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Digital ecologies: Materialities, encounters, governance (2022)
Journal Article
Turnbull, J., Searle, A., Hartman Davies, O., Dodsworth, J., Chasseray-Peraldi, P., von Essen, E., & Anderson-Elliott, H. (2023). Digital ecologies: Materialities, encounters, governance. Progress in Environmental Geography, 2(1-2), 3-32. https://doi.org/10.1177/27539687221145698

Digital technologies increasingly mediate relations between humans and nonhumans in a range of contexts including environmental governance, surveillance, and entertainment. Combining approaches from more-than-human and digital geographies, we proffer... Read More about Digital ecologies: Materialities, encounters, governance.

Greenpeace and the online genetically modified food debate in the UK: The role of science and scientific evidence in ‘environmental representation’ (2022)
Journal Article
Price, C. (2023). Greenpeace and the online genetically modified food debate in the UK: The role of science and scientific evidence in ‘environmental representation’. Public Understanding of Science, 32(4), 410–427. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625221138765

This article investigates Greenpeace’s use of science in ‘environmental representation’ in news articles concerning genetically modified food, and how commenters respond in the associated below the line comments. This article provides an answer throu... Read More about Greenpeace and the online genetically modified food debate in the UK: The role of science and scientific evidence in ‘environmental representation’.

No evidence for persistent natural plague reservoirs in historical and modern Europe (2022)
Journal Article
Stenseth, N. C., Tao, Y., Zhang, C., Bramanti, B., Büntgen, U., Cong, X., …Xu, L. (2022). No evidence for persistent natural plague reservoirs in historical and modern Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(51), Article e2209816119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2209816119

Caused by Yersinia pestis, plague ravaged the world through three known pandemics: the First or the Justinianic (6th–8th century); the Second (beginning with the Black Death during c.1338–1353 and lasting until the 19th century); and the Third (which... Read More about No evidence for persistent natural plague reservoirs in historical and modern Europe.

‘Ahhh it was like paradise, but inside’: children’s experiences and perceptions of a free physical activity program (2022)
Journal Article
Ostermeier, E., Reilly, K., Nelson Ferguson, K., Coen, S. E., & Gilliland, J. (2023). ‘Ahhh it was like paradise, but inside’: children’s experiences and perceptions of a free physical activity program. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 15(3), 345-363. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2022.2152081

As most Canadian children are not attaining the recommended 60 minutes of daily physical activity, it is imperative that affordable and accessible programs are implemented to help children become more physically active. Specifically, community-based... Read More about ‘Ahhh it was like paradise, but inside’: children’s experiences and perceptions of a free physical activity program.

Functional relationships reveal differences in the water cycle representation of global water models (2022)
Report
Gnann, S., Reinecke, R., Stein, L., Wada, Y., Thiery, W., Müller Schmid, H., …Wagener, T. (2022). Functional relationships reveal differences in the water cycle representation of global water models

Global water models are widely used for policy-making and in scientific studies, but substantial inter-model differences highlight the need for additional evaluation. Here we evaluate global water models by assessing so-called functional relationship... Read More about Functional relationships reveal differences in the water cycle representation of global water models.

Tokyo's booms and busts: Placing Japan in the global financial network (2022)
Journal Article
Keenan, L., & Wójcik, D. (2022). Tokyo's booms and busts: Placing Japan in the global financial network. Finance and Society, 8(2), 149-168. https://doi.org/10.2218/finsoc.7765

Tokyo is conspicuous for its now decades-long absence in the headlines of global financial news. In this article, we revisit the evolution of Tokyo as an international financial centre through the lens of Global Financial Networks (GFN). Drawing on i... Read More about Tokyo's booms and busts: Placing Japan in the global financial network.

Understanding Household Water Hygiene in Resource-Limited Settings in Kenya (2022)
Book Chapter
Robinson, J., Majiwa, H., & Howland, O. (2022). Understanding Household Water Hygiene in Resource-Limited Settings in Kenya. . InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108231

Climate change means that many more people find themselves living in areas of environmental disadvantage, with water insecurity recognized as a major health issue. Local ecologies shape everyday hygiene practices in households as people respond to di... Read More about Understanding Household Water Hygiene in Resource-Limited Settings in Kenya.

Freshwater mussel conservation: A global horizon scan of emerging threats and opportunities (2022)
Journal Article
Aldridge, D. C., Ollard, I. S., Bespalaya, Y. V., Bolotov, I. N., Douda, K., Geist, J., …Zieritz, A. (2023). Freshwater mussel conservation: A global horizon scan of emerging threats and opportunities. Global Change Biology, 29(3), 575-589. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16510

We identified 14 emerging and poorly understood threats and opportunities for addressing the global conservation of freshwater mussels over the next decade. A panel of 17 researchers and stakeholders from six continents submitted a total of 56 topics... Read More about Freshwater mussel conservation: A global horizon scan of emerging threats and opportunities.

Integrated taxonomy reveals new threatened freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Hyriidae: Westralunio) from southwestern Australia (2022)
Journal Article
Klunzinger, M. W., Whisson, C., Zieritz, A., Benson, J. A., Stewart, B. A., & Kirkendale, L. (2022). Integrated taxonomy reveals new threatened freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Hyriidae: Westralunio) from southwestern Australia. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 20385. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24767-5

The freshwater mussel Westralunio carteri (Iredale, 1934) has long been considered the sole Westralunio species in Australia, limited to the Southwest and listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and under Australian legislation. Here, we used speci... Read More about Integrated taxonomy reveals new threatened freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Hyriidae: Westralunio) from southwestern Australia.

Storm chasing: Tracking Holocene storminess in southern Sweden using mineral proxies from inland and coastal peat bogs (2022)
Journal Article
Kylander, M. E., Martínez-Cortizas, A., Sjöström, J. K., Gåling, J., Gyllencreutz, R., Bindler, R., …Gallagher, K. (2023). Storm chasing: Tracking Holocene storminess in southern Sweden using mineral proxies from inland and coastal peat bogs. Quaternary Science Reviews, 299, Article 107854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107854

Severe extratropical winter storms are a recurrent feature of the European climate and cause widespread socioeconomic losses. Due to insufficient long-term data, it remains unclear whether storminess has shown a notable response to changes in externa... Read More about Storm chasing: Tracking Holocene storminess in southern Sweden using mineral proxies from inland and coastal peat bogs.

Ecosystem Restoration: What, Why, How, and Where? (2022)
Journal Article
Panter, C. T., Baines, O., Draper, E. L., Hunt, L., Schrodt, F., Veeken, A., …Field, R. (2022). Ecosystem Restoration: What, Why, How, and Where?. Frontiers for Young Minds, 10, Article 856833. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2022.856833

Our world contains many ecosystems, from tropical forests to coral reefs to urban parks. Ecosystems help us in important ways, including cleaning our air and water, storing carbon, and producing food. People have been shaping most ecosystems for at l... Read More about Ecosystem Restoration: What, Why, How, and Where?.

Generating Indicators of Disruptive Innovation Using Big Data (2022)
Journal Article
Brackin, R. C., Jackson, M. J., Leyshon, A., Morley, J. G., & Jewitt, S. (2022). Generating Indicators of Disruptive Innovation Using Big Data. Future Internet, 14(11), Article 327. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi14110327

Technological evolution and its potential impacts are of significant interest to governments, corporate organizations and for academic enquiry; but assessments of technology progression are often highly subjective. This paper prototypes potential obj... Read More about Generating Indicators of Disruptive Innovation Using Big Data.

Locating state capitalism: Financial centres and the internationalisation of Chinese banks in London (2022)
Journal Article
Hall, S. (2023). Locating state capitalism: Financial centres and the internationalisation of Chinese banks in London. Environment and Planning A, 55(5), 1239-1254. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X221130080

This paper examines the internationalisation of Chinese state-owned commercial banks in London's financial centre from the 2010s onwards. These banks have transformed from primarily servicing Chinese state-owned enterprises to making up four of the l... Read More about Locating state capitalism: Financial centres and the internationalisation of Chinese banks in London.

Landscape-scale drivers of liana load across a Southeast Asian forest canopy differ to the Neotropics (2022)
Journal Article
Waite, C. E., van der Heijden, G. M., Field, R., Burslem, D. F., Dalling, J. W., Nilus, R., …Boyd, D. S. (2023). Landscape-scale drivers of liana load across a Southeast Asian forest canopy differ to the Neotropics. Journal of Ecology, 111(1), 77-89. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14015

Lianas (woody vines) are a key component of tropical forests, known to reduce forest carbon storage and sequestration and to be increasing in abundance. Analysing how and why lianas are distributed in forest canopies at landscape scales will help us... Read More about Landscape-scale drivers of liana load across a Southeast Asian forest canopy differ to the Neotropics.

The Routledge handbook of methodologies in human geography (2022)
Book
Lovell, S., Coen, S., & Rosenberg, M. (2022). The Routledge handbook of methodologies in human geography. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003038849

The Routledge Handbook of Methodologies in Human Geography is the defining reference for academics and postgraduate students seeking an advanced understanding of the debates, methodological developments and methods transforming research in human geog... Read More about The Routledge handbook of methodologies in human geography.

The old, the new, or the old made new? Everyday counter-narratives of the so-called fourth agricultural revolution (2022)
Journal Article
Rose, D. C., Barkemeyer, A., de Boon, A., Price, C., & Roche, D. (2023). The old, the new, or the old made new? Everyday counter-narratives of the so-called fourth agricultural revolution. Agriculture and Human Values, 40, 423-439. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-022-10374-7

Prevalent narratives of agricultural innovation predict that we are once again on the cusp of a global agricultural revolution. According to these narratives, this so-called fourth agricultural revolution, or agriculture 4.0, is set to transform curr... Read More about The old, the new, or the old made new? Everyday counter-narratives of the so-called fourth agricultural revolution.

Understanding influence and action in Learning and Action Alliances: Experience from the Newcastle Blue‐Green vision (2022)
Journal Article
O'Donnell, E. C., Snelling, A. M., & Lamond, J. E. (2022). Understanding influence and action in Learning and Action Alliances: Experience from the Newcastle Blue‐Green vision. Journal of Flood Risk Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12868

The Learning and Action Alliance (LAA) framework is increasingly valued as an approach to facilitate social learning and action by enabling collaboration within and between organisations, breaking down barriers to information sharing and facilitating... Read More about Understanding influence and action in Learning and Action Alliances: Experience from the Newcastle Blue‐Green vision.

Global and Local Assessment of Image Classification Quality on an Overall and Per-Class Basis without Ground Reference Data (2022)
Journal Article
Foody, G. M. (2022). Global and Local Assessment of Image Classification Quality on an Overall and Per-Class Basis without Ground Reference Data. Remote Sensing, 14(21), Article 5380. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14215380

Ground reference data are typically required to evaluate the quality of a supervised image classification analysis used to produce a thematic map from remotely sensed data. Acquiring a suitable ground data set for a rigorous assessment of classificat... Read More about Global and Local Assessment of Image Classification Quality on an Overall and Per-Class Basis without Ground Reference Data.

The Curse of Conservation: Empirical Evidence Demonstrating That Changes in Land-Use Legislation Drove Catastrophic Bushfires in Southeast Australia (2022)
Journal Article
Laming, A., Fletcher, M.-S., Romano, A., Mullett, R., Connor, S., Mariani, M., …Gadd, P. S. (2022). The Curse of Conservation: Empirical Evidence Demonstrating That Changes in Land-Use Legislation Drove Catastrophic Bushfires in Southeast Australia. Fire, 5(6), Article 175. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire5060175

Protecting “wilderness” and removing human involvement in “nature” was a core pillar of the modern conservation movement through the 20th century. Conservation approaches and legislation informed by this narrative fail to recognise that Aboriginal pe... Read More about The Curse of Conservation: Empirical Evidence Demonstrating That Changes in Land-Use Legislation Drove Catastrophic Bushfires in Southeast Australia.