1493 papers
Using Kenyan data, this paper demonstrates that fetal health risks from climate variability are driven primarily by short-term temperature and rainfall anomalies, nonlinear extremes, and late-pregnancy exposure rather than average conditions, thereby reconciling mixed findings in existing literature.
This paper proposes and validates a cost-effective, simplified method for estimating deer population density in fenced Mediterranean landscapes by utilizing a stable "pellet groups per individual" (Pgi) value to bypass traditional defecation and decay rate calculations, demonstrating that strip transect sampling offers the highest precision-to-cost ratio.
This study constructs a coupled natural-cultural risk assessment framework for the Shandong Section of the Grand Canal National Cultural Park using multi-source data and the H-E-V model, revealing distinct spatial risk patterns and proposing a hierarchical protection strategy to address the superposition of natural and human-induced threats.
This study analyzes 2022 census data from six major Tanzanian cities to reveal that an overwhelming 87.6% of buildings are exclusively residential, a trend that underscores a critical lack of mixed-use development which may hinder economic vitality and sustainable urban growth.
This study employs an extended storyline attribution framework to demonstrate that while both climate and population changes since 1975 have increased flood exposure from Tropical Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, population growth is the dominant driver, with climate change disproportionately affecting vulnerable socio-economic groups in ways that spatial aggregation can obscure.
This study integrates geotechnical, statistical, and GIS-based analyses to demonstrate that the Opi–Ugwuogo road gullies in southeastern Nigeria, characterized by loose sandy soils with low shear strength, are primarily driven by road-induced runoff and exhibit rapid expansion rates of up to 17.6 m/year, rendering the slopes critically unstable under saturated conditions.
By analyzing 5,610 studies across 750+ cities, this research shifts the climate discourse from a climate-first approach to one where climate mitigation and adaptation are framed as co-benefits of development-driven urban actions, revealing how varying local motivations, action types, and barriers shape global climate outcomes.
This study demonstrates that integrating eDNA metabarcoding into the National Estuarine Research Reserve System's monitoring program successfully expanded biodiversity characterization across US estuaries, despite facing operational challenges such as costs, detection uncertainties, and the need to balance standardization with evolving protocols.
This study demonstrates that metazoan parasite infracommunities of flounders in the southern Gulf of Mexico serve as effective bioindicators of environmental impact, with taxonomic and functional approaches revealing stronger statistical associations with pollutants in the high-oil-extraction Campeche Sound region compared to areas affected by natural seeps or runoff.
This study of 79 municipalities in Central Brazil reveals that extreme heat exposure is significantly associated with increased respiratory mortality, particularly in hot-dry areas characterized by high deforestation and socioeconomic vulnerability, highlighting the need for targeted climate-health adaptation strategies.