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The Carrying Loads Composition of Storms Over Iraq
One of the worst environmental issues in the Middle East is the occurrence of sand and dust storms. This study examines the amount of load in Iraq's...
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A tale of two spring blooms in a northeast estuary of the USA: how storms impact nutrients, multiple trophic levels and hypoxia
We explore how anomalously strong winter storms, superposed with managed nitrogen reduction, impacted the 2010 and 2018 spring blooms in the...
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Severe convective storms’ reproduction: empirical analysis from the marked self-exciting point processes point of view
The paper focuses on the evaluation of hailstorms’ and thunderstorms winds’ events in the United States of America, in the period from 1996 to 2022,...
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Incoming Storms
Jacob Darbishire, a descendant of the famous Darbishire, whose Schwedischen Südpolar–Expedition in 1901 had found so many celebrated lichens, looked...
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Unexpected effects of coastal storms on trophic ecology of two rocky reef fish species
Coastal storm risks have been increasing over the last couple of decades, affecting both marine infrastructure and human security. Nevertheless, the...
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Storms may disrupt top-down control of algal turf on fringing reefs
Storms strongly affect coral reefs; one unstudied but potentially important outcome may be a decrease in herbivory, presumably through changes to...
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Dust Storms and Its Benefits to the Marine Life of the Arabian Gulf
As a major source of atmospheric dust, the Arabian Peninsula contributes significantly to the nutrients supply for the marine ecosystem of the...
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An extreme storm decreases reef fish abundance and richness but does not impact spatial heterogeneity
Storms are among the most common disturbances within coral reef ecosystems. However, their effects on the diversity of reef fishes vary and range...
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Tropical Biogeomorphic Seagrass Landscapes for Coastal Protection: Persistence and Wave Attenuation During Major Storms Events
The intensity of major storm events generated within the Atlantic Basin is projected to rise with the warming of the oceans, which is likely to...
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Field measurement of wind characteristics and induced tree response during strong storms
Typhoons have caused considerable damage to individual tree and forest ecosystems. To reduce wind-induced tree damage and better predict the risk of...
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A multi-year analysis of factors affecting ecosystem metabolism in forested and meadow reaches of a Piedmont stream
Studies of stream ecosystem metabolism over decades are rare and focused on responses to a single factor, e.g., nutrient reduction or storms....
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Immunomodulatory effects of cannabinoids against viral infections: a review of its potential use in SARS-CoV2 infection
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis affecting millions of people worldwide. Along with vaccine development, there is also a priority to...
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Assessment of the Influences of Dust Storms on Cotton Production in Tajikistan
Tajikistan is situated in the global dust belt along transport routes of dust from some major dust sources like the Aralkum desert of the desiccating...
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Influence of thermal stratification and storms on acoustic telemetry detection efficiency: a year-long test in the US Southern Mid-Atlantic Bight
BackgroundThe detection efficiency of ultrasonic transmitters is seasonally variable, requiring long-term studies to evaluate key environmental...
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Meta-analysis reveals less sensitivity of non-native animals than natives to extreme weather worldwide
Extreme weather events (EWEs; for example, heatwaves, cold spells, storms, floods and droughts) and non-native species invasions are two major...
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Natural Hazards as a Source of Environmental Pollution in the Global South
Natural Hazards (NHs) are characterized as clusters of events that have a detrimental effect on ecosystems and the surrounding environment. Several...
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Spectral Forms and Cosmic Storms
Cycling of calcium ions is a critical component of the link between the electrical activity and mechanical contraction of heart-muscle cells, and...
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A new type of Halimeda bioherm on the Queensland Plateau, NE Australia
Morphology, internal structure, and in situ facies distribution of mesophotic Halimeda bioherms from the Queensland Plateau (NE Australia) are...
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Origin of the Aralkum Desert (Dried Aral Seabed)
Since the 1960s, the Aral Sea has been shrinking due to irrational irrigation. In 1989, the sea was separated into Big and Small Aral seas. From 1960...
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Climate and Climate Change Aspects of Kuwait
Climate is the average weather conditions, whereas climate change is change in climatic conditions over a minimum of 30 years’ period. Kuwait lies in...