Tipping elements and amplified polar warming during the Last Interglacial (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Tipping elements and amplified polar warming during the Last Interglacial. Quaternary Science Reviews, 106222 - 106222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106222

Irreversible shifts of large-scale components of the Earth system (so-called ‘tipping elements’) on policy-relevant timescales are a major source of uncertainty for projecting the impacts of future climate change. The high latitudes are particularly... Read More about Tipping elements and amplified polar warming during the Last Interglacial.

Calcareous algae and cyanobacteria (2020)
Journal Article
Rogers. (2020). Calcareous algae and cyanobacteria. Geology Today, 75 - 80. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12304

Algae is an informal term used to describe a broad group of simple organisms from the plant kingdom. The organisms included within this grouping are aquatic photosynthetic biota with an extensive range of life habits and forms. These organisms range... Read More about Calcareous algae and cyanobacteria.

Controls on jökulhlaup-transported buried ice melt-out at Skeiðarársandur, Iceland: Implications for the evolution of ice-marginal environments (2020)
Journal Article
Blauvelt, D. J., Russell, A. J., Large, A. R., Tweed, F. S., Hiemstra, J. F., Kulessa, B., Evans, D. J., & Waller, R. I. (2020). Controls on jökulhlaup-transported buried ice melt-out at Skeiðarársandur, Iceland: Implications for the evolution of ice-marginal environments. Geomorphology, 360, Article 107164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107164

High-magnitude jökulhlaups, glacier margin position and ice-thickness have been identified as key controls on sandur evolution. Existing models however have focused primarily on observations made during short windows of time and often do not account... Read More about Controls on jökulhlaup-transported buried ice melt-out at Skeiðarársandur, Iceland: Implications for the evolution of ice-marginal environments.

Heavy minerals as provenance indicator in glaciogenic successions: An example from the Palaeozoic of Ethiopia (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Heavy minerals as provenance indicator in glaciogenic successions: An example from the Palaeozoic of Ethiopia. Journal of African Earth Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2020.103813

We use heavy minerals and rutile and garnet chemical compositions to constrain the provenance of two glaciogenic sandstone formations that build up the Palaeozoic succession in Ethiopia. The heavy mineral assemblage of the Upper Ordovician–Lower Silu... Read More about Heavy minerals as provenance indicator in glaciogenic successions: An example from the Palaeozoic of Ethiopia.

Plastics we cannot live without (2020)
Book Chapter
George. (2020). Plastics we cannot live without. In Plastic Waste and Recycling Environmental Impact, Societal Issues, Prevention, and Solutions (449-466). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817880-5.00017-7

This is an essential guide for anyone involved in plastic waste or recycling, including researchers and advanced students across plastics engineering, polymer science, polymer chemistry, environmental science, and sustainable materials.

An open data infrastructure for the study of anthropogenic hazards linked to georesource exploitation (2020)
Journal Article
Orlecka-Sikora, B., Lasocki, S., Kocot, J., Szepieniec, T., Robert Grasso, J., Garcia-Aristizabal, A., Schaming, M., Urban, P., Jones, G., Stimpson, I., Dineva, S., Sałek, P., Leptokaropoulos, K., Lizurek, G., Olszewska, D., Schmittbuhl, J., Kwiatek, G., Blanke, A., Saccorotti, G., Chodzińska, K., …Fischer, T. (2020). An open data infrastructure for the study of anthropogenic hazards linked to georesource exploitation. Scientific Data, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0429-3

Mining, water-reservoir impoundment, underground gas storage, geothermal energy exploitation and hydrocarbon extraction have the potential to cause rock deformation and earthquakes, which may be hazardous for people, infrastructure and the environmen... Read More about An open data infrastructure for the study of anthropogenic hazards linked to georesource exploitation.

Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 3996-4006. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1902469117

The future response of the Antarctic ice sheet to rising temperatures remains highly uncertain. A useful period for assessing the sensitivity of Antarctica to warming is the Last Interglacial (LIG) (129 to 116 ky), which experienced warmer polar temp... Read More about Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica..

Palynology of the Cenomanian to lowermost Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) Chalk of the Trunch Borehole (Norfolk, UK) and a new dinoflagellate cyst bioevent stratigraphy for NW Europe (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Palynology of the Cenomanian to lowermost Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) Chalk of the Trunch Borehole (Norfolk, UK) and a new dinoflagellate cyst bioevent stratigraphy for NW Europe. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104188

A high-resolution palynological analysis of the Cenomanian to Lower Campanian in the Trunch borehole, Norfolk (southern North Sea basin) is documented. This constitutes the most detailed continuous record of organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts (dinoc... Read More about Palynology of the Cenomanian to lowermost Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) Chalk of the Trunch Borehole (Norfolk, UK) and a new dinoflagellate cyst bioevent stratigraphy for NW Europe.

Introduction: special issue commemorating the 155th anniversary of Geological Magazine (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Introduction: special issue commemorating the 155th anniversary of Geological Magazine. Geological Magazine, 1 - 4. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756819001456

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GWCT Peatland Report 2020: A review of the environmental impacts, including carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas emissions and wildfire on peatland in England associated with grouse moor management (2020)
Journal Article
Ashby, M. (2020). GWCT Peatland Report 2020: A review of the environmental impacts, including carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas emissions and wildfire on peatland in England associated with grouse moor management

Red-Edge Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI705) from Sentinel-2 imagery to assess post-fire regeneration (2019)
Journal Article
Nobajas, A., & Evangelides, C. (2020). Red-Edge Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI705) from Sentinel-2 imagery to assess post-fire regeneration. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2019.100283

Obtaining post-fire information from a burnt region is of paramount importance in applications such as examining the disturbance of natural ecosystems and in providing crucial information to local authorities that have control on policymaking. This s... Read More about Red-Edge Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI705) from Sentinel-2 imagery to assess post-fire regeneration.

Nutrient enrichment induces a shift in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) metabolism in oligotrophic freshwater sediments (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Nutrient enrichment induces a shift in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) metabolism in oligotrophic freshwater sediments. Science of the Total Environment, 1131-1139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.054

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) turnover in aquatic environments is modulated by the presence of other key macronutrients, including nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). The ratio of these nutrients directly affects the rates of microbial growth and nutri... Read More about Nutrient enrichment induces a shift in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) metabolism in oligotrophic freshwater sediments.

The 2016 January eruption of recurrent Nova LMC 1968 (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). The 2016 January eruption of recurrent Nova LMC 1968. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 655 - 679. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2960

We present a comprehensive review of all observations of the eclipsing recurrent Nova LMC 1968 in the Large Magellanic Cloud which was previously observed in eruption in 1968, 1990, 2002, 2010, and most recently in 2016. We derive a probable recurren... Read More about The 2016 January eruption of recurrent Nova LMC 1968.

International Group Work for Sustainable Chemistry (2019)
Journal Article
Haxton, K., & Darton, R. (2019). International Group Work for Sustainable Chemistry. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, https://doi.org/10.29311/ndtps.v0i14.2821

As part of a transnational degree programme, students in the UK and China were linked together to carry out group work. This was enabled by having two versions of our FHEQ Level 4 Sustainable Chemistry module; in person for UK students, and by distan... Read More about International Group Work for Sustainable Chemistry.

Using Minecraft to engage children with science at public events (2019)
Journal Article
Hobbs, L., Stevens, C., Hartley, J., Ashby, M., Lea, I., Bowden, L., Jackson, B., McLaughlin, R., Burke, T., & Bibby, J. (2019). Using Minecraft to engage children with science at public events. Research for All, 142 - 160. https://doi.org/10.18546/rfa.03.2.03

<ns7:p>Engagement with science and scientific skills is an important aspect of children's ability to navigate the world around them, but engagement with science is low in comparison with other subjects. The Lancaster University outreach project Scien... Read More about Using Minecraft to engage children with science at public events.

Perceptions on Otter Predation (2019)
Book
Allen, D., & Pemberton, S. (2019). Perceptions on Otter Predation

A report for the Environment Agency.

Diamond and coesite inclusions in detrital garnet of the Saxonian Erzgebirge, Germany (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Diamond and coesite inclusions in detrital garnet of the Saxonian Erzgebirge, Germany. Geology, 715-718. https://doi.org/10.1130/G46253.1

Local occurrences of coesite- and diamond-bearing rocks in the central Erzgebirge reveal ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic conditions during the Variscan Orogeny. Although UHP metamorphism supposedly affected a wider area, implying that rocks whic... Read More about Diamond and coesite inclusions in detrital garnet of the Saxonian Erzgebirge, Germany.

Assessing President Obama's Climate Change Record (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Assessing President Obama's Climate Change Record. Environmental Politics, 847-865. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2018.1494967

This essay assesses President Obama’s climate change record by looking at his success in translating policy goals into policy outputs (laws or regulatory action) during his time in office. It begins by using Obama’s campaign speeches to identify spec... Read More about Assessing President Obama's Climate Change Record.

Quantification of interlinked environmental footprints on a sustainable university campus: a nexus analysis perspective (2019)
Journal Article
Robinson. (2019). Quantification of interlinked environmental footprints on a sustainable university campus: a nexus analysis perspective. Applied Energy, 65-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.04.015

Developing a nexus approach to the quantitative analysis of different environmental sectors including energy, water and carbon emissions is important for promoting integrated sustainable management at a community scale. Universities can be considered... Read More about Quantification of interlinked environmental footprints on a sustainable university campus: a nexus analysis perspective.

Back to the Future: Using Long-Term Observational and Paleo-Proxy Reconstructions to Improve Model Projections of Antarctic Climate (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Back to the Future: Using Long-Term Observational and Paleo-Proxy Reconstructions to Improve Model Projections of Antarctic Climate. Geosciences, https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9060255

Quantitative estimates of future Antarctic climate change are derived from numerical global climate models. Evaluation of the reliability of climate model projections involves many lines of evidence on past performance combined with knowledge of the... Read More about Back to the Future: Using Long-Term Observational and Paleo-Proxy Reconstructions to Improve Model Projections of Antarctic Climate.