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The International Day for Biodiversity (IDB) is celebrated every year on 22 May to raise awareness of the importance and value of biodiversity and to increase understanding of biodiversity issues. The theme of IDB 2024, “Be part of the Plan”, is a call to action for all stakeholders to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity by supporting the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, or the “The Biodiversity Plan”. To mark International Day for Biodiversity, Elsevier has curated a special collection of journal articles and book chapters exploring .

How society and people respond, and adapt to climate change is a psychological process.  Within this collection are papers that explore these different psychological responses from how this influences people's behaviour from action to anxiety and more.

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Cell Reports Physical Science, Volume 5, 15 May 2024

This article explores innovations in Fenton technology to enhance wastewater treatment, including using co-catalysts and engineering catalyst microenvironments to overcome challenges like iron sludge and pH limitations.
This paper highlights the urgent need to enhance water system resilience in response to climate-induced scarcity, using a dynamic multisectoral model to analyze the macroeconomic impacts of temporary water shortages, revealing how firms' investment foresight influences their responses and the economy, with sector-specific insights indicating both negative impacts, particularly in agriculture and energy, and potential competitive benefits in certain sectors, ultimately recommending that firms prioritize anticipation and resilience-building measures across all sectors.
This study presents a deep learning framework using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to efficiently replicate high-resolution outputs of conventional hydrological models for estimating groundwater head and surface water depth in the Sabgyo Stream Watershed, South Korea, achieving a 45-fold reduction in computation time compared to a physics-based model while demonstrating potential for predictive capabilities under future climate scenarios, although further improvements are needed for long-term accuracy.
The impact of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and its related dementias is rapidly expanding, and its mitigation remains an urgent social and technical challenge. To date there are no effective treatments or interventions for AD, but recent studies suggest that alcohol consumption is correlated with the risk of developing dementia. In this review, we synthesize data from preclinical, clinical, and epidemiological models to evaluate the combined role of alcohol consumption and serotonergic dysfunction in AD, underscoring the need for further research on this topic.
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Annals of Emergency Medicine, Volume 83, May 2024

The emergency department (ED) poses unique challenges and risks to persons living with dementia. A longer ED length of stay is associated with the risk of death, delirium, and medication errors. This article seeks to determine whether ED length of stay differed by dementia status and trends in ED length of stay for persons living with dementia and whether persons living with dementia were at a higher risk for prolonged ED length of stay.
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Bioreactor Design Concepts for Viral Vaccine Production: Progress in Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2024, Pages 297-310

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health The chapter provides information on a cost-effective and easy way to produce the vaccine grade HCV.

This study explores how humanitarian health workers are adapting to the impacts of climate change in vulnerable contexts. 

This research has uncovered the conflicts between solar-energy development and the conservation of threatened bird species. A comprehensive analysis has revealed that a staggering 97.4% of regions with significant solar-energy potential overlap with the ranges of multiple endangered bird species. Even more alarming is the fact that over 17.0% of these areas are home to at least 10 threatened bird species. These findings highlight the urgent need to address the potential negative impacts of solar-energy projects on avian biodiversity.

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