Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
2
Published: June 11, 2024
Nitrogen
pollution
is
a
global
problem
and
to
effectively
mitigate
the
effects
we
need
understand
both
ecological
societal
impacts.
Coral
reefs
are
of
particular
concern,
as
they
critical
source
livelihoods,
culture,
wellbeing
for
hundreds
millions
people.
Yet
rapidly
declining
due
numerous
pressures,
with
nitrogen
identified
top-ranked
non-climatic
pressure.
A
Rapid
Evidence
Assessment
was
carried
out
impacts
derived
from
marine
on
coral
reefs.
The
results
highlight
key
research
evidence
gaps,
such
unclear
reporting
pollution,
not
distinguishing
other
stressors,
non-quantification
nitrogen-specific
impacts,
unstudied
regions
high
pressure,
greater
awareness
pollution.
Future
questions
proposed
allow
better
understanding
how
tropical
coastal
societies
being
impacted
by
Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
17(9), P. 2021 - 2021
Published: April 26, 2024
In
recent
years,
there
has
been
a
paradigm
shift
in
the
building
sector
towards
more
sustainable,
resource
efficient,
and
renewable
materials.
Bio-based
insulation
derived
from
resources,
such
as
plant
or
animal
fibres,
is
one
promising
group
of
Compared
to
mineral
wool
polystyrene-based
materials,
these
bio-based
materials
generally
have
slightly
higher
thermal
conductivity,
they
are
significantly
hygroscopic,
two
factors
that
need
be
considered
when
using
This
study
assesses
hygrothermal
properties
three
materials:
eelgrass,
grass,
wood
fibre.
All
potential
locally
sourced
Sweden.
Mineral
(stone
wool)
was
used
reference
material.
Hygrothermal
material
were
measured
with
dynamic
vapour
sorption
(DVS),
transient
plane
source
(TPS),
calorimetry.
Moisture
buffering
assessed,
their
capacity
tested
on
component
level
hot
box
exposed
steady-state
climate,
simulating
in-use
conditions
in,
e.g.,
an
external
wall.
The
different
stone
conductivity
than
what
manufacturers
declared.
hot-box
experiments
showed
insulating
insulators
cannot
reliably
calculated
alone.
results
this
could
input
data
for
numerical
simulations
analyses
hygroscopic
behaviour
Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
2
Published: June 11, 2024
Nitrogen
pollution
is
a
global
problem
and
to
effectively
mitigate
the
effects
we
need
understand
both
ecological
societal
impacts.
Coral
reefs
are
of
particular
concern,
as
they
critical
source
livelihoods,
culture,
wellbeing
for
hundreds
millions
people.
Yet
rapidly
declining
due
numerous
pressures,
with
nitrogen
identified
top-ranked
non-climatic
pressure.
A
Rapid
Evidence
Assessment
was
carried
out
impacts
derived
from
marine
on
coral
reefs.
The
results
highlight
key
research
evidence
gaps,
such
unclear
reporting
pollution,
not
distinguishing
other
stressors,
non-quantification
nitrogen-specific
impacts,
unstudied
regions
high
pressure,
greater
awareness
pollution.
Future
questions
proposed
allow
better
understanding
how
tropical
coastal
societies
being
impacted
by