. Rudel