Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Bruno Machado Rocha, Diogo Pessoa, Alda Marques, Paulo Carvalho, Rui Pedro Paiva
Summary: The study showed a significant impact of event duration on automatic ARS classification, highlighting the importance of experimental design in assessing algorithm performance. Additionally, the automatic classification of ARS is not yet a solved problem, as algorithms' performance substantially decreases under complex evaluation scenarios.
News Item
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Emma Marris
Summary: This statement highlights the issue of wildfires in Hawaii and suggests potential solutions such as improving traditional land use and data dissemination.
Article
Business, Finance
Giuliana Birindelli, Aline Miazza, Viktoriia Paimanova, Vera Palea
Summary: Using an event study methodology, this research investigates the stock market's response to the key outcomes and statements from the COP26 summit. The study focuses on 7587 companies from four major economic regions (EU, USA, China, and India) in carbon-intensive sectors. The empirical findings suggest that stock market reactions depend on how countries respond to commitments for a greener economy, with stricter climate policies leading to negative reactions and less stringent regulations resulting in positive reactions. Additionally, in heavily polluting sectors, investors tend to reward or punish companies based on their environmental performance and the type of climate policies adopted. These results highlight the importance of clearly-defined, long-term, and credible climate-related policies in driving equity investors to consider environmental issues.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
(2023)
Article
Information Science & Library Science
Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Laurie Hughes, Arpan Kumar Kar, Abdullah M. Baabdullah, Purva Grover, Roba Abbas, Daniela Andreini, Iyad Abumoghli, Yves Barlette, Deborah Bunker, Leona Chandra Kruse, Ioanna Constantiou, Robert M. Davison, Rahul De, Rameshwar Dubey, Henry Fenby-Taylor, Babita Gupta, Wu He, Mitsuru Kodama, Matti Mantymaki, Bhimaraya Metri, Katina Michael, Johan Olaisen, Niki Panteli, Samuli Pekkola, Rohit Nishant, Ramakrishnan Raman, Nripendra P. Rana, Frantz Rowe, Suprateek Sarker, Brenda Scholtz, Maung Sein, Jeel Dharmeshkumar Shah, Thompson S. H. Teo, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Morten Thanning Vendelo, Michael Wade
Summary: The UN COP26 2021 conference on climate change provides an opportunity for world leaders to take action and make urgent commitments to reduce emissions and limit global temperatures. Digital and IS technology play a role in monitoring potential solutions and are integral to addressing climate change. Technology is recognized as both a crucial part of the solution and a part of the problem.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Dirk S. Schmeller, Davnah Urbach, Kieran Bates, Jordi Catalan, Dan Cogalniceanu, Matthew C. Fisher, Jan Friesen, Leopold Fuereder, Veronika Gaube, Marilen Haver, Dean Jacobsen, Gael Le Roux, Yu-Pin Lin, Adeline Loyau, Oliver Machate, Andreas Mayer, Ignacio Palomo, Christoph Plutzar, Hugo Sentenac, Ruben Sommaruga, Rocco Tiberti, William J. Ripple
Summary: Mountains are an integral part of the global life-support system, but they face threats such as climate change, overexploitation, and water abstraction. These threats result in reduced biodiversity, impaired ecosystem functioning, and ultimately impact the well-being of animals and humans.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Editorial Material
Biology
Fernando Racimo, Elia Valentini, Gaston Rijo De Leon, Teresa L. Santos, Anna Norberg, Lane M. Atmore, Myranda Murray, Sanja M. Hakala, Frederik Appel Olsen, Charlie J. Gardner, Julia B. Halder
Summary: Our current economic and political structures are causing an increasingly devastating impact on the Earth's climate and ecosystems, leading to a biospheric emergency with catastrophic consequences. Life scientists have a crucial role in documenting this emergency, but they need to engage in advocacy and activism to urge governments to take action and drive systemic change. Scientists are urged to participate in nonviolent civil resistance, a proven effective form of public engagement in social struggles.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Rina Suryani Oktari, Febi Dwirahmadi, Connie Cai Ru Gan, Kristin Darundiyah, Pratomo Cahyo Nugroho, Arif Wibowo, Cordia Chu
Summary: In recent years, Indonesia has faced severe climate-related disasters with uneven impacts on the population, particularly the poor and vulnerable groups. This study aims to examine the existing measures and policies addressing climate-related disasters and health impacts among vulnerable groups in Indonesia. Through a scoping review, the study identifies action areas, content, and potential gaps in the Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management framework. The study also proposes strategies and recommendations to support health adaptation actions in facing climate-related disasters in Indonesia.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Job de Lange, Lawton Lanier Nalley, Wei Yang, Aaron Shew, Hans de Steur
Summary: This study surveyed 669 plant scientists globally and found that maize and soybeans are the crops most likely to benefit from CRISPR technology, with fungus and virus resistance being the most common implementation. Additionally, the study showed that consumer perception is seen as the main barrier to the adoption of CRISPR by plant scientists.
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Yunfan Xue, Honglin Qian, Xu Li, Jing Wang, Kefeng Ren, Jian Ji
Summary: This paper presents a deep learning-based method for the automatic sorting and reconstruction of defocused cell images. A comprehensive dataset is used to establish and test the method, achieving high accuracy. Additionally, subcellular-level reconstruction of heavily defocused cell images is achieved. This method has widespread application value in cell experiments involving high-throughput or time-lapse imaging.
BIOACTIVE MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Manu Sasidharan, Ajith Kumar Parlikad, Jennifer Schooling, Georgios M. Hadjidemetriou, Matthew Hamer, Andy Kirwan, Steve Roffe
Summary: Riverine bridges are at risk of scour due to floods caused by climate change. Current scour risk assessments suffer from uncertainties due to infrequent inspections, inadequate data, and neglect of hydrologic and climate parameters. This paper presents an approach that considers uncertainties in location, downscaling of climate predictions, and prediction models to assess the risk progression of local scour. A rational scour risk rating based on warning time to failure is introduced, which can complement existing bridge condition indexes. A case study on railway bridges in Southeast England demonstrates that climate change can accelerate scour risk progression, even under a low-emission scenario. The approach and results provide a crucial basis for scour risk mitigation and climate adaptation planning.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Eduardo Alves Neder, Fabiano de Araujo Moreira, Michele Dalla Fontana, Roger Rodrigues Torres, David Montenegro Lapola, Maria da Penha Costa Vasconcellos, Ana Maria Barbieri Bedran-Martins, Arlindo Philippi Jr, Maria Carmen Lemos, Gabriela Marques Di Giulio
Summary: Cities are at the forefront of tackling climate change, but many struggle to develop evidence-based approaches to assess their capacity for adaptation. The Urban Adaptation Index (UAI) was developed to help cities evaluate their adaptive capacity in a realistic way. Results from applying the UAI to municipalities in Sao Paulo state show that while many have low ratings, those in metropolitan regions tend to have higher ratings. Practitioners find the UAI valuable for monitoring local capacity to adapt to climate change.
Review
Agronomy
Ioanna Kakabouki, Alexandros Tataridas, Antonios Mavroeidis, Angeliki Kousta, Ioannis Roussis, Nikolaos Katsenios, Aspasia Efthimiadou, Panayiota Papastylianou
Summary: Climate change has negative impacts on the sustainability of farming systems, but introducing alternative crops can help mitigate the negative effects of increased temperatures and water scarcity, ensuring farm profitability. These alternative crops show strong adaptability to Mediterranean climate characteristics and hold promise for achieving the goals of the EU and UN.
AGRONOMY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Silvia Rivas, Ruben Urraca, Paolo Bertoldi, Christian Thiel
Summary: This study examines the factors driving European cities to set ambitious GHG reduction targets by 2030 and finds that developing local mitigation actions based on baseline emission inventory results is key. It also shows that specific cities have the ability to set highly ambitious mitigation targets by municipalizing energy facilities and addressing highly emitting sectors such as transportation. Additionally, the study highlights easy-to-reach solutions for increasing climate ambition, such as developing in-house action plans and engaging stakeholders early in the planning process.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Osama A. Mahdi, Eric Pardede, Nawfal Ali
Summary: Data stream mining is an important research topic with increasing attention in various applications. Challenges of concept drift and multiple classes in data streams have motivated the proposal of a hybrid block-based ensemble approach, which outperforms other algorithms in experimental evaluations.
CLUSTER COMPUTING-THE JOURNAL OF NETWORKS SOFTWARE TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Parham A. Mirzaei
Summary: Despite the popularity of micro/urban climate CFD modeling, there are significant limitations in computational barriers, data acquisition, and oversimplifications of underlying physics. Further research and improvements are needed to address these challenges.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2021)
