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A collaboratively derived international research agenda on legislative science advice
(2019-12-01)© 2019, The Author(s). The quantity and complexity of scientific and technological information provided to policymakers have been on the rise for decades. Yet little is known about how to provide science advice to legislatures, ... -
Colluvium supply in humid regions limits the frequency of storm-triggered landslides.
(2016-09-30)Shallow landslides, triggered by extreme rainfall, are a significant hazard in mountainous landscapes. The hazard posed by shallow landslides depends on the availability and strength of colluvial material in landslide ... -
Combustion and Society: A Fire-Centred History of Energy Use
(2014-01-01)Fire is a force that links everyday human activities to some of the most powerful energetic movements of the Earth. Drawing together the energy-centred social theory of Georges Bataille, the fire-centred environmental ... -
Comment on "A 12-million-year temperature history of the tropical Pacific Ocean".
(2014-12-19)Zhang et al. (Reports, 4 April 2014, p. 84) interpret TEX86 and U(37)(K') paleotemperature data as providing a fundamentally new view of tropical Pacific climate during the warm Pliocene period. We argue that, within error, ... -
Commuting to the urban tech campus: Tech companies’ and their elite workers’ co-production of South Lake Union, Seattle
(2024-01-01)This article demonstrates how tech professionals commuting to neighbourhoods redeveloped for their work are contributing to their transformation into urban tech campuses: gentrified districts where landscapes, understandings ... -
Comparative colonialisms
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Constructing a Manufacturing Fixed Capital Stock Series for the Regions of Greece
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Controls on the location, morphology and evolution of complex esker systems at decadal timescales, Breiðamerkurjökull, southeast Iceland
(2015-09-15)This paper uses detailed mapping of eskers to address three questions which are important for reconstructing meltwater behaviour beneath contemporary and ancient ice masses: ‘What controls the morphology of simple and ... -
COVID-19 Mortality in English Neighborhoods: The Relative Role of Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors
(MDPI, 2021-05-14)Factors underlying neighborhood variation in COVID-19 mortality are important to assess in order to prioritize resourcing and policy intervention. As well as characteristics of area populations, such as health status and ... -
The current state of the use of large wood in river restoration and management
(Wiley, 2019)Trees fall naturally into rivers generating flow heterogeneity, inducing geomorphological features, and creating habitats for biota. Wood is increasingly used in restoration projects and the potential of wood acting as ...