The green library revolution: a catalyst for climate change action
Collection and Curation,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
43(2), P. 60 - 67
Published: March 18, 2024
Purpose
Libraries
are
currently
undergoing
a
significant
transformation,
emerging
as
dynamic
advocates
for
environmental
sustainability,
surpassing
their
conventional
roles
mere
repositories
of
knowledge.
In
today’s
world,
dominated
by
the
growing
climate
crisis,
these
evolving
institutions
poised
to
play
pivotal
role
in
addressing
change.
However,
they
confront
range
challenges,
including
need
establish
sustainable
operations,
provide
accessible
information,
engage
diverse
audiences
and
uphold
ethical
standards.
Design/methodology/approach
The
research
methodology
used
this
study
involves
an
extensive
review
literature.
authors
analyze
existing
studies
concerning
green
libraries
catalysts
change
action
globally.
This
analysis
draws
from
variety
scholarly
sources,
encompassing
articles,
books
reports,
comprehensive
overview
subject.
Findings
findings
indicate
that
despite
aforementioned
developed
countries
worldwide
have
demonstrated
noteworthy
success
through
initiatives
such
building
projects,
community
engagement
programs,
collaborative
partnerships,
expansion
digital
resources,
innovative
literacy
commitment
stewardship.
These
achievements
serve
source
inspiration,
fostering
hope
spurring
empower
communities
embrace
They
showcase
potential
positive
Originality/value
originality
value
lie
its
insights
into
initiative
catalyst
action.
Ultimately,
opens
door
untold
literary
exploration,
revolutionizing
art
library
capacity
ever-evolving
technological
landscape.
To
augment
impact,
encouraged
broaden
scope
education
initiatives,
expand
cultivate
strategic
collaborations,
prioritize
responsibility
implement
thorough
evaluation
communication
practices.
Language: Английский
How ecological regimes and emergent macrophytes determine sediment microbial communities: A new insight into typical eutrophic shallow lakes
Limnology and Oceanography,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 21, 2025
Abstract
Understanding
the
response
of
microbial
communities
to
different
ecological
regimes
in
eutrophic
lakes
and
underlying
assembly
mechanisms
is
great
significance
for
revealing
biodiversity
maintenance
lake
ecosystems
under
alternative
stable
states.
However,
our
current
understanding
sediment
emergent
macrophytes
regime
shifts
remains
limited.
Here,
we
demonstrated,
first
time,
asynchronous
variations
littoral
bacterial
fungal
communities,
regarding
diversities,
mechanisms,
inter‐kingdom
interactions
across
three
regional
regimes:
macrophyte‐dominated,
transitional,
phytoplankton‐dominated.
We
found
alpha
diversities
showed
opposite
trends,
as
transitional
had
highest
but
lowest
diversities.
Stochastic
processes,
dominated
by
dispersal
limitation,
determined
community
assembly,
whereas
deterministic
especially
variable
selection,
shaped
community.
The
number
species–environment
proportion
intra‐kingdom
were
observed
co‐occurrence
network
regime;
however,
this
(bacteria–fungi)
among
regimes.
Furthermore,
macrophyte‐dominated
was
have
most
complex
structure
maintain
stability.
rhizosphere
Phragmites
australis
enhanced
communities.
These
findings
provide
a
preliminary
perspective
hysteresis
environmental
stress
at
level
emphasize
importance
distinguishing
ecologically
distinct
taxa
future
studies
focused
on
Language: Английский
Local Predictors of Explosive Synchronization with Ordinal Methods
Entropy,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
27(2), P. 113 - 113
Published: Jan. 24, 2025
We
propose
using
the
ordinal
pattern
transition
(OPT)
entropy
measured
at
sentinel
central
nodes
as
a
potential
predictor
of
explosive
transitions
to
synchronization
in
networks
various
dynamical
systems
with
increasing
complexity.
Our
results
demonstrate
that
OPT
entropic
measure
surpasses
traditional
early
warning
signal
(EWS)
measures
and
could
be
valuable
tools
available
for
predicting
critical
transitions.
In
particular,
we
investigate
diffusively
coupled
phase
oscillators
chaotic
Rössler
systems.
As
maps,
consider
neural
network
Chialvo
maps
star
scale-free
configurations.
Furthermore,
apply
this
time
series
data
obtained
from
electronic
circuits
operating
regime.
Language: Английский
Local nearby bifurcations lead to synergies in critical slowing down: The case of mushroom bifurcations
Physical review. E,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
111(2)
Published: Feb. 28, 2025
The
behavior
of
nonlinear
systems
near
critical
transitions
has
significant
implications
for
stability,
transients,
and
resilience
in
complex
systems.
Transient
times,
τ,
become
extremely
long
phase
(or
bifurcations)
a
phenomenon
known
as
slowing
down,
are
observed
electronic
circuits,
circuit
quantum
electrodynamics,
ecosystems,
gene
regulatory
networks.
Critical
down
typically
follows
universal
laws
the
form
τ∼|μ−μc|β,
with
μ
being
control
parameter
μc
its
value.
For
instance,
β=−1/2
close
to
saddle-node
bifurcations.
Despite
intensive
research
on
phenomena
single
bifurcations,
both
local
global,
transients
when
several
bifurcations
each
other
remains
unknown.
Here,
we
investigate
two
merging
into
transcritical
one.
Using
gene-regulatory
model
normal
exhibiting
mushroom
bifurcation
diagram
show,
analytically
numerically,
synergistic,
i.e.,
nonadditive,
lengthening
due
coupled
ghost
effects
down.
We
also
show
that
intrinsic
extrinsic
noise
play
opposite
roles
transition,
allowing
us
timing
transition
without
compromising
precision
timing.
This
establishes
molecular
strategies
generate
genetic
timers
much
larger
than
typical
timescales
reactions
involved.
Published
by
American
Physical
Society
2025
Language: Английский
Defining marine rewilding can help guide theory and practice in marine conservation
Communications Earth & Environment,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
6(1)
Published: March 28, 2025
Language: Английский
Long-living transients in ecological models: recent progress, new challenges, and open questions
Physics of Life Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
51, P. 423 - 441
Published: Nov. 13, 2024
Traditionally,
mathematical
models
in
ecology
placed
an
emphasis
on
asymptotic,
long-term
dynamics.
However,
a
large
number
of
recent
studies
highlighted
the
importance
transient
dynamics
ecological
and
eco-evolutionary
systems,
particular
'long
transients'
that
can
last
for
hundreds
generations
or
even
longer.
Many
as
well
empirical
indicated
system
function
long
time
certain
state
regime
(a
'metastable
regime')
but
later
exhibits
abrupt
transition
to
another
not
preceded
by
any
parameter
change
(or
following
occurred
before
transition).
This
scenario
where
tipping
occurs
without
apparent
source
shift
is
also
referred
'metastability'.
Despite
considerable
evidence
presence
transients
real-world
systems
models,
until
recently
research
into
long-living
has
remained
its
infancy,
largely
lacking
systematisation.
Within
past
decade,
however,
substantial
progress
been
made
creating
unifying
theory
deterministic
stochastic
systems.
considerably
accelerated
further
transients,
those
characterised
more
complicated
patterns
and/or
underlying
mechanisms.
The
main
goal
this
review
provide
overview
related
shifts
We
pay
special
attention
role
environmental
stochasticity,
effect
multiple
timescales
(slow-fast
systems),
spatial
patterns,
relation
between
synchronisation.
discuss
current
challenges
open
questions
understanding
with
applications
ecosystems
Language: Английский