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About: Newcastle University is a education organization based out in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 31772 authors who have published 71187 publications receiving 2539147 citations. The organization is also known as: University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how flood risk management may be adapted to address processes of uncertain future change and identify a range of levels at which change may be incorporated in decision making: in the representation of uncertain non-stationary quantities, in the rules that are used to identify preferred options; in the variety of options that may be contemplated for flood-risk management; and in the scope of problem definition, which increasingly extends to address multiple hazards and multiple functions of river basins.
Abstract: . Flood risk emerges from the interaction of hazard and vulnerability. Over recent decades the notion of risk being the basis for flood management decisions has become widely accepted and operationalised through the use of models and quantified risk analysis providing the evidence for risk-informed decision making. However, it is now abundantly apparent that changes in time, at a range of scales, of pertinent variables that determine risk are not a second order consideration but, instead, fundamentally challenge the conventional approach to flood risk management. The nature of some of these changes, particularly those that operate on extended timescales, are highly uncertain, yet decisions that may have implications for several decades still have to be taken. In this paper we explore how flood risk management may be adapted to address processes of uncertain future change. We identify a range of levels at which change may be incorporated in decision making: in the representation of uncertain non-stationary quantities; in the rules that are used to identify preferred options; in the variety of options that may be contemplated for flood risk management; in the scope of problem definition, which increasingly extends to address multiple hazards and multiple functions of river basins; and in the social and organizational characteristics that promote adaptive capacity. Integrated responses to changing flood risk need to attend to each of these levels of decision making, from the technicalities of non-stationarity, to the promotion of resilient societies.
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TL;DR: ZIC3, a gene encoding a putative zinc-finger transcription factor, is the first gene unequivocally associated with human situs abnormalities and functions in the earliest stages of LR-axis formation.
Abstract: Vertebrates position unpaired organs of the chest and abdomen asymmetrically along the left–right (LR) body axis. Each structure comes to lie non-randomly with respect to the midline in an overall position designated situs solitus, exemplified in humans by placement of the heart, stomach and spleen consistently to the left. Aberrant LR axis development can lead to randomization of individual organ position (situs ambiguus) or to mirror-image reversal of all lateralized structures (situs in versus)1. Previously we mapped a locus for situs abnormalities in humans, HTX1, to Xq26.2 by linkage analysis in a single family (LR1) and by detection of a deletion in an unrelated situs ambiguus male (Family LR2; refs 2,3). From this chromosomal region we have positionally cloned ZIC3, a gene encoding a putative zinc-finger transcription factor. One frameshift, two missense and two nonsense mutations have been identified in familial and sporadic situs ambiguus. The frameshift allele is also associated with situs inversus among some heterozygous females, suggesting that ZIC3 functions in the earliest stages of LR-axis formation. ZIC3, which has not been previously implicated in vertebrate LR-axis development, is the first gene unequivocally associated with human situs abnormalities.
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Utrecht University1, National Research Council2, Sea Education Association3, University of Hawaii at Manoa4, Polytechnic University of Catalonia5, Russian Academy of Sciences6, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology7, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research8, University of Cádiz9, Brown University10, University of Oldenburg11, University of the Highlands and Islands12, Hobart Corporation13, Rochester Institute of Technology14, Kyushu University15, Imperial College London16, Wageningen University and Research Centre17, University of Delaware18, University of Bern19, University of Southampton20, National Physical Laboratory21, Institut de recherche pour le développement22, Plymouth Marine Laboratory23, Newcastle University24, Paul Sabatier University25, University of Toulouse26, California Institute of Technology27, Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology28, University of Oregon29, Korean Ocean Research and Development Institute30, Catholic University of the North31, University of Oxford32
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors comprehensively discuss what is known about the different processes that govern the transport of floating marine plastic debris in both the open ocean and the coastal zones, based on the published literature and referring to insights from neighbouring fields such as oil spill dispersion, marine safety recovery, plankton connectivity, and others.
Abstract: Marine plastic debris floating on the ocean surface is a major environmental problem. However, its distribution in the ocean is poorly mapped, and most of the plastic waste estimated to have entered the ocean from land is unaccounted for. Better understanding of how plastic debris is transported from coastal and marine sources is crucial to quantify and close the global inventory of marine plastics, which in turn represents critical information for mitigation or policy strategies. At the same time, plastic is a unique tracer that provides an opportunity to learn more about the physics and dynamics of our ocean across multiple scales, from the Ekman convergence in basin-scale gyres to individual waves in the surfzone. In this review, we comprehensively discuss what is known about the different processes that govern the transport of floating marine plastic debris in both the open ocean and the coastal zones, based on the published literature and referring to insights from neighbouring fields such as oil spill dispersion, marine safety recovery, plankton connectivity, and others. We discuss how measurements of marine plastics (both in situ and in the laboratory), remote sensing, and numerical simulations can elucidate these processes and their interactions across spatio-temporal scales.
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University of Queensland1, University of Vermont2, University of Delaware3, University of Technology, Sydney4, University of Grenoble5, Geological Society of London6, Federal University of Pará7, University of the Witwatersrand8, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation9, United States Geological Survey10, University of Potsdam11, United Nations Environment Programme12, University of Western Australia13, Newcastle University14
TL;DR: This work presents, through analysis of a comprehensive set of data and demand forecasts, an interdisciplinary perspective on how best to ensure ecologically viable continuity of global mineral supply over the coming decades.
Abstract: Successful delivery of the United Nations sustainable development goals and implementation of the Paris Agreement requires technologies that utilize a wide range of minerals in vast quantities. Metal recycling and technological change will contribute to sustaining supply, but mining must continue and grow for the foreseeable future to ensure that such minerals remain available to industry. New links are needed between existing institutional frameworks to oversee responsible sourcing of minerals, trajectories for mineral exploration, environmental practices, and consumer awareness of the effects of consumption. Here we present, through analysis of a comprehensive set of data and demand forecasts, an interdisciplinary perspective on how best to ensure ecologically viable continuity of global mineral supply over the coming decades.
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TL;DR: The pattern of susceptibility among coral genera documented here is unprecedented and lends support to the hypothesis that corals in regions subject to more variable temperature regimes are more resistant to thermal stress than those in less variable environments.
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Coral bleaching events vary in severity, however, to date, the hierarchy of susceptibility to bleaching among coral taxa has been consistent over a broad geographic range and among bleaching episodes. Here we examine the extent of spatial and temporal variation in thermal tolerance among scleractinian coral taxa and between locations during the 2010 thermally induced, large-scale bleaching event in South East Asia.
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Martin White | 196 | 2038 | 232387 |
Barry Halliwell | 173 | 662 | 159518 |
Adrian L. Harris | 170 | 1084 | 120365 |
Jorge E. Cortes | 163 | 2784 | 124154 |
Frank J. Gonzalez | 160 | 1144 | 96971 |
David W. Bates | 159 | 1239 | 116698 |
Nicholas J. Talley | 158 | 1571 | 90197 |
Hans Lassmann | 155 | 724 | 79933 |
Stephen J. O'Brien | 153 | 1062 | 93025 |
Edmund T. Rolls | 153 | 612 | 77928 |
David J. Brooks | 152 | 1056 | 94335 |
Andrew J. Lees | 140 | 877 | 91605 |
Daniel Thomas | 134 | 846 | 84224 |
Peter Hall | 132 | 1640 | 85019 |
Paul Brennan | 132 | 1221 | 72748 |