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Urban Metabolism: An integrated approach to exploring the challenges of resource management for urban sustainability in developing countries (2021)
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Khalifa, Y. A. Urban Metabolism: An integrated approach to exploring the challenges of resource management for urban sustainability in developing countries. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/419499

Driven by climate change and scarcity of resources, resource management has become crucial for urban sustainability worldwide. There is an increasing interest in urban metabolism as a concept as it enables researchers to identify environment-related... Read More about Urban Metabolism: An integrated approach to exploring the challenges of resource management for urban sustainability in developing countries.

The potential of bird feeders to be used for ecological monitoring of vectors for Phytophthora ramorum in garden and woodland environments (2021)
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Tosdevin, M. W. The potential of bird feeders to be used for ecological monitoring of vectors for Phytophthora ramorum in garden and woodland environments. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/420371

Bird feeders were investigated for their use in determining whether birds are vectoring the tree disease Phytophthora ramorum, and whether feeders are acting as nodes of spore transfer. This was done by studying feeders at residences in Keele Univers... Read More about The potential of bird feeders to be used for ecological monitoring of vectors for Phytophthora ramorum in garden and woodland environments.

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.

A Critical Review of the IUCN UK Peatland Programme’s “Burning and Peatlands” Position Statement (2021)
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Ashby, M., & Heinemeyer, A. (2021). A Critical Review of the IUCN UK Peatland Programme’s “Burning and Peatlands” Position Statement. Wetlands, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-021-01400-1

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Despite substantial contrary evidence, there has been a growing tendency to present prescribed vegetation burning as a management practice that is always damaging to peatland ecosystems in the UK. This is exem... Read More about A Critical Review of the IUCN UK Peatland Programme’s “Burning and Peatlands” Position Statement.

Where do successful populations originate from? (2021)
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Andras, P., & Stanton, A. (2021). Where do successful populations originate from?. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 524, Article ARTN 110734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.110734

In order to understand the dynamics of emergence and spreading of socio-technical innovations and population moves it is important to determine the place of origin of these populations. Here we focus on the role of geographical factors, such as land... Read More about Where do successful populations originate from?.

‘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., Warner, J., & 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.

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.

Livelihoods, vulnerability, and adaptation to climate change of small-holder farmers in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (2021)
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Mwasha, S. I. Livelihoods, vulnerability, and adaptation to climate change of small-holder farmers in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/419447

Climate change is expected to reduce food security in many African countries, and yield from rain-fed agriculture is projected to decline significantly. Future warming will persist even if current agreements on emission controls are put into action b... Read More about Livelihoods, vulnerability, and adaptation to climate change of small-holder farmers in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

A flexible, open, and interactive digital platform to support online and blended experiential learning environments: Thinglink and thin sections (2021)
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Jeffery, A. J., Rogers, S., Jeffery, K. L., & Hobson, L. (2021). A flexible, open, and interactive digital platform to support online and blended experiential learning environments: Thinglink and thin sections. Geoscience Communication, 4(1), 95 - 110. https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-95-2021

Abstract. This study investigates the potential value of, and provides a method for, the creation of flexible, digital, and asynchronous platforms to create student-centred materials for use in an online and/or blended learning environment. We made u... Read More about A flexible, open, and interactive digital platform to support online and blended experiential learning environments: Thinglink and thin sections.

An Empirical Investigation of U.K. Environmental Targets Disclosure: The Role of Environmental Governance and Performance (2021)
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Moussa, T., Kotb, A., & Helfaya, A. (2021). An Empirical Investigation of U.K. Environmental Targets Disclosure: The Role of Environmental Governance and Performance. European Accounting Review, 31(4), 1 - 35. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2021.1890173

Although an increasing number of companies have publicly declared environmental targets (ETs), scant research has been conducted in this area. This study, therefore, investigates the extent of corporate environmental targets disclosure (ETD) and empi... Read More about An Empirical Investigation of U.K. Environmental Targets Disclosure: The Role of Environmental Governance and Performance.

Life-cycle analysis of coesite-bearing garnet (2021)
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(2021). Life-cycle analysis of coesite-bearing garnet. Geological Magazine, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756821000017

Detrital coesite-bearing garnet is the final product of a complex geological cycle including coesite entrapment at ultrahigh-pressure conditions, exhumation to Earth’s surface, erosion, and sedimentary transport. In contrast to the usual enrichment o... Read More about Life-cycle analysis of coesite-bearing garnet.

Climate warming causes mast seeding to break down by reducing sensitivity to weather cues (2021)
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Bogdziewicz, M., Hacket‐Pain, A., Kelly, D., Thomas, P. A., Lageard, J., & Tanentzap, A. J. (2021). Climate warming causes mast seeding to break down by reducing sensitivity to weather cues. Global Change Biology, 27(9), 1952-1961. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15560

Climate change is altering patterns of seed production worldwide with consequences for population recruitment and migration potential. For the many species that regenerate through synchronized, quasiperiodic reproductive events termed masting, these... Read More about Climate warming causes mast seeding to break down by reducing sensitivity to weather cues.

Deep geothermal energy in northern England: Insights from 3D finite difference temperature modelling (2021)
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Howell, L., Brown, C., & Egan, S. (2021). Deep geothermal energy in northern England: Insights from 3D finite difference temperature modelling. Computers and Geosciences, 104661 - 104661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2020.104661

Many of the most widely used deep geothermal resource maps for the UK are produced by contouring around sparsely distributed and often unreliable data points. We thus present a MATLAB-based 3D finite difference temperature modelling methodology, whic... Read More about Deep geothermal energy in northern England: Insights from 3D finite difference temperature modelling.

Biological Flora of the British Isles: Crataegus laevigata (2021)
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Thomas, P. A., Leski, T., La Porta, N., Dering, M., & Iszkulo, G. (2021). Biological Flora of the British Isles: Crataegus laevigata. Journal of Ecology, 109(1), 572-596. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13541

This account presents information on all aspects of the biology of Crataegus laevigata (Poir.) DC (Midland hawthorn) (C. oxyacanthoides Thuill.) that are relevant to understanding its ecological characteristics and behaviour. The main topics are pres... Read More about Biological Flora of the British Isles: Crataegus laevigata.

A Review of Geothermal Technologies and Their Role in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the USA (2021)
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(2021). A Review of Geothermal Technologies and Their Role in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the USA. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4048187

A review of conventional, unconventional, and advanced geothermal technologies highlights just how diverse and multi-faceted the geothermal industry has become, harnessing temperatures from 7 °C to greater than 350 °C. The cost of reducing greenhouse... Read More about A Review of Geothermal Technologies and Their Role in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the USA.

Negligible hormonal response following dehorning in free-ranging white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) (2020)
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(2020). Negligible hormonal response following dehorning in free-ranging white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). Conservation Physiology, coaa117 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaa117

The white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is experiencing unsustainable poaching losses fuelled by a demand for horn. Increasingly, private and state reserves are dehorning their rhinoceros populations in an attempt to reduce poaching pressure. Rhin... Read More about Negligible hormonal response following dehorning in free-ranging white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum).

On global plasticity: framing the global through affective materiality (2020)
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McKay. (2020). On global plasticity: framing the global through affective materiality. New Global Studies, https://doi.org/10.1515/ngs-2020-0039

As a pervasive, material element of the global, plastics raise potent social and environmental questions. More than merely the ‘stuff’ of potential global prosperity, plastics are substances people inscribe with varied cultural meanings. Deploying co... Read More about On global plasticity: framing the global through affective materiality.

Lead Mineralisation Within The Stublick Fault System At Church Burn And Wolf Hills, Haltwhistle, Northumberland (2020)
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Young, B., Clarke, S., Hopkirk, A., Forbes, I., & Smith, F. (2020). Lead Mineralisation Within The Stublick Fault System At Church Burn And Wolf Hills, Haltwhistle, Northumberland. The Journal of The Russell Society, 23(2-4), 75-85

Two hitherto unreported small clusters of lead-bearing veins and associated workings at Church Burn and Wolf Hills, south of Haltwhistle, described here, add to the group of mineral deposits within the main Tyne Valley, sometimes collectively referre... Read More about Lead Mineralisation Within The Stublick Fault System At Church Burn And Wolf Hills, Haltwhistle, Northumberland.