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opencc-by-4.0Oct 2021View details →

Data from the thesis diagnosis of waste, application possibilities and future demand for green coconut shells, with evaluation of information uncertainty

Information on the quantities of green coconut shells produced in coastal regions is not well known, which can make it difficult to manage these frequently wasted materials, as well as the understanding that they can be included in a production process as a raw material, with various possibilities of use and income generation. Given this situation, the objective of this research is to develop a diagnosis of the potential use of green coconut shells, after water consumption, in public places in municipalities in the southern and southern coast of Bahia. It is also intended to identify the future demand of the potential possibility for the recovery of the bark, and provide subsidies that can be used to organize the use of this material. In this context, the method applied in this research consists of five steps: (i) literature review; (ii) diagnosis of bark situation in the study region; (iii) evaluation of the uncertainty of the estimated amount of shells; (iv) possibilities for applying green coconut shells and preparing the analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT); and (v) obtaining future demand for the potential output for the region through quantitative techniques for predicting time series with uncertainty assessment. The main scientific contributions of this work consist, therefore, (a) in the diagnosis of the waste of green coconut shells in the region; (b) the possibilities of application of coconut shells; (c) in the demand forecasting method elaborated for time series without trends and with high variability; and (d) in assessing the uncertainty of the quantitative information obtained. Thus, the study developed can be used as a subsidy, either for replicating the research process in other types of waste allocated in any region, or for the adoption of public policies to manage these materials, or even for the encouragement and creation of an appropriate productive scenario for the management of green coconut shells in the study region, which contributes to the understanding of the potential for generating environmental, economic and social value from the use and processing of these wasted materials.

opencc-zeroOct 2021View details →

Current and future plant invasions in protected areas: Does clonality matter?

Aim: Protected areas (PAs) play an important role in biodiversity conservation, but remain increasingly threatened by invasive alien plant species (IAPS) in conjunction with global climate change. The latter is modifying the distribution of the former, and the magnitude and direction of distributional changes are predicted to vary depending on species dispersal mode. Here we address the question of whether clonality is expected to affect the future invasion pattern in PAs. Location: World-wide. Time period: 1950–2100. Major taxa studied: 36 invasive alien plant species Methods: We used ensembles of three species distribution models (GLM, GAM and Maxent) based on > 70,000 occurrence records to project the distribution of 36 of the world's most invasive clonal and non-clonal plants in > 20,000 PAs. Projections were based on three greenhouse gas concentration scenarios (low, medium and high) for 2080. Results: Climate change showed little impact on the global invasion pattern in PAs and clonality showed little effect when all biomes were processed in concert. However, we discerned that the future invasion risk of clonal IAPS markedly increased in biomes located at high elevation and high latitude compared to non-clonal IAPS, while the risk decreased in lower-elevation tropical and subtropical biomes where asexual reproduction may be a less successful trait. We also showed that invasion hotspots overlapped with biodiversity hotspots and two realms (i.e., Nearctic and Palearctic), which calls for bridging the gap between invasion and conservation sciences and for more concerted management strategies. Main conclusions: We suggest that effective management of IAPS in PAs should consider in which biomes PAs are located as well as the reproductive traits of IAPS that are present or may become so.

opencc-by-4.0Jun 2022View details →

Modified future diurnal variability of the global surface ocean CO2 system

The NEMO-PISCES-QUOTA model outputs used for publication figures and the model executables.

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Data: Spatially consistent microbial biomass and future cellular carbon release from melting Northern Hemisphere glacier surfaces

Hydrology, flow cytometry and upscaling data for the manuscript "Spatially consistent microbial biomass and future cellular carbon release from melting Northern Hemisphere glacier surfaces". Each .zip file includes an individual 'readme' document.

opencc-zeroNov 2022View details →

Potential distribution prediction of Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson in China under current and future climate scenarios

The vicious invasive alien plant <a name="_Hlk99445053"></a>Amaranthus palmeri poses a serious threat to ecological security and food security due to its strong adaptability, competitiveness, and herbicide resistance. Predicting its potential habitats under current and future climate change is critical for monitoring and early warning. In this study, we used two sets of climate data, namely, WorldClim1.4 and RCPs (the historical climate data of WorldClim version 1.4 and future climate data of RCPs), WorldClim2.1 and SSPs (the historical climate data of WorldClim version 2.1 and future climate data of SSPs), to analyze the dominant environmental variables affecting the habitat suitability and predict the potential distribution of A. palmeri to climate change in China based on the MaxEnt model. The results show that (i) Temperature has a greater impact on the distribution of A. palmeri. The relative contributions of temperature-related variables count to 70 % or more, and the annual mean temperature (bio1) reached more than 40 %. (ii) At present, the potentially suitable area is widely distributed in the central-east and parts of southwest China, and the high suitable area is focused on the North China Plain. The potential suitable area predicted by WorldClim1.4 and WorldClim2.1 both accounts for about 31% of China's total land area. (iii) Future climate change will expand the suitable habitats to high latitudes and altitudes. The overall suitable area maximum increased to 44.93% under SSPs and 38.91% under RCPs. We conclude that climate change would increase the risk of A. palmeri expanding to high latitudes and altitudes, the results have practical implications for the effective long-term management in response to the global warming of A. palmeri.

opencc-zeroNov 2022View details →

Preserving the woody plant tree of life in China under future climate and land-cover changes

The tree of life (TOL) is severely threatened by climate and land-cover changes. Preserving the TOL is urgent, but has not been included in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Protected areas (PAs) are fundamental for biological conservation. However, we know little about the effectiveness of existing PAs in preserving the TOL of plants and how to prioritize PA expansion for better TOL preservation under future climate and land-cover changes. Here, using high-resolution distribution maps of 8732 woody species in China and phylogeny-based Zonation, we find that current PAs perform poorly in preserving the TOL both at the present and in the 2070s. The geographical coverage of TOL branches by current PAs is ca. 9%, and < 3% of the identified priority areas for preserving the TOL are currently protected. Interestingly, the geographical coverage of TOL branches by PAs will be improved from 9% to 52–79% by the identified priority areas for PA expansion. Human pressures in the identified priority areas are high, leading to high costs for future PA expansion. We thus suggest that besides nature reserves and national parks, other effective area-based conservation measures should be considered. Our study argues for the inclusion of preserving the TOL in the post-2020 conservation framework and provides references for decision-makers to preserve the Earth's evolutionary history.

opencc-zeroNov 2022View details →

Bats of Bangladesh — A systematic review of the diversity and distribution with recommendations for future research

Bangladesh is a South Asian country located at the crossroads of the Indochina and Indo-Himalayan subregions, making it a country of rich faunal diversity. Bangladesh's high population density paired with rapid habitat alteration leaving only 6% of its natural habitats threatens its faunal diversity. Over 1,455 bat species live on earth, providing immense ecological services to maintain biodiversity. The paucity of bat research in Bangladesh and the lack of comprehensive work has led us to set the goal of checking how many species are present in Bangladesh, and the possibility of bat species yet to have occurred. Here we compiled species occurrence data on the bats of Bangladesh and states in neighboring countries (India – states are West Bengal, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Assam, Tripura, Mizoram; Myanmar – states are Chin, Rakhine) from the museums (American Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Natural History Museum at United Kingdom, Field Museum of Natural History, Hungarian Natural History Museum, and Royal Ontario Museum), Global Biodiversity Information Facility, and literature, and constructed distribution maps for each species. The maps depicted both the fine-scale and coarse-scale distribution of the species. We confirmed 31 species are occurring in Bangladesh – among them, 22 species are confirmed with the voucher specimen, 15 species are associated with the preserved tissues, and one is confirmed with the morphometric data and key characteristics. Based on the species occurrence in the states of India and Myanmar, along with the habitat preference, an additional 83 species are yet to have occurred in Bangladesh. Among them, 38 species are categorized as Highly Probable, 33 species are Probable, and 10 species are Possible. We recommend bat surveys are urgent in Bangladesh using all complementary capture techniques that will contribute to voucher specimen collections and confirm the presence of bats. In addition, echolocation calls of bats can help establish call libraries.

opencc-by-4.0Nov 2022View details →

Dataset for: Factors Affecting Willingness and Future Intention to Eat Insects in Students of an Edible Insect Course

Likerted survey results data for: Factors Affecting Willingness and Future Intention to Eat Insects in Students of an Edible Insect Course

opencc-by-4.0Jun 2022View details →

Present and future high resolution temperature data over Niamey, Niger

This paper is part of the scientific publication: Souverijns, N., De Ridder, K., Takacs, S., Veldeman, N., Michielsen M., Crols, T., Foamouhoue, A.K., Nshimirimana, G., Dan Dijé, I., Tidjani, H. (2023). High resolution heat stress over a Sahelian city: Present and future impact assessment and urban green effectiveness. International Journal of Climatology 43, 7346-7364. doi:10.1002/joc.8268   Within the WeHubit program financed by ENABEL (<a href="https://www.wehubit.be/en/node/97">https://www.wehubit.be/en/node/97</a>) the impacts of climate change are assessed over the city of Niamey. Using the UrbClim and GeoDynamix model, present and future heat stress is assessed. The results can be assessed via this <a href="https://uclip.marvin.vito.be/uclip">platform</a>.  Below the raw netcdf output of the climate model for maximum and minimum daily temperature can be found for present and future scenarios, including the upper and lower uncertainty on the climate model projections (details about the scenarios can be found in this paper (under review)): - Present land use & present climate (2001-2020): T2M_daymax_2001_2020.zip & T2M_daymin_2001_2020.zip - Present land use & RCP2.6 (2041-2060): T2M_daymax_2041_2060_rcp26_LUpresent.zip & T2M_daymin_2041_2060_rcp26_LUpresent.zip - Present land use & RCP4.5 (2041-2060): T2M_daymax_2041_2060_rcp45_LUpresent.zip & T2M_daymin_2041_2060_rcp45_LUpresent.zip - Present land use & RCP8.5 (2041-2060): T2M_daymax_2041_2060_rcp85_LUpresent.zip & T2M_daymin_2041_2060_rcp85_LUpresent.zip - SSP1 land use projections & RCP2.6 (2041-2060): T2M_daymax_2041_2060_rcp26_LUSSP1.zip & T2M_daymin_2041_2060_rcp26_LUSSP1.zip - SSP5 land use projections & RCP4.5 (2041-2060): T2M_daymax_2041_2060_rcp45_LUSSP5.zip & T2M_daymin_2041_2060_rcp45_LUSSP5.zip - BAU land use projections & RCP8.5 (2041-2060): T2M_daymax_2041_2060_rcp85_LUBAU.zip & T2M_daymin_2041_2060_rcp85_LUBAU.zip

opencc-by-4.0Aug 2022View details →

The hybrid future of software engineering trades trust and coordination for flexibility and cost savings

Unzip the "Archive" file to view the data files relating to the semi-automated and manual analysis of the interview data for this study.

opencc-by-4.0Jan 2023View details →

Data used to generate results for Meireles et al. 2023. The future of suitable habitats of an endangered Neotropical grassland bird: a path to extinction? Ecology and Evolution.

Here we include all occurrence records (264) found for Campo Miner, in addition to the 47 records of current distribution of the species (*) used for ecological niche modeling analyses.

opencc-zeroJan 2023View details →

Fruits of the city: The nature, nurture and future of urban foraging

Urban foraging is a global informal phenomenon that has been investigated in the Global North more than other parts of the world. Characterising the nature of urban foraging in the Global South is imperative given the rapid urbanisation and sustainable development priorities in the region. In this study, we interviewed 80 urban foragers in four cities in the eastern coastal region of South Africa, with an aim to understand the nature of urban foraging in a developing nation context. We asked foragers about their initiation to and motivations for foraging, their logistics, yields, and associated activities, descriptions of their foraging grounds, and if and how they had changed, and what they envisage as an ideal future for foraging. Many foragers started foraging in their childhood, in the company of friends and family, and, as in the Global North, regarded it as a cultural and recreational activity. Foraging was mostly done within a five-kilometre radius of home, on a weekly or fortnightly basis, and very few foragers processed or sold their foraged products. Unlike the Global North, formal green spaces were not foraged in and were perceived to be poorly provisioned in urban planning. Forests and roadsides were equally used by the foragers, and very few had been discouraged from foraging. Most foragers were enthusiastic about the possibility of more people foraging, having designated spaces for foraging, and foraging-based businesses such as processed products and ecotourism. We recommend that policymakers and land managers recognise and encourage foraging as a potentially sustainable use for stewardship of urban green spaces. To this end, we list the main wild edible fruit species used by foragers in the area, which could be planted in public spaces. We also suggest harnessing foragers' knowledge of useful species and spaces to develop green spaces and foraging-based supply chains.

Microfarms and computational agriculture: a future of farming?

The following video introduces the Robots for Microfarms (ROMI) project and describes the concept of Micro Farms and Computational Agriculture. Funded by EU Grant 773875. Videos are available in: <ul> <li>Hi-res (1080p Apple ProRes)</li> <li>Mid-res (1080p H265)</li> </ul> Video script: (MINCHIN) Micro-Farms are farms which are smaller than five hectares and that is a European commission designation of that type of farm which are very common and proliferate all across Europe and are growing in number. (HANAPPE) Micro-farms the way I see it now would be a small farm 1000 square meters maybe a bit more using poly-cropping to really optimise the space and situated next to the city, with the direct link to the city. (MINCHIN) But the Farms themselves are very interesting because being a small scale they cannot compete with a conventional agriculture and for that reason often turn to more diverse crops, polyculture systems and diversity as a solution for their markets. difference information (SERRA CANTí) An organic farm is a space where the coal is to cultivate the entire ecosystem, and to do so we focus on different crops that help and complement between them, and are not monocultures. Rotating crop beds, adding organic matter, structuring the soil and taking care of the life in the soil such as microorganisms, bacteria, fungi. All of this ultimately ensure that the plant is healthy and does not have so many pests and diseases. A conventional field can have many hectares with the same crop, they are monocultures. That means that if one disease comes, or one insect it can reproduce exponentially. But instead if you have different crops, this stops because the food that it has is limited. (MINCHIN) When we work with Organic agriculture we're really looking to a tradition of companion planting and polyculture which is much more complex than the conventional agriculture of today. So what we're seeing here is planting of tomatoes together with lettuce and together with a basil and the Basils give a natural defence against predators for the tomatoes but we can also use an intercrop lettuces in the gaps. But dealing with that polyculture becomes rather complex. (HANAPPE) And managing its complexity is difficult of course that's one of the reasons why we went to monoculture in the first place. But now with the digital tools that we have we can reintroduce some of this complexity and handle AI and Robotics to assist us in managing this complexity. (MINCHIN) Farmers working on a small scale with a large diversity of crop finds that the work is often very very labor intensive. (HANAPPE) For two months I've experienced myself at the Chatelain farm and in it it's quite taxing on the knees and the back. Ninety Five percent of the disorders in agriculture are muscular skeletal problems. (MINCHIN) The statistics show that after four years of starting a new Farm, many of these young Farmers actually end up with back problems and really struggle to manage the intensity of that biodiversity, of that diversity of crop. So for ROMI our challenge really is to try and support those young Farmers to deal with the complexity and to manage some of the menial tasks that they face day to day. (BAORI) If we can help a small organic micro-farm stay in business, because we're helping to replace a little bit of the manual labor and the the kind of hardship of that keep their costs down it means that we're encouraging smaller Farms to not use chemicals they can use a Rover for weeding, and it's better for for the land it's better for the farmers it's better for us all really in the end so it's a very worthwhile project. (CAMPRODON) Agricultural itself is technology right it's not lets say we don't wake up one day and suddenly the world looked like it is, no, we built it for thousands of years. And so for me I don't know if there's such a big disconnection or we should think as a big disconnection between traditional farming and this new farming. Things change but I like to see it more as a natural evolution of the way that humans use technology. Basically they develop this cultural practice, that helps them to modify their environment and they apply that to farming. (HANAPPE) What can we do with new technology to help these farms? And then it was at some point you know just sort of well, let's do something very provocative, let's do robotics for these farms. Which was a bit of a clash because many of these farmers actually started farming because they sort of wanted to go back to to Nature. And then saying to them look well we can introduce robotics for you, is a bit of a sort of edgy topic. (MINCHIN) And that really means that we might be able to take the best of the past and combine it with the tools of the future to forge a ‘computational agriculture’ which feeds the land, feeds the ecology and also feeds ourselves. The ROMI tools are really set up to be able to help farmers with the support of biologists and with the support of computation, but it's not there yet. That's why we have open sourced these tools to allow a future development towards those objectives.

Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of Future Land Use Changes on Flood Risk Using Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, and a Hydraulic Model

The RF Machine learning code  Topological, geomorphology, geology, metrological information of the Tajan watershed. Land use land cover images of the Tajan watershed River, transportation roads, villages map  Global damage function datasets.

Supplementary data for the paper "Future of artificial intelligence applications in cancer care: a 2 global cross-sectional survey of researchers"

Supplementary data for the paper "Future of artificial intelligence applications in cancer care: a 2 global cross-sectional survey of researchers"

Multi-model ensemble bias-corrected precipitation dataset for historical and future climate (1961–2099) in China

本文基于耦合模式比较项目第六阶段(CMIP6)的27个全球气候模式(GCM),采用随机森林(RF)模型和EQM方法整合27个大气监测模型的降水模拟数据,进一步修正中国综合月降水数据。修正后的降水资料在月降水量和极端降水量方面均明显优于原GCM降水资料。数据以 GeoTIFF 格式,其中嵌入了具有 1° 空间分辨率的地理配准信息。LST在GeoTIFF中的单位是mm。压缩文件被命名为历史文件.zip、SSP126.zip、SSP245.zip 和 SSP585.zip。压缩文件中的每个文件都命名为“yyyymm.tif”,其中“yyyy”和“mm”分别表示年份和月份。例如,文件“196101.tif”存储了 1961 年 1 月中国每月降水量。

opennotspecifiedJun 2020View details →

FIG. 2 in Clearing up the Crystal Ball: Understanding Uncertainty in Future Climate Suitability Projections for Amphibians

FIG. 2.—Mean predicted change in suitable climate for amphibian species by citation and model parameters from the meta-analysis. Points represent means and bars represent 95% confidence intervals. Mean predicted change in suitable climate was calculated for each amphibian order within each study for each of the model settings, including Representative Concentration Pathway, Year, and Dispersal Limitation. Triangles indicate estimates from the case study, and circles indicate all other studies. A color version of this figure is available online.

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FIG. 1 in Clearing up the Crystal Ball: Understanding Uncertainty in Future Climate Suitability Projections for Amphibians

FIG. 1.—Map of countries for which suitable climate has been projected under future climate scenarios for at least one amphibian species. Colors represent the number of studies in which a given country was included. A color version of this figure is available online.

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FIG. 3 in Clearing up the Crystal Ball: Understanding Uncertainty in Future Climate Suitability Projections for Amphibians

FIG. 3.—Percent change in climate suitability predicted for each species in the case study. For each species, predicted percent change in climate suitability is shown for the year 2050 under 13 general circulation models and two representative concentration pathways (2.6, 8.5) climate scenarios for both the default Maxent species distribution models (SDMs; regularization multiplier ¼ 1; open red boxes) and the best-fit SDM (Akaike information criterion; ΔAICc ¼ 0; shaded blue boxes) for three levels of dispersal: no dispersal, limited, or unlimited. Boxplots show median, interquartile range, and minimum and maximum values. A color version of this figure is available online.