Earth is home for all living things—humans, animals, plants, and even ___ microbes (微生物). An ecologist is a scientist who studies the relationships between organisms (生物) and their environment. It may include water, gases, rocks, and ___. Ecologists also study the balance of using...
In what follows, we will review how SES and STS approaches have been employed to understand deltas, and what they conclude about the sustainability of delta living. The SES paradigm's ontology considers the earth a self-organising complex system. It originates from IIASA's work in the late ...
How much more intense will these conflicts be when antagonists fight over the Earth's most indispensable resource--water? We may find out in the not-too-distant future if projections about the availability of water in the Middle East and other regions prove correct.GJ Bryjak...
profound effects on post-fire recovery outcomes, high severity wildfire can have contrasting effects on different forest types. Dry mixed conifer forests are more likely classified as the trailing edge of forests where it is warmer, drier, the cumulative water deficit (CWD) is higher (Parks et a...
Large earth batteries require anexpansive area of soil and can therefore only be installed outdoors. The most important factors to determine before installing a large earth battery are the amount of space required and the availability of a water source close to the location you’ve identified. ...
the greenhouse model of Earth’s atmosphere. This model was discovered more than two hundred years ago by Joseph Fourier and further refined by John Tyndall. Fourier focused on understanding heat transfer processes on Earth. One of the questions that interested him was why the Earth’s surface ...
Governance constraints may be present in South Africa as a result of the country’s severe skills deficit brought on by shortcomings in its educational system, which is restricting the availability of supervisors, scientists, and employees essential for the I4.0 [75]. Potential actions might lessen...
Geothermal energy is extremely abundant,since it lies directly beneath our feet, just a few miles below the earth's surface. This energy isproduced by the heating of water through the actions of earth's fantastically hot molten core.The water tums to steam, which can be hamessed and used ...
Recent concurrent processes of vegetation greening and reduced resilience (the capacity to recover from disturbances) worldwide have brought many uncertainties into sustainable ecosystems in the future. However, little is known about the conditions and e
However,there are certain limitations to the availability of the right places to set up a large dam. Many run-of-the-river, or small and localized, hydroelectric generators have been set up in recent times due to thislimitation.爱尔兰和苏格兰目前也正在测试他们的潮汐能发电设施。水力发电已经为...