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Peter Schuhmann, Ryan Skeete, Richard Waite, Prosper Bangwayo-Skeete, James Casey, Hazel A. Oxenford and David A. Gill
Seawater quality is critical for island and coastal communities dependent on coastal tourism. Improper management of coastal development and inland watersheds can decrease seawater quality and adversely impact marine life, human health, and economic grow...
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Jiaxuan E, Bo Xia, Qing Chen, Laurie Buys, Connie Susilawati and Lindy Osborne Burton
Through a case study on Bribie Island in Queensland, Australia, this study investigates Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) as a viable alternative for ageing-in-place. Aim: The objectives were to investigate why older adults relocate to B...
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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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Feng-Yu Wang and Min-Yun Liu
Microbes in coral reef sediments are thought to play an important role in organic matter remineralization and nutrient recycling. Microbial communities also reflect the environmental conditions, such as nutrient status, of an ecosystem. This study invest...
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Kyeong-Tae Lee, Garance Perrois, Hyun-Sung Yang, Taeho Kim, Sun Kyeong Choi, Do-Hyung Kang and Taihun Kim
This study was carried out to determine the levels of resistance and resilience of kelp forests to large-scale physical disturbances. Our study site, Seongsan, Jeju Island, was impacted by super typhoon ?Hinnamnor?. Before the typhoon, Seongsan had shown...
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Ronald Maharaj, Sushil Kumar, Nicholas Rollings and Andreas Antoniou
A geophysical method, electrical resistivity tomography, was applied to identify potential groundwater-bearing zones around Nubutautau village on Viti Levu island, Fiji. Apparent resistivity data of the subsurface were collected through an electrode asse...
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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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Andrei Kholmogorov, Vladimir Ponomarev, Nadezhda Syrbu and Svetlana Shkorba
Dissolved methane coming from its various sources is an important component of seawater. Finding these probable sources allows for the determination of potential oil and/or gas deposit areas. From an ecological point of view, methane transport studies ca...
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Gregorio Rosario Michel, María Ester Gonzalez-Campos, Fernando Manzano Aybar and Joep Crompvoets
The Dominican Republic (DR) is a small island developing state (SIDS) highly exposed to disaster-risk phenomena, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, etc. The Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) enables coordination and sharing of spatial information and servi...
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Zhuoran Li, Yushan Li, Wentao Zhu, Xiangbo Liu, Rou-Wen Chen, Aimin Wang and Xiubao Li
Coral?s susceptibility to bleaching is determined by the strength of the intricate mutual relationships among coral symbionts. However, there is limited knowledge about how the symbiotic members of the scleractinian coral Echinopora gemmacea respond to c...
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