Desertification: a general review This review paper provides explanation and global assessment of desertification as it menaces the world drylands. It shows the differences between drought (a natural hazard) and desertification (degradation of land...
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Latest Research News on climatic conditions : Apr 2022
Extreme climatic events and their evolution under changing climatic conditions This short introductory paper illustrates some key issues concerning extremes by focusing on daily temperature extremes defined using quantiles and threshold exceedances. The examples...
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Latest Research News on Watershed Management : Apr 2022
Political Pitfalls of Integrated Watershed Management Integrated watershed management, preferably under the direction of a watershed or basin management body, has been prescribed in the water policy literature and from other quarters for decades....
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Latest Research News on Biofuel production : Mar 2022
Biofuel production: Challenges and opportunities It is increasing clear that biofuels can be a viable source of renewable energy in contrast to the finite nature, geopolitical instability, and deleterious global effects of fossil fuel...
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Latest Research News on Coastal Forest : Mar 2022
Distribution patterns and conservation of eastern Brazilian coastal forest tree species The distributions of 127 tree species, each with at least part of their range in the moist coastal forest of eastern Brazil, are...
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Latest Research News on Earth Dam : Mar 2022
Analysis of earth dam failures: A database approach A dam may fail when the loading exceeds the resistance against overtopping, internal erosion, slope instability, sliding/overturning, excessive deformation etc. To investigate the causes of failures,...
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Latest Research News on Surface Water : Mar 2022
Measuring surface water from space Surface fresh water is essential for life, yet we have surprisingly poor knowledge of the spatial and temporal dynamics of surface freshwater discharge and changes in storage globally. For...
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Latest Research News on Bottom Sediment : Mar 2022
Mechanics of bottom sediment movement due to wave action Up to the present time, very few experimental or analytical studies have been made on the effect of the action of surface waves on the...
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Latest Research News on Forest Reserve : Mar 2022
Forests, Forest Reserve, and Forest Land in Thailand This paper proposes a framework for examining, locally, the problem of tropical deforestation and subsequent use of forest land. Through a case study of Thailand, the...
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Latest Research on Evergreen Forest : April 21
[1] Transmission of Phytophthora ramorum in Mixed-Evergreen Forest in California During 2001 to 2003, the transmission biology of Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of sudden oak death, was studied in mixedevergreen forest, a common forest type in...
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