Coral bleaching events are globally occurring more frequently and with higher intensity, mainly caused by increases in seawater temperature. In Tayrona National Natural Park (TNNP) in the Colombian Caribbean, local coral communities are subjected to seasonal wind-triggered upwelling events coinciding with stronger water currents depending on location. This natural phenomenon offers the unique o...

Mice sheltered for long periods from the intercurrent access of living entities out of the environment developed tar cancer with the same frequency as controls exposed to an unusual extent. This happened although the food of the two groups differed profoundly in character.

the objective of this paper is to present a new method for protecting the lives of residents in catastrophic earthquake failures of unreinforced masonry buildings by introducing some safe rooms within the buildings. the main idea is that occupants can seek refuge within the safe rooms as soon as the earthquake ground motions are felt. the information obtained from the historical ground motions ...

Cyclone Yasi, one of the most severe tropical storms on record, crossed the central Great Barrier Reef (GBR) in February 2011, bringing wind speeds of up to 285 km hr⁻¹ and wave heights of at least 10 m, and causing massive destruction to exposed reefs in the Palm Island Group. Following the cyclone, mean (± S.E.) hard coral cover ranged from just 2.1 (0.2) % to 5.3 (0.4) % on exposed reefs and...

Building energy simulation (BES) tools show limitations in calculations of the convective heat transfer exchange with surrounding urban areas. Therefore, dynamic coupling BES to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques is a common strategy improve performance. Nonetheless, itself understood be computationally intensive and unaffordable even simplistic neighbourhood-scale scenarios. This pa...

Understanding the characteristics of natural, wind-induced ventilation buildings is essential for accurate predictions flow rates; however, indoor significantly influenced by surrounding buildings. Therefore, a series wind-tunnel experiments were performed to clarify relationship between outdoor and air flows around within target cube model with several openings. Two building arrangements, name...