Longyearbyen CO2 lab project—from a vision of a CO2-neutral Svalbard to a geoscience data eldorado by Kim Senger, Peter Betlem, Alvar Braathen, Snorre Olaussen, Gunnar Sand

“…The data were also key to the characterization of fluid flow and geothermal potential in Svalbard, deciphering past climatic changes, unravelling past tectonic events, some of relevance for understanding the plate tectonic evolution of the Arctic, as well as updating the global geological timescale. …”
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Diffusion of CO2 in Magnesite under High Pressure and High Temperature from Molecular Dynamics Simulations by Lei Liu, Longxing Yang, Chunqiang Zhuang, Guangshu Yang, Li Yi, Hong Liu, Fengxia Sun, Xiaoyu Gu, Hanyu Wang

“…CO2 transports in the Earth’s interior play a crucial role in understanding the deep carbon cycle and the global climate changes. Currently, CO2 transports inside of the Earth under extreme condition of pressure and temperature have not been understood well. …”
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Space Climate and Solar Energetic Particles by Ehsan Tavabi, Sima Zeighami, Yones Kharaghani

“…Results of this study show that there is a significant relationship between the magnetic activities of the Sun in 11-year cycles and the temperature of the Earth, which can be considered an essential parameter in predicting many crises and climate changes on the Earth's surface. Our results also indicated that changes in the number of sunspots and cosmic particles are inversely to each other.…”
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Detection and Attribution of a Spatial Heterogeneity in the Temporal Evolution of Bulgarian River Discharge by Natalya A. Kilifarska, Gergana I. Metodieva, Antonia Ch. Mokreva

“…The hydrosphere is an element of the climate system and changes in the latter are reasonably projected over the river outflow. Climatic changes, however, are unevenly distributed over the Earth, and understanding their regional imprint on the hydrosphere is of great importance. …”
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Livestock Breeders’ Conflicts in the Steppe Rangelands of Naâma Region (Western Algeria) by Youcefi Ahmed Toufik, Marouf Abderrazak

“… Sheep farming represents a very important activity in the Algerian steppe, unfortunately it is in a critical situation following climate changes, decreases in rangelands and the rise in the prices of livestock feed, this has created conflicting situations between breeders. …”
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VERTICAL FARMING IN URBAN AGRICULTURE: OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS by Lalendra Gurung, Janak Singh Rawal, Puspa RC, Ganesh Raj Joshi, Ashmita Mandal

“…Vertical farming has turned out to be one of the modern and innovative methods of developing urban agriculture to meet necessities such as food security, sustainability, and effective use of resources as the world is increasingly turning into urban centers, besides facing a future of climatic change. This review article aims to review the state of the art, opportunities, issues, and prospects of vertical farming. …”
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dataFishing: An efficient Python tool and user-friendly web-form for mining mitochondrial and chloroplast sequences, taxonomic, and biodiversity data by Luan Rabelo, Davidson Sodré, Oscar David Albito Balcázar, Murilo Furtado do Rosário, Aurycéia Jaquelyne Guimarães-Costa, Grazielle Gomes, Iracilda Sampaio, Marcelo Vallinoto

“…NCBI GenBank and BOLD Systems are important databases for biodiversity research, in which the deposited data can be used for various purposes, such as species identification analysis, evolutionary studies, biodiversity monitoring, as well as assessing the effects of possible climate changes on species distributions. Other information, such as taxonomy, collection site locations, and conservation status, is often critical for these studies. …”
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GCFR Coupled Neutronic and Thermal-Fluid-Dynamics Analyses for a Core Containing Minor Actinides by Diego Castelliti, Eleonora Bomboni, Nicola Cerullo, Guglielmo Lomonaco, Carlo Parisi

“…Problems about future energy availability, climate changes, and air quality seem to play an important role in energy production. …”
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Effects of Glacier and Geomorphology on the Mechanism Difference of Glacier-Related Debris Flow on the South and North Banks of Parlung Zangbo River, Southeastern Tibetan Plateau by Jiajia Zhang, Jiankang Liu, Yuanling Li, Junchao Wang, Long Chen, Bo Gao

“…Alpine glaciers are vulnerable to climate changes, and their recession due to warming has already induced a large number of geohazards closely related to the glacial motion, such as debris flow. …”
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Evolution on Ecological Carrying Capacity of Dualistic Water in County Scale Based on Matter Element Analysis Model by ZUO Taian, ZHANG Fengtai, YU Shijie, YANG Qing

“…The water ecological carrying capacity contains the water resource carrying capacity and the water environment carrying capacity.As one of the basic studies for integrated management of the water ecological system,this capacity connects socioeconomic development and the water ecological system.Hence its dynamic evolution reflects the dynamic equilibrium between the water ecological system and socioeconomic system.By taking the poverty-stricken Weining County in karst regions as an example,based on matter element analysis model,this paper sets up an evaluation indicator system for the ecological carrying capacity of dualistic water in county scale,and simulates the evolution of the ecological carrying capacity of dualistic water in Weining County between 2006 and 2017.The study shows that:The ecological carrying capacity of dualistic water in Weining County followed the tendency of turning for the better between 2006 and 2017.The technological advances and growing concern to the water ecological environment are two major causes of continual increases in its ecological carrying capacity of water.The ecological carrying capacity of dualistic water of Weining County between 2006 and 2017 was a tolerable level.However,the level shifted to weakly tolerable level in 2006 and 2011,meaning that the capacity was unstable and subject to extreme climatic changes.So,efforts should be made to consolidate existing achievements.Hence attention should be paid by Weining County to the dynamic changes in the reservoir filling,grade of water quality in lakes and rivers,recycle rate of industrial water,water resources per capita,water consumption per capita,and the rate of water-served population.The study will provide references for the water resource safety,ecological safety,and environmental construction in karst regions.…”
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Non-Stationary Extreme Runoff Prediction Model of Snowmelt Flood in Flood Season Based on VMD-NGO-LSTM and Its Application by ZHOU Xia, ZHOU Feng

“…Due to the influence of natural environments, climate changes, and human activities, the extreme runoff sequence in flood season shows non-stationary and complex characteristics, which brings new challenges to the accurate prediction of extreme runoff of the basin in flood season. …”
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Updates to the checklist of nocturnal Macroheterocera (Lepidoptera) of the Central High Atlas of Morocco: One new species added for Morocco by Nidal Fetnassi, Omar Er-rguibi, Abdessamad Aglagane, Mohamed Ghamizi, Erki Õunap

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Pollinator species richness and abundance across diverse habitat-types on Terceira Island (Azores, Portugal) by Mário Boieiro, Raúl Oliveira, Ricardo Costa, Paulo Borges

“…Furthermore, island ecosystems are facing significant pressures from land-use and climatic changes and, from the increasing arrival of alien species to these remote areas, presenting a pressing need to assess the effects of these factors on island pollinators and pollination.Here, we present an inventory of the pollinator species found in different habitat-types of Terceira along a gradient of disturbance and encompassing 30 sites distributed throughout the island. …”
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Assessing the Response of Satellite Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence and NDVI to Impacts of Heat Waves on Winter Wheat in the North China Plain by Chenjie Xian, Li He, Zhengwei He, Dongjian Xue, Zhe Li

“…Analysing historical changes in concurrent extreme high temperatures is critical to preparing for and mitigating the negative effects of climatic change. The North China Plain (NCP) is the most important wheat production area in China. …”
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Monitoring Land Cover Changes in Past 32 Years Using Remote Sensing Technique (Case Study: Pishva Town, Tehran) by Negar Ghasemi, Marzieh Alikhah Asl, Mohammad Rezvani

“…Results showed land cover changes in the area is related to climate changes like low precipitation, drought and social condition like population and food need increasing and economic condition like high production and efficiency.…”
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A COMPARISON OF THE FINANCIAL SECTOR AND MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE USING TURNING POINTS ANALYSIS by Michał Bernardelli, Mariusz Próchniak

“…It has been established that currently, the biggest threats are: low business activity, a low level of technological equipment and innovation, negative profitability and slow turnover of capital, lack of access to credit for small- and medium-sized enterprises and climate changes. Agricultural enterprises are subject to various risks of loss of financial potential, which may be associated with changes in weather conditions, animal epidemics, changes in legislation, currency risks, etc. …”
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Buckwheat breeding and production in Russia during the past 100 years by A. N. Fesenko, I. N. Fesenko

“…Such differences in dynamics indicate that the increase in buckwheat yield is not related to the improvements in agricultural technology or climate changes. Nor it is related to any significant changes in the structure of buckwheat sowing regions, as the average yield in the most important region of buckwheat cultivation, Altai Territory, is only 0.91 t/ha (i. e. less than the country’s average). …”
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Soil Respiration Variations in Temperate Rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum) Forest of Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA) in Nepal by Deepa Dhital, Purushottam Manandhar, Bikash Gosain, Jaishree Sijapati

“…Temperate forests are considered most fragile hence need to recognize their vulnerability owing to continuous climatic changes and anthropogenic activities. In this study, we assessed soil respiration (SR) by using the chamber method in a natural Rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum) forest which is recognized as the world’s largest forest type located at Annapurna Conservation Area in the temperate region of Nepal. …”
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Mudança no uso e cobertura da terra na bacia hidrográfica do rio Araguaia e seus reflexos nos recursos hídricos, o trecho médio do rio Araguaia em Goiás by Maximiliano Bayer, Pâmela Camila Assis, Tainá Medeiros Suizu, Matheus Cardoso Gomes

“…Probable effects associated to climatic change, such as the sharp decline in maximum flow values in recent years, have not yet been assessed principal et dans les environs. …”
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Comprehensive Test and Evaluation Analysis of Permeable Concrete (PC) Clogging by Using Steel Slag by Cao Yang, Ismail Shah, Wang Jing, Nauman Khan, Li Jing

“…PC is becoming more and more popular as a rainwater management tool because of fast climate changes worldwide. In this experiment, PC specimens were prepared with steel slag as aggregate, and the targeted porosity of specimens was 15%, 20%, and 25% respectively, and the ratio of water to cement was 0.38, 0.4, and 0.42. …”
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