Although tropical deforestation is still widespread, reforestation is observed in several tropical countries, mostly in marginal lands including mountain environments. With its long tradition of…
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Scientists believe that several supercontinents may have existed in the past, the last of which was Pangea. A supercontinent is an aggregation of all, or…
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The stable isotopes of hydrogen (δ2H) and oxygen (δ18O) have been widely applied in hydrology. The equation relating δ2H to δ18O in precipitation, also defined…
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Sweep coagulation could be clearly explained with the following information, which is the complement of the coagulation mechanism. The second new finding is that the…
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Recently, news such as the story of a polar bear desperately reaching for an ice floe and a global-scale coral bleaching have become increasingly common….
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In our recent study titled “The rich-club phenomenon of China’s population flow network during the country’s spring festival.” published in the journal Applied Geography, the…
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Our contemporary society faces growing challenges related to energy production and waste management. In this context, technologies harnessing waste streams as resources for energy production…
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Worldwide, climate change and associated glacier shrinkage is a common concern, as it affects, among other things, mountain communities, tourism, and downstream water supplies. Despite…
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Solar radiation at the Earth’s surface (SSR) is the primary source for life, as it controls various fields such as atmospheric environment, terrestrial ecosystems, and…
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Global sustainability challenges – chronic hunger, loss of species habitat, water shortage, and the continuing rise of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities – are…
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The issue of microplastic pollution is raising serious concern among scientists and the society at large 1,2. Microplastics, tiny plastic fragments ranging from 1 micron…
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