scholarly journals Temperature-initiated structural changes in FeS2 pyrite from Pohorje, Eastern Alps, North-Eastern Slovenia

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-265
Author(s):  
B. Leskovar ◽  
M. Vrabec ◽  
M. Dolenec ◽  
I. Naglič ◽  
T. Dolenec ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Changes ◽  
Eastern Alps ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Fes2 Pyrite

A fragile seed of social and solidarity economy in post-disaster affected areas of Tohoku, Japan

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-114
Author(s):  
Fumihiko Saito
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Positive Sign ◽  
Solidarity Economy ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Market Capitalism ◽  
Post Disaster

The world today faces a series of crises, and many observers have started to realize that the root cause of these crises is market capitalism. In such a context, the triple disasters of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power plant accident hit the north-eastern part of Japan on 11 March 2011. “3.11” has accelerated the long-term structural changes of rural Japan such as depopulation. Nine years since the disasters, one positive sign is the emergence of networks between producers and consumers who are now reciprocally connected. This article pays particular attention to a new monthly delivery package of magazine and food called, Tohoku Food Communication (TFC), first released in July 2013. The experiences of TFC can be interpreted as a fragile yet significant seed to promote social and solidarity economy (SSE). This paper critically examines both possibilities and limitations of SSE, which may contribute to making our society more sustainable than now. Keywords: “3.11”; natural disaster; Tohoku Food Communication (TFC); social and solidarity economy (SSE); sustainability.

Comparative analysis of throughfall event response for 6 different forest stands

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Blume ◽  
Lisa Schneider ◽  
Janek Dreibrodt ◽  
Andreas Güntner
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
High Temporal Resolution ◽  
Forest Stands ◽  
Mixed Stands ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Rainfall Events ◽  
Structural Controls ◽  
Precipitation Characteristics ◽  
North Eastern

<p>Rainfall redistribution by forest canopies differs between tree species and can play an important role for tree water availability and groundwater recharge. A thorough understanding of these relationships will improve our ability to predict future impacts of climate and forest structural changes on the water balance of forest stands.</p><p>In the TERENO observatory in the Müritz National Park (north-eastern Germany), throughfall was continuously measured at 7 sites with different dominant tree species and ages: young and old beech, young and old pine, and the mixed stands oak/beech, pine/beech, and pine/oak/beech. To this end, 5 trough-based throughfall monitoring systems with a total collecting area of 6.6 m² per site were installed at each site. Furthermore, stemflow was measured with tipping buckets at 5-10 trees per site. This added up to a total at 40 trees (18 pines, 15 beeches, 7 oaks) providing a unique high-temporal resolution data set of stemflow response. This dataset covers almost 5 years, offering a good data base for detailed event analyses.</p><p>During the measurement period we identified 534 rainfall events. However, to maintain good comparability, we removed all events where more than one of the five trough systems per site failed, which left us with 346 rainfall events for throughfall and 184 rainfall events for stemflow. Due to the large number of events we were able to compare winter and summer events as well as the influence of different precipitation characteristics. Statistical models were used to investigate forest-stand specific relationships between throughfall and meteorological conditions. The comparison of these relationships between the forest stands offered additional insights into forest structural controls of throughfall. </p>

scholarly journals The disastrous storm of 4 November 1966 on Italy

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 861-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. De Zolt ◽  
P. Lionello ◽  
A. Nuhu ◽  
A. Tomasin
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Storm Surge ◽  
Weather Forecast ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Soil Condition ◽  
Eastern Alps ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Northern Adriatic ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern

Abstract. This is the first modeling reconstruction of the whole aspects (both meteorological and oceanographic) of the storm which hit Italy on 4 November 1966, producing 118 victims and widespread damages in Tuscany, at the northern Adriatic coast and in the north-eastern Italian Alps. The storm was produced by a cyclone which formed in the western Mediterranean and moved eastward towards Italy, reaching the Thyrrenian Sea, and then northward. The most peculiar characteristic of the storm has been the strong zonal pressure gradient and the consequent intensity and long fetch of the south-easterly sirocco wind, which advected a large amount of warm moist air, and determined exceptional orographic precipitation over Tuscany and the north-eastern Alps. The funneling of the wind between the mountain chains surrounding the Adriatic basin further increased the wind speed and determined the highest ever recorded storm surge along the Venetian coast. This study shows that present models would be able to produce a reasonably accurate simulation of the meteorological event (surface pressure, wind and precipitation fields, and storm surge level). The exceptional intensity of the event is not suggested by single parameters such as the sea level pressure minimum, the wind speed or the total accumulated precipitation. In fact, the precipitation was extreme only in some locations and the pressure minimum was not particularly deep. Moreover, the prediction of the damages produced by the river run-off and landslides would have required other informations concerning soil condition, snow coverage, and storage of water reservoirs before the event. This indicates that an integrated approach is required for assessing the probability of such damages both on a weather forecast and on a climate change perspective.

scholarly journals Cortisol in hair: a comparison between wild and feral cats in the north-eastern Alps

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcello Franchini ◽  
Alberto Prandi ◽  
Stefano Filacorda ◽  
Eva Nilanthi Pezzin ◽  
Yannick Fanin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Alps ◽  
Feral Cats ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern
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