Essays about: "bewilderment"

Found 3 essays containing the word bewilderment.

  1. 1. Energy balance closure, water balance, carbon exchange, and water use efficiency : observed and modeled outcomes for a managed, hemiboreal forest in Southern Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Linsey Marie Avila; [2019]
    Keywords : Energy balance; energy balance closure; energy balance ratio; net radiation; sensible heat; latent heat; turbulent fluxes; ground heat flux; energy storage; available energy; Bowen ratio; evaporative fraction; latent heat of vaporization; water balance; evapotranspiration; precipitation; water storage; water discharge; gross primary production; ecosystem respiration; net ecosystem production; carbon exchange; water use efficiency; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The claims for the potential of boreal and sub-boreal forests to combat negative effects of climate change have been substantial with over half of Earth’s primary forests found within boreal and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Given the likely occurrence of more extreme climate events in the future, ascertaining a better understanding of how climate effects, such as profound fluctuations in precipitation, decreases in yearly snow, faster snow melt rates, variability in evapotranspiration due to environmental stress, and related changes in the energy, hydrological, and carbon cycles will change these northern, boreal landscapes is crucial. READ MORE

  3. 2. A critical discourse analysis of the magazine Gotland 2016 in the context of sustainability

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Wenjie Hu; [2016]
    Keywords : Tourism; Sustainability; Power; Critical Discourse Analysis;

    Abstract : This master thesis aims to examine texts of an international tourism promotional magazine Gotland 2016 to figure out whether it will help or on the contrary hinder sustainable development. Though promoters and writers held the beliefs to sustain tourism by prolonging tourism seasons and attracting international tourists, to our bewilderment, they not only failed to stick to its point as such but also expressed the opposite thoughts and notions among the texts. READ MORE

  4. 3. Performing Jewellery : Jewellery, decoration, gender and performance

    University essay from Konstfack/Ädellab/Metallformgivning

    Author : Carolina Gimeno; [2014]
    Keywords : jewellery; gender; performativity; decoration; femininity; intimacy; public; attraction; bewilderment; bodily; body; woman; wearability; decorating;

    Abstract : This essay is about the act of wearing contemporary jewellery has as a way of communication between human beings. I investigate the act of decorating the body as an important and basic human need. READ MORE