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Rong Miao, Caijuan Li, Ziliang Liu, Xiangyan Zhou, Sijin Chen, Dan Zhang, Jiaqi Luo, Wenhui Tang, Cuiling Wang, Jiling Wu and Zhengjun Chen
Plants are vulnerable to many abiotic stresses, resulting in reduced plant productivity. Its adaptation to unfavorable environments relies on transmitting external stress signals into internal signaling pathways. A series of stress response mechanisms ha...
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Mengzhi Xu, Jixia Li and Shixin Luan
Regional climate change is affected by global warming, large-scale inter-regional circulation, and land use/cover. As a result of different ecological, economic, and social conditions, climate adaptation actions vary from region to region, including comm...
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Vasiliki I. Chalastani, Andreas Pantelidis, Elissavet Feloni, Andreas Papadimitriou, Christina N. Tsaimou, Olympia Nisiforou and Vasiliki K. Tsoukala
Small fishing harbours substantially contribute to coastal economies as they support not only fishing but also tourism activities. They are located at the land?sea interface and are considered vulnerable infrastructure affected by the increased human act...
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David J. Brunckhorst and E. Jamie Trammell
Urban systems include complex interactions and interdependencies with adjoining landscapes and regions. The pressures of change are complex, constant, and increasing. Declining biodiversity, ecosystem function, social institutions, and climate change und...
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Fábio André Matos, Filipe Alves, Carlos Coelho, Márcia Lima and André Vizinho
The Ovar coastline is characterized as one of the coastal areas with the highest vulnerability and risk of erosion in the Portuguese coast. The high-energy coast is further threatened by a permanent sediment deficit of anthropic origin, as well as sea le...
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Yuanyuan Luan, Yan Fang, Lin Jiang, Yuehui Ma, Shangjie Wu, Junwen Zhou, Yabin Pu, Qianjun Zhao and Xiaohong He
Bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus) are highly adapted to the desert and semi-desert environments of Asia and developed unique physiological adaptations to cold, heat, drought, and nutrient-poor conditions. These animals are an ideal model for studying ...
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Francis K. Wiese and R. John Nelson
The abundance and distribution of marine fishes is influenced by environmental conditions, predator?prey relationships, multispecies interactions, and direct human impacts, such as fishing. The adaptive response of the system depends on its structure and...
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Dennis Junior Choruma, Frank Chukwuzuoke Akamagwuna and Nelson Oghenekaro Odume
Climate change has been projected to impact negatively on African agricultural systems. However, there is still an insufficient understanding of the possible effects of climate change on crop yields in Africa. In this study, a previously calibrated Envir...
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Roberta Paranunzio, Marco Guerrini, Edward Dwyer, Paul J. Alexander and Barry O?Dwyer
With increasing urban expansion and population growth, coastal urban areas will be increasingly affected by climate change impacts such as extreme storm events, sea level rise and coastal flooding. To address coastal inundation risk for impact studies, i...
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Jason Corburn, Patrick Njoroge, Jane Weru and Maureen Musya
Urban informal settlements or slums are among the most vulnerable places to climate-change-related health risks. Yet, little data exist documenting environmental and human health vulnerabilities in slums or how to move research to action. Citizen science...
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