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The Climate of the Mountains, Originality and Spatial Variability
There are many features that make mountains a complex system where everything is interrelated. Elevation is perhaps the most important of these,...
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Last Glacial Maximum, Late Glacial and Holocene of Patagonia
The Patagonian glaciations developed since the latest Miocene (ca. 6 Ma) in multiple events, of varied duration and intensity. Most of the present...
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Traveling the Country: Transportation Challenges and Mobility Management
Territorial fragmentation, abrupt mountain reliefs, insular nature, outermost regions, limited land management capacity, and major shortages in...
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Snow in the Mountains
Mountains have often been considered the domain of snow and ice. The temperature drops as altitude is gained, causing precipitation to fall as snow...
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Effect of Hydrological Connectivity on Soil Carbon Storage in the Yellow River Delta Wetlands of China
Hydrological connectivity has significant effects on the functions of estuarine wetland ecosystem. This study aimed to examine the dynamics of...
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Introduction
Even if they cannot readily recall its exact definition or its particular historical impacts, governments, media outlets, communities, and...
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The Anthropocene Boundary Event
The end-Holocene boundary event that equals or exceeds the 8.2 k Event and the 4.2 k Event. The environmental markers of a change of this magnitude...
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Part L: ZB IX—Zonobiom of the Tundra, the Arctic Climate
The ZB IX, comprises two very widely separated sub-areas around the poles of the earth, which differ greatly from each other due to the very...
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Orkney and Caithness
The landscapes and landforms of OrkneyOrkney and CaithnessCaithness have been profoundly influenced by the varied lithology and structures of the...
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Influence of urbanization on winter surface temperatures in a topographically asymmetric Tropical City, Bhubaneswar, India
Urban areas experience significant alterations in their local surface energy balance due to changes in the thermal properties of impervious surfaces,...
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Spatiotemporal differentiation and attribution of land surface temperature in China in 2001–2020
The variation of land surface temperature (LST) has a vital impact on the energy balance of the land surface process and the ecosystem stability....
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Making a Living
This chapter focuses on the techniques and technology Aleuts used to acquire food and raw materials. We want to convey the complexity of the economic...
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Border Areas and Land Confines: Litigations, Defense, and Development
In the aftermath of World War II, Greece became a besieged citadel surrounded by hostile neighbors. For about 50 years, the Iron Curtain imposed its...
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Greece Beyond the Crises, an Enhanced Resilience
Although Greece has been brought to the forefront of international attention over the last 10 years, much is still to be learned from this badly...
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Conceptualization of Siberian Space: The Landscape–geographical Aspect
Scientific and popular science notes of the first researchers of Siberia contain descriptions of not only natural processes and phenomena, but also...
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Quantifying the Contribution of Recycled Moisture to Precipitation in Temperate Glacier Region, Southeastern Tibetan Plateau, China
Recycled moisture is an important indicator of the renewal capacity of regional water resources. Due to the existence of Yulong Snow Mountain,...
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Coasts
Humans have modified coastlines. Sometimes this has been deliberate, as with the construction of various coastal defenceCoastsdefence structures, but...
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Spatiotemporal Evolution Characteristics of Urban Land Surface Temperature Based on Local Climate Zones in **’an Metropolitan, China
Local climate zones (LCZs) are an effective nexus linking internal urban structures to the local climate and have been widely used to study urban...
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The Geoarcheology of Greece: Sha** Landscapes Versus Crises and Resilience of the Past
Greece is recognized worldwide for its archeological remains. These bear witness of a long human history, from the early stages of the Neolithization...
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Spatio-temporal correlation between human activity intensity and land surface temperature on the north slope of Tianshan Mountains
Research on the spatio-temporal correlation between the intensity of human activities and the temperature of earth surfaces is of great significance...