Development of an automated GIS tool for reproducing the HAND terrain model.
Height Above the Nearest Drainage (HAND), a state-of-the-art topo-hydrological index, has been increasingly used in geo-environmental studies. It describes the local normalized drainage potential of a large region. To date, a trial and error and cumbersome multistep process has been used to obtain t...
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18/12/2018
1:07 PM
Desenvolvimento sustentável do Marajó, Pará: uma visão a partir do Barômetro da Sustentabilidade.
Este trabalho apresenta uma análise da sustentabilidade de 16 municípios que compõem a mesorregião do Marajó, Pará. A pesquisa utilizou o Barômetro da Sustentabilidade (BS) como ferramenta de análise e empregou 20 indicadores para o bem-estar humano (dimensão socioeconômica) e 06 para o be...
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18/12/2018
1:06 PM
Interactive effects of climate change and biodiversity loss on ecosystem functioning.
Climate change and biodiversity loss are expected to simultaneously affect ecosystems, however research on how each driver mediates the effect of the other has been limited in scope. The multiple stressor framework emphasizes non-additive effects, but biodiversity may also buffer the effects of clim...
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18/12/2018
1:05 PM
Biodiversity research still falls short of creating links with ecosystem services and human well-being in a global hotspot.
Understanding the links between biodiversity, ecosystem services (ES) and human well-being (HWB) is a prerequisite for furthering the agenda of several multilateral environmental agreements and global goals. We performed a systematic review to discuss the extent to which biodiversity research has ad...
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18/12/2018
1:04 PM
Interannual variation in temperature and rainfall can modulate the physiological and photoprotective mechanisms of a native semiarid plant species.
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18/12/2018
10:52 AM
Multi-layered water resources, management, and uses under the impacts of global changes in a southern coastal metropolis: when will it be already too late? crossed analysis in Recife, NE Brazil.
Coastal water resources are a worldwide key socio-environmental issue considering the increasing concentration of population in these areas. Here, we propose an integrative transdisciplinary approach of water resource, water management and water access in Recife (NE Brazil). The present-day water si...
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18/12/2018
10:51 AM
Energia solar: o potencial brasileiro.
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18/12/2018
10:50 AM
Land availability for sugarcane derived jet-biofuels in São Paulo – Brazil.
The aviation industry is committed to reducing its environmental impact and has established ambitious goals to decrease CO2 emissions by 50% by to 2050. The replacement of fossil fuels by jet-biofuels is one of the main strategies to attain the emission targets. Therefore, the aim of this study was ...
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17/12/2018
3:08 PM
Central South America.
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17/12/2018
3:06 PM
Climatic characteristics of the 2010-2016 drought in the semiarid Northeast Brazil region.
This study discusses the climatological aspects of the most severe drought ever recorded in the semiarid region Northeast Brazil. Droughts are recurrent in the region and while El Nino has driven some of these events others are more dependent on the tropical North Atlantic sea surface temperature fi...
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17/12/2018
3:05 PM
Challenges for a disaster prevention schedule at historic sites: the case of Sao Luiz do Paraitinga, SP.
Disasters have been affecting several municipalities listed as cultural heritage sites, as highlighted by the media stories of the 2010 January floods in Sao Luiz do Paraitinga city, Sao Paulo state. This paper shared some findings related to two phases of research. The first phase occurred from Jan...
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17/12/2018
3:02 PM
A review of studies on participatory early warning systems (P-EWS): pathways to support citizen science initiatives.
Context: Global environmental change and disasters pose several challenges to governments, society and science. These challenges occurred in social contexts were information and communication technologies can be used to share data and information, engaging citizen scientists in multidirectional and ...
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