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Current state of knowledge regarding the world’s wetlands and their future under global climate change: a synthesis 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Wolfgang J. Junk Shuqing An C. M. Finlayson Brij Gopal Jan Květ Stephen A. Mitchell William J. Mitsch Richard D. Robarts 《Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries》2013,75(1):151-167
Wetlands cover at least 6 % of the Earth’s surface. They play a key role in hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, harbour a large part of the world’s biodiversity, and provide multiple services to humankind. However, pressure in the form of land reclamation, intense resource exploitation, changes in hydrology, and pollution threaten wetlands on all continents. Depending on the region, 30–90 % of the world’s wetlands have already been destroyed or strongly modified in many countries with no sign of abatement. Climate change scenarios predict additional stresses on wetlands, mainly because of changes in hydrology, temperature increases, and a rise in sea level. Yet, intact wetlands play a key role as buffers in the hydrological cycle and as sinks for organic carbon, counteracting the effects of the increase in atmospheric CO2. Eight chapters comprising this volume of Aquatic Sciences analyze the current ecological situation and the use of the wetlands in major regions of the world in the context of global climate change. This final chapter provides a synthesis of the findings and recommendations for the sustainable use and protection of these important ecosystems. 相似文献
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In the monitoring of earthquakes and nuclear explosions using a sparse worldwide network of seismic stations, it is frequently
necessary to make reliable location estimates using a single seismic array. It is also desirable to screen out routine industrial
explosions automatically in order that analyst resources are not wasted upon detections which can, with a high level of confidence,
be associated with such a source. The Kovdor mine on the Kola Peninsula of NW Russia is the site of frequent industrial blasts
which are well recorded by the ARCES regional seismic array at a distance of approximately 300 km. We describe here an automatic
procedure for identifying signals which are likely to result from blasts at the Kovdor mine and, wherever possible, for obtaining
single array locations for such events. Carefully calibrated processing parameters were chosen using measurements from confirmed
events at the mine over a one-year period for which the operators supplied Ground Truth information. Phase arrival times are
estimated using an autoregressive method and slowness and azimuth are estimated using broadband f{-}k analysis in fixed frequency bands and time-windows fixed relative to the initial P-onset time. We demonstrate the improvement
to slowness estimates resulting from the use of fixed frequency bands. Events can be located using a single array if, in addition
to the P-phase, at least one secondary phase is found with both an acceptable slowness estimate and valid onset-time estimate.
We evaluate the on-line system over a twelve month period; every event known to have occured at the mine is detected by the
process and 32 out of 53 confirmed events were located automatically. The remaining events were classified as “very likely”
Kovdor events and were subsequently located by an analyst. The false alarm rate is low; only 84 very likely Kovdor events
were identified during the whole of 2003 and none of these were subsequently located at a large distance from the mine. The
location accuracy achieved automatically by the single-array process is remarkably good, and is comparable to that obtained
interactively by an experienced analyst using two-array observations. The greatest problem encountered in the single array
location procedure is the difficulty in determining arrival times for secondary phases, given the weak Sn phase and the complexity
of the P-coda. The method described here could be applied to a wide range of locations and sources for which the monitoring
of seismic activity is desirable. The effectiveness will depend upon the distance between source and receiver, the nature
of the seismic sources and the level of regional seismicity. 相似文献
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E. C.?HicksEmail author T.?Kv?rna S.?Mykkeltveit J.?Schweitzer F.?Ringdal 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2004,161(1):1-19
A database containing 45 events in the Barents Sea region has been compiled and analyzed with the aim of evaluating crustal models, travel-times and attenuation relations in the context of performing regional detection threshold monitoring of this region. The 45 events are mostly located around the circumference of the study area due to the virtually aseismic nature of the Barents Sea itself. Regional P
n
and S
n
phases were observable for most events in the database, while P
g
and L
g
phases were only observable for events with raypaths that do not cross the tectonic structures in the Barents Sea. This corroborates a number of previous observations of L
g
-wave blockage within the Barents Sea. Three existing velocity models were evaluated, with a model having slightly lower S velocities than earlier assumed in the upper mantle giving the overall best fit to the observed arrivals. In order to estimate magnitudes, short-term average (STA) and spectral amplitude values were calculated in several frequency bands for all phase arrivals in the database. There were no significant differences between spectral and STA amplitudes, so the latter were used as this parameter is more efficient to calculate in real-time processing. An inversion was performed in order to determine an attenuation relation specific for this region. The resulting magnitudes based on P
n
, P
g
, S
n
and L
g
phases gave an internally consistent, reasonably stable set of values, which can be calibrated towards any existing global or regional scale. 相似文献
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Radan Květ 《GeoJournal》1992,27(4):379-382
Conclusions In terms of synergetics, animal evolution necessarily seems: to be dependent on the evolutional stages of the Earth, ie on the geotectonic stages and their phases. The detailed causes of and interrelations between the extinction of certain species: and the evolution of new superior types of organisms on the one hand and the phases of geotectonic stages on the other hand still remain to be examined. Undoubtedly this is a task for paleontologists whose attention should focus on additional non-traditional investigations. From a philosophical viewpoint it seems noteworthy that, in the field of geosciences, we again arrive at the significance of the role of numbers as suggested by classical philosophers, eg Pythagoras or Plato, more than 2,000 years ago. As a matter of fact, Plato, in his work called Thimaios, even derived the 2n and 3n models as basic models to be used for examinations of the Earth. 相似文献
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Angela Lundberg Pertti Ala‐Aho OleMartin Eklo Björn Klöve Jens Kværner Christine Stumpp 《水文研究》2016,30(8):1230-1250
Vast regions of the northern hemisphere are exposed to snowfall and seasonal frost. This has large effects on spatiotemporal distribution of infiltration and groundwater recharge processes as well as on the fate of pollutants. Therefore, snow and frost need to be central inherent elements of risk assessment and management schemes. However, snow and frost are often neglected or treated summarily or in a simplistic way by groundwater modellers. Snow deposition is uneven, and the snow is likely to sublimate, be redistributed and partly melt during the winter influencing the mass and spatial distribution of snow storage available for infiltration, the presence of ice layers within and under the snowpack and, therefore, also the spatial distribution of depths and permeability of the soil frost. In steep terrain, snowmelt may travel downhill tens of metres in hours along snow layers. The permeability of frozen soil is mainly influenced by soil type, its water and organic matter content, and the timing of the first snow in relation to the timing of sub‐zero temperatures. The aim with this paper is to review the literature on snow and frost processes, modelling approaches with the purpose to visualize and emphasize the need to include these processes when modelling, managing and predicting groundwater recharge for areas exposed to seasonal snow and frost. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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Groundwater monitoring along the Romeriksporten tunnel, south-eastern Norway, provided an opportunity for studying the impacts of tunnelling on groundwater in fractured Precambrian gneiss rocks, and examining relations between bedrock hydrology, tectonic weakness zones and catchments. Tunnel leakage resulted in groundwater drawdown up to 35 m in weakness zones, converted groundwater discharge zones into recharge zones, and affected groundwater chemistry. The magnitude of drawdown and fluctuations in groundwater level differed between weakness zones, and varied with distance from the tunnel route, tunnel leakage, and recharge from catchments. Clear differences in groundwater level and fluctuation patterns indicated restricted groundwater flow between weakness zones. The groundwater drawdowns demonstrated coherent water-bearing networks to 180-m depth in faults and fracture zones. Similar groundwater levels with highly correlated fluctuations demonstrated hydraulic connectivity within fracture zones. Different groundwater drawdown and leakage in weakness zones with different appearance and influence of tectonic events demonstrated the importance of the geological history for bedrock hydrogeology. Water injection into the bedrock counteracted groundwater drawdowns. Even moderate leakage to underground constructions may lead to large groundwater drawdown in areas with small groundwater recharge. Hydrogeological interpretation of tectonic weakness zones should occur in the context of geological history and local catchment hydrology. 相似文献
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Radan Květ 《GeoJournal》1992,28(4):413-415
Conclusion Neotectonics — the discipline examining the youngest history of the Earth in terms of geotectonics — should be complemented by aspects based on other geological sciences (geochemistry, geophysics) as well as geography and geodesy. From the viewpoint of the Earth's history, neotectonics can be regarded as a discipline studying, above all, the Earth's crust and the changes that occurred there in the time span from the Badenian to the Recent. For this reason, the last phase of the Alpine geotectonic stage, which extended from the Oligocene to the base of the Lower Badenian, should be termed pre-neotectonics. 相似文献
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Heat waves (periods of extremely hot summer weather) in the region of south Moravia are in the focus of this study. The introduced definition consists of three requirements imposed on the period that is considered a heat wave: at least three days with T
MAX
30.0°C must be observed; the mean T
MAX
over the whole period is at least 30.0°C; and T
MAX
must not drop below 25.0°C. To compare the severity of the individual heat waves, various characteristics (duration, number of tropical days, peak temperature, cumulative temperature excess, precipitation amount) are examined. The heat wave index HWI is defined to express the severity of heat waves in the most comprehensive way.
An extraordinary heat wave occurred in July and August 1994; it lasted more than a month at several stations, while the duration of a typical heat wave is only 4 - 7 days. The extremely long unbroken period of tropical days, and even of days with T
MAX
32.0°C, represents the most distinct feature of the severe 1994 heat wave. With regard to heat wave characteristics, the summer temperature exceptionality of the early 1990s is indubitable. 相似文献
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Jan Ženka Josef Novotný Ondřej Slach Viktor Květoň 《Norsk geografisk tidsskrift. Norwegian journal of geography》2015,69(2):67-79
An influential body of literature suggests that economic diversity rather than specialization fuels the economic performance of regions and nations. The authors argue that this hypothesis has no universal applicability and that a more differentiated view is needed. In particular, historical specificity of the local environment and structural characteristics of regional economies should be taken into account. They focus on the effects of industrial specialization on economic performance and the vulnerability of Central European post-communist regions, namely Czech microregions with less than 200,000 inhabitants. They examine whether the economic performance and vulnerability of these regions is fuelled rather by industrial specialization or diversity when controlling for other potential determinants of regional economic performance. Their findings show that the dependence of Czech regions on manufacturing correlates with higher economic performance but also with higher regional vulnerability. In addition, industrial specialization within manufacturing was found to be instrumental for the economic performance of regions with high dependence on manufacturing. With a decreasing share of employment in manufacturing, industrial diversity rather than specialization becomes more valuable for the economic performance of Czech regions. 相似文献
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Radan Květ 《GeoJournal》1991,24(4):417-420
Conclusion The proposal for a new complete classification of the Earth's evolution in accordance with periods of geotectonic cycles — depending on the external cosmic influence of the galactic year — has been elaborated as an additional application of a system model. Its basic idea is the principle of a hierarchical division and recurring cycles. For the time being, the significance of a periodical time table is a theoretical one. It allows a new view to be used when evaluating the last stages of the Earth's history during the Phanerozoic for which comparatively more geological information is available. However, a universal approach like the one described above can aid in directing further research on the older history of the Earth. Later on, theoretical knowledge could be applied to economic geology, above all if using a hierarchical classification of the phases of geotectonic cycles. 相似文献