Published in Polymers
To measure the flexural strength (FS) of bulk-fill resin composites and assess their long-term water absorption and solubility properties with and without the inclusion of short glass fibres. One resin composite, everX Flow with fibres, and four commercially available bulk-fill composites without fibres, namely, PALFIQUE, Activa, SDR Plus, and Filt...
Published in Tree physiology
Drought is projected to occur more frequently and intensely in the coming decades, and the extent to which it will affect forest functioning will depend on species-specific responses to water stress. Aiming to understand the hydraulic traits and water dynamics behind water-saver and water-spender strategies in response to drought and recovery, we c...
In a world where climate change and water scarcity pose increasing challenges, finding innovative solutions to conserve and manage water resources is critical. To this end, the CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains hosted a collaborative event from 27 to 29 June in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe to discuss integrated storage options in the Shashe catchment, a sub-ba...
The global water crisis is worsening. This was confirmed at the recently concluded United Nations 2023 Water Conference. Despite the need for action being highlighted nearly 50 years ago at the last major UN water conference in Mar del Plata, Argentina, several billion people continue to lack secure access to water; water shortages, but also floods...
Natural and built stores of freshwater are critical for both ecosystem vitality and societal development, enabling natural and human systems to cope with temporal variations in water supply and demand. For societies, the importance of water storage has grown as human population has increased and socioeconomic development has advanced. The significa...
Study region: Dak Lak province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam Study focus: Intensification of agriculture has resulted in unsustainably high levels of groundwater use in the Central Highlands. High monsoonal rainfall provides opportunities to boost groundwater storage through managed aquifer recharge (MAR), yet experience with MAR in the regio...
