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Yanyan Huang, Ruixin Tu, Wutikeer Tuerxun, Xudong Jia, Xu Zhang and Xiaokang Chen
In the context of an increasingly extreme climate, Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigation of communities through ventilation has recently attracted more attention. To explore the impact mechanisms of different morphological renovation schemes on its wind and...
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Amanda Barros, Eva Barreira, Lino Maia and Maria Lurdes Lopes
Innovation in construction plays a fundamental role in helping us face current challenges, namely the reduction in energy consumption, the mitigation of the effects of climate change, the depletion of resources, and the generation of waste. Regarding the...
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Koffi Pacome Kouame, Raj Kishan Agrahari, Noren Singh Konjengbam, Hiroyuki Koyama and Yuriko Kobayashi
Abiotic stress is a major cause of the declining crop yield worldwide, especially in tropical agricultural areas. Meeting the global food demand has become a serious challenge, especially in tropical areas, because of soil acidity, Al and Fe toxicity, dr...
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Pritipadmaja, Rahul Dev Garg and Ashok K. Sharma
The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is a significant concern in today?s rapidly urbanising cities, with exacerbating heatwaves? impact, urban livelihood, and environmental well-being. This study aims to assess the cooling effect of blue-green spaces in Bh...
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Changying Xiang and Lulu Tao
Vertical greenery not only helps to cool the surfaces of buildings but, more importantly, it can also mitigate the Urban Heat Island effect. The growth of vertical greenery is highly dependent on ongoing maintenance, such as irrigation. Wind-driven rain ...
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Bahador Ziaeemehr, Zahra Jandaghian, Hua Ge, Michael Lacasse and Travis Moore
The Urban Heat Island (UHI), a consequence of urban development, leads to elevated temperatures within cities compared to their rural counterparts. This phenomenon results from factors such as urban designs, anthropogenic heat emissions, and materials th...
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Nicholas Davison, Aaron Brown and Andrew Ross
Pig manure currently results in sizeable greenhouse gas emissions, during storage and spreading to land. Anaerobic digestion and hydrothermal carbonisation could provide significant greenhouse gas mitigation, as well as generate renewable heat and power ...
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Kevin Cresswell, Diana Mitsova, Weibo Liu, Maria Fadiman and Tobin Hindle
Urbanization and warming climate suggest that health impacts from extreme heat will increase in cities, thus locating vulnerable populations is pivotal. However, heat vulnerability indices (HVI) overwhelmingly interpret one model that may be inaccurate o...
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Yiwen Li, Juan Liu, Pengfei Lin, Hailong Liu, Zipeng Yu, Weipeng Zheng and Jinlei Chen
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are becoming increasingly frequent and intense around China, impacting marine ecosystems and coastal communities. Accurate forecasting of MHWs is crucial for their management and mitigation. In this study, we assess the forecastin...
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