SiO2 fibers doped with rare-earth-doped nanocrystals are promising to overcome the strong SiO2 multi-phonon quenching and could yield novel laser gain materials. So far, no attention has been paid to the question how well ...

The decades of collected monitoring data of coastal profiles in combination with the decades of experience with sand nourishments in the Wadden Sea, forms an invaluable basis to study the inter-site efficiency of sand ...

Permafrost coastlines represent a large portion of the world's coastal area and these areas have become increasingly vulnerable in the face of climate change. The predominant mechanism of coastal erosion in these areas has ...