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Climate-Smart Agriculture in South Asia: exploring practices, determinants, and contribution to Sustainable Development Goals
In the face of unprecedented challenges arising from climate change, Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) emerges as a holistic solution for South Asia,...
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Eckicrinidae: a new lineage of Triassic crinoids and the diversification of attachment strategies in the Early and Middle Triassic
The re-discovery of a distal pluricolumnal of the Middle Triassic Eckicrinus radiatus requires separation of Eckicrinus from Holocrinidae and to...
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What do we know about spillover between the climate change futures market and the carbon futures market?
Climate action-based assumptions and tradable characteristics underpinned the development of climate change futures contracts, which are related to...
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The Earliest Representatives of the Genus Pinna (Bivalvia), from the Early Permian Reef of Shakhtau (Southern Cisuralia, Russia)
AbstractThe earliest known representative of the genus Pinna, P. pacata sp. nov., is described from the Lower Permian deposits of the Shakhtau Reef...
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Climate-smart agriculture: adoption, impacts, and implications for sustainable development
The 19 papers included in this special issue examined the factors influencing the adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices among...
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Response to climate change in a rain-fed crop production system: insights from maize farmers of western Kenya
Climate change poses a threat to crop production and livelihoods of rural farming communities in Kenya, a majority of whom are mainly dependent on...
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An Introduction to Geotourism of the Mahneshan County
Geotourism is a special interest tourism which attracts tourists to observe and enjoy geoheritage and geodiversity. The purpose of this study is to...
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Exploring the determinants of disaster and climate resilience building in Zimbabwe’s rural communities
With the burgeoning threats from natural hazards and extreme weather events driven by climate change in every section and sector of society, building...
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The future of mountain agriculture amidst continual farm-exit, livelihood diversification and outmigration in the Central Himalayan villages
Agrarian patterns in mountain ecosystems have seen a considerable change in the past decades with a vast proportion of the population abandoning...
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Determinants of smallholder farmers’ adaptation strategies to climate variability in Suha watershed, Upper Blue Nile basin, Northwest Ethiopia
This study assessed how smallholder farmers perceive climate variability, what adaptation strategies they practice, and factors that determine their...
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Middle Ordovician (middle Darriwilian) Dirafinesquina and Jigunsania gen. nov. (Rafinesquinidae; Strophomenoidea; Brachiopoda) from South Korea, with discussion of rafinesquinid evolution
Three rafinesquinid brachiopod (Strophomenoidea) species, Dirafinesquina chosenensis, Jigunsania guraeriensis gen. et sp. nov., and Jigunsania...
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Testing the applicability of Watson’s Green Revolution concept in first millennium ce Central Asia
Drawing on archaeobotanical evidence from the central regions of Central Asia, we explore crop diffusion during the first millennium ce . We present a...
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Depositional and Bio-Sequence Stratigraphic Framework of Late Cretaceous Kawagarh Formation, Kala-Chitta Range, Pakistan: Equivalent of Gurpi Formation (Iran)
The present study is focused on evaluation of deep marine pelagic sediments of Late Cretaceous Kawagarh Formation of Kala-Chitta Range in the context...
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Macroeconomic impacts of climate change on the Blue Economy sectors of southern European islands
Island communities are among the first and most adversely affected by the impacts of global climate change. Islands are vulnerable to climate change...
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A regional model for the variability of Agricultural development: evidence from a drought-prone region of Rarh Bengal, Eastern India
Assessing regional variation and recognizing underdeveloped areas are essential components of achieving balanced regional development in agriculture....
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Rural–urban disparities in spatiotemporal pattern of vulnerability to climate change: a study of Madhya Pradesh, India
This paper aims to assess the disparities in vulnerability to climate change among the rural and urban population by taking the case of Madhya...
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The impact of floods on the livelihood of rural women farmers and their adaptation strategies: insights from Bangladesh
This study examines the impact of floods on the livelihood of rural Bangladeshi women farmers, such as agriculture, livestock, energy, and water...
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Late Campanian-Maastrichtian in Pondicherry Area (Cauvery Basin) Southern India: Bioevents and Palaeoenvironmental Inferences from Planktonic Foraminifera
The late Campanian/Maastrichtian succession exposed in the Pondicherry area provides one of the best exposed marine sections in the Cauvery basin and...
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Impacts of climate variability and climate-smart agricultural practices on crop production in UNESCO designated cultural landscapes of Konso, Ethiopia
Climate variability negatively affected Sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural production. Due to drastic change in climate conditions and its adverse...
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Adapting nomadic pastoralism to climate change
This paper presents the results of a detailed review of the research literature on how nomadic pastoralists are being affected by climate change, how...
