climatological parameters are among the most important ecological capability evaluation criterias, on other hand, climate changes which has intensified in the past decades and has the consequences such as; increases in climatic threshold phenomena like occurrence of horrific floodings, destructive hurricanes, abnormal and sudden colds and heats, untimely rainfalls and heavy snows, widespread dr...

LIMITED EXTRAPOLATION: If we possess the evidence that it has snows in Moscow every year for at least one thousand consecutive years, and if we possess no contrary evidence suggesting a change in the Russian climate, and if, as a matter of fact, it Snows in Moscow the next year not belonging to this set, then we are in a position to know that it snows in Moscow the next year. That is, if, on th...

Many older cities have “combined” sewer systems that collect both sewage and stormwater runoff in the same pipe for transport to a wastewater treatment plant. During heavy rainfalls, these combined systems can become overloaded, and water utilities must discharge the excess— what’s known as a combined sewer overflow (CSO)—into rivers and other water bodies, which may be the local source of drin...

The incidence of melioidosis in Singapore decreased during 1998-2007, with the exception of the first quarter of 2004. After heavy rainfalls, an increase in pneumonic cases with a high case-fatality rate was detected. We show that melioidosis has the potential to reemerge following adverse climate events.