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PilotSTRATEGY april newsletter is now available

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Newsletter 3: April 2023 The third PilotSTRATEGY newsletter is now available. In this edition you can read about the first webinar, upcoming on May 17, which will share the findings of regional community profiles developed through interviews, media analyses and other approaches. This edition meets regional stakeholders to brief them on the project and invite […]

Contamination Fingerprints in an Inactive W (Sn) Mine: The Regoufe Mine Study Case (Northern Portugal)

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Sant’Ovaia, H.; Cruz, C.; Guedes, A.; Ribeiro, H.; Santos, P.; Pereira, S.; Espinha Marques, J.; Ribeiro, M.d.A.; Mansilha, C.; Martins, H.C.B.; Valentim, B.; Torres, J.; Abreu, I.; Noronha, F.; Flores, D. Contamination Fingerprints in an Inactive W (Sn) Mine: The Regoufe Mine Study Case (Northern Portugal). Minerals 2023, 13, 497. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13040497 The target of this study was the […]

Assessment of the potential for hydrokinetic energy production in the Douro river estuary under sea level rise scenarios

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M. Cruz, R. Henriques, J.L. Pinho, P. Avilez-Valente, A. Bio, I. Iglesias, Assessment of the potential for hydrokinetic energy production in the Douro river estuary under sea level rise scenarios, Energy, Volume 271, 2023, 126960, ISSN 0360-5442, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.126960. For being densely populated and urbanized, and for concentrating high-value economic activities, estuarine regions have an increased […]

Geoscientists’ views about science communication: predicting willingness to communicate geoscience

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Rodrigues, J., Castro, C., Costa e Silva, E., and Pereira, D. I.: Geoscientists’ views about science communication: predicting willingness to communicate geoscience , Geosci. Commun., 6, 15–25, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-15-2023, 2023. The main barriers to science communication are common in different fields and they are widely identified in the literature. Studies focused on specific scientific communities framed […]

Living and Dying on Planet Earth: an Approach to the Values of Geodiversity

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Lima, N.P., Pereira, D.I. Living and Dying on Planet Earth: an Approach to the Values of Geodiversity. Geoheritage 15, 4 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-022-00776-8 Little or no Earth Science literacy is expressed in ignorance about the close relationships between geodiversity, life, well-being, and death. However, given the environmental changes, the exponential population growth, and the predatory exploitation of natural […]

Evaluation of the Ability of SLSTR (Sentinel-3B) and MODIS (Terra) Images to Detect Burned Areas Using Spatial-Temporal Attributes and SVM Classification

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da Silva Junior, J.A.; Pacheco, A.d.P.; Ruiz-Armenteros, A.M.; Henriques, R.F.F. Evaluation of the Ability of SLSTR (Sentinel-3B) and MODIS (Terra) Images to Detect Burned Areas Using Spatial-Temporal Attributes and SVM Classification. Forests 2023, 14, 32. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14010032 Forest fires are considered one of the major dangers and environmental issues across the world. In the Cerrado biome (Brazilian savannas), forest […]

Design and In Situ Validation of Low-Cost and Easy to Apply Anti-Biofouling Techniques for Oceanographic Continuous Monitoring with Optical Instruments

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Matos, T.; Pinto, V.; Sousa, P.; Martins, M.; Fernández, E.; Henriques, R.; Gonçalves, L.M. Design and In Situ Validation of Low-Cost and Easy to Apply Anti-Biofouling Techniques for Oceanographic Continuous Monitoring with Optical Instruments. Sensors 2023, 23, 605. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23020605 Biofouling is the major factor that limits long-term monitoring studies with automated optical instruments. Protection of the sensing areas, […]