Earth

Nest-building behavior has fascinated scientists for ages. It is known that this behavior is not driven entirely by instinct; individual quality, experience, and ability to…
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Groundwater hydrology is a mature research field. The idea of discovering a new type of groundwater system seems unlikely. Yet, in the floodplains of the…
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Understanding reactive solute transport in a single fracture-rock matrix system is the basis for studying transport behavior in the complex fractured porous media. Quantification of…
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Fertilizers are an essential component of productive agricultural systems, yet the efficiency of fertilizer use is low, with losses to the atmosphere and to waters…
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Clouds are one of the main factors influencing the atmospheric system: they are one of the most important elements in the radiative balance on Earth…
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The understanding of water-food complex interrelations represents an important step to enhance the agriculture resilience. Usually, we tend to frame water issues in agriculture from…
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Climate is an extremely complex system in which all elements are interconnected. Among them, water is one of paramount importance. Water presents itself in our…
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Lightning has a direct and indirect effect on living bodies and human beings, and losses are very high in both cases (Srivastava et al., 2015)….
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The term “Anthropocene Marine Transgression” is used to delineate the beginning of a fourth major change in the rate of sea level rise during the…
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The biodiesel industry has been growing substantially around the world and given the increasing demands for renewable diesel, further growth is expected. Compared with mineral…
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Beef production has underpinned Brazil’s economic ascendance into global commodity markets, accounting for 15.5% of global production in 2013 (1). Brazilian exports are considered highly…
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