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Quality of urban climate adaptation plans over time
(npj Urban Sustainability, 2023-12-01)Defining and measuring progress in adaptation are important questions for climate adaptation science, policy, and practice. Here, we assess the progress of urban adaptation planning in 327 European cities between 2005 and ... -
Quantification of methane emitted by ruminants: a review of methods
(Journal of Animal Science, 2022)The contribution of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ruminant production systems varies between countries and between regions within individual countries. The appropriate quantification of GHG emissions, specifically ... -
Quantifying Earth system interactions for sustainable food production via expert elicitation
(Nature Sustainability, 2022)Several safe boundaries of critical Earth system processes have already been crossed due to human perturbations; not accounting for their interactions may further narrow the safe operating space for humanity. Using expert ... -
Quantifying interregional flows of multiple ecosystem services A case study for Germany
(Elsevier, 2020)Despite a growing number of national-scale ecosystem service (ES) assessments, few studies consider the impacts of ES use and consumption beyond national or regional boundaries. Interregional ES flows ecosystem services ... -
Quantifying regulating ecosystem services with increased tree densities on European Farmland
(Sustainability (switzerland), 2020)Agroforestry systems have been compared to agricultural and forestry alternatives, providing a land-use solution for additional environmental benefits while maintaining similar levels of productivity. However, there is ... -
Quantifying the reductions in mortality from air-pollution by cancelling new coal power plants
(Energy and Climate Change, 2021)Deep decarbonization paths to the 1.5 °C or 2 °C temperature stabilization futures require a rapid reduction in coal-fired power plants, but many countries are continuing to build new ones. Coal-fired plants are also a ... -
Quantifying the role of saltmarsh as a vulnerable carbon sink: A case study from Northern Portugal
(Science of the Total Environment, 2024-05-01)Saltmarshes play a crucial role in carbon sequestration and storage, although they are increasingly threatened by climate change-induced sea level rise (SLR). This study assessed the potential variation in Blue Carbon ... -
Quantifying the services of natural and built infrastructure in the context of climate change: The case of the Tana River Basin, Kenya
(IWMI Research Report, 2019)A study was conducted to explore the synergies and trade-offs between built and natural infrastructure in the Tana River Basin. A simple framework for better understanding the interactions and co-dependencies between ... -
Quantitative Storytelling: Science, Narratives, and Uncertainty in Nexus Innovations
(Science Technology and Human Values, 2021-01-01)Innovations are central instruments of sustainability policies. They project future visions onto technological solutions and enable win-win framings of complex sustainability issues. Yet, they also create new problems by ... -
Quantum Artificial Life in an IBM Quantum Computer
(Springer Nature, 2018)We present the first experimental realization of a quantum artificial life algorithm in a quantum computer. The quantum biomimetic protocol encodes tailored quantum behaviors belonging to living systems, namely, self-replication, ... -
Quantum autoencoders via quantum adders with genetic algorithms
(IOP Publishing, 2019)The quantum autoencoder is a recent paradigm in the field of quantum machine learning, which may enable an enhanced use of resources in quantum technologies. To this end, quantum neural networks with less nodes in the inner ... -
Recent transformation of intertidal environments under a sea-level rise scenario: Examples from northern Spain
(Geogaceta, 2019-01-01)The transformation of two intertidal environments from northern Spain during the last 150 years shows an evolution from a tidal flat into a salt marsh environment, with an intermediate transitional stage. The environment ... -
Reconciling global-model estimates and country reporting of anthropogenic forest CO 2 sinks
(Springer, 2018)Achieving the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement requires forest-based mitigation. Collective progress towards this goal will be assessed by the Paris Agreement s Global stocktake. At present, there is a ... -
Recovery of lakes and coastal marine ecosystems from eutrophication: A global meta-analysis
(Wiley, 2017)In order to inform policies aimed at reducing nutrient emissions to surface waters, it is essential to understand how aquatic ecosystems respond to eutrophication management. Using data from 89 studies worldwide, we examined ... -
Recuperación de las interacciones entre el haya (Fagus sylvatica) y los hongos ectomicorrícicos 140 años después del fin de la actividad minera
(AEET, 2019)Even the increasing use of restoration, it does not always imply a shortterm answer in ecosystems that guarantees the recovery of their structure, functions, and services. So far, most studies evaluating ecosystem recovery ... -
Reduce blue water scarcity and increase nutritional and economic water productivity through changing the cropping pattern in a catchment
(Elsevier, 2020)Water-stressed countries need to plan their food security and reduce the pressure on their limited water resources. Agriculture, the largest water-using sector, has a major role in addressing water scarcity and food security ... -
Regeneration in the understory of declining overstory trees contributes to soil respiration homeostasis along succession in a sub-Mediterranean beech forest
(MDPI, 2019)Research Highlights: Tree decline can alter soil carbon cycling, given the close relationship between primary production and the activity of roots and soil microbes. Background and Objectives: We studied how tree decline ... -
Regenerative rangeland management farmers in Spain: enthusiastic among a great diversity in farming conditions
(Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 2023)Regenerative Rangeland Management (RRM) is emerging as one of the most promising approaches to achieving sustainability of animal production at economic, social and environmental levels. The current bottleneck in RRM is a ... -
Regional climate change policies: An analysis of commitments, policy instruments and targets
(Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment, 2019)Regional governments represent an increasingly relevant component in climate change policies, which showcase a high interest in the climate change sphere and provide several benefits connected with their governance. This ... -
Regional Soil Nutrient Balances for Cropland in 1920s Catalonia, Spain
(Social Science History, 2021-09-06)Understanding the replacement of soil nutrients removed by harvests makes it possible to understand the influence of humans on long-term soil fertility. This article calculates nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium balances ...