Naturwissenschaften (42 Artikel)

Decades of research has provided a depth of understanding on the relationships among forests and water, and how these relationships change in response to climate variability, disturbance, and fores...

Es geht um unser Leben, sagt Carl Amery in seiner brisanten Streitschrift. Unsere Welt wird im neuen Jahrtausend, beschleunigt durch den Sieg des Totalen Marktes, zusammenbrechen und unbewohnbar we...

In a rapidly changing world, there is an ever-increasing need to monitor the Earth's resources and manage it sustainably for future generations. Earth observation from satellites is critical to pro...

This Special Issue of Water brings together 10 studies on groundwater contamination and remediation. Common themes include practical techniques for plume identification and delineation, the central...

Kaum ein anderer Bereich unserer Umwelt ist in den letzten Jahrzehnten derart stark in das Bewusstsein der Öffentlichkeit gerückt wie das Klima. Dessen Veränderung stellt die Gesellschaft vor große...

Das Manifest für einen neuen Umgang mit dem eigenen Körper Selbstliebe und ein fürsorglicher Umgang mit sich selbst sind der Schlüssel zu einem Leben in Balance. Mach Schluss mit Diäten, Verboten u...

This Special Issue is aimed at highlighting the potentialities of membrane and membrane reactor operations in various sectors of chemical engineering, based on application of the process intensific...

Eating Disorders have traditionally been considered apart from public health concerns about increasing obesity. It is evident that these problems are, however, related in important ways. Comorbid o...

Porous materials (such as zeolites, clay minerals, and assemblies of oxide nanoparticles) are of great importance for the progress of many technological and environmental fields, such as catalysis,...

The ocean covers approximately 71% of the Earth's surface, 90% of the biosphere and contains 97% of Earth's water. The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) can image the ocean surface in all weather cond...

As sessile organisms, plants have to cope with a multitude of natural and anthropogenic forms of stress in their environment. Due to their longevity, this is of particular significance for trees. A...

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, conserving and enhancing forest carbon stocks, and sustainably managing forests (REDD+), has become a reference framework for national forest ...

Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is the most popular alternative water source in many urban, peri-urban, and rural areas. Although rainwater is fresh in nature, it gets polluted from atmospheric contamin...

The Special Issue (SI) "Recent Advances in GPR Imaging" offers an up-to-date overview of state-of-the-art research activities dealing with the development of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) technolo...

Above ground biomass has been listed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as one of the five most prominent, visible, and dynamic terrestrial carbon pools. The increased awareness of th...