All Outputs (104)

Comparing the relationship between knowledge and support for hydraulic fracturing between residents of the United States and the United Kingdom (2016)
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Stedman, R. C., Evensen, D., O'Hara, S., & Humphrey, M. (2016). Comparing the relationship between knowledge and support for hydraulic fracturing between residents of the United States and the United Kingdom. Energy Research and Social Science, 20, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2016.06.017

Our work examines the relationship between knowledge/familiarity with shale gas development in a comparative context. The United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) represent very different cases of shale gas development, with development relatively... Read More about Comparing the relationship between knowledge and support for hydraulic fracturing between residents of the United States and the United Kingdom.

Modelling and the nation: institutionalising climate prediction in the UK, 1988–92 (2016)
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Mahony, M., & Hulme, M. (in press). Modelling and the nation: institutionalising climate prediction in the UK, 1988–92. Minerva, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-016-9302-0

How climate models came to gain and exercise epistemic authority has been a key concern of recent climate change historiography. Using newly released archival materials and recently conducted interviews with key actors, we reconstruct negotiations be... Read More about Modelling and the nation: institutionalising climate prediction in the UK, 1988–92.

Identification and analysis of low molecular weight dissolved organic carbon in subglacial basal ice ecosystems by ion chromatography (2016)
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Lawson, E. C., Wadham, J. L., Lis, G. P., Tranter, M., Pickard, A. E., Stibal, M., …Fitzsimons, S. (2016). Identification and analysis of low molecular weight dissolved organic carbon in subglacial basal ice ecosystems by ion chromatography. Biogeosciences Discussions, 12(16), 14139-14174. https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-12-14139-2015

© Author(s) 2015. Glacial runoff is an important source of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) for downstream heterotrophic activity, despite the low overall DOC concentrations. This is because of the abundance of bioavailable, low molecular weight (LMW)... Read More about Identification and analysis of low molecular weight dissolved organic carbon in subglacial basal ice ecosystems by ion chromatography.

Identification and analysis of low-molecular-weight dissolved organic carbon in subglacial basal ice ecosystems by ion chromatography (2016)
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O'Donnell, E. C., Wadham, J. L., Lis, G. P., Tranter, M., Pickard, A. E., Stibal, M., …Fitzsimons, S. (2016). Identification and analysis of low-molecular-weight dissolved organic carbon in subglacial basal ice ecosystems by ion chromatography. Biogeosciences, 13, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3833-2016

Determining the concentration and composition of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in glacial ecosystems is important for assessments of in situ microbial activity and contributions to wider biogeochemical cycles. Nonetheless, there is limited knowledge... Read More about Identification and analysis of low-molecular-weight dissolved organic carbon in subglacial basal ice ecosystems by ion chromatography.

Amazon forest response to repeated droughts (2016)
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Feldpausch, T. R., Phillips, O. L., Brienen, R. J., Gloor, E., Lloyd, J., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., …Vos, V. A. (2016). Amazon forest response to repeated droughts. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 30(7), 964-982. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GB005133

©2016. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. The Amazon Basin has experienced more variable climate over the last decade, with a severe and widespread drought in 2005 causing large basin-wide losses of biomass. A drought of similar climato... Read More about Amazon forest response to repeated droughts.

Developing Frameworks to Understand Disaster Causation: From Forensic Disaster Investigation to Risk Root Cause Analysis (2016)
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Fraser, A., Paterson, S., & Pelling, M. (2016). Developing Frameworks to Understand Disaster Causation: From Forensic Disaster Investigation to Risk Root Cause Analysis. Journal of Extreme Events, 03(02), Article 1650008. https://doi.org/10.1142/s2345737616500081

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 calls for science to support policy move toward more holistic solutions to disaster risk. This paper outlines an original framework to promote inter-disciplinary research into disaster causat... Read More about Developing Frameworks to Understand Disaster Causation: From Forensic Disaster Investigation to Risk Root Cause Analysis.

Topography-driven isolation, speciation and a global increase of endemism with elevation (2016)
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Steinbauer, M. J., Field, R., Grytnes, J. A., Trigas, P., Ah-Peng, C., Attore, F., …De Sanctis, M. (2016). Topography-driven isolation, speciation and a global increase of endemism with elevation. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25(9), 1097-1107. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12469

Aim: Higher-elevation areas on islands and continental mountains tend to be separated by longer distances, predicting higher endemism at higher elevations; our study is the first to test the generality of the predicted pattern. We also compare it emp... Read More about Topography-driven isolation, speciation and a global increase of endemism with elevation.

Mid Pleistocene foraminiferal mass extinction coupled with phytoplankton evolution (2016)
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Kender, S., McClymont, E. L., Elmore, A. C., Emanuele, D., Leng, M. J., & Elderfield, H. (2016). Mid Pleistocene foraminiferal mass extinction coupled with phytoplankton evolution. Nature Communications, 7(1), Article 11970. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11970

Understanding the interaction between climate and biotic evolution is crucial for deciphering the sensitivity of life. An enigmatic mass extinction occurred in the deep oceans during the Mid Pleistocene, with a loss of over 100 species (20%) of sea f... Read More about Mid Pleistocene foraminiferal mass extinction coupled with phytoplankton evolution.

New directions in island biogeography (2016)
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Santos, A. M., Field, R., & Ricklefs, R. E. (in press). New directions in island biogeography. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25(7), https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12477

Aim: Much of our current understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes comes from island research. With the increasing availability of data on distributions and phylogenetic relationships and new analytical approaches to understanding the pr... Read More about New directions in island biogeography.

EU-FP7-iMARS: ANALYSIS OF MARS MULTI-RESOLUTION IMAGES USING AUTO-COREGISTRATION, DATA MINING AND CROWD SOURCE TECHNIQUES: PROCESSED RESULTS – A FIRST LOOK (2016)
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Jan-Peter, M., Yu, T., Panagiotis, S., Klaus, G., Konrad, W., Lida, F., …Bamford, S. (2016). EU-FP7-iMARS: ANALYSIS OF MARS MULTI-RESOLUTION IMAGES USING AUTO-COREGISTRATION, DATA MINING AND CROWD SOURCE TECHNIQUES: PROCESSED RESULTS – A FIRST LOOK. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLI-B4, 453-458. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xli-b4-453-2016

Understanding planetary atmosphere-surface exchange and extra-terrestrial-surface formation processes within our Solar System is one of the fundamental goals of planetary science research. There has been a revolution in planetary surface observations... Read More about EU-FP7-iMARS: ANALYSIS OF MARS MULTI-RESOLUTION IMAGES USING AUTO-COREGISTRATION, DATA MINING AND CROWD SOURCE TECHNIQUES: PROCESSED RESULTS – A FIRST LOOK.

Pliocene-Pleistocene evolution of sea surface and intermediate water temperatures from the Southwest Pacific (2016)
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McClymont, E. L., Elmore, A. C., Kender, S., Leng, M. J., Greaves, M., & Elderfield, H. (in press). Pliocene-Pleistocene evolution of sea surface and intermediate water temperatures from the Southwest Pacific. Paleoceanography, 31(6), https://doi.org/10.1002/2016PA002954

Over the last 5 million years, the global climate system has evolved toward a colder mean state, marked by large amplitude oscillations in continental ice volume. Equatorward expansion of polar waters and strengthening temperature gradients have been... Read More about Pliocene-Pleistocene evolution of sea surface and intermediate water temperatures from the Southwest Pacific.

A viscous cycle: low motility amongst Phnom Penh’s highly mobile cyclo riders (2016)
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Parsons, L., & Lawreniuk, S. (2017). A viscous cycle: low motility amongst Phnom Penh’s highly mobile cyclo riders. Mobilities, 12(5), 646-662. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2016.1176775

This paper uses the concept of viscosity to highlight how structural impediments to movement affect not only populations and individuals characterised by low (or no) mobility but also highly mobile groups. Using the ‘cyclo’ riding paratransit workers... Read More about A viscous cycle: low motility amongst Phnom Penh’s highly mobile cyclo riders.

Effects of elevated soil CO2 concentration on growth and competition in a grass-clover mix (2016)
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Smith, K. L., Lake, J. A., Steven, M. D., & Lomax, B. H. (in press). Effects of elevated soil CO2 concentration on growth and competition in a grass-clover mix. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.04.032

To investigate potential environmental affects in the context of carbon dioxide (CO2) leakage from Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) schemes. The ASGARD (Artificial Soil Gassing and Response Detection) facility was established, where CO2 can be inject... Read More about Effects of elevated soil CO2 concentration on growth and competition in a grass-clover mix.

Climatic variability over the last 30?000 years recorded in La Piscina de Yuriria, a Central Mexican crater lake (2016)
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Holmes, J., Metcalfe, S. E., Jones, H. L., & Marshall, J. D. (2016). Climatic variability over the last 30?000 years recorded in La Piscina de Yuriria, a Central Mexican crater lake. Journal of Quaternary Science, 31(4), 310-324. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2846

The Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt provides an excellent setting for reconstruction of late Quaternary climate from different natural archives. Moreover human impact on the landscape since the mid Holocene provides a good opportunity to investigate the... Read More about Climatic variability over the last 30?000 years recorded in La Piscina de Yuriria, a Central Mexican crater lake.

Scientific drilling projects in ancient lakes: integrating geological and biological histories (2016)
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Wilke, T., Wagner, B., Van Bocxlaer, B., Albrecht, C., Ariztegui, D., Delicado, D., …Wonik, T. (in press). Scientific drilling projects in ancient lakes: integrating geological and biological histories. Global and Planetary Change, 143, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.05.005

Sedimentary sequences in ancient or long-lived lakes can reach several thousands of meters in thickness and often provide an unrivalled perspective of the lake's regional climatic, environmental, and biological history. Over the last few years, deep... Read More about Scientific drilling projects in ancient lakes: integrating geological and biological histories.

Participatory modelling for stakeholder involvement in the development of flood risk management intervention options (2016)
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Maskrey, S. A., Mount, N. J., Thorne, C. R., & Dryden, I. L. (2016). Participatory modelling for stakeholder involvement in the development of flood risk management intervention options. Environmental Modelling and Software, 82, 275-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.04.027

Advancing stakeholder participation beyond consultation offers a range of benefits for local flood risk management, particularly as responsibilities are increasingly devolved to local levels. This paper details the design and implementation of a par... Read More about Participatory modelling for stakeholder involvement in the development of flood risk management intervention options.

Variation in stem mortality rates determines patterns of above-ground biomass in Amazonian forests: implications for dynamic global vegetation models (2016)
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Johnson, M., Galbraith, D., Gloor, M., De Deaurwaerder, H., Guimberteau, M., Rammig, A., …Baker, T. (in press). Variation in stem mortality rates determines patterns of above-ground biomass in Amazonian forests: implications for dynamic global vegetation models. Global Change Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13315

Understanding the processes that determine above-ground biomass (AGB) in Amazonian forests is important for predicting the sensitivity of these ecosystems to environmental change and for designing and evaluating dynamic global vegetation models (DGVM... Read More about Variation in stem mortality rates determines patterns of above-ground biomass in Amazonian forests: implications for dynamic global vegetation models.

Empirical and analytical subaltern space?: ashrams, brothels and trafficking in colonial Delhi (2016)
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Legg, S. (in press). Empirical and analytical subaltern space?: ashrams, brothels and trafficking in colonial Delhi. Cultural Studies, 30, https://doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2016.1168113

In this paper, I will engage with Gayatri Spivak’s writings on the figure of the subaltern, focusing on a recurrent tension in her writings, and in readings of them. The tension is between two seemingly contradictory definitions of the subaltern. One... Read More about Empirical and analytical subaltern space?: ashrams, brothels and trafficking in colonial Delhi.

Investigating the feasibility of geo-tagged photographs as sources of land cover input data (2016)
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Antoniou, V., Costa Fonte, C., See, L., Estima, J., Arsanjani, J. J., Lupia, F., …Fritz, S. (2016). Investigating the feasibility of geo-tagged photographs as sources of land cover input data. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 5(5), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi5050064

Geo-tagged photographs are used increasingly as a source of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), which could potentially be used for land use and land cover applications. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the feasibility of using this sour... Read More about Investigating the feasibility of geo-tagged photographs as sources of land cover input data.

SimiVal, a multi-criteria map comparison tool for land-change model projections (2016)
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Bradley, A. V., Rosa, I. M., Pontius, R. G., Ahmed, S. E., Araújo, M. B., Brown, D. G., …Ewers, R. M. (2016). SimiVal, a multi-criteria map comparison tool for land-change model projections. Environmental Modelling and Software, 82, 229-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.04.016

The multiple uses of land-cover models have led to validation with choice metrics or an ad hoc choice of the validation metrics available. To address this, we have identified the major dimensions of land-cover maps that ought to be evaluated and devi... Read More about SimiVal, a multi-criteria map comparison tool for land-change model projections.