Developed countries: UK, USA, Norway, Luxembourg, Canada and the EU have experienced a higher currency value with a rising terms of trade. This corresponds to higher purchasing power and lower poverty. Developing countries: China, South Africa Turkiye, Argentina have experienced devaluations in thei...
The ban on fires caused by deforestation, which affects approximately 66 million hectares of primary forest and peatland (terrestrial wetland ecosystems) was first put into effect in 2011 and has subsequently been periodically renewed. The coordinated implementation of the Action Plan for the Prevention...
The wide-scale use of tendu leaves in Bidi industry is mainly based on their wide availability, enormous production, agreeable flavor, flexibility, its resistance to decay, and capacity to retain fires. Off-cuts of leaves are burned and the ash is used in tooth powder.Regulation...
Most wildfires in recent historic time have been ignited by human activity (Adams, 2013; Balch et al., 2017; Keeley & Syphard, 2018), but climate and weather control wildfire behavior and spread, determining whether ignitions grow into large fires (Abatzoglou et al., 2018). Prevalence of...
Mechanisms of Arctic amplification and Arctic climate change are difficult to pinpoint, and current climate models do not represent the complex local processes and feedbacks at play, in particular for aerosol–climate interactions. This Perspective highl
This cardiac impairment is like the effect seen in marathon runners, where reduced diastolic parameters on echocardiogram are observed immediately post-marathon but return to normal within a month [56]. Diastolic dysfunction following repetitive exposures such as multiple fires within a brief period ...
Terrestrial ecosystems in the Arctic-Boreal region play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle as a carbon sink. However, rapid warming in this region i
After the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident, the multi-unit risk, i.e., the risk due to multiple nuclear power plants (NPPs) in a site has become a critical issue in several countries such as Korea, Canada, China, etc. since those countries have sites with many NPPs and/or the NPPs...
(Harlan and Ruddell2011; Kan et al.2012), especially in poor communities (Schlosberg and Colins2014; Hallegatte and Rozenberg2017), widespread and/or frequent droughts linked to extensive fires (Amiro et al.2001; Littell et al.2016), diminished resources for drinking water and irrigation (...
(Harlan and Ruddell2011; Kan et al.2012), especially in poor communities (Schlosberg and Colins2014; Hallegatte and Rozenberg2017), widespread and/or frequent droughts linked to extensive fires (Amiro et al.2001; Littell et al.2016), diminished resources for drinking water and irrigation (...