CONTRIBUTIONS OF NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES TO AMBIENT AMMONIA IN THE ATHABASCA OIL SANDS AND NORTH-WESTERN CANADA

Contributions of natural and anthropogenic sources to ambient ammonia in the Athabasca Oil Sands and north-western Canada

Atmospheric ammonia (NH3) is a short-lived pollutant that plays an important role in aerosol chemistry and nitrogen deposition.Dominant NH3 emissions are from agriculture and forest fires, both of which are increasing globally.Even remote regions with relatively low ambient NH3 concentrations, such as northern Alberta and Saskatchewan in northern C

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Multi-Year Impacts of Ecotourism on Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) Visitation at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia.

In-water viewing of sharks by tourists has become a popular and lucrative industry.There is some concern that interactions with tourists with ecotourism operations might harm sharks through disruption of behaviours.Here, we analysed five years of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) encounter data by an ecotourism industry at Ningaloo Reef, Western Austra

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The Patriotic War of 1812 and the Foreign Campaigns of 1813-1814 in the Historical Memory of the Peoples of the Urals

The article identifies the features of the Ural region in terms of preserving and updating the memory of the epoch of 1812-1814.Based on the analysis of various options for preserving images of the epoch (through living memory, materialized memory, festive Keyboard events and other means), the author comes to the conclusion that the Ural region, de

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Automation of the Design of the Anchorage System Taking into Account the Geomechanical State of the Massif and Mining Development Schemes

The article presents the system for the automation of the design of the anchorage, which regulates the calculation of the required parameters of the fasteners for the fastening of the fastening system.The main factors affecting the operation of the anchor support Canned Dog Food are grouped in the following way: mining and geological conditions, te

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