Distribution of economic damages due to climate-driven sea-level rise across European regions and sectors

Economic costs of climate change are conventionally assessed at the aggregated global and national levels, while adaptation is local. When present, regionalised assessments are confined to direct damages, hindered by both data and models’ limitations. This article goes beyond the aggregated analysis to explore direct and indirect economic...

The Environmental Impact of Green Consumption and Sufficiency Lifestyles Scenarios in Europe: Connecting Local Sustainability Visions to Global Consequences

The sustainability transformation calls for policies that consider the global consequences of local lifestyles. We used stakeholders' visions of sustainable lifestyles across Europe to build 19 scenarios of sufficiency (net reductions) and 17 of green consumption (shift in consumption patterns). We applied Environmentally Extended Multi...

Draft genome sequence of Dethiobacter alkaliphilus strain AHT1^T, a gram-positive sulfidogenic polyextremophile

Dethiobacter alkaliphilus strain AHT1^T is an anaerobic, sulfidogenic, moderately salt-tolerant alkaliphilic chemolithotroph isolated from hypersaline soda lake sediments in northeastern Mongolia. It is a Gram-positive bacterium with low GC content, within the phylum Firmicutes. Here we report its draft genome sequence, which...

Complete genome sequence of Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus strain AHT2^T, a haloalkaliphilic sulfidogen from Egyptian hypersaline alkaline lakes

Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus strain AHT2^T is a strictly anaerobic sulfidogenic haloalkaliphile isolated from a composite sediment sample of eight hypersaline alkaline lakes in the Wadi al Natrun valley in the Egyptian Libyan Desert. D. alkaliphilus AHT2^T is Gram-negative and belongs to the family Desulfobulbaceae within...

Adsorption Forms of CO₂ on MIL-53(Al) and NH₂-MIL-53(Al) As Revealed by FTIR Spectroscopy

Adsorption of CO₂ on MIL-53(Al) and NH₂-MIL-53(Al) has been studied by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy at different temperatures and equilibrium pressures. For better interpretation of the spectra ¹³CO₂ was also utilized. It is established that with both samples at low coverages CO...

Partial genome sequence of Thioalkalivibrio thiocyanodenitrificans ARhD 1^T, a chemolithoautotrophic haloalkaliphilic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium capable of complete denitrification

Thioalkalivibrio thiocyanodenitrificans strain ARhD 1^T is a motile, Gram-negative bacterium isolated from soda lakes that belongs to the Gammaproteobacteria. It derives energy for growth and carbon fixation from the oxidation of sulfur compounds, most notably thiocyanate, and so is a chemolithoautotroph. It is capable of complete...

Benchmarking and improving point cloud data management in MonetDB

The popularity, availability and sizes of point cloud data sets are increasing, thus raising interesting data management and processing challenges. Various software solutions are available for the management of point cloud data. A benchmark for point cloud data management systems was defined and it was executed for several solutions. In this...

Simulated generator for wave energy extraction in deep water