Microalgae Cultivation for Biofuels Production - Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Microalgae Cultivation

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Microalgae Cultivation for Biofuels Production, 2020, Pages 1-9
This book chapter addresses goals 7, 12, 13 and 14 by describing the fundamental issues of microalgae and their cultivation as a biofuel and alternative food source.
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Climate Extremes and Their Implications for Impact and Risk Assessment: Chapter 12 - Assessing vulnerability and risk of climate change

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Bapon (SHM) Fakhruddin, Kate Boylan, Alec Wild, Rebekah Robertson, Chapter 12 - Assessing vulnerability and risk of climate change, Editor(s): Jana Sillmann, Sebastian Sippel, Simone Russo, Climate Extremes and Their Implications for Impact and Risk Assessment, Elsevier, 2020, Pages 217-241, 9780128148952
This book chapter advances SDG 13 by providing assessments of vulnerability and risk of extreme weather or climate events are essential in order to inform and implement appropriate prevention, adaptation, and mitigation strategies.
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The Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change - Chapter 6: Species adaptations to their energy environment

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The Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change, 2020, Pages 79-93
This book chapter addresses goals 13, 14, and 15 by focusing on how changing environmental temperatures affect species adaptation.
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Encyclopedia of Environmental Health (Second Edition): Vector Borne Disease and Climate Change

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Encyclopedia of Environmental Health (Second Edition), 2011, Pages 327-334
This chapter analyses the complex influence of climate change on vector borne diseases. It is perhaps expected that climate change will be invoked as a major driving force. The actual effect, however, is highly site specific suggesting that other factors play an equally important role.
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Biodiversity of Pantepui - Chapter 17: Pantepui and global warming

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Biodiversity of Pantepui, The Pristine “Lost World” of the Neotropical Guiana Highlands, 2019, Pages 403-417
This book chapter addresses goals 15, 13, and 12 by discussing conservation efforts to protect pristine and untouched land in the Pantepui area.
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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Sustainable consumption and production; Climate change; Global Warming, South America

Air Pollution Calculations: Chapter 13 - Air pollution control technologies

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Daniel A. Vallero, Chapter 13 - Air pollution control technologies, Editor(s): Daniel A. Vallero, Air Pollution Calculations, Elsevier, 2019, Pages 377-428, 9780128149348
This book chapter advances SDGs 3, 13 and 15 by discussing various sources of air pollution and technologies to remove and treat pollutants.
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Climate change; Atmosphere; Inorganic Pollutants, Global

Freshwater Ecology (Third Edition). Aquatic Ecology - Chapter 4: The Hydrologic Cycle and Physiography of Groundwater Habitats

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Freshwater Ecology (Third Edition), Aquatic Ecology, 2020, Pages 73-93
Provides some details about the hydrologic cycle and then discusses the physical geology of groundwaters.
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Water and sanitation; Sustainable consumption and production; Climate change; Hydrological Cycle, Global

Climate change, environmental health, and human rights

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Encyclopedia of Environmental Health (Second Edition), 2019, Pages 653-660
Explores the links between climate change, human health, and human rights—focusing on the human right to health. Examines the current state of the international debate surrounding the human right to health. The goal of SDG target 13 is to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
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Design and Operation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells - Chapter 12: Mobile applications: Cars, trucks, locomotives, marine vehicles, and aircraft

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Design and Operation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: The Systems Engineering Vision for Industrial Application, Volume , 1 January 2019
This book chapter advances SDG goals 7, 13, and 11 by examining the use of solid oxide fuel cells in land, marine, and aerial vehicles as a replacement for carbon emitting fossil fuel engines.
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Energy; Sustainable transport; Technology, Global

Foundations for Sustainability - Chapter 1: To solve a difficult problem, enlarge it

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Foundations for Sustainability, A Coherent Framework of Life-Environment Relations, 2019, Pages 1-25
Contributing to SDGs 13, 14 and 15, this introductory chapter presents theory and applications rigorously rooted in science, and we modify the foundations of science so the ground is fertile to nurture the roots of the theory and actions the authors see as necessary to solve the human-environment crisis.
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