scholarly journals CAṄKA ILAKKIYATTIL NĪR MĒLĀṆMAI [WATER MANAGEMENT IN SANGGAM LITERATURE]

2020 ◽  
pp. 10-16
Author(s):  
N.HEMAMALINI
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
The Other ◽  
Well Water ◽  
High State ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Life On Earth ◽  
Very High ◽  
Water Disaster ◽  
Crop Environment

Water is a natural resource that every human being on earth rely to satisfy his or her needs. The earth is now facing many problems such as climate change droughts and water scarcity which is a result from human activity. Life on earth without water cannot be imagined and importance and usage of water has been discussed in Sanggam Literature. In Sanggam Literature water resource has been treated in a very high state and maintained well. Water maintenance has been equipped with skills and expertise of mankind in design the water construction of reservoirs to dams. A safe crop environment also has been developed and practiced to ensure the water in the pond is not contaminated. On the other hand, guards also assigned to guard the water levels throughout the day and night. This system ensures there is enough water to access and awareness of water disaster from beginning. This paper discuss by establishing the danger of water in proper way it is possible to live by hitting the level of self- sufficient.

scholarly journals Attaining Oil and Gas Sovereignty by Forming Indonesia Incorporate Businesses

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Yoga Partamayasa ◽  
Rafiqi Anjasmara
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Legal Reform ◽  
The State ◽  
High Income ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The People ◽  
Very High

<p>Oil and gas are non-renewable types of natural resources. On the other hand, in the current era human dependence on oil and gas is very high. To meet Indonesia's national needs for natural resources, Article 33 of the Indonesian Constitution has mandated that "the earth, water and natural resources contained therein be controlled by the state for the greatest prosperity of the people." But in its development the distribution of welfare over natural resources, especially oil and gas, has not been able to be well distributed in Indonesia. The "Jakarta Sentris" concept is still the basis for distributing natural resources, especially oil and gas. This makes regions that are rich in natural resources not necessarily have prosperous people and not necessarily high-income areas. Therefore, legal reform is needed in the field of oil and gas management by regions in Indonesia.</p>

scholarly journals Eco-utopia or eco-catastrophe? Re-imagining California as an ecological utopia

Elem Sci Anth ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronnie D. Lipschutz
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Cold War ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
The Other ◽  
Nuclear Threat ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Neal Stephenson ◽  
The One ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Trump Administration

In this article, I explore four California-based eco-utopias: The Earth Abides (George Stewart, 1949), Ecotopia (Ernest Callenbach, 1975), Pacific Edge (Kim Stanley Robinson, 1990), and Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson, 1992). All four novels were written during, and deeply informed by, the Cold War (Although published in 1992, Snow Crash was clearly written toward the end of the Cold War and in the shadow of Soviet implosion), against a backdrop of imminent nuclear holocaust and a doubtful future. Since then, climate change has replaced the nuclear threat as a looming existential dilemma, on which a good deal of writing about the future is focused. Almost 70 years after the appearance of The Earth Abides, and 40 years after the publication of Ecotopia, eco-utopian imaginaries now seem both poignant yet more necessary than ever, given the tension between the anti-environmental proclivities of the Trump Administration, on the one hand, and the tendency of climate change to suck all of the air out of the room, on the other. And with drought, fire, flood, wind and climate change so much in the news, it is increasingly difficult to imagine eco-utopias of any sort; certainly they are not part of the contemporary zeitgeist—except in the minds of architects, bees and futurists, perhaps. But does this mean there is no point in thinking about them, or seeking insights that might make our future more sustainable? This article represents an attempt to revive eco-utopian visions and learn from them.

Thermodynamics and the recognition of alien biospheres

1975 ◽  
Vol 189 (1095) ◽  
pp. 167-181 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Balance ◽  
Thermodynamic Properties ◽  
The Other ◽  
Remote Detection ◽  
Atmospheric Composition ◽  
Terrestrial Planets ◽  
General Application ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Life On Earth

The presence of a mature biosphere is likely to change surface and atmospheric composition and the energy balance of a planet away from that of the abiotic state. Is it possible that such a change might be detected from afar by astronomical techniques and so form the basis of a test for the presence of a planetary biosphere? A distant view of the Earth in this context shows that certain of its thermodynamic properties are recognizably different from those of the other terrestrial planets, which presumably are lifeless. The general application of this test for the remote detection of other biospheres will be discussed, as will some implications of this way of viewing biospheres on the nature and organizations of life on Earth.

scholarly journals Nitrogen, argon and neon in the earth’s crust with applications to cosmology

1939 ◽  
Vol 170 (943) ◽  
pp. 451-464 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Earth’S Crust ◽  
Temperature Conditions ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Atmospheric Argon ◽  
Earth's Crust ◽  
Very High ◽  
Do So

Russell and Menzel (1933) have pointed out that neon is cosmically more abundant than argon, which latter had not at the time they wrote been detected in stars or nebulae, though the lines to be looked for are favourably placed. On the other hand, argon atoms are some 500 times more abundant in the atmosphere. They conclude that in all probability neon has escaped from the atmosphere. Since it could not do so under existing temperature conditions, the inference is that it escaped soon after the earth was separated from the sun’s mass, when the temperature was still very high. This view requires that the atmospheric argon and neon are primitive, and are not supplied to any important extent from the interior of the planet, as atmospheric helium undoubtedly is.

scholarly journals Geostatistical Approach to Find ‘Hotspots’ Where Biodiversity is at Risk in a Transition Country

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-162
Author(s):  
Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor ◽  
Liliana Petrişor
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Local Scale ◽  
The Other ◽  
Practical Relevance ◽  
Transition Country ◽  
Drivers Of Change ◽  
Human Species ◽  
Geostatistical Approach ◽  
Very High

AbstractGlobal change‟ is a relatively recent concept, related to the energy - land use - climate change nexus, and designated to include all changes produced by the human species and the consequences of its activities over natural ecological complexes and biodiversity. The joint effects of these drivers of change are particularly relevant to understanding the changes of biodiversity. This study overlaps results of previous studies developed in Romania to find, explain and predict potential threats on biodiversity, including the effects of very high temperatures and low precipitations, urban sprawl and deforestation in order to identify „hotspots‟ of high risk for the loss of biodiversity using geostatistical tools. The results found two hotspots, one in the center and the other one in the south, and show that the area affected by three factors simultaneously represents 0.2% of the national territory, while paired effects cover 4% of it. The methodological advantage of this approach is its capacity to pinpoint hotspots with practical relevance. Nevertheless, its generalizing character impairs its use at the local scale..

scholarly journals Earth CO2 dynamics: from CO2 to organic matter and organic matter back to CO2 – an estimate of fluxes

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-55
Author(s):  
Tomás Aquino Portes
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Co2 Concentration ◽  
The Other ◽  
Biochemical Processes ◽  
Average Value ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Life On Earth

The Earth CO2 is constantly changing. During photosynthesis CO2 is assimilated and immobilized in the form of organic matter. In the other way around, under the action of chemical and biochemical processes, the CO2 of the organic matter is released again into the atmosphere. The current concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is about 390 ppm. Based on information from the literature, it is possible to estimate the amount of organic matter produced from the CO2 available in the atmosphere. On the other hand, by incinerating all the plant and animal organic matter on the Earth, it is possible to estimate the amount of CO2 produced and released to the atmosphere. In order to test these hypotheses, mathematical models were developed. By the models it is possible to estimate that if all CO2 in the atmosphere is assimilated via photosynthesis, it would produce 296 Mg.ha-1 of organic matter. On the other hand, by incinerating all vegetable and animal organic matter from the Earth, excluding petroleum, coal and other carbon sources, and considering an average value of 100 Mg.ha-1 the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere would increase by 131.8 ppm. This value added to the existing 390 ppm would raise CO2 concentration to 521.8 ppm. According to the models and results presented, forests may not be as important as carbon accumulators, making the environment conducive to life on Earth, but according to literature they are essential in the formation of rainfalls and maintenance of humidity, especially in areas far from the oceans and seas.

Comparison Between POLDER/PARASOL and CERES/AQUA Shortwave Fluxes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simonne Guilbert ◽  
Frédéric Parol ◽  
Céline Cornet ◽  
Nicolas Ferlay ◽  
François Thieuleux
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Zenith Angle ◽  
Solar Zenith Angle ◽  
Radiant Energy ◽  
Energy System ◽  
The Other ◽  
Monthly Means ◽  
Clear Sky ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Good Agreement

&lt;p&gt;Radiative Budget, essential to the monitoring of climate change, can be investigated with ERB-dedicated instruments like the Clouds and the Earth Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument (Wielicki, 1996). On the other side, non-dedicated instruments, such as POLDER-3/PARASOL measuring narrowband radiances, can also be used advantageously to obtain shortwave albedos and fluxes (Buriez et al, 2007; Viollier et al, 2002).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We present here a comparison between the shortwave fluxes and albedos derived from POLDER-3 and those derived from CERES flying aboard Aqua, chosen as a reference.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Monthly means of shortwave fluxes computed from the measurements of the two instruments are first set side by side. They show a good agreement in the all-sky case. However, after December 2009, the values from POLDER-3 display a slight drift which coincides with the lowering of the orbit of the PARASOL satellite and the modification of its overpass time in comparison to the other satellites of the A-Train mission. In clear sky situations, greater differences between POLDER and CERES shortwave fluxes are observed, especially over land regions, and the drift increases faster after 2009.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A second comparison is presented, between instantaneous albedos. For the period of coincident observations between POLDER-3 and CERES/Aqua, there is a good correlation between both products. This correlation deteriorates when the comparison is extended after 2009, as the values given by POLDER-3 increase. This result is expected, as the albedo is a function of the Solar Zenith Angle.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The slope of the increase of instantaneous albedo values is higher than for the diurnally extrapolated, monthly averaged shortwave fluxes. This tends to show that the POLDER algorithm leading to the monthly means of diurnal shortwave albedos moderates the increase of instantaneous shortwave albedo values but it doesn&amp;#8217;t completely compensate for the effects of the drift of the instrument.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;

Reoccupy Earth

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Wood
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Good Life ◽  
Process Philosophy ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Good Life ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Economic Reality ◽  
Forms Of Life

Habit rules our lives. And yet climate change and the catastrophic future it portends, makes it clear that we cannot go on like this. Our habits are integral to narratives of the good life, to social norms and expectations, as well as to economic reality. Such shared shapes are vital. Yet while many of our individual habits seem perfectly reasonable, when aggregated together they spell disaster. Beyond consumerism, other forms of life and patterns of dwelling are clearly possible. But how can we get there from here? This book shows how an approach to philosophy attuned to our ecological existence can suspend the taken-for-granted and open up alternative forms of earthly dwelling. Sharing the earth, as we do, raises fundamental questions. Deconstruction exposes all manner of exclusion, violence to the other, and silent subordination. Phenomenology and Whitehead's process philosophy offer further resources for an ecological imagination. The book plots experiential pathways that disrupt our habitual existence and challenge our everyday complacency. It shows how living responsibly with the earth means affirming the ways in which we are vulnerable, receptive, and dependent, and the need for solidarity all round. If we take seriously values like truth, justice, and compassion we must be willing to contemplate that the threat we pose to the earth might demand our own species' demise. Yet we have the capacity to live responsibly. In an unfashionable but spirited defense of an enlightened anthropocentrism, the book argues that to deserve the privileges of Reason we must demonstrably deploy it through collective sustainable agency. Only in this way can we reinhabit the earth.

Note on Selection of Coordinate Systems for Geodynamics

1975 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 395-407
Author(s):  
S. Henriksen
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
The Other ◽  
Coordinate Systems ◽  
Mean Sea Level ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The One ◽  
Static Systems ◽  
Selection Of

The first question to be answered, in seeking coordinate systems for geodynamics, is: what is geodynamics? The answer is, of course, that geodynamics is that part of geophysics which is concerned with movements of the Earth, as opposed to geostatics which is the physics of the stationary Earth. But as far as we know, there is no stationary Earth – epur sic monere. So geodynamics is actually coextensive with geophysics, and coordinate systems suitable for the one should be suitable for the other. At the present time, there are not many coordinate systems, if any, that can be identified with a static Earth. Certainly the only coordinate of aeronomic (atmospheric) interest is the height, and this is usually either as geodynamic height or as pressure. In oceanology, the most important coordinate is depth, and this, like heights in the atmosphere, is expressed as metric depth from mean sea level, as geodynamic depth, or as pressure. Only for the earth do we find “static” systems in use, ana even here there is real question as to whether the systems are dynamic or static. So it would seem that our answer to the question, of what kind, of coordinate systems are we seeking, must be that we are looking for the same systems as are used in geophysics, and these systems are dynamic in nature already – that is, their definition involvestime.

Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Mechanism for Effectiveness of Plasmapheresis

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. G. Kelton ◽  
P. B. Neame ◽  
I. Walker ◽  
A. G. Turpie ◽  
J. McBride ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Platelet Count ◽  
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura ◽  
The Other ◽  
Unknown Etiology ◽  
Normal Range ◽  
Antiplatelet Antibody ◽  
Thrombocytopenic Purpura ◽  
Serious Illness ◽  
Normal Platelet ◽  
Very High

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare but serious illness of unknown etiology. Treatment by plasmapheresis has been reported to be effective but the mechanism for benefit is unknown. We have investigated the effect of plasmapheresis in 2 patients with TTP by quantitating platelet associated IgG (PAIgG) levels prior to and following plasmapheresis. Both patients had very high levels of PAIgG at presentation (90 and A8 fg IgG/platelet respectively, normal 0-5). in both, the PAIgG levels progressively fell to within the normal range and the platelet count rose following plasmapheresis. One patient remained in remission with normal platelet counts and PAIgG levels. The other relapsed after plasmapheresis and the PAIgG level rose prior to the fall in platelet count. Plasmapheresis was repeated and resulted in normalization of both the platelet count and PAIgG level. It is suggested that plasmapheresis removes antiplatelet antibody or immune complexes which may be of etiological importance in this illness.

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