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Nitrogen loss and isotopic fractionation during granulite-facies metamorphism in the lower crust (Ivrea Zone, NW Italy) (2021)
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Halama, R., Bebout, G., & Bea, F. (2021). Nitrogen loss and isotopic fractionation during granulite-facies metamorphism in the lower crust (Ivrea Zone, NW Italy). Chemical Geology, 120475 - 120475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120475

The Ivrea Zone, exposed in the Southern Alps, affords an examination of nitrogen mobilization and storage in deep continental crust, in rocks spanning the amphibolite to granulite facies transition and that experienced multiple devolatilization react... Read More about Nitrogen loss and isotopic fractionation during granulite-facies metamorphism in the lower crust (Ivrea Zone, NW Italy).

Eruptive Activity of the Santorini Volcano Controlled by Sea Level Rise and Fall (2021)
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Gertisser. (2021). Eruptive Activity of the Santorini Volcano Controlled by Sea Level Rise and Fall. Nature Geoscience, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00783-4

Sea-level change is thought to influence the frequencies of volcanic eruptions on glacial to interglacial timescales. However, the underlying physical processes and their importance relative to other influences (for example, magma recharge rates) rem... Read More about Eruptive Activity of the Santorini Volcano Controlled by Sea Level Rise and Fall.

The emerging norms of e-cigarette use among adolescents: A meta-ethnography of qualitative evidence (2021)
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Smith, H., Lucherini, M., Amos, A., & Hill, S. (2021). The emerging norms of e-cigarette use among adolescents: A meta-ethnography of qualitative evidence. International Journal of Drug Policy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103227

While qualitative research has indicated that adolescents’ motivation for e-cigarette use is different than adults’, this body of literature has not yet been brought together and synthesised. We reviewed qualitative evidence on perceptions and uses o... Read More about The emerging norms of e-cigarette use among adolescents: A meta-ethnography of qualitative evidence.

Rapid charging provision, multiplicity and battery electric vehicle (BEV) mobility in the UK (2021)
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Pemberton, S., Nobajas, A., & Waller, R. (2021). Rapid charging provision, multiplicity and battery electric vehicle (BEV) mobility in the UK. Journal of Transport Geography, 95, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103137

This paper provides significant new insights into the spatial heterogeneity of public rapid charging provision for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) in the UK. In particular, the paper makes three new and original contributions to our understanding of... Read More about Rapid charging provision, multiplicity and battery electric vehicle (BEV) mobility in the UK.

Numerical modelling of deep coaxial borehole heat exchangers in the Cheshire Basin, UK (2021)
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Brown, C., Cassidy, N., Egan, S., & Griffiths, D. (2021). Numerical modelling of deep coaxial borehole heat exchangers in the Cheshire Basin, UK. Computers and Geosciences, 104752 - 104752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2021.104752

Few deep geothermal wells have been drilled in the Cheshire Basin resulting in high geological and financial risks of such developments. In recent years the focus of exploiting deep geothermal resources in the UK has moved towards lower risk strategi... Read More about Numerical modelling of deep coaxial borehole heat exchangers in the Cheshire Basin, UK.

Eruption Style, Emplacement Dynamics and Geometry of Peralkaline Ignimbrites: Insights From the Lajes-Angra Ignimbrite Formation, Terceira Island, Azores (2021)
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Gertisser, R. (2021). Eruption Style, Emplacement Dynamics and Geometry of Peralkaline Ignimbrites: Insights From the Lajes-Angra Ignimbrite Formation, Terceira Island, Azores. Frontiers in Earth Science, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.673686

Ignimbrites are relatively uncommon on ocean island volcanoes and yet they constitute a significant portion of the stratigraphy of Terceira Island (Azores). The Lajes-Angra Ignimbrite Formation (ca. 25 cal ka BP) contains the youngest ignimbrites on... Read More about Eruption Style, Emplacement Dynamics and Geometry of Peralkaline Ignimbrites: Insights From the Lajes-Angra Ignimbrite Formation, Terceira Island, Azores.

The geographies of digital health – digital therapeutic landscapes and mobilities (2021)
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(2021). The geographies of digital health – digital therapeutic landscapes and mobilities. Health and Place, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102610

Digital technologies have long impacted the field of health, causing fundamental changes for the geographies of the production, movement, and consumption of health. Despite this, there is limited health geography engagement with digital health, and a... Read More about The geographies of digital health – digital therapeutic landscapes and mobilities.

An Outline Summary Document of the Current Knowledge About Prescribed Vegetation Burning Impacts on Ecosystem Services Compared to Alternative Mowing or No Management (2021)
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Heinemeyer, A., & Ashby, M. (2021). An Outline Summary Document of the Current Knowledge About Prescribed Vegetation Burning Impacts on Ecosystem Services Compared to Alternative Mowing or No Management. https://doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/qg7z5

A lay summary of our discussion paper: A critical review of the IUCN UK Peatland Programme’s “Burning and Peatlands” position statement (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13157-021-01400-1). In short, we discuss the prescribed burning on bla... Read More about An Outline Summary Document of the Current Knowledge About Prescribed Vegetation Burning Impacts on Ecosystem Services Compared to Alternative Mowing or No Management.

Constructive criticism of “Misinterpreting carbon accumulation rates in records from near-surface peat” by Young et al.: Further evidence on charcoal impacts in relation to long-term carbon storage on blanket bog under rotational burn management (2021)
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Heinemeyer, A., & Ashby, M. (2021). Constructive criticism of “Misinterpreting carbon accumulation rates in records from near-surface peat” by Young et al.: Further evidence on charcoal impacts in relation to long-term carbon storage on blanket bog under rotational burn management. https://doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/t4g3m

It is with great interest that we read the recent paper by Young et al. entitled “Misinterpreting carbon accumulation rates in records from near-surface peat”. However, we have some concerns about: (i) the use of an unvalidated deep drainage model to... Read More about Constructive criticism of “Misinterpreting carbon accumulation rates in records from near-surface peat” by Young et al.: Further evidence on charcoal impacts in relation to long-term carbon storage on blanket bog under rotational burn management.

Land cover and nutrient enrichment regulates low-molecular weight dissolved organic matter turnover in freshwater ecosystems (2021)
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Brailsford, F. L., Glanville, H. C., Marshall, M. R., Yates, C. A., Owen, A. T., Golyshin, P. N., …Jones, D. L. (2021). Land cover and nutrient enrichment regulates low-molecular weight dissolved organic matter turnover in freshwater ecosystems. Limnology and Oceanography, 66(8), 2979-2987. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11852

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a complex mixture of carbon-containing compounds. The low-molecular weight (LMW) fraction constitutes thousands of different compounds and represents a substantial proportion of DOM in aquatic ecosystems. The turnove... Read More about Land cover and nutrient enrichment regulates low-molecular weight dissolved organic matter turnover in freshwater ecosystems.

EU migrant retention and the temporalities of migrant staying: A new conceptual framework (2021)
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Pemberton, S., Hof, H., & Pietka-Nykaza, E. (2021). EU migrant retention and the temporalities of migrant staying: A new conceptual framework. Comparative Migration Studies, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00225-5

Challenges of weak economic growth, population decline, and labour shortages led many countries across the world to introduce immigration policy changes in order to attract foreign migrants. This paper focuses on Japan (Tokyo) and the UK (Birmingham,... Read More about EU migrant retention and the temporalities of migrant staying: A new conceptual framework.

‘Staying’ as climate change adaptation strategy: a proposed research agenda (2021)
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Pemberton, S., Tripathy Furlong, B., Scanlan, O., Koubi, V., Guhathakurta, M., Hossain, M., …Roth, D. (2021). ‘Staying’ as climate change adaptation strategy: a proposed research agenda. Geoforum, 192-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.02.004

This paper brings work on mobility and ‘staying’ together with theoretical ideas of resilience to consider responses to climate change. To date, the majority of work that has explored the impacts of climate change on human populations has taken a mig... Read More about ‘Staying’ as climate change adaptation strategy: a proposed research agenda.

A UK perspective on tackling the geoscience racial diversity crisis in the Global North (2021)
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Rogers. (2021). A UK perspective on tackling the geoscience racial diversity crisis in the Global North. Nature Geoscience, 14, 256-259. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00737-w

Geoscientists will play key roles in the grand challenges of the twenty-first century, but this requires our field to address its past when it comes to diversity and inclusion. Considering the bleak picture of racial diversity in the UK, we put forwa... Read More about A UK perspective on tackling the geoscience racial diversity crisis in the Global North.

Assessing the impacts of land spreading water treatment residuals on the anecic earthworm Lumbricus terrestris, soil microbial activity and porewater chemistry. (2021)
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Turner, T., Wheeler, R., & Oliver, I. (2021). Assessing the impacts of land spreading water treatment residuals on the anecic earthworm Lumbricus terrestris, soil microbial activity and porewater chemistry. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 40(7), 1964-1972. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5052

Water treatment residuals (WTRs), by-products of drinking water clarification, are increasingly recycled to land to promote circular economy and reduce disposal costs, yet there is a lack of published literature on their effects on soil ecology. In t... Read More about Assessing the impacts of land spreading water treatment residuals on the anecic earthworm Lumbricus terrestris, soil microbial activity and porewater chemistry..

Spatial variation in the sedimentary architecture of a dryland fluvial system (2021)
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Priddy, C. L., & Clarke, S. M. (2021). Spatial variation in the sedimentary architecture of a dryland fluvial system. Sedimentology, 68(6), 2887-2917. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12876

Ancient dryland terminal fluvial systems are often recognised within the rock record for having a progressive downstream decrease in the size and amalgamation of channel elements and systematic downstream increase in sheet and overbank elements, alon... Read More about Spatial variation in the sedimentary architecture of a dryland fluvial system.

Earth’s Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles (2021)
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Halama, R., Bebout, . G., & Bebout, G. (2021). Earth’s Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles. Space Science Reviews, 217, Article 45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-021-00826-7

Understanding the Earth’s geological nitrogen (N) and carbon (C) cycles is fundamental for assessing the distribution of these volatiles between solid Earth (core, mantle and crust), oceans and atmosphere. This Special Communication about the Earth’s... Read More about Earth’s Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles.

Twenty-First-Century Antigones: The Postcolonial Woman Shaped by 9/11 in Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire (2021)
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Lau, L., & Mendes, A. (2021). Twenty-First-Century Antigones: The Postcolonial Woman Shaped by 9/11 in Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire. Studies in the Novel, 54 - 68. https://doi.org/10.1353/sdn.2021.0004

Set in the early 2010s, the backdrop of Kamila Shamsie's novel Home Fire (2017) is a familiar one to contemporary readers, colored by the rise of farright populist movements and the increase in anti-Muslim initiatives. This article examines how the n... Read More about Twenty-First-Century Antigones: The Postcolonial Woman Shaped by 9/11 in Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire.

TIC 168789840: A Sextuply Eclipsing Sextuple Star System (2021)
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Hellier. (2021). TIC 168789840: A Sextuply Eclipsing Sextuple Star System. Astronomical Journal, 162 - 162. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/abddb5

We report the discovery of a sextuply eclipsing sextuple star system from TESS data, TIC 168789840, also known as TYC 7037-89-1, the first known sextuple system consisting of three eclipsing binaries. The target was observed in Sectors 4 and 5 during... Read More about TIC 168789840: A Sextuply Eclipsing Sextuple Star System.

Geophysical monitoring of simulated clandestine burials of murder victims to aid forensic investigators (2021)
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Davenward, B., Mirosch, N., Spencer, F., Jervis, J. R., Pringle, J. K., Stimpson, I. G., …Heaton, V. (2021). Geophysical monitoring of simulated clandestine burials of murder victims to aid forensic investigators. Geology Today, 37(2), 63-65. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12344

Locating murder victims buried within clandestine graves is one of the most important and difficult challenges for forensic search teams. This article details how applied geoscientists have been geophysically monitoring simulated clandestine burials,... Read More about Geophysical monitoring of simulated clandestine burials of murder victims to aid forensic investigators.

The physiological and ergogenic effects of exercise training with low carbohydrate availability: a review (2021)
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with low carbohydrate availability: a review. https://doi.org/10.21252/k3za-8v42

Due to the importance of glycogen for energy production, research has traditionally recommended sufficient carbohydrate (CHO) availability to maximise exerciseperformance. However, recent evidence has suggested that undertaking some training sessions... Read More about The physiological and ergogenic effects of exercise training with low carbohydrate availability: a review.