The human population obtains benefits from nature, through ecosystem services. These services are divided in (i) Provisioning services (products obtained from biomes, like water, wood,…
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Styrene is an organic compound commonly utilized as a solvent and cross-linking agent in the manufacture of plastic products. As such, the chemical can be…
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Soil sealing is one of the worst global land degradation problems and is mainly related to diffuse urbanization and misplaced spatial planning. In last few…
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Dr. Kebonye Dintwe and Dr. Gregory Okin from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) investigated the response of soil organic carbon (SOC) fluxes to…
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From comfortable breezes to powerful tornados and hurricanes, winds are our most direct experience with the atmosphere. Winds not only blow near the Earth surface…
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Facing the challenge of more sustainable urban environments, the density of the development is still a crucial and debated topic, for its controversial economic, social…
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The Tibetan Plateau (TP), known as the “Third Pole” and the “world water tower”, hosts the largest ice mass outside the Polar Regions. The glacial…
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The pre-Hispanic city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, capital of the Mexica Empire, was built between the years 1300 and 1521 A.D. in the place where now stands…
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Admixed populations pose a special challenge in genetic association studies due to the different proportions of a contribution of two or more ancestries. In the…
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In general, the use of groundwater for drinking water supply is preferred, because groundwater is well protected. Surface water can be polluted by discharge of wastewater…
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Meteorites can record ancient magnetic fields when they form. These recordings of ancient magnetic fields can be retained for billions of years and can survive…
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