• Parameter Uncertainty of a Snowmelt Runoff Model and Its Impact on Future Projections of Snowmelt Runoff in a Data-Scarce Deglaciating River Basin 

      Xiang, Yiheng; Li, Lu; Chen, Jie; Xu, Chong-Yu; Xia, Jun; Chen, Hua; Liu, Jie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The impacts of climate change on water resources in snow- and glacier-dominated basins are of great importance for water resource management. The Snowmelt Runoff Model (SRM) was developed to simulate and predict daily ...
    • Past terrestrial hydroclimate sensitivity controlled by Earth system feedbacks 

      Feng, Ran; Bhattacharya, Tripti; Otto-Bliesner, Bette L.; Brady, Esther C.; Haywood, Alan M.; Tindall, Julia C.; Hunter, Stephen J.; Abe-Ouchi, Ayako; Chan, Wing-Le; Kageyama, Masa; Contoux, Camille; Guo, Chuncheng; Li, Xiangyu; Lohmann, Gerrit; Stepanek, Christian; Tan, Ning; Zhang, Qiong; Zhang, Zhongshi; Han, Zixuan; Williams, Charles J. R.; Lunt, Daniel J.; Dowsett, Harry J.; Chandan, Deepak; Peltier, W. Richard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Despite tectonic conditions and atmospheric CO2 levels (pCO2) similar to those of present-day, geological reconstructions from the mid-Pliocene (3.3-3.0 Ma) document high lake levels in the Sahel and mesic conditions in ...
    • Patterns of eukaryotic diversity from the surface to the deep-ocean sediment 

      Cordier, Tristan; Angeles, Inès Barrenechea; Henry, Nicolas; Lejzerowicz, Franck; Berney, Cédric; Morard, Raphaël; Brandt, Angelika; Cambon-Bonavita, Marie-Anne; Guidi, Lionel; Lombard, Fabien; Arbizu, Pedro Martinez; Massana, Ramon; Orejas, Covadonga; Poulain, Julie; Smith, Craig R.; Wincker, Patrick; Arnaud-Haond, Sophie; Gooday, Andrew J.; de Vargas, Colomban; Pawlowski, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Remote deep-ocean sediment (DOS) ecosystems are among the least explored biomes on Earth. Genomic assessments of their biodiversity have failed to separate indigenous benthic organisms from sinking plankton. Here, we compare ...
    • Patterns of Macrofaunal Biodiversity Across the Clarion-Clipperton Zone: An Area Targeted for Seabed Mining 

      Washburn, Travis; Menot, Lenaick; Bonifácio, Paulo; Pape, Ellen; Blazewicz, Magdalena; Bribiesca-Contreras, Lupita; Dahlgren, Thomas Gunnar; Fukushima, Tomohiko; Glover, Adrian G.; Jung Ju, Se; Kaiser, Stefanie; Hwan Yu, Ok; Smith, Craig R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Macrofauna are an abundant and diverse component of abyssal benthic communities and are likely to be heavily impacted by polymetallic nodule mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). In 2012, the International Seabed ...
    • PEG-Delivered CRISPR-Cas9 Ribonucleoproteins System for Gene-Editing Screening of Maize Protoplasts 

      Agapito, Sarah Zanon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-Cas9 technology allows the modification of DNA sequences in vivo at the location of interest. Although CRISPR-Cas9 can produce genomic changes that do not ...
    • Performance and welfare of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L. post-smolts in recirculating aquaculture systems: Importance of salinity and water velocity 

      Ytrestøyl, Trine; Takle, Harald Rune; Kolarevic, Jelena; Calabrese, Sara; Timmerhaus, Gerrit; Rosseland, Bjørn Olav; Teien, Hans-Christian; Nilsen, Tom Ole; Handeland, Sigurd O; Stefansson, Sigurd; Ebbesson, Lars; Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Producing a larger post-smolt in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) could shorten the production time in sea cages and potentially reduce mortality. Knowledge of the biological requirements of post-smolts in ...
    • Performance of post-processed methods in hydrological predictions evaluated by deterministic and probabilistic criteria 

      Li, Xiang-Quan; Chen, Jie; Xu, Chong-Yu; Li, Lu; Chen, Hua (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Meteorological Ensemble Streamflow Prediction (ESP), which uses Ensemble Weather forecasts (EWFs) to drive hydrological models, is a useful methodology for extending forecast periods and to provide valuable uncertainty ...
    • Phylogenetic Reclassification of Vertebrate Melatonin Receptors To Include Mel1d 

      Denker, Elsa; Ebbesson, Lars O.E.; Hazlerigg, David; Macqueen, Daniel J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The circadian and seasonal actions of melatonin are mediated by high affinity G-protein coupled receptors (melatonin receptors, MTRs), classified into phylogenetically distinct subtypes based on sequence divergence and ...
    • Physical processes driving intensification of future precipitation in the mid- to high latitudes 

      Poujol, Basile; Mooney, Priscilla A.; Sobolowski, Stefan Pieter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Precipitation is changing as the climate warms, and downpours can become more intense due to the increased water holding capacity of the atmosphere. However, the exact nature of the precipitation response and its characteristics ...
    • Physiology as a tool for at-risk animal recovery planning: An analysis of Canadian recovery strategies with global recommendations 

      Madliger, Christine L.; Creighton, Maria J. A.; Raby, Graham D.; Bennett, Joseph R.; Birnie-Gauvin, Kim; Lennox, Robert; Cooke, Steven J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Many government organizations use recovery planning to synthesize threats, propose management strategies, and determine recovery criteria for threatened wildlife. Little is known about the extent to which physiological ...
    • Planktic Foraminiferal Test Size and Weight Response to the Late Pliocene Environment 

      Todd, C. L.; Schmidt, D. N.; Robinson, Marci M.; De Schepper, Stijn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Atmospheric carbon dioxide (pCO2atm) is impacting the ocean and marine organisms directly via changes in carbonate chemistry and indirectly via a range of changes in physical parameters most dominantly temperature. To ...
    • Plastic Pollution, Waste Management Issues, and Circular Economy Opportunities in Rural Communities 

      Mihai, Florin-Constatin; Gündoğdu, Sedat; Markley, Laura A.; Olivelli, Arianna; Khan, Farhan; Gwinnett, Claire; Gutberlet, Jutta; Reyna-Bensusan, Natalia; Llanquileo-Melgarejo, Paula; Meidiana, Christa; Elagroudy, Sherien; Ishchenko, Vitalii; Penney, Simon; Lenkiewicz, Zoe; Molinos-Senante, María (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Rural areas are exposed to severe environmental pollution issues fed by industrial and agricultural activities combined with poor waste and sanitation management practices, struggling to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable ...
    • The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2: large-scale climate features and climate sensitivity 

      Haywood, Alan M.; Tindall, Julia C.; Dowsett, Harry J.; Dolan, Aisling M.; Foley, Kevin M.; Hunter, Stephen J.; Hill, Daniel J.; Chan, Wing-Le; Abe-Ouchi, Ayako; Stepanek, Christian; Lohmann, Gerrit; Chandan, Deepak; Peltier, Richard W.; Tan, Ning; Contoux, Camille; Ramstein, Gilles; Li, Xiangyu; Zhang, Zhongshi; Guo, Chuncheng; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Zhang, Qiong; Li, Qiang; Kamae, Youichi; Chandler, Mark A.; Sohl, Linda E.; Otto-Bliesner, Bette L.; Feng, Ran; Brady, Esther C.; von der Heydt, Anna S.; Baatsen, Michiel L. J.; Lunt, Daniel J (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The Pliocene epoch has great potential to improve our understanding of the long-term climatic and environmental consequences of an atmospheric CO2 concentration near ~ 400 parts per million by volume. Here we present the ...
    • Polyphosphoinositides in the nucleus: Roadmap of their effectors and mechanisms of interaction 

      Jacobsen, Rhian Gaenor; Gavgani, Fatemeh Mazloumi; Edson, Amanda Jayne; Goris, Marianne; Altankhuyag, Altanchimeg; Lewis, Aurelia Eva (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Biomolecular interactions between proteins and polyphosphoinositides (PPIn) are essential in the regulation of the vast majority of cellular processes. Consequently, alteration of these interactions is implicated in the ...
    • Populism, Instability, and Rupture in Sustainability Transformations 

      Wanvik, Tarje Iversen; Haarstad, Håvard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The recent surge in populist politics in Europe and North America has challenged many of the policies aimed at advancing sustainable shifts. In this article we argue that this surge necessitates a rethinking of transition ...
    • The Possession of Coccoliths Fails to Deter Microzooplankton Grazers 

      Mayers, Kyle; Poulton, Alex J.; Bidle, Kay D.; Thamatrakoln, Kimberlee; Schieler, Brittany; Giering, Sarah L.C.; Wells, Seona R.; Tarran, Glen A.; Mayor, Dan; Johnson, Matthew; Riebesell, Ulf; Larsen, Aud; Vardi, Assaf; Harvey, Elizabeth L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Phytoplankton play a central role in the regulation of global carbon and nutrient cycles, forming the basis of the marine food webs. A group of biogeochemically important phytoplankton, the coccolithophores, produce calcium ...
    • Possibility for strong northern hemisphere high-latitude cooling under negative emissions 

      Schwinger, Jörg; Asaadi, Ali; Goris, Nadine; Lee, Hanna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      It is well established that a collapse or strong reduction of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) would substantially cool the northern high latitudes. Here we show that there is a possibility that such ...
    • Precipitation over southern Africa: is there consensus among global climate models (GCMs), regional climate models (RCMs) and observational data? 

      Karypidou, Maria Chara; Katragkou, Eleni; Sobolowski, Stefan Pieter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The region of southern Africa (SAF) is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and is projected to experience severe precipitation shortages in the coming decades. Ensuring that our modeling tools are fit for ...
    • Predation research with electronic tagging 

      Lennox, Robert J.; Dahlmo, Lotte Svengård; Ford, Adam T.; Sortland, Lene K.; Vogel, Emma; Vollset, Knut Wiik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Predation is a fundamental aspect of ecology that drives ecosystem structure and function. A better understanding of predation can be facilitated by using electronic tags that log or transmit positions of predator or prey ...
    • Predicting biomass and hydrocarbon productivities and colony size in continuous cultures of Botryococcus braunii showa 

      García-Cubero, Rafael; Kleinegris, Dorinde Mechtilde Meike; Barbosa, Maria Hjelset (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Mathematical models were developed to predict biomass and hydrocarbon productivities and colony size (ouputs) of Botryococcus braunii showa cultures based on light intensity, temperature and dilution rate (inputs). These ...