Essays about: "retreat"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 79 essays containing the word retreat.

  1. 6. Holocene vegetation change and its correlates in fennoscandia

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Raphaela Infanger; [2022-10-21]
    Keywords : Fennoscandia; Holocene; human impact; climate impact; vegetation change; fossil pollen;

    Abstract : Climatic and anthropogenic legacy has differently impacted vegetation and its community composition. To determine the extent and origin of changes across Fennoscandia, representative regions were defined that entailed sufficient spatial and temporal data. READ MORE

  3. 7. Methane Sulphonic Acid in East Antarctic Coastal Firn and Ice Cores and Its Relationship with Chlorophyll-a and Sea Ice Extent in the Southern Ocean

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Emma Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : methane sulphonic acid; firn cores; sea ice proxy; marine primary productivity; Fimbul Ice Shelf; Dronning Maud Land; metansulfonsyra; firnkärnor; havsis-proxy; marin primärproduktion; Fimbulisen; Dronning Maud Land;

    Abstract : The seasonal retreat of sea ice in the austral spring and summer around Antarctica has a significant effect on phytoplankton activity, mainly due to light availability, meltwater input of dissolved iron, and surface water stratification. Phytoplankton produce dimethylsulfoniopropionate, the precursor to the climate-cooling gas dimethyl sulphide, which is ventilated to the atmosphere and oxidised to methane sulphonic acid (MSA). READ MORE

  4. 8. Var ska vi hänga? : en studie om tonåringar inom landskapsarkitekturen

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Ellen Rodriguez Bristulf; [2022]
    Keywords : landskapsarkitektur; stadsplanering; tonåringar; offentliga rum; utvecklingspsykologi; tonårsvänliga städer; miljöpsykologi.;

    Abstract : Alla som når vuxen ålder gör det genom att passera tonåren - en tid som för många präglas av frigörelse och förvirring. I denna fas av livet har staden en viktig betydelse för vår utveckling, då den offentliga miljön ger utrymme att både iakkta och delta i samhället. READ MORE

  5. 9. Re-Treat Yourself

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Veronika Jalas; [2022]
    Keywords : spa; retreat; mental health; Sälen; Tandådalen; nature; architecture; stress;

    Abstract : In my thesis project I wanted to learn about how architecture affects people and how we can design spaces that can make people feel less stressed. I started out by researching about environmental psychology and the senses and combined what I learned into a building that can help promote mental well being. READ MORE

  6. 10. Lágin - A writer’s retreat in the Icelandic countryside

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Þórbergur Friðriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : Writers retreat; writer; retreat; residency; rammed earth; yoga; meditation; Iceland; nature;

    Abstract : Lágin (pron. laoyin)  is an old Icelandic word I came across in my great grandfather’s writings. Lágin translates to a dip in the landscape but in regards to my project, Lágin is the name of a writers retreat I've designed by the farmstead Hali in Suðursveit, Iceland. READ MORE