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Examining interwoven narratives: multidirectional memory between enslaved labourers and mill workers in Northern England heritage sites (2024)
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Campbell, S. (2024). Examining interwoven narratives: multidirectional memory between enslaved labourers and mill workers in Northern England heritage sites. International Journal of Heritage Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2024.2320312

This article examines two heritage site case studies that juxtapose historical British mill workers with enslaved labourers working on cotton plantations in the Americas, thus creating what Michael Rothberg has termed ‘multidirectional memory’. Throu... Read More about Examining interwoven narratives: multidirectional memory between enslaved labourers and mill workers in Northern England heritage sites.

A global compilation of diatom silica oxygen isotope records from lake sediment – trends and implications for climate reconstruction (2024)
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Meister, P., Alexandre, A., Bailey, H., Barker, P., Biskaborn, B. K., Broadman, E., Cartier, R., Chapligin, B., Couapel, M., Dean, J. R., Diekmann, B., Harding, P., Henderson, A. C., Hernandez, A., Herzschuh, U., Kostrova, S. S., Lacey, J., Leng, M. J., Lücke, A., MacKay, A. W., …Meyer, H. (2024). A global compilation of diatom silica oxygen isotope records from lake sediment – trends and implications for climate reconstruction. Climate of the Past, 20(2), 363-392. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-363-2024

Oxygen isotopes in biogenic silica (δ18OBSi) from lake sediments allow for quantitative reconstruction of past hydroclimate and proxy-model comparison in terrestrial environments. The signals of individual records have been attributed to different fa... Read More about A global compilation of diatom silica oxygen isotope records from lake sediment – trends and implications for climate reconstruction.

Food security in climatic extremes: Challenges and opportunities for China (2024)
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Shun Chan, F. K., Zhu, Y.-G., Wang, J., Chen, J., Johnson, M. F., Li, G., Chen, W.-Q., Wang, L., Li, P., & Wang, J. (2024). Food security in climatic extremes: Challenges and opportunities for China. Cell Reports Sustainability, 1(2), Article 100013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2023.100013

Droughts and floods in 2022 and 2023 have compounded stress on Chinese food security. China’s northeast region is a major grain-producing powerhouse, but recent climatic extremes combined with EI Niño effects have exposed vulnerabilities in its agric... Read More about Food security in climatic extremes: Challenges and opportunities for China.

Dermal absorption of high molecular weight parent and alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from manufactured gas plant soils using in vitro assessment (2024)
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Williams-Clayson, A. M., Vane, C. H., Jones, M. D., Thomas, R., Taylor, C., & Beriro, D. J. (2024). Dermal absorption of high molecular weight parent and alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from manufactured gas plant soils using in vitro assessment. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 469, Article 133858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133858

An enhanced in vitro human dermal bioavailability method was developed to measure the release of twenty parent and seven alkylated high molecular weight (HMW) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from contaminated soils collected from five former... Read More about Dermal absorption of high molecular weight parent and alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from manufactured gas plant soils using in vitro assessment.

Original plant diversity and ecosystems of a small, remote oceanic island (Corvo, Azores): Implications for biodiversity conservation (2024)
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Connor, S. E., Lewis, T., van Leeuwen, J. F., (Pim) van der Knaap, W., Schaefer, H., Porch, N., Gomes, A. I., Piva, S. B., Gadd, P., Kuneš, P., Haberle, S. G., Adeleye, M. A., Mariani, M., & Elias, R. B. (2024). Original plant diversity and ecosystems of a small, remote oceanic island (Corvo, Azores): Implications for biodiversity conservation. Biological Conservation, 291, Article 110512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110512

Remote islands harbour many endemic species and unique ecosystems. They are also some of the world's most human-impacted systems. It is essential to understand how island species and ecosystems behaved prior to major anthropogenic d... Read More about Original plant diversity and ecosystems of a small, remote oceanic island (Corvo, Azores): Implications for biodiversity conservation.

Biochar carbon markets: A mitigation deterrence threat (2024)
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Price, C., Morris, J., & Morris, C. (2024). Biochar carbon markets: A mitigation deterrence threat. Environmental Science and Policy, 154, Article 103704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103704

This article aims to add to the emerging empirical mitigation deterrence literature by drawing on ongoing research into a particular form of greenhouse gas removal technology – biochar – and associated biochar carbon markets. As such, the aim of this... Read More about Biochar carbon markets: A mitigation deterrence threat.

Geography and ecology shape the phylogenetic composition of Amazonian tree communities (2024)
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Luize, B. G., Bauman, D., ter Steege, H., Palma‐Silva, C., do Amaral, I. L., de Souza Coelho, L., de Almeida Matos, F. D., de Andrade Lima Filho, D., Salomão, R. P., Wittmann, F., Castilho, C. V., de Jesus Veiga Carim, M., Guevara, J. E., Phillips, O. L., Magnusson, W. E., Sabatier, D., Revilla, J. D. C., Molino, J., Irume, M. V., Martins, M. P., …Dexter, K. G. (2024). Geography and ecology shape the phylogenetic composition of Amazonian tree communities. Journal of Biogeography, https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14816

Aim: Amazonia hosts more tree species from numerous evolutionary lineages, both young and ancient, than any other biogeographic region. Previous studies have shown that tree lineages colonized multiple edaphic environments and dispersed widely across... Read More about Geography and ecology shape the phylogenetic composition of Amazonian tree communities.

Ground Truth in Classification Accuracy Assessment: Myth and Reality (2024)
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Foody, G. M. (2024). Ground Truth in Classification Accuracy Assessment: Myth and Reality. Geomatics, 4(1), 81-90. https://doi.org/10.3390/geomatics4010005

The ground reference dataset used in the assessment of classification accuracy is typically assumed implicitly to be perfect (i.e., 100% correct and representing ground truth). Rarely is this assumption valid, and errors in the ground dataset can cau... Read More about Ground Truth in Classification Accuracy Assessment: Myth and Reality.

The status and future of essential geodiversity variables (2024)
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Schrodt, F., Vernham, G., Bailey, J., Field, R., Gordon, J. E., Gray, M., Hjort, J., Hoorn, C., Hunter Jr., M. L., Larwood, J., Lausch, A., Monge-Ganuzas, M., Miller, S., van Ree, D., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., Zarnetske, P. L., & Kissling, W. D. (2024). The status and future of essential geodiversity variables. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 382(2269), Article 20230052. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2023.0052

Rapid environmental change, natural resource overconsumption and increasing concerns about ecological sustainability have led to the development of 'Essential Variables' (EVs). EVs are harmonized data products to inform policy and to enable effective... Read More about The status and future of essential geodiversity variables.

Urbanization without guarantees: articulation, rentier capitalism and occupancy on the agrarian urban frontier (2024)
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Cowan, T. (2024). Urbanization without guarantees: articulation, rentier capitalism and occupancy on the agrarian urban frontier. Urban Geography, https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2024.2308399

This article engages with the work of Stuart Hall to examine conditions of agrarian city-making on India’s urban frontier. The article draws on Hall’s writings on articulation and marxist method to propose an approach to studying the urban frontier “... Read More about Urbanization without guarantees: articulation, rentier capitalism and occupancy on the agrarian urban frontier.