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Decarbonization Strategies in the UAE Built Environment
The urgency of addressing climate change is increasingly evident through the rise in devastating natural disasters and significant shifts in global temperatures. With the urbanization of rural landscapes to accommodate population growth, the built environment has emerged as a major contributor to climate change, accounting for approximately 40% of natural resource consumption and carbon emissions. In pursuit of tackling climate challenges, countries have united under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to develop strategies for climate action and adaptation, through the Conference of the Parties (COP). The UAE has been an active member of the COP and has been at the forefront of implementing decarbonization strategies.
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  • 21 Aug 2023
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Rise in Mid-Tropospheric Temperature Trend over the Tibet
The Hindu Kush-Himalayan region (HKH), situated at high altitudes (~5 km above sea level), and the adjoining Indo-Gangetic plains (IG plains, ~0–250 m above sea level) are notably responsive to climatic shifts due to their geographic location and intricate topography. Ongoing research reveals that climate change's consequences and linked alterations in water resources—comprising glacial/snow meltwater and rainfall—hold diverse impacts on ecosystems, agriculture, industries, and inhabitants within this area. This investigation delved into a 45-year span of data (1978–2022) derived from Microwave Sounding Unit/Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU/AMSU) instruments provided by Remote Sensing Systems (RSS Version 4.0). The goal was to scrutinize changes in mid-tropospheric temperature (TMT, 3–7 km altitude) and lower tropospheric temperature (TLT, 0–3 km altitude) concerning annual/monthly trends and anomalies. A noteworthy rise in mid-tropospheric temperatures (0–3 km altitude) across the HKH region, with increases of 1.49 °K in Tibet, 1.30 °K in the western Himalayas, and 1.35 °K in the eastern Himalayas over the 45-year timeframe. By contrast with an earlier 30-year period study (1979–2008), the present study observed a substantial percentage change of TMT trends for the high-altitude areas, including Tibet, the western Himalayas, and the eastern Himalayas—approximately 310%, 80%, and 170%, respectively. Conversely, the neighboring plains (western and eastern IG plains) exhibited negligible or considerably lower percent alterations (0% and 40%, respectively) over the past 14 years.
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  • 21 Aug 2023
Topic Review
Peralkaline Granitic Rocks
The Lower Jurassic (ca. 177 Ma) Bokan Mountain granitic complex, located on southern Prince of Wales Island, southernmost Alaska hosts a high-grade uranium-thorium deposit with past production. The complex is a circular body (~3 km in diameter) which intruded Paleozoic granitoids as well as metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks of the Alexander Terrane of the North American Cordillera.
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  • 18 Aug 2023
Topic Review
The Eco-Wellbeing Performance in China
After rapid development in recent decades, China has laid a strong economic foundation and established material conditions. Despite this, the country still confronts a range of challenges that impede higher-quality economic and social development. To measure high-quality regional development, eco-wellbeing performance (EWP) has become an important tool that seeks to strike a balance between economic development, human wellbeing, and environmental protection.
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  • 17 Aug 2023
Topic Review
Integrating Environment with Health
With the increasing challenge of addressing environmental health issues, various approaches have been proposed to reduce environmental problems. For Muslims all over the world, the Qur’an, Hadith, and Sunnah are recognised as the authoritative messages for spiritual and behavioural guidance on how humans can react to protect the environment and health.
  • 458
  • 17 Aug 2023
Topic Review
Sensing and Measurement Techniques for Nature-Based Solutions Evaluation
Sensing and measurement techniques are necessary to study, evaluate, and understand the complex physical and chemical interactions that must occur for the successful deployment of nature-based solutions (NbS). Sensing and measurement techniques can provide useful meteorological and physiological data on nature-based interventions between different spatial, spectral, temporal, and thematic scales. Because NbS encompass research from across different fields, it is essential to reduce barriers to knowledge dissemination, and enable the circulation of information across different jurisdictions. 
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  • 17 Aug 2023
Topic Review
Sustainable Use of Plastics in Horticulture
The sustainable use of plastics in horticulture is investigated based on 4 criteria, the three Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycling) plus a re-place strategy, taking into account possible alternatives to plastics. Hail (and insect) nets made of HD-PE, with their long-term use mostly on apple and polytunnels of LD-PE for cherry and strawberry as well as solarisation mulches (reuse), were found to be relatively sustainable solutions for their needs and are currently without alternatives. In contrast, standard black mulch, with its largest share among horticultural plastics, had the widest range of sustainable alternatives, ranging from biodegradable to spray mulch; few sustainable alternatives are available for fleeces and reflective mulches. For the third sustainable option, pilot recycling schemes were examined, such as PolieCoTM (Italy), MAPLATM (Spain), and ERDETM (Germany); they collect 30–50% of the agricultural plastics used in their respective areas, with a successful retrieval growth rate of ca. 20% per year in the case of ERDETM. For the fourth new R option (replace), future sustainability perspectives for the predominant black mulch are research into and development of better, biodegradable, non-fossilbased plastics, sprayable mulch; microbes for the digestion of deployed polyolefins and, for a certain limited range (on shade tolerant crops or in high-light intensity environment), hail nets and polytunnels that are equipped/substituted by/with solar panels (“agri pv”) for the concomitant sustainable production of green renewable energy.
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  • 16 Aug 2023
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Edible Insects in European Society
Entomophagy has a long and rich history in human culture. In fact, insects have been a part of human diets for thousands of years, with evidence of their consumption found in prehistoric archaeological sites. Throughout history, entomophagy has been a common practice in many cultures, particularly in parts of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania. In some societies, insects were considered a delicacy and were reserved for special occasions, while, in others, they were a staple food source. The roots of entomophagy vary depending on culture and region, but common reasons include the nutritional benefits of insects, their abundance and accessibility, and the cultural and religious significance of certain species. While the practice of entomophagy has declined in some parts of the world due to the influence of Western culture and industrialization, it continues to be important in many societies. Despite its long history and potential benefits, entomophagy has faced cultural and social stigmas in many parts of the world. However, recent efforts have been made to promote entomophagy as a sustainable and nutritious food source and to challenge cultural biases against insect consumption.
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  • 16 Aug 2023
Topic Review
Rare Earth Elements
The use of analytical techniques is important and critical in all areas related to REE (Rare Earth Elements), such as basic fundamental research, exploration, mining, extraction, and metallurgical activities at different stages by different industries. At every stage of these activities, rock, ore, minerals, and other related materials have to be analyzed for their REE contents in terms of elemental, isotopic, and mineralogical concentrations using different analytical techniques.
  • 258
  • 16 Aug 2023
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Satisfaction with Sustainable Tourism, Vojvodina Province
The goal of researching the development of sustainable tourism in protected areas, which are trying to be tourist destinations, is to gain ecological, socio-cultural, and economic benefits for residents, visitors, and stakeholders. This means that residents, visitors, managers, and state services should be directly involved in the planning and implementation as important bearers of tourism development planning.
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  • 16 Aug 2023
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