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Hace 8 horas · The Mutis-Timau Forest Complex, located on Timor Island, Indonesia, is a mountainous tropical forest area that gradually decreases due to deforestation and forest degradation. Previous modelling studies based on patterns indicate that deforestation primarily occurs at lower elevations and near the boundaries of forests and settlements, often associated with shifting cultivation by local ...
Hace 8 horas · Philosophically speaking, the heavy influence of Aristotle on theories regarding artifacts was responsible for the often-adopted distinction between nature, having an inner principle of motion and rest, and art, having deviated from its natural tendency due to the activity of an external agent. This distinction was, in itself, already ...
Hace 8 horas · Leveraging weather radar technology for environmental monitoring, particularly the detection of biometeors like birds, bats, and insects, presents a significant challenge due to the dynamic nature of their behavior. Unlike hydrometeor targets, biometeor targets exhibit arbitrary changes in direction and position, which significantly alter radar wave polarization upon scattering. This study ...
Hace 8 horas · Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies. Changes to the climate system include an overall warming trend, changes to precipitation patterns, and more extreme weather.As the climate changes it impacts the natural environment with effects such as more intense forest fires, thawing permafrost, and desertification.
Hace 8 horas · Since then, Muslim communities had been established across many other parts of Southeast Asia, where in the 21st century they comprise demographic majorities in the nation-states of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei and significant minority populations in the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Singapore.The Islamization of these societies, and their inclusion into an ...
Hace 1 día · The Canary Islands (/ k ə ˈ n ɛər i /, Spanish: Canarias, Spanish: [kaˈnaɾjas]), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish region, autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean.At their closest point to the African mainland, they are 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of Morocco and the Western Sahara.They are the southernmost of the autonomous communities of Spain.
Hace 8 horas · Hawaii (/ h ə ˈ w aɪ. i / ⓘ hə-WY-ee; Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi [həˈvɐjʔi, həˈwɐjʔi]) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. It is the only state not on the North American mainland, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state in the tropics.. Hawaii consists of 137 volcanic islands that ...
