Solar flares are abrupt brightenings in the solar atmosphere. The released energy is emitted throughout the entire electromagnetic spectrum, from radio wavelengths to high energy…
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The solar corona is an outer and energetic layer of the Sun’s atmosphere, which contains many mysteries within itself. Therefore, every total solar eclipse becomes…
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Every day there are flocks of birds, schools of fish, and colonies of ants, etc. that all exhibit the amazing power to move coherently together,…
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During the past 3000 years (called the Late Holocene) the rate of sea level rise was less than 1 mm y-1 and coastal ecosystems such…
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The removal of branches, fruits, inflorescences or foliage from urban afforestation promotes the longevity of trees, and the residues generated correspond to a significant portion…
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On the 10th September 1867, at a meeting of the botanical section of the Swiss Society for Natural Sciences, Simon Schwendener announced his opinion that…
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In 1934, Baas Becking had already anticipated the fundamental role played by environmental conditions in shaping microbial communities, by stating that: “Everything is everywhere, but,…
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Synchronization is a phenomenon that is present in many biological processes such as neurons when performing tasks. However, the phenomenon can also be observed in…
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Space exploration has occupied a major impact on the changes that the modern society has experienced. The range of benefits it has brought is wide:…
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Nowadays, “bamboo forests” are becoming a serious problem in Japan, especially in western Japan including Kyushu Island. A few decades ago, bamboo (Moso-bamboo) was planted for…
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One of the main purposes of the earthquake-related standards (e.g. EAK 2003; CEN 2004; Regulatory Guide 1.92 2006; NTC 2008; ASCE 2014) is to provide…
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