OSLO, Norway (Reuters) - Natural disasters are tending to kill fewer people but climate change may add to the toll by unleashing more extreme weather and causing after-effects such as disease and malnutrition, experts say. Better warnings of cyclones or heat waves and an easing of poverty in...
Originality/value Numerous articles have explored the impact of climate change on Mexico's water resources, but many focus on a specific aspect. This work took a holistic approach, synthesizing multiple impacts and providing a sociological perspective on the effects, mitigation efforts, and ...
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Shallow, tropical coral reefs face compounding threats from climate change, habitat degradation due to coastal development and pollution, impacts from storms and sea-level rise, and pulse disturbances like blast fishing, mining, dredging, and ship groundings that reduce reef height and complexity. One...
Moreover, the inter-linkages and tradeoffs between different thematic areas should be addressed; such as climate change, biodiversity, the environment, and health, with environmental policies and sectoral policies. Other recommendations for EU governments to get the most out of EU sustainability and ...
of their effects. This article reviews recent scholarly advances to specify what narratives are and to offer a novel theoretical framework to better explain variation in their public popularity and effects. It is argued that the popularity of a narrative, defined as a generalisable, constructed and...
In addition, the current concerns about climate change and the environmental impacts of transportation activities also lead to a greater focus on railroad transportation which is widely perceived as more environmentally friendly. Indeed, the National Program for Climate Change as presented in Instituto ...
articles, book chapters, and reports related to mental health and well-being impacts of wildfire smoke exposure [38]. This date range was selected to “balance feasibility with breadth and comprehensiveness” as outlined by Levac [38] and based on our general knowledge of the scholarly research...
The technological difficulties related with blasting operations have become increasingly significant. It is crucial to give due consideration to the evalua
Its analyses also draw on government policy documents and other sources for mentions of scholarly articles. Particularly government policy documents are an important source as the impact of research on policy making can be thus made quantifiable (Bornmann et al. 2016; Liu 2014). This systematic ...