Bangladesh Geosciences and Resources Potential
This book comprehensively describes the depositional environments, current status and future prospect of the potential natural resources of Bangladesh. Individual chapters outline potential resources, including metallic minerals, coal, limestone, hydrocarbon, peat, placer deposits, surface and groundwater, and provide relevant references.
Traffic volume study in the central region of Campo Grande
Population growth is constantly increasing exponentially, along with the number of cars in large cities. This means that traffic jams and accidents are frequent problems. This research was carried out in Campo Grande, the capital of Mato Grosso do Sul, which has one of the highest rates of vehicles per inhabitant. It analysed the city's most important roads, their capacity and the number of vehicles passing through each traffic light cycle.
The Cultural Politics of Anti-Elitism
This book examines the highly ambivalent implications and effects of anti-elitism. It draws on this theme as a cross cutting entry point to provide transdisciplinary analysis of current conjunctures and their contradictions, drawing on examples from popular culture and media, politics, fashion, labour, and spatial arrangements.
Mountainous West
Mountainous West, Denali to Pico de Orizaba includes the author's personal experiences within many of North America's highest mountains. They include Alaska's Denali; Rocky Mountain's Mount Revelstoke, The Whistlers, and the Grand Tetons; Cascade's magnificent Mount Rainier, Lassen, and Shasta; Death Valley's Panamint Mountains; Sky Islands include the Chiricahua, Santa Rita, and Chisos mountains; and also, Mexico's Pico de Orizaba, Volcan Fuego, and the Sierra Madre Chiapas.A number of wildlife encounters are included as well: Lynx at Denali; Bison at Yellowstone; Osprey and Moose at Grand Teton; White-tailed Ptarmigan at Rocky Mountain; Mexican Jay in the Santa Ritas, Montezuma Quail in the Davis Mountains, and Peregrine Falcon in Mexico's Maderas del Carmen.
Feature Papers for Land Systems and Global Change Section
The aim of the following reprint is to provide a collection of seminal works that delve into the dynamics of land systems. The ten feature papers included offer a multifaceted exploration of the critical issues shaping our planet's landscapes. This reprint is an invaluable resource for academics, practitioners, and policymakers, containing the depth and breadth of research on land systems and global change and inspiring a collective quest for sustainable solutions.
Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling during Earthquake Preparation
This Reprint is concerned with the problems of earthquake (EQ) precursors, short-term EQ prediction, and related fundamental scientific physics. EQ prediction (especially short-term prediction) is one of the most challenging subjects in the field of geosciences, and in the last few decades, researchers have achieved a lot of significant progress in various EQ precursors found not only in the lithosphere but also in the atmosphere and ionosphere. Further, the uppermost layer of ionosphere is found to be very sensitive to pre-EQ lithospheric activity, according to data from subionospheric VLF/LF propagation, ionosonde, and TEC observations, as well as satellite in situ observations, leading to the generation of a new intrinsic concept of lithosphere-atmosphere-ionosphere coupling (LAIC). Several hypotheses have already been proposed to explain the LAIC process by making full use of satellite- and ground-based multi-parameter observations, but we are still far from having a complete understanding, and this topic needs further extensive investigation. This Reprint offers new contributions to the LAIC process by presenting 12 papers, most of which deal with the latest findings and achievements related to the study of the LAIC process based on multi-parameter and multi-layer observations, and one of them recommends the use of artificial intelligence in the identification of EQ precursors. We hope that this Reprint will provide you with a new direction for short-term EQ prediction studies and encourage the production of further extensive seismo-electromagnetic studies in the future.
Advanced Research on the Sustainable Maritime Transportation
This Reprint provided a platform for researchers to share their latest findings and insights on sustainable maritime transportation. It covers a wide range of topics related to sustainable maritime transportation, including the following: Green shipping technologies: it explores the latest developments in green shipping technologies, such as alternative fuels, energy-efficient propulsion systems, and emission reduction technologies. Maritime safety: It refers to the measures and practices that are put in place to prevent accidents and incidents at sea. One of the key areas is the use of autonomous vessels. Another area is the use of data analytics. Sustainable port operations: this Special Issue also covers sustainable port operations, including the use of renewable energy sources, waste management, and sustainable logistics. Environmental impact assessment: this Special Issue includes studies on the environmental impact of maritime transportation, such as the impact of shipping on marine ecosystems and the effects of climate change on shipping. Overall, this Special Issue provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research on sustainable maritime transportation and highlights the importance of sustainable practices in the maritime industry.
Temporal Resolution, a Key Factor in Environmental Risk Assessment
The field of geomatics, which encompasses a range of techniques for the collection, analysis, and interpretation of spatial data, is undergoing a period of rapid growth. In recent years, spatial analysis tools have diversified and technologically advanced, allowing us to use satellite images with superior spatial, spectral, and temporal resolutions. High-quality satellite images with excellent temporal resolution have enabled scientists to evaluate the effects of droughts, hailstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, deforestation, forest fires, mining accidents, pollution, hazardous material accidents, land-use changes, social events, urbanization, wars, and more. Moreover, a consistent long-term database of satellite images has provided researchers the opportunity to analyze these phenomena historically, facilitating the evaluation of long-term changes in local natural parameters in relation to recent global environmental changes.The research published in this reprint investigates critical environmental phenomena, including ecological vulnerability (assessing ecosystems' sensitivity to stressors), flood risk modeling, the analysis of urban development impacts, monitoring glacier shrinkage and associated hazards, evaluating arable land vulnerability to drought, identifying fire-affected regions, and understanding dynamics in coastal areas. The solutions developed here can be used in environmental management practices worldwide. In summary, geospatial technologies serve as powerful tools for unraveling the intricate dynamics of our planet, contributing to sustainable practices and informed decision-making across borders.
Safety Evaluation of Dam and Geotechnical Engineering
Many dams and geotechnical engineering structures are built for hydraulic engineering purposes. Therefore, the safety of dams and geotechnical engineering structures is particularly important when it comes to the normal engineering operation. This Special Issue focuses on the safety evaluation of dams and geotechnical engineering structures in the hydraulics and hydrodynamics field. The relevant topics include static and dynamic analysis; reliability analysis; risk analysis; seismic analysis; safety precautions; safety monitoring; safety operation; and safety evaluation methods.
The Dynamics of E-waste Disposal
The intensification of production and the use of technology, fostered by the industrial revolutions, has increased access to the consumption of technological products. Thus, with a view to dealing with solid waste, including electronic waste, in 2010 Brazil implemented Law 12.305, which established the national solid waste policy and enabled the creation of municipal policies. In this sense, the municipality of Campos dos Goytacazes instituted its municipal solid waste policy in 2011 by means of Law 8.232. The aim of this study is therefore to analyze the dynamics of dumping and collecting e-waste at the public points specified by the municipality of Campos dos Goytacazes. In order to achieve the proposed objective, a quantitative-qualitative study was carried out, in which national and municipal legislation relating to e-waste was analyzed. Visits were also made to the municipality's collection points and questionnaires were administered via Google forms to the population living in the municipality's main district, using snowball sampling. The work revealed that there is a need to expand e-waste collection points in Campos dos Goytacazes.
Climate change
According to recent World Bank studies, climate change could cause the displacement of 216 million people within their respective countries by 2050; and that climate change could reduce crop yields, generating food insecurity; the agricultural sector being considered as fundamental to address climate change. The COP28 climate summit in Dubai concluded with a historic agreement that marks a significant step forward in the fight against climate change. The agreement, reached after days of negotiations, calls on all nations to abandon fossil fuels, measures aimed at limiting temperature rise to 1.5簞C above pre-industrial levels. EuroNews (2023).the work will be addressed through the review of documents related to the Research Topic.
Governing Climate
After decades of debate about global warming, the fact of the climate crisis is finally widely accepted. People at all scales--from the household to the global market--are attempting to govern climate to deal with its causes and impacts. Although the stakes are different now, governing climate is centuries old. In this book, Zeke Baker develops a genealogy of climate science that traces the relationship between those who have created knowledge of the climate and those who have attempted to gain power and govern society, right up to the present, historic moment. Baker draws together over two centuries of science, politics, and environmental change to demonstrate the "co-production" of climate knowledge and power-seeking activity, with a focus on the United States. This book provides a fresh account of contemporary issues transecting science and climate politics, specifically the rise of "climate security," and examines how climate science can either facilitate or reconcile the unequal distribution of power and resources.
My First Summer in the Sierra
'Divine beauty all. Here I could stay tethered forever with just bread and water, nor would I be lonely.' In the summer of 1869, John Muir joined a group of shepherds in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada mountains, that he might study and expand his knowledge of the plants, animals and rocks he found there. My First Summer in the Sierra - first published in 1911 - is the detailed and colourful diary he kept while tending sheep and exploring the wilderness. Muir's account tracks his experiences in the Yosemite Valley and the High Sierra alongside faithful companion Carlo the St Bernard, describing the majestic landscapes and the flora and fauna of the area with the excitement and wonder of a child. From sleeping on silver-fir-bough mattresses to goading wild bears, and valuing everything from tiny pebbles to giant sequoia, he truly immerses himself and falls in love with the wilderness. Muir's enthusiasm is infectious, and over 100 years on his environmental message is more pertinent than ever. With a new introduction from Muir authority Terry Gifford, My First Summer in the Sierra is an enchanting and informative read for anyone passionate about the natural world and its splendours.
Urban resilience in Morocco in the face of of globalization
This book offers a multiscalar, transdisciplinary analysis of urban resilience in Morocco, drawing on the most recent theoretical and methodological contributions to this rapidly expanding field of research. It aims to decipher the complex mechanisms underlying the capacity of Moroccan cities to absorb shocks, adapt to change and transform in the face of the challenges of globalization.Using a systemic approach, it explores the interactions between the various components of urban resilience and the strategies implemented by local players to enhance the robustness and flexibility of urban systems.
The Yosemite
'All these colours, from the blue sky to the yellow valley smoothly blending as they do in a rainbow, making a wall of light ineffably fine.'Having spent significant time obsessively exploring and learning about the Sierra, John Muir's passion for and belief in preserving the wilderness steadily grew. He believed that excessive grazing and logging would result in its eventual destruction, and so campaigned to designate the area as a protected national park.In 1890, the US Congress passed the National Park Bill, and the Yosemite and Sequoia national parks were established. At the time of writing, Muir's views on conservation of the wilderness were totally radical; today, environmental activists are too often brushed aside in favour of something faster, easier, and cheaper.Muir not only educates us in the particulars of the botanicals of this spectacular landscape, but also inadvertently traps us in his web of enthusiasm for the beauty and significance of Mother Nature. The Yosemite gives us the tools to construct a detailed mental map of the Sierra, and leaves us with the resolution to be more compassionate and environmentally mindful.First published in 1912, and with a new introduction from Muir authority Terry Gifford, the message in The Yosemite is perhaps more pertinent now than it ever was. There is a lot to thank Muir for, not least opening our eyes to the earth beneath our feet.
The Mountains of California
'How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! To behold this alone is worth the pains of any excursion a thousand times over.'John Muir is known internationally for his dedication to protecting the environment and for founding The Sierra Club in 1892. His first book, as Muir authority Terry Gifford writes in the foreword, 'became the bible of the fledgling Sierra Club, which is now a major national environmental activists' organisation with branches in every corner of America'.The Mountains of California not only details Muir's visits to the magnificent mountains along the Sierra Nevada Range, which he affectionately calls 'The Range of Light', but also the stunning glaciers, forests and landscapes that he encounters: 'Climbing higher, I saw for the first time the gradual dwarfing of the pines in compliance with climate ... patches of the dwarf vaccinium with its round flowers sprinkled in the grass like purple hail; while in every direction the landscape stretched sublimely away in fresh wildness: a manuscript written by the hand of nature alone.'Throughout the book, Muir's philosophy of nature's ability to soothe and amaze is evident. He heart-warmingly discusses at length how his encounters with animals, such as the Douglas squirrel, cheered him so. This is a truly beautiful read; Muir's writing, embedded with emotion, wit, and at times, humour, will never fail to speak to his reader.The enthusiasm contained within these pages is infectious, and as well as making a powerful read, Muir will inspire you, too, to 'come and see' the innumerable delights that nature can offer: 'The best words only hint at [California's] charms. Come to the mountains and see.'
Crossings
Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, yet we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. While roads are so ubiquitous they're practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of death and disruption. In Crossings, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb travels throughout the United States and around the world to investigate how roads have transformed our planet. A million animals are killed by cars each day in the U.S. alone, but as the new science of road ecology shows, the harms of highways extend far beyond roadkill. Creatures from antelope to salmon are losing their ability to migrate in search of food and mates; invasive plants hitch rides in tire treads; road salt contaminates lakes and rivers; and the very noise of traffic chases songbirds from vast swaths of habitat.Yet road ecologists are also seeking to blunt the destruction through innovative solutions. Goldfarb meets with conservationists building bridges for California's mountain lions and tunnels for English toads, engineers deconstructing the labyrinth of logging roads that web national forests, animal rehabbers caring for Tasmania's car-orphaned wallabies, and community organizers working to undo the havoc highways have wreaked upon American cities.Today, as our planet's road network continues to grow exponentially, the science of road ecology has become increasingly vital. Written with passion and curiosity, Crossings is a sweeping, spirited, and timely investigation into how humans have altered the natural world--and how we can create a better future for all living beings.
Sand Up Close
Sand Up Close: Aesthetics, Philosophy, and Science explores microscopical pictures of sand grains worldwide, blending scientific rigor, personal anecdotes, and cultural insights. Richly illustrated, the book offers unique perspectives on sand's beauty and diverse landscapes. Features: Over 700 microphotographs showcasing sand grains' beauty. Information on the cosmic origins of sand. Detailed exploration of sand's origins, environmental impact, and cultural significance. Examination of sand's composition, including grain size, density, mineral content, and formation. Insights into sand's landscapes, from deserts to beaches to glacial terrains. Discussion of living organisms in relation to sand. Thought-provoking essays blending scientific observation with cultural commentary and reflections on Goethe's philosophy of the interconnectedness of nature. Appeals to natural-history enthusiasts, artists, and beachgoers curious about sand. Perfect as a coffee-table book or sedimentology primer.
Why Trees?
Trees are both amazing and vital. Their intricate, complex processes benefit humanity in so many ways, especially in cities, where populations are on the rise. Why Trees? is a non-fiction book about how to keep our urban trees healthy. It is an engaging, pleasurable read, packed with information about these endangered climate champions. Trees are beacons of hope for our future. We must reframe how we view these magnifient structures so they are given a higher priority. A short collection of captivating articles takes the reader on a journey through the many wonders and benefits of living with trees in an urban environment. The author highlights the fundamental needs that must be met for young trees to grow a healthy root system. With that strong foundation, they can thrive, live their full lifespan, and provide us with a healthy urban canopy and ecosystem. Readers will be informed, educated, and motivated to recognize and share the wonder and importance of trees and their role in the future.
Daraban Leucogranite
Daraban Leucogranite rocks are cropped out in different locations within the host harzburgite ultramafic rock units of Mawat ophiolite complex, within the Zagros Suture Zone of northeastern Iraq. They are appeared as small discontinuous dikes or boss like. Petrographically, they have the composition of granite. Potassium feldspar, quartz, plagioclase, muscovite and tourmaline are the major phases, and the accessory minerals are biotite, zircon, monazite, apatite, xenotime and Fe-Ti oxides. In the Daraban Leucogranite, potassium feldspar is orthoclase and microcline, and plagioclase is albite (An0-5). For the first time tourmaline has been recorded and classified as dravite to schorlite type. Muscovite is of primary muscovite type i.e. it is magmatic muscovite. Biotite grains are meroxene in the core of the body with syn-serpentinization phlogopite along the contact of Daraban Leucogranite with host rocks.
Repairing the Climate
Climate change is triggered by a too high concentration of greenhouse gases in the air, carbon dioxide in particular, primarily originating from fossil fuel-burning. Since such burning will not stop any time soon, the concentration will undoubtedly rise further, exacerbating climate change.
Surface Waves and Discontinuities
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Why Trees?
Trees are both amazing and vital. Their intricate, complex processes benefit humanity in so many ways, especially in cities, where populations are on the rise. Why Trees? is a non-fiction book about how to keep our urban trees healthy. It is an engaging, pleasurable read, packed with information about these endangered climate champions. Trees are beacons of hope for our future. We must reframe how we view these magnifient structures so they are given a higher priority. A short collection of captivating articles takes the reader on a journey through the many wonders and benefits of living with trees in an urban environment. The author highlights the fundamental needs that must be met for young trees to grow a healthy root system. With that strong foundation, they can thrive, live their full lifespan, and provide us with a healthy urban canopy and ecosystem. Readers will be informed, educated, and motivated to recognize and share the wonder and importance of trees and their role in the future.
Protected Species and Biodiversity
This book looks at the need for properly collected protected species surveys data to accompany planning applications. In the detailed tables that fill half of the book, it provides a single source of guidance suitable for use by planners, householders and ecological consultants alike.
The environmental issue in Belo Horizonte's Master Plan
The environmental issue is becoming increasingly important in the contemporary world, due to the environmental impacts of urban-industrial society. In this context, urban planning, with the Masterplan as an essential instrument, is important for land-use planning and improving the population's quality of life through the sustainable development of the urban environment. However, in order to understand the environmental issue within a city, it is necessary to go much further than what is described in the Masterplan. It is necessary to understand the origin of the municipality and how urban space was appropriated and planned. In addition, it is also necessary to analyse the relationship that people have with the urban environment, with the natural environment within it and its importance for society. These are the topics that this book aims to address, as well as critically analysing how the environment is addressed within a city's Master Plan, specifically here, the city of Belo Horizonte in Minas Gerais.
The Rare Metals War
The resources race is on. Powering our digital lives and green technologies are some of the Earth's most precious metals -- but they are running out. And what will happen when they do? The green-tech revolution has been lauded as the silver bullet to a new world. One that is at last free of oil, pollution, shortages, and cross-border tensions. Now updated after several years of research across a dozen countries, this book cuts across conventional green thinking to probe the hidden, dark side of green technology. By breaking free of fossil fuels, we are in fact setting ourselves up for a new dependence -- on rare metals such as cobalt, gold, and palladium. They are essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels, our smartphones, computers, tablets, and other everyday connected objects. China has captured the lion's share of the rare metals industry, but consumers know very little about how they are mined and traded, or their environmental, economic, and geopolitical costs. The Rare Metals War is a vital expos矇 of the ticking time-bomb that lies beneath our new technological order. It uncovers the reality of our lavish and ambitious environmental quest that involves risks as formidable as those it seeks to resolve.
Reallocating natural ecosystems
Reallocation is a technique applied to natural ecosystems that have reached the irreversible threshold (degraded or desertified ecosystems) at which restoration or rehabilitation cannot rebuild the original ecosystem. This technique is based on the introduction of allochthonous species, and generally leads to a new ecosystem different from the pre-existing one, known as a "constructed ecosystem". In the arid and desert zones of Tunisia, under the arid Mediterranean and Saharan bioclimate, the degradation of natural ecosystems has reached the irreversibility threshold, and restoration or rehabilitation techniques can no longer return these ecosystems to their initial state. The bioclimatic limit for successful rehabilitation of natural ecosystems in Tunisia's arid and desert zones is the lower understorey of the Mediterranean arid bioclimate. The climatic limit is an annual rainfall of at least 150 mm.
False Alarm
An "essential" (Times UK) and "meticulously researched" (Forbes) book by "the skeptical environmentalist" argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than good Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Arctic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: climate change is destroying the planet, and we must take drastic action immediately to stop it. Children panic about their future, and adults wonder if it is even ethical to bring new life into the world. Enough, argues bestselling author Bjorn Lomborg. Climate change is real, but it's not the apocalyptic threat that we've been told it is. Projections of Earth's imminent demise are based on bad science and even worse economics. In panic, world leaders have committed to wildly expensive but largely ineffective policies that hamper growth and crowd out more pressing investments in human capital, from immunization to education. In a new epilogue, Lomborg brings the story up to date, showing the ineffective and costly environmental policies of the Biden administration. False Alarm will convince you that everything you think about climate change is wrong. It points the way toward making the world a vastly better, if slightly warmer, place for us all.
At Work in the Ruins
"Hine's brilliant book demands we stare into [the] abyss and rethink our securest certainties about what is actually going on in the climate crisis."--Brian Eno, musician "Maybe it's time to stop talking about climate change?" For two decades, the writer and social thinker Dougald Hine has been among the most influential voices in the environmental debate. Then one day, he heard these words come out of his mouth--and realized that he would have to explain himself. At Work in the Ruins tells the story of how our ways of talking about the world's troubles end up making everything worse. In eloquent, deeply researched prose, Hine traces the consequences of our over-reliance on the single lens of science and opens a window onto other ways of seeing the crises around and ahead of us. This is an invitation to find the paths that lead beyond panic and polarization, to take up the work that is worth doing in the ruins. "One of the most perceptive and thought-provoking books yet written about the multiple intersecting crises that are now upending our once-familiar world. . . . Essential reading for these turbulent times."--Amitav Ghosh, author of The Great Derangement "[A] rich book, which like a poetic or religious text deserves multiple readings."--British Medical Journal "A deep reflection on the foundations of the destructive path humanity has been pushed on."--Dr. Vandana Shiva, author of Terra Viva "Let [Hine's] song of loss and longing, his call to fugitivity, dispossess you of your steady gait and poise. Perhaps then we, collectively infected, might together witness the incomprehensible."--Bayo Akomolafe, author of These Wilds Beyond Our Fences
Climate seasonality and respiratory diseases
The seasonal nature of the climate, combined with unhealthy air conditions such as low relative humidity, particulate matter and aerosol gases, are the main preponderant factors for the occurrence of respiratory diseases in the city of Barreiras, especially in the drier months from July to October, when the population is exposed to the most critical conditions. The aim is to understand how the occurrence of respiratory diseases is related to the weather conditions produced by the seasonal climate.
The Spatial Dynamics and Materialisation of German Culture in Feliz/RS
Various authors point out that all geographical facts have a cultural contribution. In this context, this research study focused on the municipality of Feliz/RS, which is characterised by the significant presence of German descendants. In this way, this work was established as a way of approaching the cultural theme within the academic field, providing new questions about this topic, which is relevant in the studies and research of Cultural Geography.
Research on Soil Management and Conservation
Soil is the base of life, as it is essential for food and energy production, sustains buildings, is a water and nutrient reservoir, and acts as a filter for water and contaminants. Soil use and management may significantly negatively impact the soil, with consequences to the environment, crop development and yield, natural resources such as air and water, and human and animal health. In this sense, studies focusing on soil and water conservation practices and strategies to improve soil functions and structure are necessary, but considering the diversity of soil uses and types, climate, relief, and origin materials makes this a worldwide challenge, necessiting site-specific studies. This Special Issue on "Soil Management and Conservation" contains 16 original papers, addressing topics such as soil health, contamination, compaction, management and conservation, erosion, organic carbon, and amendments, presenting some advances and contributions to our knowledge of these topics and future research possibilities. We hope that this Special Issue will support decisions about soil management and conservation practices.
Geoinformatics and Data Mining in Earth Sciences
This reprint presents a collection of articles on recent advances in data mining, systems analysis, geoinformatics, Big Data theory and practice, and GIS systems with applications for a wide range of Earth Science disciplines. It brings together state-of-the-art results in scientific areas such as seismic hazard and seismic risk, geodynamics and tectonics, Earth gravity, geoecology, GNSS applications, climate change, radioactive waste disposal, spatial disparities, mining surveys, GIS logistics, and other Earth science disciplines, including interdisciplinary ones.
Multifaceted Manifestations of Proterozoic Province, Southern India
The cycle of continental alkaline magmatism began in the Late Archaean and continues today, with a surge in the Phanerozoic. The Cuddapah Intrusive Province (CIP) in the Eastern Dharwar Craton is a key geological area hosting diverse alkaline, subalkaline, and non-alkaline intrusives. Significant magmatic activities include kimberlites, lamproites, and miaskitic alkaline magmatism, along with subalkaline and tholeiitic magmatism. A study in eastern Cuddapah collected over 150 samples from various plutons, with 61 undergoing geochemical analysis. Three major plutons in Prakasam district-Uppalapadu, Purimetla, and Elchuru-exhibit different magmatic characteristics, with Elchuru serving as a model for miaskitic alkaline magmatism. Mica lamprophyres in Elchuru resemble shonkinite, suggesting a hypabyssal equivalent relationship.
Climate Change and Global Health
There is increasing understanding that climate change will have profound, mostly harmful effects on human health. In this authoritative book, international experts examine long-recognized areas of health concern for populations vulnerable to climate change, describing effects that are both direct, such as heat waves, and indirect, such as via vector-borne diseases. Set in a broad international, economic, political and environmental context, this unique book expands these issues by reviving and championing a third ('tertiary') category of longer term impacts on global health: famine, population dislocation, conflict and collapse. This edition has an expanded foundation, with new chapters discussing nuclear war, population and limits to growth, among others. This lively yet scholarly resource explores all these issues, finishing with a practical discussion of avenues to reform. As Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, states in the foreword: 'Climate change interacts with many undesirable aspects of human behaviour, including inequality, racism and other manifestations of injustice. Climate change policies, as practised by most countries in the global North, not only interact with these long-standing forms of injustice, but exemplify a new form, of startling magnitude. 'The book is dedicated to Tony McMichael, Will Steffen and Maurice King. This book will be invaluable for students, post-graduates, researchers and policy-makers in public health, climate change and medicine.
Sustainable rural tourism model
Sustainable rural tourism is one of the most demanded modalities by tourists today, due to the activities that are carried out in it and, above all, the experiences that are obtained through its realization. In the case study, the rural parish of Puerto Cayo has several tourist attractions that can be sustainably exploited through this modality. That is why this research proposal aims to promote sustainable rural tourism as a complementary tourism modality applicable in the locality, thus obtaining an optimal sustainable use of the tourism potential of the parish. In the same way, it seeks to promote the tourist development of the place through the creation of products, activities and other sustainable rural tourism proposals that are framed in a structured way in the action plan presented. Therefore, this will lead to job creation, improving the economic situation, preserving resources and promoting the care of the natural environment.
Restoring the Atlantic Forest
This work deals with the geo-environmental analysis of the M獺rio Xavier National Forest, in the municipality of Serop矇dica - RJ, using the Geoprocessing tool. It aims for a systematized understanding of proposals relating to ecological-environmental zoning, combined with the growing interest in the conservation potential of the conservation unit. The discussion aims to problematize the maintenance and possibility of re-categorization of this Conservation Unit insofar as it still suffers from various environmental conflicts, related to territorial disputes and the expansion of urban areas. The implementation of the SNUC has expanded the ways in which society participates in public policies and in the management of conservation units, mainly through the implementation of management councils in the conservation units themselves. In addition, FLONA MX has long been focused on sustainable forest management - seedling production, logging, and is still home to two endemic species listed in the Red Book of Endangered Brazilian Fauna. So what would be the best way to reduce/mitigate environmental conflicts in order to protect endangered species?
Our Green Heart
AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this inspiring culmination of Diana Beresford-Kroeger's life's work as a botanist, biochemist, biologist and poet of the global forest, she delivers a challenge to us all to dig deeper into the science of forests and the ways they will save us from climate breakdown--and then do our part to plant and protect them. As the last child in Ireland to receive a full Druidic education, Diana Beresford-Kroeger has brought an unusual and ancient holistic attitude to the science of trees, which has led her to many fresh insights into how closely we are tied to one another and to the natural world. Her influential message is to pay rapt attention to trees, because they are the green heart of the living world. Forests are our lungs, our medicine, our oxygen and the renewal of our soil. Planting the right trees in the right places, protecting the last virgin forests and working to create new ones is our best means to ensure a future for our children and grandchildren on this burning earth. Each of the essays gathered in Our Green Heart show us a slice of the natural world through Diana's unique lens, illuminating the way our health, individually and as a species, is tied to the health of the forest--a tie we ignore at our peril. She maps the science that still needs to be done--there is so much we don't know about the ways trees and forests work--but also, eloquently, shows us the path to survival that her own science has revealed, the "bioplan" or blueprint for the connectivity of life in nature. If we realize that even the flowerpot on our doorstep is a natural habitat, and plant it according to its bioplan, we will be aiding and abetting life rather than destroying it.
Category Five
Superstorms, hurricanes, typhoons, and spiraling freak weather: the fallout of global warming is a real-life natural thriller, as captured in Porter Fox's urgent and stunning story of chasing the world's most devastating storms. Here is the story of the largest storms on earth and how those storms are growing bigger and stronger. The tale of extreme weather doesn't begin with floods, fires, or even the air that carries this change to our lives. It begins with the ocean. Oceans create weather, climate, floods, droughts, and most of the geophysical fallout of global warming. Exactly how, award-winning writer Porter Fox contends, depends on invisible ocean currents, planetary cycles just now being defined, and processes in the deep ocean that may well have already saved us from the worst effects of the climate crisis. In an attempt to avert a coming age of superstorms, sea level rise, and catastrophic warming, scientists followed the lead of a college drop-out-turned-maverick sailor and storm-chaser; a Romanian refugee turned BBC radio host turned circumnavigating mapmaker; and an audacious new attempt to study storms above as well as deep below the ocean depths, using drones. Throughout Category Five, Fox shadows these explorers, scientists, oceanographers, and weather forecasters in an attempt to understand, forestall, and possibly harness the awesome power of our oceans.
Boundary Layer Processes in Geophysical/Environmental Flows
Boundary layer processes play a crucial role in establishing the circulation patterns of the oceans and atmosphere, significantly affecting both regional climates and the global climate, as well as the distributions of heat, nutrients, species, pollutants, and more. This Special Issue of Fluids is dedicated to recent advances in the theoretical, numerical, observational (including instrumentation development), and experimental investigation of geophysical/environmental boundary layer processes and how those process may influence regional and global circulation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, air-sea interactions and fluxes (including the influence of sea ice), western and eastern boundary currents, bottom boundary processes (including complex topography interactions and sediment motion), and internal boundary layers (such as fronts, shear layers, and thermocline processes).
Monitoring Active Volcanoes
Originally published in 1995, Monitoring Active Volcanoes is a comprehensive text which addresses the importance of volcano surveillance in the context of forecasting eruptive activity and mitigating its effects. The traditional core of seismic and ground deformation monitoring is discussed, along with more innovative techniques involving the recording of microgravity and micromagnetic variations, and the changing compositions of volcanic gases and liquids. The role of satellites is stressed, particularly with regard to the capabilities for measuring surface deformation, recognizing thermal anomalies and monitoring gas and ash plumes from space platforms. This book provides an invaluable insight into how and why volcanoes are monitored. It will be of interest to volcanologists, geophysicists and earth scientists.
Critically Engaging Participatory Action Research
This timely and informative book reasserts the value of Critical Participatory Action Research (CPAR): an approach to participatory action research (PAR) that is informed by critical theories attending to questions of privilege and power, and that generates collaborations focused on challenging structural inequality.The authors, writing explicitly from Minority World perspectives, are experienced researcher-practitioners who have worked with communities in the UK, USA, South Africa, Australia, India, and Colombia over many years. They offer an assessment, exploration, and illustration of CPAR at this point in time, outlining how the approach has evolved over time and space. Exploring its roots in strands of critical thought including postcolonialism, anti-imperialism, feminism, antiracism, queer theory, and Indigenous ontologies, the book asks how PAR is being critically re-engaged to maintain its commitment to greater justice and transformational change. Each chapter provides a rich case study of how these theories inform current collaborations and offers reflection on the entanglements of power that come with attempting CPAR in different institutional and geopolitical contexts. Their examples show that critical interrogation of PAR practices may lead to innovative and impactful outcomes for those involved, as well as new theoretical and substantive research findings.The collection will be of especial interest to students and researchers across the social sciences and humanities, as well as those working outside universities, who are interested in developing or extending their use of CPAR.
Port of B繫ne (Algeria)
From 1832, when B繫ne was captured by French military engineers, to 1846, when the first plans for a port were drawn up, the engineers were more concerned with protecting the town than opening it up to the sea. Perceived as a worrying frontier, prone to invasion and foreign intrusion, sea fronts have always suffered from the disadvantages of their frontier location. For the first two decades, the shores of B繫nois remained as they were, punctuated by forts and lazarets, giving them the face of the archetypal French military and historical port-town. Against this backdrop, our approach focuses on examining and restoring the plans for port facilities built during the French colonial period, in an attempt to revisit the effects of the port's proximity to the city.
Active Lavas
Originally published in 1993, Active Lavas looks at the practical aspects of monitoring uncontrolled streams of molten rock and how field data can be applied for theoretical modelling and forecasting the growth of lava flows. It describes the basic features of common subaerial lava flows and domes - both on Earth and on other bodies in the Solar System - before discussing the logistics of measuring lava properties during eruption and how these measurements are used to develop simple theoretical models for forecasting flow behaviour.
On the Edge
Life on Earth ultimately depends on the oceans. As world-renowned ocean scientist Sylvia Earle succinctly puts it, 'No blue, no green.' This powerful statement underscores the fundamental connection between the health of our oceans and the vitality of our planet. Climate change is inflicting severe damage on this essential 'nursery of life', drastically impairing the ability of the world's oceans to sustain and renew life.To address these pressing challenges, it is imperative to re-imagine our relationship with the wondrous world of water. Can we cultivate a renewed love for the sea that fosters a transformative interaction, shifting from exploitation to cooperation? Even more radically, can we reclaim our inheritance and move beyond the Western narrative of viewing the ocean merely as an object, instead embracing it as a communicative, sacred presence?Reflecting on the insights and teachings of Indigenous peoples is crucial in this endeavour. Indigenous communities have long regarded the ocean with reverence, recognizing its sacredness and intrinsic value. Their traditional ecological knowledge offers profound lessons on how to live in harmony with the natural world. By listening to and learning from these perspectives, we can begin to reshape our interactions with the ocean, fostering a more respectful and sustainable relationship.In their work On the Edge: A-Way with the Ocean, Graeme Garrett and Jan Morgan invite readers into a journey of engagement with a diverse array of thinkers, including philosophers (especially phenomenologists), poets, theologians, and scientists. Drawing from their experiences in the coastal town of Tathra in New South Wales, they explore how we can listen to the cry of Earth and return to the threshold of wonder.This invitation to wonder is a call to action. By re-envisioning our connection to the ocean, we can begin to address the environmental crises we face. Embracing the ocean as a sacred, communicative presence encourages us to protect and preserve it, ensuring that it can continue to support life on Earth. It is through this profound shift in perspective that we can move towards a future where the health of our oceans and our planet are restored, and where our interactions with the natural world are characterized by cooperation, respect, and reverence.
Analysing urban evolution using remote sensing techniques
Due to the intense urban growth of cities, green areas and water bodies are increasingly susceptible to environmental degradation. In this sense, there has been growing concern about ways to control and mitigate environmental degradation, which requires prior planning of land use. A survey of current land use, which is necessary for planning purposes, can be obtained using multispectral data provided by remote sensing satellites. The aim of this study was to carry out a spatio-temporal analysis of the Olho D'獺gua Lagoon, the main natural coastal lagoon in the state of Pernambuco, based on products obtained through remote sensing. Two biophysical variables were used in the evaluation: NDVI, to assess the chlorophyll content of the vegetation, and SAVI, to identify areas of degradation in the area. The study showed that vegetation with a high chlorophyll content has decreased considerably due to urban densification in recent decades. The NDVI result was corroborated by the SAVI results, which indicated an increase in degradation in the area.
Comparison between the TC2DFTPL and TCFOUR programmes
Terrain correction is one of the gravimetric reductions applied to the value of the acceleration due to gravity. This work presents a comparison of the performance of the TC2DFTPL and TCFOUR programmes to see if there are significant differences between them when calculating the terrain correction for the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The results obtained for the programmes were similar. However, the TCFOUR programme showed an edge effect, unlike the TC2DFTPL programme. There was a difference between the statistical results for the maximum and minimum values obtained for the terrain correction calculated by both programmes using the SRTM and ASTER MDTs at 5 km, 2 km and 1 km resolutions. It was concluded that this difference is due to the need to divide the study area for the higher resolutions and also to the altimetric differences between the MDTs, which are more evident in the higher altitude region, such as the Serra Geral in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. This book is aimed at those interested and professionals in the field of Physical Geodesy. Happy reading.
Country Bumpkin
Since Reggie moved to the heart of the country, his life miraculously changed and was, by a miracle, transformed. A divine intervention! Reggie never looked back at his unhappy life in a dull Town and Borough with an extensive Authority running it. Reggie loves his life in the country. He treasures his country dreams, ideals and values.One day, Reggie encounters a natural Country Bumkpin. He grows curious, interested and fascinated by this rather plump countryman. He also develops an interest in a Country Girl he sees strolling down a nature trail in this region of outstanding natural beauty. Reggie holds these countryfolks in high regard for their love of the countryside!Reggie imagines himself to be a natural Country Bumpkin, but it remains a fantasy for him. Wishful thinking!Later, while dreaming in a country garden, Reggie lost his deep desires, dreams, rural fantasies and joyful country ecstasies. Then, swinging around a post, he daydreams and fantasises once again. He desires, dreams and wishes to be loved!As Reggie rambles through the countryside. He treasures his country ideals and values. He's puritanical, decent and shrine-like. Going to a pretty village in a country Parish being a shrine to him!Looking back at his past, Reggie cherishes his profound country memories in that rural beauty spot. Reggie remains electrified from the elements and overwhelmed with such natural country joy, wonder, delight and ecstasy. Those dreamy prophetic visions deep in his mind and subconsciousness - for ever.
