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Usable Science For Managing The Risks Of Sea-Level Rise, Robert E. Kopp, Elisabeth A. Gilmore, Christopher M. Little, Jorge Lorenzo-Trueba, Victoria C. Ramenzoni, William V. Sweet
Usable Science For Managing The Risks Of Sea-Level Rise, Robert E. Kopp, Elisabeth A. Gilmore, Christopher M. Little, Jorge Lorenzo-Trueba, Victoria C. Ramenzoni, William V. Sweet
Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Sea-level rise sits at the frontier of usable climate climate change research, because it involves natural and human systems with long lags, irreversible losses, and deep uncertainty. For example, many of the measures to adapt to sea-level rise involve infrastructure and land-use decisions, which can have multigenerational lifetimes and will further influence responses in both natural and human systems. Thus, sea-level science has increasingly grappled with the implications of (1) deep uncertainty in future climate system projections, particularly of human emissions and ice sheet dynamics; (2) the overlay of slow trends and high-frequency variability (e.g., tides and storms) that give …
Projected Trends In Climate Extremes In The Passaic River Basin Based On Global Climate Model Simulations, Archana Prasad, Clement Alo
Projected Trends In Climate Extremes In The Passaic River Basin Based On Global Climate Model Simulations, Archana Prasad, Clement Alo
Clean Energy and Sustainability Analytics Center Posters and Presentations
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Application Of A Combined Swot-Ahp: Determining Stakeholder Perceptions Of New Jersey’S Lsrp Program For Strategic Planning, Robert Oleksy, Pankaj Lal
Application Of A Combined Swot-Ahp: Determining Stakeholder Perceptions Of New Jersey’S Lsrp Program For Strategic Planning, Robert Oleksy, Pankaj Lal
Clean Energy and Sustainability Analytics Center Posters and Presentations
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A Geomorphic Enthalpy Method: Description And Application To The Evolution Of Fluvial-Deltas Under Sea-Level Cycles, William Anderson, Jorge Lorenzo Trueba, Vaughan Voller
A Geomorphic Enthalpy Method: Description And Application To The Evolution Of Fluvial-Deltas Under Sea-Level Cycles, William Anderson, Jorge Lorenzo Trueba, Vaughan Voller
Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Fluvial deltas are composites of two primary sedimentary environments: a depositional fluvial region and an offshore region. The fluvial region is defined by two geomorphic moving boundaries: an alluvial-bedrock transition (ABT), which separates the sediment prism from the non-erodible bedrock basement, and the shoreline (SH), where the delta meets the ocean. The trajectories of these boundaries in time and space define the evolution of the shape of the sedimentary prism, and are often used as stratigraphic indicators, particularly in seismic studies, of changes in relative sea level and the identification of stratigraphic sequences. In order to better understand the relative …
Disinfection Byproduct Formation During Drinking Water Treatment And Distribution: A Review Of Unintended Effects Of Engineering Agents And Materials, Shunke Ding, Yang Deng, Tom Bond, Chao Fang, Zhongqi Cao, Wenhai Chu
Disinfection Byproduct Formation During Drinking Water Treatment And Distribution: A Review Of Unintended Effects Of Engineering Agents And Materials, Shunke Ding, Yang Deng, Tom Bond, Chao Fang, Zhongqi Cao, Wenhai Chu
Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Unintended effects of engineering agents and materials on the formation of undesirable disinfection byproducts (DBPs)during drinking water treatment and distribution were comprehensively reviewed. Specially, coagulants, biologically active filtration biofilms, activated carbons, nanomaterials, ion-exchange resins, membrane materials in drinking water treatment and piping materials, deposits and biofilms within drinking water distribution systems were discussed, which may serve as DBP precursors, transform DBPs into more toxic species, and/or catalyze the formation of DBPs. Speciation and quantity of DBPs generated rely heavily on the material characteristics, solution chemistry conditions, and operating factors. For example, quaternary ammonium polymer coagulants can increase concentrations of N-nitrosodimethylamine …
International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 382 Preliminary Report: Iceberg Alley And Subantarctic Ice And Ocean Dynamics, Michael E. Weber, Maureen E. Raymo, Trevor Williams, Linda Armbrecht, Ian Bailey, Stefanie Brachfeld, Zhiheng Du, Gerson Fauth, Marga Garcia, Anna Glüder, Michelle Guitard, Marcus Gutjahr, Sidney Hemming, Ivan Hernandez-Almeid, Frida S. Hoem, Ji Hwan Hwang, Mutsumi Iizuka, Yuji Kato, Bridget K. Lee, Yasmina M. Martos, Suzanne O'Connell, Victoria L. Peck, Lara F. Perez, Brendan Reilly, Thomas A. Ronge, Osamu Seki, Lisa Tauxe, Shubham Tripathi, Jonathan Warnock, Xufeng Zheng, Fabricio G. Cardillo, Anthony D. Mello
International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 382 Preliminary Report: Iceberg Alley And Subantarctic Ice And Ocean Dynamics, Michael E. Weber, Maureen E. Raymo, Trevor Williams, Linda Armbrecht, Ian Bailey, Stefanie Brachfeld, Zhiheng Du, Gerson Fauth, Marga Garcia, Anna Glüder, Michelle Guitard, Marcus Gutjahr, Sidney Hemming, Ivan Hernandez-Almeid, Frida S. Hoem, Ji Hwan Hwang, Mutsumi Iizuka, Yuji Kato, Bridget K. Lee, Yasmina M. Martos, Suzanne O'Connell, Victoria L. Peck, Lara F. Perez, Brendan Reilly, Thomas A. Ronge, Osamu Seki, Lisa Tauxe, Shubham Tripathi, Jonathan Warnock, Xufeng Zheng, Fabricio G. Cardillo, Anthony D. Mello
Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 382, Iceberg Alley and Subantarctic Ice and Ocean Dynamics, investigated the long-term climate history of Antarctica, seeking to understand how polar ice sheets responded to changes in insolation and atmospheric CO2in the past and how ice sheet evolution influenced global sea level and vice versa. Five sites (U1534-U1538) were drilled east of the Drake Passage: two sites at 53.2°S at the northern edge of the Scotia Sea and three sites at 57.4°-59.4°S in the southern Scotia Sea. We recovered continuously deposited late Neogene sediment to reconstruct the past history and variability in Antarctic Ice …
Microbial Community, Functioning, And Its Relationship With Heavy Metals In An Urban Brownfield, Jay Prakash Singh
Microbial Community, Functioning, And Its Relationship With Heavy Metals In An Urban Brownfield, Jay Prakash Singh
Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects
The ubiquity of urban brownfields presents a challenge for environmental managers for managing degraded ecosystems that are in close contact with human habitation. Presence of metal contaminants in brownfields further complicate the matters as it cannot be degraded and hence pose a high risk to human and environmental health, and well-being of the local community. However, previous studies indicate that management and restoration of brownfields are possible through the use of low input longer term and sustainable remediation approaches. These sustainable approaches include the use of plants, fungi, and bacteria to increase soil function and mitigate risks from the contaminants. …
Assessment Of Mean Annual Precipitation And Pco₂ Effect On C₃ Land Plant Carbon Isotope Fractionation, Woohee Kim
Assessment Of Mean Annual Precipitation And Pco₂ Effect On C₃ Land Plant Carbon Isotope Fractionation, Woohee Kim
Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects
Modern carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are well known from instrumental observation (just exceeded 415 ppmv on May 13th, 2019). CO2 levels (pCO2) in the past, however, are difficult to obtain, especially for geologic time older than 800 thousand years (kyr). Many proxies have been used to infer past CO2 levels in the geologic records, but the results are often incomplete and inconsistent. Here, I assess the uncertainty of a new pCO2 proxy that has great potential to reconstruct continuous pCO2 records across the entire Phanerozoic. This new proxy is based on stable …
Exploring The Role Of Evaporation And Precipitation Rates On Mangrove Island Morphology, Isamar M. CortéS
Exploring The Role Of Evaporation And Precipitation Rates On Mangrove Island Morphology, Isamar M. CortéS
Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects
Mangroves are salt tolerant species of trees that grow in tropical and subtropical environments. Mangroves provide ecosystem services to societies along marine environments, including storm protection, coastal biodiversity, and blue carbon storage. However, as the importance of mangrove ecosystems has become clearer over recent years, their coverage has been reduced through mismanagement and climate impacts. For instance, in terms of climate warming, mangroves cannot survive under abnormally high rates of net evaporation when soil stressor concentrations (e.g., sulfate, sulfide) increase above threshold conditions. To study the effects of this climate driver phenomenon on mangrove islands, we are examining mangrove islands, …
The Deepmip Contribution To Pmip4: Methodologies For Selection, Compilation And Analysis Of Latest Paleocene And Early Eocene Climate Proxy Data, Incorporating Version 0.1 Of The Deepmip Database, Christopher J. Hollis, Tom Dunkley Jones, Eleni Anagnostou, Peter K. Bijl, Margot J. Cramwinckel, Ying Cui, Gerald R. Dickens, Kirsty M. Edgar, Yvette Eley, David Evans, Gavin L. Foster, Joost Frieling, Gordon N. Inglis, Elizabeth M. Kennedy, Reinhard Kozdon, Vittoria Lauretano, Caroline H. Lear, Kate Littler, Lucas Lourens, A. Nele Meckler, B. David A. Naafs, Heiko Pälike, Richard D. Pancost, Paul N. Pearson, Ursula Röhl, Dana L. Royer, Ulrich Salzmann, Brian A. Schubert, Hannu Seebeck, Appy Sluijs, Robert P. Speijer, Peter Stassen
The Deepmip Contribution To Pmip4: Methodologies For Selection, Compilation And Analysis Of Latest Paleocene And Early Eocene Climate Proxy Data, Incorporating Version 0.1 Of The Deepmip Database, Christopher J. Hollis, Tom Dunkley Jones, Eleni Anagnostou, Peter K. Bijl, Margot J. Cramwinckel, Ying Cui, Gerald R. Dickens, Kirsty M. Edgar, Yvette Eley, David Evans, Gavin L. Foster, Joost Frieling, Gordon N. Inglis, Elizabeth M. Kennedy, Reinhard Kozdon, Vittoria Lauretano, Caroline H. Lear, Kate Littler, Lucas Lourens, A. Nele Meckler, B. David A. Naafs, Heiko Pälike, Richard D. Pancost, Paul N. Pearson, Ursula Röhl, Dana L. Royer, Ulrich Salzmann, Brian A. Schubert, Hannu Seebeck, Appy Sluijs, Robert P. Speijer, Peter Stassen
Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
The early Eocene (56 to 48 million years ago) is inferred to have been the most recent time that Earth's atmospheric CO2 concentrations exceeded 1000 ppm. Global mean temperatures were also substantially warmer than those of the present day. As such, the study of early Eocene climate provides insight into how a super-warm Earth system behaves and offers an opportunity to evaluate climate models under conditions of high greenhouse gas forcing. The Deep Time Model Intercomparison Project (DeepMIP) is a systematic model-model and model-data intercomparison of three early Paleogene time slices: latest Paleocene, Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) and early Eocene …
Investigating China's Inter-Prefecture Migration From A Place Attractivity Perspective, Its Spatial Patterns, And Demographic Characteristics, Zhang Yaojun, Yu Danlin, Cen Qiao
Investigating China's Inter-Prefecture Migration From A Place Attractivity Perspective, Its Spatial Patterns, And Demographic Characteristics, Zhang Yaojun, Yu Danlin, Cen Qiao
Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
BACKGROUND Urbanization has been regarded as a strategic process to alleviate rural poverty, support local economic growth, and facilitate national sustainable development in China. Scholars have long realized that urbanization is a comprehensive process that can be understood through studies of population migration among places where population flows occur. OBJECTIVE Place attractivity is a concept derived from the place interaction model, which measures the ability for urban areas to attract migrants, hence the "ability" of urbanization. By studying the spatial patterns of China's place attractivity, the study attempts to depict the current migration and urbanization dynamics in China and support …
Reconstructing Coastal Sediment Budgets From Beach- And Foredune-Ridge Morphology: A Coupled Field And Modeling Approach, Daniel J. Ciarletta, Justin L. Shawler, Christopher Tenebruso, Christopher J. Hein, Jorge Lorenzo Trueba
Reconstructing Coastal Sediment Budgets From Beach- And Foredune-Ridge Morphology: A Coupled Field And Modeling Approach, Daniel J. Ciarletta, Justin L. Shawler, Christopher Tenebruso, Christopher J. Hein, Jorge Lorenzo Trueba
Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Preserved beach and foredune ridges may serve as proxies for coastal change, reflecting alterations in sea level, wave energy, or past sediment fluxes. In particular, time-varying shoreface sediment budgets have been inferred from the relative size of foredune ridges through application of radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence dating to these systems over the last decades. However, geochronological control requires extensive field investigation and analysis. Purely field-based studies might also overlook relationships between the mechanics of sediment delivery to the shoreface and foredune ridges, missing insights about sensitivity to changes in sediment budget. We therefore propose a simple geomorphic model of …
Montclair Magazine (Spring/Summer 2019), Montclair State University
Montclair Magazine (Spring/Summer 2019), Montclair State University
Montclair: The magazine of Montclair State University
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Effectiveness Of Different Approaches To Arsenic Mitigation Over 18 Years In Araihazar, Bangladesh: Implications For National Policy, Nadia B. Jamil, Huan Feng, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Imtiaz Choudhury, Prabhat Barnwal, Alexander Van Geen
Effectiveness Of Different Approaches To Arsenic Mitigation Over 18 Years In Araihazar, Bangladesh: Implications For National Policy, Nadia B. Jamil, Huan Feng, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Imtiaz Choudhury, Prabhat Barnwal, Alexander Van Geen
Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
About 20 million rural Bangladeshis continue to drink well water containing >50 μg/L arsenic (As). This analysis argues for reprioritizing interventions on the basis of a survey of wells serving a population of 380,000 conducted one decade after a previous round of testing overseen by the government. The available data indicate that testing alone reduced the exposed population in the area in the short term by about 130,000 by identifying the subset of low As wells that could be shared at a total cost of impact, as 60,000 exposed inhabitants lowered their exposure by installing new wells to tap intermediate …
Sampling Studies For Longitudinal Functional Data, Toni Jassel
Sampling Studies For Longitudinal Functional Data, Toni Jassel
Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects
We study the data setting consisting of functional data sets repeatedly observed over time. The focus is on the dynamic prediction of the future trajectory for a subject. Regression methods based on dynamic functional models are used for dynamic prediction of individual trajectories. We propose strategies for the selection of the study sampling design in the context of longitudinal functional data. An application to simulated child growth data is presented. The height-for-age z-score (HAZ) was the response variable in the functional dynamic models for prediction. The intent was to recommend four months for removal in our initial historic data set. …
Commonsense Knowledge In Sentiment Analysis Of Ordinance Reactions For Smart Governance, Manish Puri
Commonsense Knowledge In Sentiment Analysis Of Ordinance Reactions For Smart Governance, Manish Puri
Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects
Smart Governance is an emerging research area which has attracted scientific as well as policy interests, and aims to improve collaboration between government and citizens, as well as other stakeholders. Our project aims to enable lawmakers to incorporate data driven decision making in enacting ordinances. Our first objective is to create a mechanism for mapping ordinances (local laws) and tweets to Smart City Characteristics (SCC). The use of SCC has allowed us to create a mapping between a huge number of ordinances and tweets, and the use of Commonsense Knowledge (CSK) has allowed us to utilize human judgment in mapping. …
Factors Affecting Willingness To Cultivate Switchgrass: Evidence From A Farmer Survey In Missouri, Pralhad Burli, Pankaj Lal, Bernabas Wolde, Shibu Jose, Sougata Bardhan
Factors Affecting Willingness To Cultivate Switchgrass: Evidence From A Farmer Survey In Missouri, Pralhad Burli, Pankaj Lal, Bernabas Wolde, Shibu Jose, Sougata Bardhan
Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Switchgrass is considered as one of the important feedstocks that can contribute towards the attainment of bioenergy goals set under the Renewable Fuels Standard. Yet, the commercial viability of switchgrass based bioenergy is a much debated topic owing to supply side challenges emanating from limited raw materials. It is therefore critical to understand the crucial role of the farmer by studying the willingness to cultivate switchgrass dedicated for bioenergy. To our knowledge, this is the first survey undertaken to assess the farmer preferences and participation in bioenergy markets after the new administration has assumed office, and provides some important insights. …
Development And Sensitivity Of The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Tested From Drill Records Of The Amundsen Sea Embayment, Karsten Gohl, Julia S. Wellner, Adam Klaus, Thorsten Bauersachs, Steven M. Bohaty, Margot Courtillat, Ellen A. Cowan, Mariana S.R. Esteves, Marcelo A. De Lira Mota, John M. Fegyveresi, Thomas Frederichs, Liang Gao, Anna Ruth Halberstadt, Claus Dieter Hillenbrand, Keiji Horikawa, Masao Iwai, Ji Hoon Kim, Theresa M. King, Johann P. Klages, Sandra Passchier, Michelle L. Penkrot, Joseph G. Prebble, Waliur Rahaman, Benedict T.I. Reinardy, Johan Renaudie, Delaney E. Robinson, Reed P. Scherer, Christine S. Siddoway, Li Wu, Masako Yamane
Development And Sensitivity Of The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Tested From Drill Records Of The Amundsen Sea Embayment, Karsten Gohl, Julia S. Wellner, Adam Klaus, Thorsten Bauersachs, Steven M. Bohaty, Margot Courtillat, Ellen A. Cowan, Mariana S.R. Esteves, Marcelo A. De Lira Mota, John M. Fegyveresi, Thomas Frederichs, Liang Gao, Anna Ruth Halberstadt, Claus Dieter Hillenbrand, Keiji Horikawa, Masao Iwai, Ji Hoon Kim, Theresa M. King, Johann P. Klages, Sandra Passchier, Michelle L. Penkrot, Joseph G. Prebble, Waliur Rahaman, Benedict T.I. Reinardy, Johan Renaudie, Delaney E. Robinson, Reed P. Scherer, Christine S. Siddoway, Li Wu, Masako Yamane
Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
The Amundsen Sea sector of Antarctica has long been considered the most vulnerable part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) because of the great water depth at the grounding line and the absence of substantial ice shelves. Glaciers in this configuration are thought to be susceptible to rapid or runaway retreat. Ice flowing into the Amundsen Sea Embayment is undergoing the most rapid changes of any sector of the Antarctic Ice Sheet outside the Antarctic Peninsula, including changes caused by substantial grounding-line retreat over recent decades, as observed from satellite data. Recent models suggest that a threshold leading to …
Reconstructing Barrier Island Behavior From Overstepped Deposits And Relict Onshore Morphology : Modeling And Field Approaches, Daniel James Ciarletta
Reconstructing Barrier Island Behavior From Overstepped Deposits And Relict Onshore Morphology : Modeling And Field Approaches, Daniel James Ciarletta
Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects
Barrier Islands comprise 10% of the Earth’s shorelines, fringing every continent except Antarctica. Despite their ubiquity, much about the medium to long-term evolution of these coastal systems remain poorly understood, mostly due to the destruction of the geologic record as barriers migrate landward under the influence of rising sea level. Even where modern barriers and related strandplain systems have prograded and regressed, leaving evidence of their former geometries in the form of relict shorelines, field investigations often require intensive labor and time commitments to interpret past evolution. In this work, several investigations are undertaken to use novel numerical modeling techniques …
Assessing Resilience To Flooding And Human Wildlife Conflict In Developing Countries : A Case Study Of Flood Related Trauma And Human Wildlife Conflict In Nepal, Gita Bhushal Adhikary
Assessing Resilience To Flooding And Human Wildlife Conflict In Developing Countries : A Case Study Of Flood Related Trauma And Human Wildlife Conflict In Nepal, Gita Bhushal Adhikary
Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects
Developing countries have a large population that is dependent on farming and agriculture, making them more heavily reliant on natural resources like forest and water. Nepal is one of such countries, with a unique geography where much of the population lives in close proximity to conservation areas and water bodies. Due to these natural features and increased environmental pressures such as extreme storms and deforestation, many of these communities have experienced loss, ranging from property damage to human injury or death because of the related extreme flooding and increased humanwildlife conflict. These challenges are amplified in Nepal due to the …
Elemental Analysis Of Species Specific Wood Ash : A Pyrogenic Factor In Soil Formation And Forest Succession For A Mixed Hardwood Forest Of Northern New Jersey, Michael T. Flood
Elemental Analysis Of Species Specific Wood Ash : A Pyrogenic Factor In Soil Formation And Forest Succession For A Mixed Hardwood Forest Of Northern New Jersey, Michael T. Flood
Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects
Fire is a significant environmental perturbation to forests where vegetation transforms from biomass to ash, potentially releasing stored chemical elements to soils. While much research acknowledges variation in ash composition among different vegetation types (grasses, trees, shrubs and vines), less has focused on interspecific variation among trees and the elemental influx soils receive. Therefore, this research sets out to: (1) identify major, trace, and rare earth element (REE) concentrations by inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) in ash derived from fifteen tree species, (2) determine likely elemental enrichment to post-fire soils, and (3) assess variability in ash chemistry and color …
From Controversy To Conservation: How The Environmental Movement Shaped The Creation Of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Rainey Mckenna
From Controversy To Conservation: How The Environmental Movement Shaped The Creation Of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Rainey Mckenna
Sustainability Seminar Series
Over the last 145 years, presidents and congress have established over 400 National Park Service sites to preserve and tell the story of our country. Collectively, these places preserve our ecological and cultural heritage and reflect our national values. Writer and historian Wallace Stegner called our national parks "the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst." Yet many of our national parks are forged in controversy. In this presentation, Rainey McKenna will examine how public protest and the emerging environmental movement shaped the creation of Delaware Water Gap …
Demographic Trends Of Walkable Cities In The United States, Christine Leonhardt
Demographic Trends Of Walkable Cities In The United States, Christine Leonhardt
Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium (2019)
Walkable cities have become attractive places to live in recent years as they benefit resident’s well-being. Walkable cities have a positive correlation with a population that is young, educated, safe, and healthy. In cities with high-walkability, residents are encouraged to walk more, rather than use a car for each outing, which counters obesity and a sedentary lifestyle, a grim atmosphere, and unsafe surroundings. Most research on walkability and demographics is limited to case studies comparing city neighborhoods, whereas this research encompasses 108 United States cities with a population over 200,000 people. This research goes beyond a city’s walk score, established …
Accessing Bioenergy Potential Based On Loblolly Pine Residues Using Based-Gis Models In Virginia, Gia Nguyen, Erik Lyttek, Meghann Smith, Taylor Wieczerak
Accessing Bioenergy Potential Based On Loblolly Pine Residues Using Based-Gis Models In Virginia, Gia Nguyen, Erik Lyttek, Meghann Smith, Taylor Wieczerak
Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium (2019)
There is a lack of an assured supply of biomass feedstock for the bioenergy industry, which is often considered a prerequisite for more significant investments in biomass conversion capacity in the US. Cellulosic feedstocks offer the potential to reduce the diversion of food grains (e.g., corn) for energy production, thereby eliminating the food vs. fuel debate. Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) is a perennial evergreen tree found throughout the southern United States and is essential for commercial timber. It proliferates readily, has low maintenance needs, long life expectancy, and is a dependable source of woody biomass. The study aims …
Strategic Analysis Of New Jersey's Lsrp Program By Applying A Combined Swot-Ahp Technique, Robert Oleksy
Strategic Analysis Of New Jersey's Lsrp Program By Applying A Combined Swot-Ahp Technique, Robert Oleksy
Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium (2019)
In 2009 the Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA) was established which created the Licensed Site Remediation Professions (LSRP) program. LSRPs can provide remediation services without delayed approval from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). The result allows for prompt development of contaminated sites. Ten years after its passage, SRRA 2.0 will soon be introduced. To assist in its strategic development, a modified Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats - Analytical Hierarch Process (SWOT-AHP) will be applied to four stockholder groups to determine each groups' preferences of the current LSRP program. The four groups include government/legal entities, business/trade organizations, non-government …
Road Deicing Salts On Groundwater In The Upper Passaic River Basin, New Jersey, Connor Firor, Peter Soriano, Faith Justice, Felix Oteng, Duke Ophori
Road Deicing Salts On Groundwater In The Upper Passaic River Basin, New Jersey, Connor Firor, Peter Soriano, Faith Justice, Felix Oteng, Duke Ophori
Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium (2019)
It is known that the use of road deicers is beneficial, but road salts have also been shown to affect surface water and groundwater quality. This study conducted major ion concentration analyses on groundwater samples collected by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) for the Upper Passaic River Basin (UPRB). Results show that the contribution of chloride to total dissolved solids increased significantly by 2010. Trend plots show strong correlation of increases in sodium and chloride with time that are not observed with other major ions such as calcium and magnesium. Decadal bivariate plots of sodium versus chloride show strong …
Life Cycle Assessment Of Pelletized Loblolly Pine (Pinus Taeda) Residues For Coal Co-Firing In Virginia, Michael Fowler
Life Cycle Assessment Of Pelletized Loblolly Pine (Pinus Taeda) Residues For Coal Co-Firing In Virginia, Michael Fowler
Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium (2019)
The goal of this study is to develop a real-world scenario life cycle with efficient, realistic, geologistics and minimum input demands. Woody biomass is projected to become a growing percentage of domestic electricity generation as a renewable fuel source. However, concerns persist regarding energy content, waste, emissions, ability to provide adequate biomass supply, and policies. Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) is a short rotation woody crop grown in a substantial portion of the Southeastern United States for lumber and paper pulpwood. Once harvested, the fast-growing softwood can be delimbed and debarked leaving 20% of the biomass as underutilized residues. …
Human Wildlife Conflict And Likelihood To Report The Loss: A Case Study Of Nepal, Gita Bhushal Adhikary, Pankaj Lal, Bernabas Wolde
Human Wildlife Conflict And Likelihood To Report The Loss: A Case Study Of Nepal, Gita Bhushal Adhikary, Pankaj Lal, Bernabas Wolde
Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium (2019)
Globally, populations living in proximity to conservation areas have experienced some level of wildlife conflict, ranging from crop loss to severe human injury. Various compensation schemes already exist in developed nations where victims report the conflict and receive compensation for the loss sustained. However, in developing countries, victims face more challenges pertaining to reporting losses to authorities. We used the Banke National Park in Nepal, where literature addressing human-wildlife conflict issues is lacking, as a case study to explore possible factors influencing the propensity to report losses. We surveyed 197 participants; 100% reported suffering from crop raids by wild animals, …
Potential Economic Impacts Of Allocating More Land For Bioenergy Biomass Production In Virginia, Thomas O. Ochuodho, Janaki Alavalapati, Pankaj Lal, Domena A. Agyeman, Bernabas Wolde, Pralhad Burli
Potential Economic Impacts Of Allocating More Land For Bioenergy Biomass Production In Virginia, Thomas O. Ochuodho, Janaki Alavalapati, Pankaj Lal, Domena A. Agyeman, Bernabas Wolde, Pralhad Burli
Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
The growing attention to renewable energy and rural development has created greater demand for production of biomass feedstock for bioenergy. However, forest growth rates and the amount of land in most existing forests may not be sufficient to sustainably supply the forest biomass required to support existing forest products industries and the expanding bioenergy industry. Additionally, concerns about agricultural land use competition have dampened expansion of biomass production on agricultural land base. One of the ways to meet the growing forest biomass feedstock demand for bioenergy production is by allocating currently marginal non-forested land for growing bioenergy feedstocks. In Virginia, …
Glauconite Formation In Late Eocene Odp Site 696 Sediment In West Antarctica, Abbey States
Glauconite Formation In Late Eocene Odp Site 696 Sediment In West Antarctica, Abbey States
Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects
Antarctic sediment cores collected during Leg 113 of the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) provide important paleoclimatic evidence over the Eocene-Oligocene transition (EOT) – a period of global cooling from greenhouse to icehouse approximately 34 million years ago. The cores, collected thirty years ago, offer new research opportunities with the application of an updated age model for the EOT in West Antarctica (Houben et al., 2013). The core from ODP Site 696 in the Weddell Sea contains a complete EOT record, with a remarkably green stratum attributed to glauconite dated to the late Eocene. The sediment composition, clay mineralogy, and geochemistry …