Essays about: "shallow water effects"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 18 essays containing the words shallow water effects.

  1. 11. OCEAN ACIDIFICATION

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

    Author : Vilhelm Berg Malmborg; Marcus Sjöstedt; [2013]
    Keywords : calcium carbonate; Anthropogenic; pH; Baltic Sea; Östersjön; meteorologi; fysik; physics; Havsförsurning; Ocean acidification; Meteorology; modelling; aragonite; calcite; kalkspat; oceanography; oceanografi; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : Ocean acidification is a consequence of the anthropogenic release of carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere. When CO2 is dissolved in water it affects the composition of ions and lowers the pH of the water. READ MORE

  3. 12. Salinity Intrusion into the Maha Oya Estuary and Associated Coastal Waterway

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Don Clerance Denzil Weerakkody; [2012]
    Keywords : the Maha Oya; Salinity intrusion; stratified flow; time-varying model; two-layer model; salt water wedge.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The Maha Oya (river) originates in the Kandy district of Sri Lanka and travels about 130 km passing four districts to reach the sea at Kochchikade in Sri Lanka. It holds the 3rd largest average annual runoff among the 103 of distinct river basins in Sri Lanka. Its contribution as a fresh water source is of great significance. READ MORE

  4. 13. Shallow roots of local development or branching out for new opportunities : - A field study on how local communities in Mozambique may benefit from investments in land and forestry exploitation

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV

    Author : Emelie Blomgren; Jessica Lindkvist; [2011]
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    Abstract : This study examines how local communities may benefit from investments in land as well as forestry exploitation in Mozambique. The topic connects to the posed research problem in which these types of investments could entail both negative and positive implications for local communities and could thus be seen as land grab or development opportunities. READ MORE

  5. 14. Rainwater Harvesting in Rural Kenya : Reliability in a Variable and Changing Climate

    University essay from Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK)

    Author : Nelly Aroka; [2010]
    Keywords : Rainwater Harvesting; Rural; Climate; Variability; Reliability;

    Abstract : In many parts of the tropics irregular and erratic rainfall has great national economic as well as socio-economic effects. In Kenya, where a large part of the population live in rural areas and rainfed agriculture is the main livelihood, droughts and floods have farreaching impacts on communities. READ MORE

  6. 15. Impact of vegetation on soil and lake DOC and δ13C

    University essay from Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Stina Eriksson; [2009]
    Keywords : vegetation; soil; interactions;

    Abstract : The climate change is expected to affect especially alpine areas negatively, replacing the alpine flora with subalpine forest. The understanding of how vegetation influences total organic carbon (TOC) in soil, streams and lakes in alpine and subalpine areas will lead to a better understanding of the effects of climate change, and will also increase the knowledge of the ecotone as a whole. READ MORE