Essays about: "No rain"

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  1. 21. Using leaf economics to find appropriate woody species for rain gardens

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

    Author : Sanna Ignell; [2020]
    Keywords : leaf economics; woody vegetation; urban vegetation; rain garden; waterlogging; flooding; plasticity; specific leaf area; leaf traits; l;

    Abstract : Urban rainwater management faces great challenges in the future, caused by expected increase in precipitation and frequency of storms associated with climate change. Constructions such as rain gardens may be a mean for adaptation to, as well as mitigation of these effects. READ MORE

  3. 22. Innovative agricultural intensification to cope with demographic and climatic changes for subsistence producers : a case study of Sandfly Island, Solomon Islands

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Matthieu Michelet; [2020]
    Keywords : Subsistence agriculture; fallow; mulching; composting; innovative intensification; Melanesia; climate change;

    Abstract : This research aims to study the dynamics of agricultural intensification amongst the small island community of Sandfly Island, Solomon Islands, and to observe the spreading of new agricultural practices of intensification that can help mitigate the pressures of climate change on the one side; and on the other side of a growing food demand from a growing population. The intention is to describe the variety of agricultural practices and the variation of production parameters such as fallow length, length of cropping period, number of plots in agricultural rotation and size of plots as to assess the state of agricultural intensification and to find what are the environmental constraints to production. READ MORE

  4. 23. Marktäckande material som åtgärd för minskat fosforläckage från rasthagar för värphöns

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Ebba Hellstrand; [2019]
    Keywords : utehöns; fosforbindningsförmåga; punktbelastning;

    Abstract : Today there is a knowledge gap about phosphorus leakage from free range laying hens, and because of that a pilot project is ongoing since 2016 with scientists at The University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) and also advisors in order to investigate the nutrient load from free range laying hens. My thesis have been conducted within this project, and I have chosen to focus on phosphorus leakage. READ MORE

  5. 24. Occurrence of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), including ultra-short-chain compounds. Seasonal variation in rainwater from the Swedish west coast

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för naturvetenskap och teknik

    Author : Felicia Jansson; [2019]
    Keywords : PFAS; rainwater; ultra-short chain PFAS; atmospheric transport; wet deposition;

    Abstract : Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of highly fluorinated compounds which comprises of more than 4700 substances. A smaller number of those substances is rou-tinely measured, usually the short (C4-C7) and long chain PFAS (>C7). READ MORE

  6. 25. Gnuer kontra tamboskap : konflikten mellan gnuer och traditionell hållning av tamboskap i östra Afrika

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Amelia Åkesson; [2019]
    Keywords : gnu; pastoralism; boskap; samexistens; konkurrens; elakartad katarralfeber;

    Abstract : Samexistens mellan vilda och tama djur fungerar inte alltid smärtfritt. Pastoralister, vars djurhållning bygger på att gå med djuren dit bete finns, så kallad frigående betesdrift, påverkas i stor grad av det vilda djurlivet. Ett stort problem för pastoralister i vissa områden i Afrika är gnuer. READ MORE