Environmental Studies Program: Recent submissions
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The response of Petermann Glacier to large calving events and its future stability in the context of atmospheric and oceanic warming
(International Glaciological Society, 2012-11-05)This study assesses the impact of a large 2010 calving event on the current and future stability of Petermann Glacier, Greenland, and ascertains the glacier’s interaction with different components of the climate and ocean ... -
Shear measurements across the northern margin of Whillans Ice Stream
(International Glaciological Society, 2007-01-01)Field measurements of surface deformation across the northern shear margin of Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctica, were analyzed to better understand the processes controlling the position and migration of this margin. ... -
Decadal-scale variations in ice flow along Whillans Ice Stream and its tributaries, West Antarctica
(International Glaciological Society, 2005-01-01)We investigate velocity changes occurring along Whillans Ice Stream (WIS) by comparing velocities derived from repeat aerial photographs acquired in 1985–89 (average date of 1987) to interferometric satellite radar (InSAR) ... -
Controls on the recent speed-up of Jakobshavn Isbræ, West Greenland
(International Glaciological Society, 2011-09-01)Jakobshavn Isbrae, West Greenland, underwent a large, rapid and not well understood change in flow dynamics in 1998, leading to a doubling of its ice discharge rates. We calculate the width-averaged forces controlling flow ... -
Minor Withanolides of Physalis longifolia: Structure and Cytotoxicity
(Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, 2012-01-01)In our recent publication on bioactive guided isolation of compounds from Physalis longifolia (Solanaceae) novel anti-proliferative agents withalongolides A (4) and B (5), and their highly cytotoxic analogues, withalongolide ... -
Montane meadow change during drought varies with background hydrologic regime and plant functional group
(The Ecological Society of America, 2010)Climate change models for many ecosystems predict more extreme climatic events in the future, including exacerbated drought conditions. Here we assess the effects of drought by quantifying temporal variation in community ... -
Effects of hay management and native species sowing on grassland community structure, biomass, and restoration
(Ecological Society of America, 2009-10-01)Prairie hay meadows are important reservoirs of grassland biodiversity in the tallgrass prairie regions of the central United States and are the object of increasing attention for conservation and restoration. In addition, ... -
The impact of agricultural colonization and deforestation on stingless bee (Apidae: Meliponini) composition and richness in Rondônia, Brazil
(Springer, 2013)Stingless bees were collected throughout the state of Rondônia in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon for one year. The impact of agricultural colonization and subsequent deforestation on species composition and richness is ... -
Choosing Between Centers of Action: Instrument Buoys, El Niño, and Scientific Internationalism in the Pacific, 1957-1982
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"the most valuable birds in the world": International Conservation Science and the Revival of Peru's Guano Industry, 1909-1965
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The Last First Contact: An Eco-Cultural Interpretation
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“¿De qué color es el oro?: Race, Environment, and the History of Cuban National Music
(The University of Texas Press, 2005)This article examines the history of an important cultural practice: history writing. It focuses on ideologies of national unity developed by four influential Cuban intellectuals: Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes, Emilio Grenet, ... -
Bergen South: The Americanization of the Meteorology Profession in Latin America during World War II
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The Struggle over Airways in the Americas, 1919-1945
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Environmental Therapy for Soil and Social Erosion: Landscape Architecture and Depression-Era Highway Construction in Texas
(Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection, 2001) -
Cooking a Cuban Ajiaco: The Columbian Exchange in a Stewpot
(World History Association, 2006) -
Humboldtian Science, Creole Meteorology, and the Discovery of Human-Caused Climate Change in Northern South America
(University of Chicago Press, 2011)The belief that human land use is capable of causing large-scale climatic change lies at the root of modern conservation thought and policy. The origins and popularization of this belief were deeply politicized. Alexander ... -
Enclave Vision: Foreign Networks in Peru and the Internationalization of El Niño Research during the 1920s
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PANEL: DDI and Metadata from the Researcher's Perspective
(2013-04-02)This was a panel discussion on lifecycle metadata issues from the researcher's perspective. A lot of focus has been placed on how to integrate DDI into large data collection processes in the world of official statistics, ...