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Unravelling long-term impact of water abstraction and climate change on endorheic lakes: A case study of Shortandy Lake in Central Asia (2024)
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Baigaliyeva, M., Mount, N., Gosling, S. N., & McGowan, S. (2024). Unravelling long-term impact of water abstraction and climate change on endorheic lakes: A case study of Shortandy Lake in Central Asia. PLoS ONE, 19(7), Article e0305721. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305721

Endorheic lakes, lacking river outflows, are highly sensitive to environmental changes and human interventions. Central Asia (CA) has over 6000 lakes that have experienced substantial water level variability in the past century, yet causes of recent... Read More about Unravelling long-term impact of water abstraction and climate change on endorheic lakes: A case study of Shortandy Lake in Central Asia.

Reconciling 22,000 years of landscape openness in a renowned wilderness (2024)
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Fletcher, M., Romano, A., Lisé‐Pronovost, A., Mariani, M., Henriquez, W., Gadd, P., Heijnis, H., Hodgson, D., Blaauw, M., & Sculthorpe, A. (2024). Reconciling 22,000 years of landscape openness in a renowned wilderness. Geographical Research, https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12658

Here, we explore the profound impact of the Tasmanian Aboriginal (Palawa) people on Tasmanian landscapes by examining a 22,000-year record of landscape change from Lake Selina in western Tasmania, Australia. We analysed a sediment core for palaeoecol... Read More about Reconciling 22,000 years of landscape openness in a renowned wilderness.

Trace metal accumulation through the environment and wildlife at two derelict lead mines in Wales (2024)
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Sartorius, A., Johnson, M. F., Young, S., Bennett, M., Baiker, K., Edwards, P., & Yon, L. (2024). Trace metal accumulation through the environment and wildlife at two derelict lead mines in Wales. Heliyon, 10(14), Article e34265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34265

Trace metal pollution is globally widespread, largely resulting from human activities. Due to the persistence and high toxicity of trace metals, these pollutants can have serious effects across ecosystems. However, few studies have directly assessed... Read More about Trace metal accumulation through the environment and wildlife at two derelict lead mines in Wales.

The role of religion in shaping the values of nature (2024)
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Ives, C. D., Kidwell, J. H., Anderson, C. B., Arias-Arévalo, P., Gould, R. K., Kenter, J. O., & Murali, R. (2024). The role of religion in shaping the values of nature. Ecology and Society, 29(2), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-15004-290210

Environmental discourse frequently understands the values of nature as being instrumental, intrinsic, or relational and measured in biophysical, sociocultural, or monetary terms. Yet these specific values and value indicators are underpinned by world... Read More about The role of religion in shaping the values of nature.

“It Will Be a Desert”: Extreme Weather and the Effects of Climate Catastrophe on Vulnerable Riparian Spaces in Nairobi, Kenya (2024)
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Howland, O. (2024). “It Will Be a Desert”: Extreme Weather and the Effects of Climate Catastrophe on Vulnerable Riparian Spaces in Nairobi, Kenya. Land, 13(7), Article 913. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13070913

Urban riparian spaces are notoriously vulnerable, and pressure on water resources is growing. In the context of a fast-growing urban population and a lack of state-level structures and services to deal with water and sanitation, these spaces—includin... Read More about “It Will Be a Desert”: Extreme Weather and the Effects of Climate Catastrophe on Vulnerable Riparian Spaces in Nairobi, Kenya.

Greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower reservoirs: emission processes and management approaches (2024)
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Wang, Z., Chan, F. K. S., Feng, M., & Johnson, M. F. (2024). Greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower reservoirs: emission processes and management approaches. Environmental Research Letters, 19(7), Article 073002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad560c

Hydropower reservoirs, as vital inland waters bodies of anthropogenic origin, exhibit distinct characteristics from natural waters, thereby garnering research interest in the quantification and mapping of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In this revie... Read More about Greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower reservoirs: emission processes and management approaches.

Exploring Spatial Patterns of Tropical Peatland Subsidence in Selangor, Malaysia Using the APSIS-DInSAR Technique (2024)
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de la Barreda-Bautista, B., Ledger, M. J., Sjögersten, S., Gee, D., Sowter, A., Cole, B., …Boyd, D. S. (2024). Exploring Spatial Patterns of Tropical Peatland Subsidence in Selangor, Malaysia Using the APSIS-DInSAR Technique. Remote Sensing, 16(12), Article 2249. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16122249

Tropical peatlands in Southeast Asia have experienced widespread subsidence due to forest clearance and drainage for agriculture, oil palm and pulp wood production, causing concerns about their function as a long-term carbon store. Peatland drainage... Read More about Exploring Spatial Patterns of Tropical Peatland Subsidence in Selangor, Malaysia Using the APSIS-DInSAR Technique.

South Georgia marine productivity over the past 15 ka and implications for glacial evolution (2024)
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Wilkin, J. T., Kender, S., Dejardin, R., Allen, C. S., Peck, V. L., Swann, G. E., …Leng, M. J. (2024). South Georgia marine productivity over the past 15 ka and implications for glacial evolution. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 43(1), 165-186. https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-43-165-2024

The subantarctic islands of South Georgia are located in the Southern Ocean, and they may be sensitive to future climate warming. However, due to a lack of well-dated subantarctic palaeoclimate archives, there is still uncertainty about South Georgia... Read More about South Georgia marine productivity over the past 15 ka and implications for glacial evolution.

DeepWaterFraction: A globally applicable, self-training deep learning approach for percent surface water area estimation from Landsat mission imagery (2024)
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Hao, Z., Foody, G., Ge, Y., Cai, X., Du, Y., & Ling, F. (2024). DeepWaterFraction: A globally applicable, self-training deep learning approach for percent surface water area estimation from Landsat mission imagery. Journal of Hydrology, 638, Article 131512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131512

Surface water area estimation is essential for understanding global environmental dynamics, yet it presents significant challenges, particularly when dealing with small water bodies like ponds and narrow width rivers. Surface water areas for these sm... Read More about DeepWaterFraction: A globally applicable, self-training deep learning approach for percent surface water area estimation from Landsat mission imagery.

Addressing risks to mental health from climate change: a policy capacity analysis of England (2024)
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Turnpenny, J., & Alexander, M. (in press). Addressing risks to mental health from climate change: a policy capacity analysis of England. Climate Policy, https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2024.2362848

Climate change and mental health are inextricably linked crises that demand urgent responses within the health sector and beyond. Mental health challenges associated with climate change are wide-ranging. They include depression, anxiety and post-trau... Read More about Addressing risks to mental health from climate change: a policy capacity analysis of England.

How to talk about British colonialism in the middle of a culture war (2024)
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Legg, S. (2024). How to talk about British colonialism in the middle of a culture war. Journal of Historical Geography, 84, 154-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2024.05.007

In this 'Historical Geography at Large' review I recount my participation in an August 2023 summer school led by Professor Alan Lester at the University of Sussex, entitled 'How to talk about British colonialism in the middle of a culture war'. The w... Read More about How to talk about British colonialism in the middle of a culture war.

U.S. Federal Nutrition Policy and the Legal Geographies of Precision Welfare (2024)
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Higgins, A. (2024). U.S. Federal Nutrition Policy and the Legal Geographies of Precision Welfare. Professional Geographer, https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2024.2351845

Produce prescriptions are nutrition incentive programs that focus on specific populations diagnosed with chronic diseases. Since 2010 these programs have multiplied across the United States, with much of this growth attributed to expanded federal fun... Read More about U.S. Federal Nutrition Policy and the Legal Geographies of Precision Welfare.

Enfolding empire into 1930s London: the India Round Table Conference (2024)
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Legg, S. (2024). Enfolding empire into 1930s London: the India Round Table Conference. Urban History, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0963926824000439

This survey reflects on the intersections of global and urban history through brief reflections on the Round Table Conference which took place over three sessions in London between 1930 and 1932. Uniting Indian representatives and the British governm... Read More about Enfolding empire into 1930s London: the India Round Table Conference.

Effect of humidity and oxygen on friction, wear and durability of a polymer-bonded molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-based dry film lubricant (DFL) coating system in large amplitude fretting (2024)
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Laolu-Balogun, E., Owen, S., Read, S., Shipway, P., & Voisey, K. (2024). Effect of humidity and oxygen on friction, wear and durability of a polymer-bonded molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-based dry film lubricant (DFL) coating system in large amplitude fretting. Wear, 552-553, Article 205426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2024.205426

Investigations into effects of humidity and oxygen on a polymer-bonded MoS2-based dry film lubricant (DFL) coating, on grit-blasted Ti-6Al-4V using a cylinder-on-flat configuration, are reported. Sustained low friction and low wear occurred in both l... Read More about Effect of humidity and oxygen on friction, wear and durability of a polymer-bonded molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-based dry film lubricant (DFL) coating system in large amplitude fretting.

Harnessing the runoff reduction potential of urban bioswales as an adaptation response to climate change (2024)
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Lu, L., Johnson, M., Zhu, F., Xu, Y., Ruan, T., & Chan, F. (2024). Harnessing the runoff reduction potential of urban bioswales as an adaptation response to climate change. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 12207. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61878-7

Nature-based solutions (NbS), including China's Sponge City Program (SCP), can address the challenges urban communities face due to surface runoff and flooding. The current capacity of SCP facilities in urban environments falls short of meeting the d... Read More about Harnessing the runoff reduction potential of urban bioswales as an adaptation response to climate change.

Somewhere downstairs: Re-animating a departmental geography collection (2024)
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Matless, D. (2024). Somewhere downstairs: Re-animating a departmental geography collection. Journal of Historical Geography, 84, 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2024.05.003

This paper discusses the re-animation of a geography departmental collection through a study of the archives and map collection of the School of Geography, University of Nottingham. The discussion is situated within parallel examples of work on geogr... Read More about Somewhere downstairs: Re-animating a departmental geography collection.

Material flow analysis of chemical additives in plastics: A critical review (2024)
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Wang, J., Chan, F. K. S., Johnson, M. F., Chan, H. K., Cui, Y., Chen, J., Zhu, Y.-G., & Chen, W.-Q. (2024). Material flow analysis of chemical additives in plastics: A critical review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2024.2354993

The exponential growth in plastic production and usage has escalated global concerns about plastic pollution, particularly regarding harmful chemical additives. Understanding the anthropogenic cycles of these additives is the prerequisite to developi... Read More about Material flow analysis of chemical additives in plastics: A critical review.

Modelling the impact of wastewater flows and management practices on antimicrobial resistance in dairy farms (2024)
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Todman, H., Helliwell, R., King, L., Blanchard, A., Gray-Hammerton, C. J., Hooton, S. P., …Stekel, D. J. (2024). Modelling the impact of wastewater flows and management practices on antimicrobial resistance in dairy farms. npj Antimicrobials & Resistance, 2(1), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44259-024-00029-4

Dairy slurry is a major source of environmental contamination with antimicrobial resistant genes and bacteria. We developed mathematical models and conducted on-farm research to explore the impact of wastewater flows and management practices on antim... Read More about Modelling the impact of wastewater flows and management practices on antimicrobial resistance in dairy farms.