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Diachronic trends in occupation intensity of the Epipaleolithic site of Neve David (Mount Carmel, Israel): A lithic perspective

By: Liu C., Shimelmitz R., Friesem D.E., Yeshurun R., Nadel D.
Published in: Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: The shift from mobile hunting-gathering lifeways to sedentism has been frequently studied, and the Natufian culture is c (more…)

Two new species of yellow-tailed Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from rocky outcrops on the Telangana Plateau, India

By: Lajmi A., Giri V.B., Singh T., Agarwal I.
Published in: Zootaxa
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Two distinct species of the gekkonid genus Hemidactylus are described from the dry zone of peninsular India from the sta (more…)

The early Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site at Nesher-Ramla Quarry, Israel

By: Ullman M., Brailovsky L., Schechter H.C., Weissbrod L., Zuckerman-Cooper R., Toffolo M.B., Caracuta V., Boaretto E., Weiner S., Abramov J., Bar-Yosef Mayer D.E., Avrutis V.W., Kol-Ya’kov S., Frumkin A.
Published in: Quaternary International
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Routine quarrying activity at the Nesher-Ramla Quarry, in the Judean Lowlands, Israel, has recently exposed a new Early (more…)

Direct and indirect valuation of air-quality regulation service as reflected in the preferences towards distinct types of landscape in a biosphere reserve

By: Raviv O., Tchetchik A., Lotan A., Izhaki I., Zemah Shamir S.
Published in: Ecological Economics
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Air-quality regulation was recently judged to be the most important ecosystem service (ES) provided by open landscape in (more…)

Assessment of river-sea interaction in the danube nearshore area (Ukraine) by bioindicators and statistical mapping

By: Snigirova A., Bogatova Y., Barinova S.
Published in: Land
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: There is a lack of understanding of the main drivers that form the picture of biological communities of transitional wat (more…)

Evolution of rapid blue-light response linked to explosive diversification of ferns in angiosperm forests

By: Cai S., Huang Y., Chen F., Zhang X., Sessa E., Zhao C., Marchant D.B., Xue D., Chen G., Dai F., Leebens-Mack J.H., Zhang G., Shabala S., Christie J.M., Blatt M.R., Nevo E., Soltis P.S., Soltis D.E., Franks P.J., Wu F., Chen Z.-H.
Published in: New Phytologist
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Ferns appear in the fossil record some 200 Myr before angiosperms. However, as angiosperm-dominated forest canopies emer (more…)

A Neolithic mega-tsunami event in the eastern Mediterranean: Prehistoric settlement vulnerability along the Carmel coast, Israel

By: Shtienberg G., Yasur-Landau A., Norris R.D., Lazar M., Rittenour T.M., Tamberino A., Gadol O., Cantu K., Arkin-Shalev E., Ward S.N., Levy T.E.
Published in: PLoS ONE
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Tsunami events in antiquity had a profound influence on coastal societies. Six thousand years of historical records and (more…)

Modeling the effects of brine outflow from desalination plants on coastal food-webs of the Levantine basin (eastern Mediterranean Sea)

By: Grossowicz M., Ofir E., Shabtay A., Wood J., Biton E., Belkin N., Frid O., Sisma-Ventura G., Kress N., Berman-Frank I., Gal G.
Published in: Desalination
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Population growth and climate change have led to an increasing demand for freshwater, and subsequently to an exponential (more…)

The effect of wildfire and land-cover changes on the economic value of ecosystem services in Mount Carmel Biosphere Reserve, Israel

By: Orna R., Shiri Z.-S., Ido I., Alon L.
Published in: Ecosystem Services
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: The contribution of ecosystem services (ES) to human wellbeing relies on the ecosystem’s ability to supply ES. Managing (more…)

Societal benefits of river restoration – Implications from social media analysis

By: Kaiser N.N., Ghermandi A., Feld C.K., Hershkovitz Y., Palt M., Stoll S.
Published in: Ecosystem Services
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: The success of river restoration projects regarding its effects on cultural ecosystem services (CES) and contributions t (more…)

From peaks to ports: Insights into tin provenance, production, and distribution from adapted applications of lead isotopic analysis of the Uluburun tin ingots

By: Powell W., Johnson M., Pulak C., Yener K.A., Mathur R., Bankoff H.A., Godfrey L., Price M., Galili E.
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Lead isotope analysis (LIA) can be applied to tin provenance studies when both the U–Th–Pb characteristics of cassiterit (more…)

Environmental controls on butterfly occurrence and species richness in Israel: The importance of temperature over rainfall

By: Comay O., Ben Yehuda O., Schwartz-Tzachor R., Benyamini D., Pe’er I., Ktalav I., Pe’er G.
Published in: Ecology and Evolution
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Butterflies are considered important indicators representing the state of biodiversity and key ecosystem functions, but (more…)

The role of aquatic refuge habitats for fish, and threats in the context of climate change and human impact, during seasonal hydrological drought in the saxon villages area (Transylvania, Romania)

By: Banaduc D., Sas A., Cianfaglione K., Barinova S., Curtean-Banaduc A.
Published in: Atmosphere
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: In spite of the obvious climate changes effects on the Carpathian Basin hydrographic nets fish fauna, studies on their p (more…)

Metagenomics of Antarctic Marine Sediment Reveals Potential for Diverse Chemolithoautotrophy

By: Garber A.I., Zehnpfennig J.R., Sheik C.S., Henson M.W., Ramírez G.A., Mahon A.R., Halanych K.M., Learman D.R.
Published in: mSphere
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: The microbial biogeochemical processes occurring in marine sediment in Antarctica remain underexplored due to limited ac (more…)

Cultivating marine macroalgae in CO2-enriched seawater: A bio-economic approach

By: Zemah-Shamir S., Zemah-Shamir Z., Tchetchik A., Haim A., Tchernov D., Israel Á.
Published in: Aquaculture
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: By the end of the current century atmospheric CO2 concentration may reach 1000 ppm, more than twice the present level se (more…)

Human disturbance on phosphorus sources, processes and riverine export in a subtropical watershed

By: Yuan X., Krom M.D., Zhang M., Chen N.
Published in: Science of the Total Environment
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Phosphorus (P) is a key nutrient in freshwater systems, often acting as the limiting nutrient. The dominant sources of P (more…)

Seasonal Dynamics Are the Major Driver of Microbial Diversity and Composition in Intensive Freshwater Aquaculture

By: Marmen S., Fadeev E., Al Ashhab A., Benet-Perelberg A., Naor A., Patil H.J., Cytryn E., Viner-Mozzini Y., Sukenik A., Lalzar M., Sher D.
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Aquaculture facilities such as fishponds are one of the most anthropogenically impacted freshwater ecosystems. The high (more…)

Comparative Study of Intestinal Microbiota Composition of Six Edible Fish Species

By: Ofek T., Lalzar M., Laviad-Shitrit S., Izhaki I., Halpern M.
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Intensive freshwater aquaculture in the Spring Valley, Israel, is implemented mainly in earthen fishponds and reservoirs (more…)

Coloring Panchromatic Nighttime Satellite Images: Comparing the Performance of Several Machine Learning Methods

By: Rybnikova N., Portnov B.A., Mirkes E.M., Zinovyev A., Brook A., Gorban A.N.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2022 |  Link
Description: Artificial light-at-night (ALAN), emitted from the ground and visible from space, marks human presence on earth. Since t (more…)

Identifying barriers for nature-based solutions in flood risk management: An interdisciplinary overview using expert community approach

By: Raška P., Bezak N., Ferreira C.S.S., Kalantari Z., Banasik K., Bertola M., Bourke M., Cerdà A., Davids P., Madruga de Brito M., Evans R., Finger D.C., Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir R., Housh M., Hysa A., Jakubínský J., Solomun M.K., Kaufmann M., Keesstra S., Keles E., Kohnová S., Pezzagno M., Potočki K., Rufat S., Seifollahi-Aghmiuni S., Schindelegger A., Šraj M., Stankunavicius G., Stolte J., Stričević R., Szolgay J., Zupanc V., Slavíková L., Hartmann T.
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2022 |  Link
Description: The major event that hit Europe in summer 2021 reminds society that floods are recurrent and among the costliest and dea (more…)