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Multiproxy approach to reconstruct the Pliocene climate (2015)
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Rosell-Melé, A., McClymont, E., Dekens, P., Dowsett, H., Haywood, A., & Pelejero, C. (2015). Multiproxy approach to reconstruct the Pliocene climate

The Pliocene epoch has often been proposed as a climate analogue for future conditions on Earth. However, despite relatively small differences in climate control factors, including atmospheric CO2 concentration, the Pliocene climate was markedly diff... Read More about Multiproxy approach to reconstruct the Pliocene climate.

An extensive subglacial lake and canyon system in Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica (2015)
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Jamieson, S., Ross, N., Greenbaum, J., Young, D., Aitken, A., Roberts, J., …Siegert, M. (2016). An extensive subglacial lake and canyon system in Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica. Geology, 44(2), 87-90. https://doi.org/10.1130/g37220.1

The subglacial landscape of Princess Elizabeth Land (PEL) in East Antarctica is poorly known due to a paucity of ice thickness measurements. This is problematic given its importance for understanding ice sheet dynamics and landscape and climate evolu... Read More about An extensive subglacial lake and canyon system in Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica.

Predicting microbial water quality with models: Over-arching questions for managing risk in agricultural catchments (2015)
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Oliver, D., Porter, K., Pachepsky, Y., Muirhead, R., Reaney, S., Coffey, R., …Quilliam, R. (2016). Predicting microbial water quality with models: Over-arching questions for managing risk in agricultural catchments. Science of the Total Environment, 544, 39-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.086

The application of models to predict concentrations of faecal indicator organisms (FIOs) in environmental systems plays an important role for guiding decision-making associated with the management of microbial water quality. In recent years there has... Read More about Predicting microbial water quality with models: Over-arching questions for managing risk in agricultural catchments.

Mid-Pleistocene climate transition drives net mass loss from rapidly uplifting St. Elias Mountains, Alaska (2015)
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Gulick, S., Jaeger, J., Mix, A., Asahi, H., Bahlburg, H., Belanger, C., …Swartz, J. (2015). Mid-Pleistocene climate transition drives net mass loss from rapidly uplifting St. Elias Mountains, Alaska. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(49), 15042-15047. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1512549112

Erosion, sediment production, and routing on a tectonically active continental margin reflect both tectonic and climatic processes; partitioning the relative importance of these processes remains controversial. Gulf of Alaska contains a preserved sed... Read More about Mid-Pleistocene climate transition drives net mass loss from rapidly uplifting St. Elias Mountains, Alaska.

Humidity: A review and primer on atmospheric moisture and human health (2015)
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David, R., McGregor, G., & Enfield, K. (2016). Humidity: A review and primer on atmospheric moisture and human health. Environmental Research, 144(Part A), 106-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2015.10.014

Research examining associations between weather and human health frequently includes the effects of atmospheric humidity. A large number of humidity variables have been developed for numerous purposes, but little guidance is available to health resea... Read More about Humidity: A review and primer on atmospheric moisture and human health.

On validating predictions of plant motion in coupled biomechanical-flow models (2015)
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Marjoribanks, T., Hardy, R., & Parsons, D. (2015). On validating predictions of plant motion in coupled biomechanical-flow models. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 53(6), 808-813. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2015.1110627

Recent developments in integrated biomechanical-flow models have enabled the prediction of the influence of vegetation on the flow field and associated feedback processes. However, to date, such models have only been validated on the hydraulic predic... Read More about On validating predictions of plant motion in coupled biomechanical-flow models.

Seismically enhanced solute fluxes in the Yangtze River headwaters following the A.D. 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (2015)
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Jin, Z., West, A., Zhang, F., An, Z., Hilton, R., Yu, J., …Wang, X. (2016). Seismically enhanced solute fluxes in the Yangtze River headwaters following the A.D. 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Geology, 44(1), 47-50. https://doi.org/10.1130/g37246.1

Large earthquakes alter physical and chemical processes at Earth’s surface, triggering landslides, fracturing rock, changing large-scale permeability, and influencing hydrologic pathways. The resulting effects on global chemical cycles are not fully... Read More about Seismically enhanced solute fluxes in the Yangtze River headwaters following the A.D. 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.

Decadal carbon discharge by a mountain stream is dominated by coarse organic matter (2015)
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Turowski, J., Hilton, R., & Sparkes, R. (2016). Decadal carbon discharge by a mountain stream is dominated by coarse organic matter. Geology, 44(1), 27-30. https://doi.org/10.1130/g37192.1

Rapid erosion in mountain forests results in high rates of biospheric particulate organic carbon (POC) export by rivers, which can contribute to atmospheric carbon dioxide drawdown. However, coarse POC (CPOC) carried by particles >∼1 mm is rarely qua... Read More about Decadal carbon discharge by a mountain stream is dominated by coarse organic matter.

The role of discharge variability in determining alluvial stratigraphy (2015)
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Nicholas, A., Sambrook Smith, G., Amsler, M., Ashworth, P., Best, J., Hardy, R., …Szupiany, R. (2016). The role of discharge variability in determining alluvial stratigraphy. Geology, 44(1), 3-6. https://doi.org/10.1130/g37215.1

We illustrate the potential for using physics-based modeling to link alluvial stratigraphy to large river morphology and dynamics. Model simulations, validated using ground penetrating radar data from the Río Paraná, Argentina, demonstrate a strong r... Read More about The role of discharge variability in determining alluvial stratigraphy.

Extremes in dune preservation: Controls on the completeness of fluvial deposits (2015)
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Reesink, A., Van den Berg, J., Parsons, D., Amsler, M., Best, J., Hardy, R., …Szupiany, R. (2015). Extremes in dune preservation: Controls on the completeness of fluvial deposits. Earth-Science Reviews, 150, 652-665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.09.008

Understanding sedimentary preservation underpins our ability to interpret the ancient sedimentary record and reconstruct paleoenvironments and paleoclimates. Dune sets are ubiquitous in preserved river deposits and are typically interpreted based on... Read More about Extremes in dune preservation: Controls on the completeness of fluvial deposits.

On the Science-Policy Bridge: Do Spatial Heat Vulnerability Assessment Studies Influence Policy? (2015)
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Wolf, T., Chuang, W., & McGregor, G. (2015). On the Science-Policy Bridge: Do Spatial Heat Vulnerability Assessment Studies Influence Policy?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(10), 13321-13349. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121013321

Human vulnerability to heat varies at a range of spatial scales, especially within cities where there can be noticeable intra-urban differences in heat risk factors. Mapping and visualizing intra-urban heat vulnerability offers opportunities for pres... Read More about On the Science-Policy Bridge: Do Spatial Heat Vulnerability Assessment Studies Influence Policy?.

Spatial distributions of earthquake-induced landslides and hillslope preconditioning in northwest South Island, New Zealand (2015)
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Parker, R., Hancox, G., Petley, D., Massey, C., Densmore, A., & Rosser, N. (2015). Spatial distributions of earthquake-induced landslides and hillslope preconditioning in northwest South Island, New Zealand. Earth Surface Dynamics, 3(4), 501-525. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-3-501-2015

Current models to explain regional-scale landslide events are not able to account for the possible effects of the legacy of previous earthquakes, which have triggered landslides in the past and are known to drive damage accumulation in brittle hillsl... Read More about Spatial distributions of earthquake-induced landslides and hillslope preconditioning in northwest South Island, New Zealand.

The surficial and subglacial geomorphology of western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica (2015)
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Chang, M., Jamieson, S., Bentley, M., & Stokes, C. (2016). The surficial and subglacial geomorphology of western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. Journal of Maps, 12(5), 892-903. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2015.1097289

The surficial and subglacial geomorphology of ∼220,000 km2 of western Dronning Maud Land (WDML), Antarctica, is presented at a scale of 1:750,000. The mapped area includes the Stancomb-Wills Glacier north of 75°25′S and follows the grounded ice margi... Read More about The surficial and subglacial geomorphology of western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica.

New insight into the Quaternary evolution of the River Trent, UK (2015)
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Bridgland, D., Howard, A., White, M., White, T., & Westaway, R. (2015). New insight into the Quaternary evolution of the River Trent, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 126(4-5), 466-479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2015.06.004

An exhaustive review of geological, palaeontological and archaeological data, coupled with selected new research and dating programmes using optically stimulated luminescence and amino acid racemization, has provided new insights into the origin and... Read More about New insight into the Quaternary evolution of the River Trent, UK.

Towards disaster resilience: A scenario-based approach to co-producing and integrating hazard and risk knowledge (2015)
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Davies, T., Beaven, S., Conradson, D., Densmore, A., Gaillard, J., Johnston, D., …Wilson, T. (2015). Towards disaster resilience: A scenario-based approach to co-producing and integrating hazard and risk knowledge. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 13, 242-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.05.009

Quantitative risk assessment and risk management processes are critically examined in the context of their applicability to the statistically infrequent and sometimes unforeseen events that trigger major disasters. While of value when applied at regi... Read More about Towards disaster resilience: A scenario-based approach to co-producing and integrating hazard and risk knowledge.

Chronological variations in handaxes: patterns detected from fluvial archives in north-west Europe (2015)
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Bridgland, D., & White, M. (2015). Chronological variations in handaxes: patterns detected from fluvial archives in north-west Europe. Journal of Quaternary Science, 30(7), 623-638. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2805

The use of handaxe morphology as a cultural and temporal marker within the Quaternary Lower–Middle Palaeolithic record has had a very chequered history, and abuses in the past have led recent generations of archaeologist to reject it out of hand. In... Read More about Chronological variations in handaxes: patterns detected from fluvial archives in north-west Europe.