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Role of the RegCM4 Regional Climate Model in Investigating the Influence of the Initialized Soil Moisture on the Soil Temperature Profile of Egypt

Anwar, SA Srivastava, A

In this study, the sensitivity of the soil temperature (ST) profile of Egypt to different initial soil moisture conditions was investigated using the RegCM4 regional climate model. The RegCM4 was d...

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Plants originating from more extreme biomes have improved leaf thermoregulation.

Arnold, PA White, MJ Cook, AM Leigh, A Briceño, VF Nicotra, AB

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Many plants have some capacity for leaf thermoregulation via stomatal conductance (gsw), such that leaf temperature (Tleaf) is rarely coupled with air temperature (Tair). The d...

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Native Australian seedlings exhibit novel strategies to acclimate to repeated heatwave events.

Alvarez, PR Harris, RJ Cook, AM Briceño, VF Nicotra, AB Leigh, A

Heatwaves are becoming more intense and frequent. Plant photosystem thermal thresholds can vary with species, but also shift in response to environmental triggers. Both upper and lower thresholds c...

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Synthesis of the land carbon fluxes of the Amazon region between 2010 and 2020

Rosan, TM Sitch, S O’Sullivan, M Basso, LS Wilson, C Silva, C Gloor, E Fawcett, D Heinrich, V Souza, JG Bezerra, FGS von Randow, C Mercado, LM Gatti, L Wiltshire, A Friedlingstein, P Pongratz, J Schwingshackl, C Williams, M Smallman, L Knauer, J Arora, V Kennedy, D Tian, H Yuan, W Jain, AK Falk, S Poulter, B Arneth, A Sun, Q Zaehle, S Walker, AP Kato, E Yue, X Bastos, A Ciais, P Wigneron, JP Albergel, C Aragão, LEOC

The Amazon is the largest continuous tropical forest in the world and plays a key role in the global carbon cycle. Human-induced disturbances and climate change have impacted the Amazon carbon bala...

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Salt-Assisted Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth of 1D van der Waals Materials.

Pham, T Reidy, K Thomsen, JD Wang, B Deshmukh, N Filler, MA Ross, FM

The method of salt-assisted vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth is introduced to synthesize 1D nanostructures of trichalcogenide van der Waals (vdW) materials, exemplified by niobium trisulfide (NbS3)....

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Historical changes in marine communities uncovered in diverse data sources highlight impacts over half a century

Turnbull, JW Booth, DJ Clark, GF

Context Historical records and citizen scientist data are a useful resource for long-term ecological studies, yet their quality and validity have been challenged. Aims We aimed to i...

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Low dose aspirin prevents endothelial dysfunction in the aorta and foetal loss in pregnant mice infected with influenza A virus.

Coward-Smith, M Liong, S Oseghale, O Erlich, JR Miles, MA Liong, F Brassington, K Bozinovski, S Vlahos, R Brooks, RD Brooks, DA O'Leary, JJ Selemidis, S

Influenza A virus (IAV) infection in pregnancy resembles a preeclamptic phenotype characterised by vascular dysfunction and foetal growth retardation. Given that low dose aspirin (ASA) is safe in p...

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FUS and METTL3 collaborate to regulate RNA maturation, preventing unfolded protein response and promoting gastric cancer progression.

Liu, D Ding, B Liu, G Yang, Z

FUS-mediated alternative splicing and METTL3-regulated RNA methylation play crucial roles in RNA processing. The purpose of this study was to investigate the interactive roles of FUS and METTL3 in ...

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Global application of an unoccupied aerial vehicle photogrammetry protocol for predicting aboveground biomass in non-forest ecosystems.

Cunliffe, AM Anderson, K Boschetti, F Brazier, RE Graham, HA Myers-Smith, IH Astor, T Boer, MM Calvo, LG Clark, PE Cramer, MD Encinas-Lara, MS Escarzaga, SM Fernández-Guisuraga, JM Fisher, AG Gdulová, K Gillespie, BM Griebel, A Hanan, NP Hanggito, MS Haselberger, S Havrilla, CA Heilman, P Ji, W Karl, JW Kirchhoff, M Kraushaar, S Lyons, MB Marzolff, I Mauritz, ME McIntire, CD Metzen, D Méndez-Barroso, LA Power, SC Prošek, J Sanz-Ablanedo, E Sauer, KJ Schulze-Brüninghoff, D Šímová, P Sitch, S Smit, JL Steele, CM Suárez-Seoane, S Vargas, SA Villarreal, M Visser, F Wachendorf, M Wirnsberger, H Wojcikiewicz, R

Non-forest ecosystems, dominated by shrubs, grasses and herbaceous plants, provide ecosystem services including carbon sequestration and forage for grazing, and are highly sensitive to climatic cha...

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Forest fire threatens global carbon sinks and population centres under rising atmospheric water demand.

Clarke, H Nolan, RH De Dios, VR Bradstock, R Griebel, A Khanal, S Boer, MM

Levels of fire activity and severity that are unprecedented in the instrumental record have recently been observed in forested regions around the world. Using a large sample of daily fire events an...

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