Hydrogel as commercial soil conditioner has the potential to improve soil properties and
reduce water scarcity in growing plants. However, use of polyacrylamide-based hydrogel in …

Diarrhea is an important public health problem in Taiwan. Climatic changes and an increase
in extreme weather events (extreme heat, drought or rainfalls) have been strongly linked to …

This study differentiates the risk perception and influencing factors of climate change along
the dimensions of global severity and personal threat. Using the 2013 Taiwan Social …

A data analysis method is proposed to cluster and explore spatio-temporal characteristics of
the 22 years of precipitation data (1982–2003) for Taiwan. The wavelet transform self …

Urbanization has influenced the distribution of heat in urban environments. The mutual
influence between weather factors and urban forms created by dense buildings intensify …

Changes in paleorainfall intensity linked to the strength of the East Asian (EA) summer
monsoon since 21cal kyr BP are inferred from the organic matter contents of a 15-m …

With emission control efforts, the PM2. 5 concentrations and PM2. 5 exceedance days (daily
mean PM2. 5 concentrations> 35 µg m− 3) show an apparent declining trend from 2006 …

This study investigates the interannual variability of tropical cyclone (TC)-and monsoon-
induced rainfall (P) in Taiwan during July–September for the period 1950–2002. To examine …

This review summarizes current understanding of drivers for change and of the impact of
accelerating global changes on mountains, encompassing effects of climate change and …

This work investigates historical trends of meteorological drought in Taiwan by means of
long-term precipitation records. Information on local climate change over the last century is …