Priorities for progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 15 ‘Life on land’ This year marks the mid-point for the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals, including Sustainable Development Goal 15 ‘Life on land’. We...
Additional variables, such as rainfall, wind direction, or longwave irradiance, are also important, but they were not available for all the cities; therefore, they were not used. Data were downloaded for the three time periods referenced in Table 4. Table 3 Weather variables downloaded from the...
rainfall than permeable GN and GR slopes do, indicating a relatively high occurrence exceedance probability and susceptibility to landslides in SR slope. These findings suggest that geological conditions, particularly the relatively high susceptibility of SR slopes, should be considered when establishing ...
Flood disasters and human activities have a direct impact on land use and land cover, and changes in land use and land cover can subtly change regional temperature, rainfall, vegetation, and other neglected climatic factors to a certain extent [14,15], making flood prevention more difficult. ...
Rainfall: rainforests receive at least 80 inches (200 cm) of rain per year. Canopy: rainforests have a canopy, which is the layer of branches and leaves formed by closely spaced rainforest trees some 30 meters (100 feet) off the ground. A large proportion of the plants and animals in th...
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South Africa is also working to improve attempts to shift towards a lower carbon economy and community, as well as to respond in the short-, medium-, and long-term to the impacts of rising temperatures and declining rainfall in many areas of the world (Department of Environment, Forestry ...
The Panama Canal, though it connects two oceans, is in fact a freshwater canal and relies on tributaries and rainfall to maintain its depth. But 2023 has delivered a serious drought to Panama and left tributaries and rivers dry, leading to a shallower draft in the Panama Canal. The managers...
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(Burgess1982). Interestingly, few cultural practices involving the handling of dung in the agricultural land and biogas plant, drinking of raw goat blood by the pregnant women, consumption of raw milk, liver, kidney, testis, and brain, and practicing of shepherding and animal husbandry in the ...