Open Access Zeitschriften Artikel – Energie + Nachhaltigkeit

Vertical farming (VF) presents a promising solution for sustainable urban food production but faces significant resource trade-offs. This study evaluates VF through the resource nexus (RN) lens, emphasizing the interdependencies between energy …

Energy storage is a transformational technology class. Large pumped storage hydropower (PSH) projects have been used for decades to integrate nuclear and other large generation technologies that cannot easily adjust their output in response to …

The Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus has evolved from a resource efficiency paradigm within water, energy, and food (WEF) systems toward a broader governance framework that recognizes ecosystems as essential to resource security and …

The Katari River Basin, a key watershed feeding Lake Titicaca, is severely contaminated due to mining waste, urban effluents, industrial discharges, and agricultural runoff. These pressures have disproportionately affected downstream Indigenous …

Amidst global efforts to achieve carbon neutrality, the large-scale integration of renewable energy into power grids has highlighted the critical challenge of long-duration power imbalances, stemming from the inherent variability of renewable …

Rapid changes in the human-changed and natural environment have intensified the need for efficient, scalable, and accurate topographic map updates. Traditional methods, which rely on labor-intensive and costly field surveys, are increasingly …

The forecasting of multi-hazards is a vital, though underinvestigated, area of disaster risk management. The traditional studies have mainly focused on single-hazard forecasting, thus leaving its utility in real-world and realistic scenarios. This …

North American beavers (Castor canadensis) are increasingly being used to achieve restoration goals, prompting practitioners to engage with private landowners in efforts to promote beaver coexistence. Through 23 semi-structured interviews with …

Growing awareness of the critical role Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) play in biodiversity conservation has underscored the need to shift conservation practices towards empowering IPLCs, supporting their land rights, traditional …

Mining activities have expanded rapidly in the Amazon, generating ecological, social, and health concerns. Although the number of publications addressing mining impacts has grown, studies often lack integrative assessments. Here, we provide a …

Coastal wetlands and their terrestrial fauna inhabitants are threatened globally by urbanisation despite the fundamental ecosystem services and habitats they provide. The reduction of sizeable, connected habitat from urbanisation plus habitat …

Urban areas are characterized by distinct environmental constraints that influence biodiversity and its spatial distribution patterns. Air, light, and noise pollution, together with reduced vegetation cover, are among the stressors defining urban …

The study of the soil-structure interaction of piles using spring-based load-transfer analyses is a widely used methodology. It is considered practical and yields rapid and reliable predictions, as it can consider soil nonlinearity and …

Geological faults are key discontinuities in sedimentary basins and strongly influence the hydraulic and mechanical behavior of hydrocarbon reservoirs. Fault zones typically contain a low-permeability core and a more permeable damage zone …

This research presents the results of a study into the drained residual strength of high plastic remoulded clays from Valley of Mexico, specifically (a) former Lake Texcoco, located northeast of Mexico City, and (b) Academy of San Carlos, situated …

Forest expansion is an important climate mitigation strategy in support of decarbonization efforts. Estimates of land-based potential for forest expansion and other natural climate solutions typically neglect key social dimensions that shape land …

Riparian forests are key ecosystems for mitigating the adverse effects of climate change due to their high potential for carbon sequestration and storage. However, the dynamics of scientific production on carbon in these ecosystems remain poorly …

The eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) is a long-lived terrestrial turtle species distributed throughout the eastern United States that has experienced widespread population decline. Many eastern box turtle populations are persisting …

Termite alate flights represent the main means of population dispersal and may be influenced by multiple factors, such as climatic dynamics and the intrinsic structure of colonies. This study aimed to record termite flights within the urban matrix …

Heavy metal pollution poses significant risks to ecosystems and human health, necessitating effective monitoring and mitigation strategies. This study focused on the priority pollutant selenium (Se) content, evaluating five tree species (Tilia …