| Titre : | AMBIO 39(5-6) - JUL 2010 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Wei Luo, Auteur ;
Yonglong Lu, Auteur ;
Tieyu Wang, Auteur ;
Wenyou Hu, Auteur ;
Wentao Jiao, Auteur ;
Jonathan E. Naile, Auteur ;
Jong Seong Khim, Auteur ;
John P. Giesy, Auteur
Distributions of arsenic and metals in surface sediments collected from the coastal and estuarine areas of the northern Bohai and Yellow Seas, China, were investigated. An ecological risk assessment of arsenic and metals in the sediments was eva[...]
Article
Karl Fredga, Auteur ;
Karl-Goran Maler, Auteur
Prof. Ulgiati stresses that we should always use an ecosystem view when transforming energy from one form to another. Sustainable growth and development of both environmental and human-dominated systems require optimum use of available resources[...]
Article
Bertil B. Fredholm, Auteur ;
Bengt Norden, Auteur
There is a need to reduce the amount of fossil energy used for transport, both because of the easily available fossil fuel is becoming sparser and because of climate concerns. In this article, the concept of "peak oil" is briefly presented. Seco[...]
Article
Chao-Hui Wang, Auteur ;
Ralf Buckley, Auteur
Article
Karl Grandin, Auteur ;
Peter Jagers, Auteur ;
Sven Kullander, Auteur
Nuclear energy can play a role in carbon free production of electrical energy, thus making it interesting for tomorrow's energy mix. However, several issues have to be addressed. In fission technology, the design of so-called fourth generation r[...]
Article
Zongming Wang, Auteur ;
Kaishan Song, Auteur ;
Liangjun Hu, Auteur
Article
Brian Heap, Auteur ;
Bengt Kasemo, Auteur
The session on energy efficiency had no formal presentations and was organized as a panel discussion with four panelists. It was concluded that energy efficiency and saving measures on the short term is the most effective way to contribute to a [...]
Article
Catherine Marina Pickering, Auteur ;
Ralf C. Buckley, Auteur
Skier numbers, and revenues for the multi-billion-dollar ski industry, are highly sensitive to snow cover. Previous research projected that under climate change, natural snow cover will become inadequate at 65% of sites in the Australian ski res[...]
Article
Dick Hedberg, Auteur ;
Sven Kullander, Auteur ;
Harry Frank, Auteur
During 19-20 October 2009, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences arranged the international symposium Energy 2050 in Stockholm. The symposium was held in association with the Swedish EU presidency in autumn 2009. Internationally renowned scienti[...]
Article
Xiaofei Yu, Auteur ;
Guoping Wang, Auteur ;
Yuanchun Zou, Auteur ;
Qiang Wang, Auteur ;
Hongmei Zhao, Auteur ;
Xianguo Lu, Auteur
Article
Shixiong Cao, Auteur ;
Li Chen, Auteur ;
Qingke Zhu, Auteur
The life of impoverished people can be damaged by adverse environmental conditions, but these people can also be harmed by environmental conservation programs, particularly when the guiding policy ignores their needs. To improve the social and e[...]
Article
Nadir Ahmed Elagib, Auteur
Four mean temperature variables, namely maximum (MAX), minimum (MIN), mean (MEAN) and diurnal temperature range (DTR), were considered for 14 selected observational stations throughout Sudan. The objectives were to investigate the seasonal and a[...]
Article
A. J. Dolman, Auteur ;
G. R. van der Werf, Auteur ;
M. K. van der Molen, Auteur ;
G. Ganssen, Auteur ;
J.-W. Erisman, Auteur ;
B. Strengers, Auteur
We review important advances in our understanding of the global carbon cycle since the publication of the IPCC AR4. We conclude that: the anthropogenic emissions of CO2 due to fossil fuel burning have increased up through 2008 at a rate near to [...]
Article
Jukka Miettinen, Auteur ;
Soo Chin Liew, Auteur
Peatlands cover around 13 Mha in Sumatra and Kalimantan, Indonesia. Human activities have rapidly increased in the peatland ecosystems during the last two decades, invariably degrading them and making them vulnerable to fires. This causes high c[...]
Article
Chao Gao, Auteur ;
Taolin Zhang, Auteur
Eutrophication is now a ubiquitous water quality impairment in China. The first step toward restoration of eutrophicated water bodies is a marked reduction of nutrient loadings in their drainage basins. However, the combination of a number of ph[...]
Article
Current Nitrogen Management Status and Measures to Improve the Intensive Wheat-Maize System in China
Zhenling Cui, Auteur ;
Xinping Chen, Auteur ;
Fusuo Zhang, Auteur
During the first 35 years of the Green Revolution, Chinese grain production doubled, greatly reducing food shortage, but at a high environmental cost. In 2005, China alone accounted for around 38 percent of the global N fertilizer consumption, b[...]
Article
Arne Jerneloev, Auteur
The ongoing oil spill from the blown-out well by the name of Macondo, drilled by the ill-fated rig Deepwater Horizon, has many features in common with another blowout in the Mexican Gulf that happened three decades ago. Then the oil gushed out f[...]
Article
Georgia Destouni, Auteur ;
Harry Frank, Auteur
The Energy Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has in a series of projects gathered information and knowledge on renewable energy from various sources, both within and outside the academic world. In this article, we synthesize and[...]
Article
Kerstin Nibleus, Auteur ;
Rickard Lundin, Auteur
Planet Earth has experienced repeated changes of its climate throughout time. Periods warmer than today as well as much colder, during glacial episodes, have alternated. In our time, rapid population growth with increased demand for natural reso[...]
