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Groups: Open Access Tags: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Ecology keywords.General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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    Potential of rice husk ash in atrazine removal

    An experimental study was carried out to explore the possibility of using a prepared microporous material, Rice Husk Ash (RHA) as an alternative to the commercial Powdered...
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    Tropical peat swamp forest is rapidly being converted into industrial-scale oil palm agriculture across South-east Asia. This has global and local environmental implications...
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    Policy environment analysis for Arctic seaport development: the case of Sabet...

    In this paper, a structuration model is developed to evaluate opportunities and constraints that may arise for a port authority operating a port in the Arctic. The study builds...
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    Reply to: ‘In the eye of the beholder: contextual issues for Bayesian modelling at the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition’, by Discamps, Gravina and Teyssandier (2015)
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    The Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Fishery transitioned to a catch shares program in January 2011. The Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Social Study was designed to measure...
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    AHP-based Spatial Air Quality Impact Assessment Model of vehicular traffic ch...

    Highway traffic-induced air pollution is a major concern for health and ecosystem. The SAQIAM was developed to facilitate visualization and interpretation of geographic...
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    Litho-tectonic and precipitation implications on landslides, Yamuna valley, N...

    An attempt is made to explain the relationship of landslides to litho-tectonic and precipitation regimes. The possible influence of these factors on the dimensional pattern of...
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    Spatial patterns of the United States National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) land...

    Research on spatial non-stationarity of land-cover classification accuracy has been ongoing for over two decades with most of the work focusing on single date maps. We extend...
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    The Role of Indigenous Resurgence in Marine Conservation

    Indigenous peoples’ efforts toward environmental conservation are indivisible from their cultural identity and their social and political organizations. Indigenous resurgence,...
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    Carbon stock assessment of date palm using remote sensing coupled with field-...

    This study aims at developing a remote sensing based model to estimate carbon stock (CS) in date palm plantations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Data from Landsat 8 OLI were...
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    The impact of deforestation on the hydrological cycle in Amazonia as observed...

    Given widespread Amazonian deforestation, numerous studies have focused on how the regional hydrological cycle – in terms of precipitation (P) recycling from evapotranspiration...
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    A university geology department partnered with a STEM-focused high school to introduce project-based learning-centered geoscience content at the ninth-grade level. We...
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    Adaptation Pathways in Coastal Case Studies: Lessons Learned and Future Direc...

    Climate change adaptation presents a difficult challenge for coastal towns around the world, forcing local governments to plan for sea level rise in a contentious...
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    Effective Public Participation is Fundamental for Marine Conservation—Lessons...

    The Representative Areas Program (RAP) was, at the time, the most comprehensive process of community involvement and participatory planning for any environmental issue in...
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    Connecting chemistry concepts with environmental context using student-built ...

    Educational research supports incorporating active engagement into K-12 education using authentic STEM experiences. While there are discipline-specific resources to provide...
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    Stratigraphic and igneous relationships west of Yass, eastern Lachlan Orogen,...

    Volcanic rocks are widespread in middle Silurian to Lower Devonian rocks of the Lachlan Orogen in southeastern Australia. In the Yass–Canberra region, the Silurian succession...
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    Digital thermal monitoring of the Amazon forest: an intercomparison of satell...

    Remote sensing and climate digital products have become increasingly available in recent years. Access to these products has favored a variety of Digital Earth studies, such as...
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    Mineralogical characteristics of continental shale: a case study in Yan-Chang...

    The Chang 7 Member of the Yan-Chang Formation (Yan-Chang #7 Member), which is located in the central south of the Ordos Basin (China), is assessed for its potential as a shale...
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    Soil erosion susceptibility mapping for current and 2100 climate conditions u...

    Soil erosion is a global geological hazard which can be mitigated through better future land-use planning. In the current research, a Dempster-Shafer-based evidential belief...
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    Effect of fading scaffolds on the mastery of scientific abilities in inquiry-...

    Inquiry-based instruction facilitates students’ acquisition of scientific abilities, but little is known about how rapidly college students master these skills, particularly...