Expanding policy for biodegradable plastic products and market dynamics of bio-based plastics: challenges and opportunities

TD Moshood, G Nawanir, F Mahmud, F Mohamad… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bio-plastics are rapidly growing in popularity, and many new techniques and approaches
are emerging as a result of intensive research and development (R&D) activities. Many …

Climate Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios

L Kemp, C Xu, J Depledge, KL Ebi… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Prudent risk management requires consideration of bad-to-worst-case scenarios. Yet, for
climate change, such potential futures are poorly understood. Could anthropogenic climate …

Vulnerability and resilience of power systems infrastructure to natural hazards and climate change

AE Schweikert, MR Deinert - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The value of critical infrastructure rests in the services they provide. Electricity in particular
underpins the operation of hospitals, schools, financial systems, transportation assets …

Thermodynamics of CeO2 Thermochemical Fuel Production

B Bulfin, F Call, M Lange, O Lubben, C Sattler… - Energy & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this work the thermodynamics of thermochemical fuel production using a CeO2 redox
cycle are studied. The need to reduce the oxygen partial pressure in order to improve …

Evaluating the tradeoff between hydropower benefit and ecological interest under climate change: How will the water-energy-ecosystem nexus evolve in the upper …

R Zhong, T Zhao, X Chen - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydropower plant operation alters natural streamflow regimes, which leads to tradeoff
between hydropower benefits and the needs of downstream river ecosystems. This study …

Sustainability: a missing dimension in climate change adaptation discourse in Africa?

S Bhatasara, A Nyamwanza - Journal of Integrative Environmental …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The climate change adaptation field has evolved considerably in recent years. Important
contributions have been made, with scholars developing methods for assessing vulnerability …

Saving earth one tweet at a time through the lens of artificial intelligence

C Duong, Q Liu, R Mao… - 2022 International Joint …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The impacts of climate change and global warming have become more visible globally
because of the increasing frequency of extreme weather events, abnormal heatwaves, and …

Are insect species imperilled? Critical factors and prevailing evidence for a potential global loss of the entomofauna: A current commentary

CJ Rhodes - Science progress, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
That there are now fewer insects than was the case a few decades ago is suggested,
perhaps anecdotally, by the 'windshield phenomenon', where those on road trips have …

[HTML][HTML] Zonas de catástrofe por eventos hidrometeorológicos en Chile y aportes para un índice de riesgo climático

C Henríquez, N Aspee, J Quense - Revista de Geografía Norte …, 2016 - SciELO Chile
Se estima que el cambio en los patrones globales del clima así como su dinámica natural
pueden ocasionar una alta incidencia en los fenómenos extremos y en consecuencia …

Egypt's coastal vulnerability to sea‐level rise and storm surge: Present and future conditions

S Torresan, E Furlan, A Critto, M Michetti… - Integrated …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We assess the relative vulnerability of the Mediterranean shoreline of Egypt (about 1000 km
in length) to climate change (ie, sea‐level rise [SLR], storm surge flooding, and coastal …