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A complex social-ecological disaster: Environmentally induced forced migration (2016)
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Rechkemmer, A., O'Connor, A., Rai, A., Decker Sparks, J. L., Mudliar, P., & Shultz, J. M. (2016). A complex social-ecological disaster: Environmentally induced forced migration. Disaster Health, 3(4), 112-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/21665044.2016.1263519

In the 21st century, global issues are increasingly characterized by inter-connectedness and complexity. Global environmental change, and climate change in particular, has become a powerful driver and catalyst of forced migration and internal displac... Read More about A complex social-ecological disaster: Environmentally induced forced migration.

Subdecadal-scale vegetation responses to a previously unknown late-Allerød climate fluctuation and Younger Dryas cooling at Lake Meerfelder Maar (Germany) (2016)
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Engels, S., Brauer, A., Buddelmeijer, N., Martín-Puertas, C., Rach, O., Sachse, D., & van Geel, B. (2016). Subdecadal-scale vegetation responses to a previously unknown late-Allerød climate fluctuation and Younger Dryas cooling at Lake Meerfelder Maar (Germany). Journal of Quaternary Science, 31(7), 741-752. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2900

Lake Meerfelder Maar (MFM) is the northernmost W European sediment record with annual laminations across the Younger Dryas (YD), and the onset of the YD in the record of MFM has previously been defined as an increase in non-arboreal pollen abundance... Read More about Subdecadal-scale vegetation responses to a previously unknown late-Allerød climate fluctuation and Younger Dryas cooling at Lake Meerfelder Maar (Germany).

Astronomical constraints on the duration of the Early Jurassic Pliensbachian Stage and global climatic fluctuations (2016)
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Ruhl, M., Hesselbo, S. P., Hinnov, L., Jenkyns, H. C., Xu, W., Riding, J. B., …Leng, M. J. (2016). Astronomical constraints on the duration of the Early Jurassic Pliensbachian Stage and global climatic fluctuations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 455, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.08.038

The Early Jurassic was marked by multiple periods of major global climatic and palaeoceanographic change, biotic turnover and perturbed global geochemical cycles, commonly linked to large igneous province volcanism. This epoch was also characterised... Read More about Astronomical constraints on the duration of the Early Jurassic Pliensbachian Stage and global climatic fluctuations.

Exploring support for shale gas extraction in the United Kingdom (2016)
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Andersson-Hudson, J., Knight, W., Humphrey, M., & O'Hara, S. (in press). Exploring support for shale gas extraction in the United Kingdom. Energy Policy, 98, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.09.042

The development of shale gas in the United Kingdom (UK) using hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as ‘fracking’, remains in its infancy. Yet understanding public attitudes for this fledgling industry is important for future policy consideration... Read More about Exploring support for shale gas extraction in the United Kingdom.

Waging peace: militarising pacifism in Central Africa and the problem of geography, 1962 (2016)
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Hodder, J. (2017). Waging peace: militarising pacifism in Central Africa and the problem of geography, 1962. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 42(1), 29-43. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12145

Despite the discipline having undergone a ‘peace turn’ in recent years, the history of the peace movement itself remains curiously under explored by geographers. This paper retraces the World Peace Brigade and its collaboration with the Northern Rhod... Read More about Waging peace: militarising pacifism in Central Africa and the problem of geography, 1962.

Phylogeny of the most species-rich freshwater bivalve family (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae): Defining modern subfamilies and tribes (2016)
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Lopes-Lima, M., Froufe, E., Do, V. T., Ghamizi, M., Mock, K. E., Kebapçı, Ü., …Bogan, A. E. (2017). Phylogeny of the most species-rich freshwater bivalve family (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae): Defining modern subfamilies and tribes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 106, 174-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.08.021

Freshwater mussels of the order Unionida are key elements of freshwater habitats and are responsible for important ecological functions and services. Unfortunately, these bivalves are among the most threatened freshwater taxa in the world. However, c... Read More about Phylogeny of the most species-rich freshwater bivalve family (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae): Defining modern subfamilies and tribes.

Long-term CO? injection and its impact on near-surface soil microbiology (2016)
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Gwosdz, S., West, J. M., Jones, D., Rakoczy, J., Green, K., Barlow, T., …Krüger, M. (2016). Long-term CO₂ injection and its impact on near-surface soil microbiology. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 92(12), Article fiw193. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiw193

Impacts of long-term CO₂ exposure on environmental processes and microbial populations of near-surface soils are poorly understood. This near-surface long-term CO₂ injection study demonstrated that soil microbiology and geochemistry is influenced mor... Read More about Long-term CO? injection and its impact on near-surface soil microbiology.

Biogeochemical cycling in the Bering Sea over the onset of major Northern Hemisphere glaciation (2016)
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Swann, G. E., Snelling, A. M., & Pike, J. (in press). Biogeochemical cycling in the Bering Sea over the onset of major Northern Hemisphere glaciation. Paleoceanography, 31(9), https://doi.org/10.1002/2016PA002978

The Bering Sea is one of the most biologically productive regions in the marine system and plays a key role in regulating the flow of waters to the Arctic Ocean and into the subarctic North Pacific Ocean. Cores from IODP Expedition 323 to the Bering... Read More about Biogeochemical cycling in the Bering Sea over the onset of major Northern Hemisphere glaciation.

The diffusion of cholera in Egypt, 1947: a time-space analysis of one of the largest single outbreaks in the twentieth century (2016)
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Smallman-Raynor, M., & Cliffe, A. (2016). The diffusion of cholera in Egypt, 1947: a time-space analysis of one of the largest single outbreaks in the twentieth century. Journal of Historical Geography, 54, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2016.07.010

The epidemic of cholera that spread through Egypt in the latter months of 1947 was one of the largest single outbreaks of the disease in the twentieth century. Using a swash–backwash model, this paper examines the geographical wave-like spread and su... Read More about The diffusion of cholera in Egypt, 1947: a time-space analysis of one of the largest single outbreaks in the twentieth century.

An iterative interpolation deconvolution algorithm for superresolution land cover mapping (2016)
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Ling, F., Foody, G. M., Ge, Y., Li, X., & Du, Y. (2016). An iterative interpolation deconvolution algorithm for superresolution land cover mapping. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54(12), 7210-7222. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2016.2598534

Super-resolution mapping (SRM) is a method to produce a fine spatial resolution land cover map from coarse spatial resolution remotely sensed imagery. A popular approach for SRM is a two-step algorithm, which first increases the spatial resolution of... Read More about An iterative interpolation deconvolution algorithm for superresolution land cover mapping.

A bear’s biography: hybrid warfare and the more-than-human battlespace (2016)
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Forsyth, I. (in press). A bear’s biography: hybrid warfare and the more-than-human battlespace. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 35(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0263775816664098

This paper makes an intervention highlighting the animal dimension of military geographies as an overlooked yet illuminating aspect of the hybrid nature of warfare. By bringing animal geographies into dialogue with critical military geographies and... Read More about A bear’s biography: hybrid warfare and the more-than-human battlespace.

Toward a geography of black internationalism: Bayard Rustin, nonviolence and the promise of Africa (2016)
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Hodder, J. (in press). Toward a geography of black internationalism: Bayard Rustin, nonviolence and the promise of Africa. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 106(6), https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2016.1203284

This article charts the trip made by civil rights leader Bayard Rustin to West Africa in 1952, and examines the unpublished ‘Africa Program’ which he subsequently presented to leading American pacifists. I situate Rustin’s writings within the burgeon... Read More about Toward a geography of black internationalism: Bayard Rustin, nonviolence and the promise of Africa.

‘Goodbye it's 1987’: generation of the new (2016)
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Matless, D. (2016). ‘Goodbye it's 1987’: generation of the new. Area, 48(3), 384-388. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12291

This paper reflects on Cosgrove and Jackson's (1987) Area paper ‘New directions in cultural geography’ (Area, 19, 95–101), discussing its place within British geography in the 1980s, the associated conferences organised through the Institute of Briti... Read More about ‘Goodbye it's 1987’: generation of the new.

Situating 1816, the ‘year without summer’, in the UK (2016)
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Veale, L., & Endfield, G. H. (2016). Situating 1816, the ‘year without summer’, in the UK. Geographical Journal, 182(4), 318-330. https://doi.org/10.1111/geoj.12191

The immediate local impacts of the eruption of Mount Tambora, Sumbawa, Indonesia in April 1815 were devastating, resulting in the loss of an estimated 60 000 lives on this and neighbouring islands. However, the longer term effects of the largest know... Read More about Situating 1816, the ‘year without summer’, in the UK.

Plant responses to elevated CO 2 levels in soils: Distinct CO 2 and O 2 -depletion effects (2016)
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Lake, J. A., Steven, M. D., Smith, K. L., & Lomax, B. H. (2017). Plant responses to elevated CO 2 levels in soils: Distinct CO 2 and O 2 -depletion effects. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 64, 333-339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.07.042

To investigate potential environmental effects in the context of carbon dioxide (CO2) leakage from Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) schemes, the University of Nottingham ASGARD (Artificial Soil Gassing And Response Detection) facility, was used to in... Read More about Plant responses to elevated CO 2 levels in soils: Distinct CO 2 and O 2 -depletion effects.

Understanding travel behaviour change during mega-events: lessons from the London 2012 Games (2016)
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Parkes, S. D., Jopson, A., & Marsden, G. (2016). Understanding travel behaviour change during mega-events: lessons from the London 2012 Games. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 92, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2016.07.006

This paper presents results from a longitudinal study of the travel behaviour change associated with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (the ‘Games’). The research examines commuter travel behaviour through a panel approach enabling an unde... Read More about Understanding travel behaviour change during mega-events: lessons from the London 2012 Games.

Assessing a temporal change strategy for sub-pixel land cover change mapping from multi-scale remote sensing imagery (2016)
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Ling, F., Foody, G., Li, X., Zhang, Y., & Du, Y. (in press). Assessing a temporal change strategy for sub-pixel land cover change mapping from multi-scale remote sensing imagery. Remote Sensing, 8(8), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8080642

Remotely sensed imagery is an attractive source of information for mapping and monitoring land cover. Fine spatial resolution imagery is typically acquired infrequently, but fine temporal resolution systems commonly provide coarse spatial resolution... Read More about Assessing a temporal change strategy for sub-pixel land cover change mapping from multi-scale remote sensing imagery.

Osmium isotope evidence for two pulses of increased continental weathering linked to Early Jurassic volcanism and climate change (2016)
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Percival, L. M., Cohen, A., Davies, M., Hesselbo, S. P., Jenkyns, H., Leng, M. J., …Xu, W. (2016). Osmium isotope evidence for two pulses of increased continental weathering linked to Early Jurassic volcanism and climate change. Geology, 44(9), 759-762. https://doi.org/10.1130/G37997.1

Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are proposed to have caused a number of episodes of abrupt environmental change by increasing atmospheric CO2 levels, which were subsequently alleviated by drawdown of CO2 via enhanced continental weathering and burial... Read More about Osmium isotope evidence for two pulses of increased continental weathering linked to Early Jurassic volcanism and climate change.

Picturing the future-conditional: montage and the global geographies of climate change (2016)
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Mahony, M. (2016). Picturing the future-conditional: montage and the global geographies of climate change. Geo: Geography and Environment, 3(2), Article e00019. https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.19

A growing body of work has explored the effects of visual imagery on shifting forms of environmental consciousness and politics. Circulating images of, for example, the ‘whole Earth’ have been ascribed agency in the emergence of new forms of planetar... Read More about Picturing the future-conditional: montage and the global geographies of climate change.

Sex and the city: branding, gender and the commodification of sex consumption in contemporary retailing (2016)
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Martin, A., & Crewe, L. (in press). Sex and the city: branding, gender and the commodification of sex consumption in contemporary retailing. Urban Studies, 54(3), 582-599. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098016659615

This paper explores the changing spatiality of the sex retail industry in England and Wales, from highly regulated male orientated sex shops, pushed to the legislative margins of the city and social respectability, towards the emergence of unregulate... Read More about Sex and the city: branding, gender and the commodification of sex consumption in contemporary retailing.