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Scientists And Activists Work To Save The Planet, Myriam G. Vidal Valero Dec 2022

Scientists And Activists Work To Save The Planet, Myriam G. Vidal Valero

Capstones

Climate change and human intervention in nature are affecting people, ecosystems and ways of living all over the world. This portfolio of environmental pieces showcases the dire consequences of not addressing these issues, how solutions can be reached and the challenges facing those who try to change things.


Earlier Snowmelt May Lead To Late Season Declines In Plant Productivity And Carbon Sequestration In Arctic Tundra Ecosystems, Donatella Zona, Peter M. Lafleur, Koen Hufkens, Barbara Bailey, Beniamino Gioli, George Burba, Jordan P. Goodrich, Anna K. Liljedahl, Eugénie S. Euskirchen, Jennifer D. Watts, Mary Farina, John S. Kimball, Martin Heimann, Mathias Göckede, Martijn Pallandt, Torben R. Christensen, Mikhail Mastepanov, Efrén López-Blanco, Marcin Jackowicz-Korczynski, Albertus J. Dolman, Luca Belelli Marchesini, Roisin Commane, Steven C. Wofsy, Charles E. Miller, David A. Lipson, Josh Hashemi, Kyle A. Arndt, Lars Kutzbach, David Holl, Julia Boike, Christian Wille, Torsten Sachs, Aram Kalhori, Xia Song Dec 2022

Earlier Snowmelt May Lead To Late Season Declines In Plant Productivity And Carbon Sequestration In Arctic Tundra Ecosystems, Donatella Zona, Peter M. Lafleur, Koen Hufkens, Barbara Bailey, Beniamino Gioli, George Burba, Jordan P. Goodrich, Anna K. Liljedahl, Eugénie S. Euskirchen, Jennifer D. Watts, Mary Farina, John S. Kimball, Martin Heimann, Mathias Göckede, Martijn Pallandt, Torben R. Christensen, Mikhail Mastepanov, Efrén López-Blanco, Marcin Jackowicz-Korczynski, Albertus J. Dolman, Luca Belelli Marchesini, Roisin Commane, Steven C. Wofsy, Charles E. Miller, David A. Lipson, Josh Hashemi, Kyle A. Arndt, Lars Kutzbach, David Holl, Julia Boike, Christian Wille, Torsten Sachs, Aram Kalhori, Xia Song

Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute: Faculty Publications

Arctic warming is affecting snow cover and soil hydrology, with consequences for carbon sequestration in tundra ecosystems. The scarcity of observations in the Arctic has limited our understanding of the impact of covarying environmental drivers on the carbon balance of tundra ecosystems. In this study, we address some of these uncertainties through a novel record of 119 site-years of summer data from eddy covariance towers representing dominant tundra vegetation types located on continuous permafrost in the Arctic. Here we found that earlier snowmelt was associated with more tundra net CO2 sequestration and higher gross primary productivity (GPP) only in June …


Wastewater-Informed Public Health Intervention Playbook Sep 2022

Wastewater-Informed Public Health Intervention Playbook

Sustain Magazine

As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic quickly spread from country to country and continent to continent in 2020, governments and scientists needed a way to track COVID-19 through populations in order to position public health interventions in the most impactful locations. Having a decision-based risk framework may help to guide policy creation that could minimize or prevent possible outbreaks and surges of infection within communities. The University of Louisville in partnership with Louisville’s Department of Public Health and Wellness tested this strategy in 2021 and 2022. This Wastewater-Informed Public Health Intervention Playbook describes the decisions and actions of that academic and public …


Permafrost Landscape History Shapes Fluvial Chemistry, Ecosystem Carbon Balance, And Potential Trajectories Of Future Change, Scott Zolkos, Suzanne E. Tank, Steven V. Kokelj, Robert G. Striegl, Sarah Shakil, Carolina Voigt, Oliver Sonnentag, William L. Quinton, Edward A.G. Schuur, Donatella Zona, Peter M. Lafleur, Ryan C. Sullivan, Masahito Ueyama, David Billesbach, David Cook, Elyn R. Humphreys, Philip Marsh Sep 2022

Permafrost Landscape History Shapes Fluvial Chemistry, Ecosystem Carbon Balance, And Potential Trajectories Of Future Change, Scott Zolkos, Suzanne E. Tank, Steven V. Kokelj, Robert G. Striegl, Sarah Shakil, Carolina Voigt, Oliver Sonnentag, William L. Quinton, Edward A.G. Schuur, Donatella Zona, Peter M. Lafleur, Ryan C. Sullivan, Masahito Ueyama, David Billesbach, David Cook, Elyn R. Humphreys, Philip Marsh

Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute: Faculty Publications

Intensifying permafrost thaw alters carbon cycling by mobilizing large amounts of terrestrial substrate into aquatic ecosystems. Yet, few studies have measured aquatic carbon fluxes and constrained drivers of ecosystem carbon balance across heterogeneous Arctic landscapes. Here, we characterized hydrochemical and landscape controls on fluvial carbon cycling, quantified fluvial carbon fluxes, and estimated fluvial contributions to ecosystem carbon balance across 33 watersheds in four ecoregions in the continuous permafrost zone of the western Canadian Arctic: unglaciated uplands, ice-rich moraine, and organic-rich lowlands and till plains. Major ions, stable isotopes, and carbon speciation and fluxes revealed patterns in carbon cycling across ecoregions …


Research On The Detection Technologies Of Ship Exhaust Gas In Emission Control Areas, Binting Tu Aug 2022

Research On The Detection Technologies Of Ship Exhaust Gas In Emission Control Areas, Binting Tu

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Removal Of Selenium And Heavy Metals From Coal Combustion Residuals Wastewater Using Surface Modified Iron Based Media, Madan Tandukar, Alex Korff, Andrew Vincent, Chris Hardin Aug 2022

Removal Of Selenium And Heavy Metals From Coal Combustion Residuals Wastewater Using Surface Modified Iron Based Media, Madan Tandukar, Alex Korff, Andrew Vincent, Chris Hardin

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Application Of A 14c-Assay To Assess Methanotrophic Biodegradation Of Tce In Low Ph Groundwater, Evan Groome Aug 2022

Application Of A 14c-Assay To Assess Methanotrophic Biodegradation Of Tce In Low Ph Groundwater, Evan Groome

All Theses

Current biological strategies for remediating trichloroethylene (TCE) in low pH aquifers (i.e., pH14C-TCE assay was developed to determine pseudo first-order rate constants for the degradation of TCE in microcosms containing soil and groundwater from the Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center (BOMARC) superfund site, where the pH ranges from 4.1 to 4.9. The 14C-TCE assay was also adapted to calculate soil-normalized rate constants for data from this site, as well as data that Szwast21 collected from the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC). In addition to natural attenuation, biostimulation through amendments of methane and nutrients were also assessed. This treatment …


Ocean Wave Prediction And Characterization For Intelligent Maritime Transportation, Pujan Pokhrel Aug 2022

Ocean Wave Prediction And Characterization For Intelligent Maritime Transportation, Pujan Pokhrel

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The national Earth System Prediction (ESPC) initiative aims to develop the predictions
for the next generation predictions of atmosphere, ocean, and sea-ice interactions in the scale of days to decades. This dissertation seeks to demonstrate the methods we can use to improve the ESPC models, especially the ocean prediction model. In the application side of the weather forecasts, this dissertation explores imitation learning with constraints to solve combinatorial optimization problems, focusing on the weather routing of surface vessels. Prediction of ocean waves is essential for various purposes, including vessel routing, ocean energy harvesting, agriculture, etc. Since the machine learning approaches …


Developing A Miniature Smart Boat For Marine Research, Michael Isaac Eirinberg Jun 2022

Developing A Miniature Smart Boat For Marine Research, Michael Isaac Eirinberg

Computer Engineering

This project examines the development of a smart boat which could serve as a possible marine research apparatus. The smart boat consists of a miniature vessel containing a low-cost microcontroller to live stream a camera feed, GPS telemetry, and compass data through its own WiFi access point. The smart boat also has the potential for autonomous navigation. My project captivated the interest of several members of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo’s (Cal Poly SLO) Marine Science Department faculty, who proposed a variety of fascinating and valuable smart boat applications.


Ecological Risk Assessment For Coal Combustion Residuals And Herrington Lake Adjacent To The Kentucky Utilities E.W. Brown Generating Station, Mary Sorensen, Alex Smith, Mark Nielsen May 2022

Ecological Risk Assessment For Coal Combustion Residuals And Herrington Lake Adjacent To The Kentucky Utilities E.W. Brown Generating Station, Mary Sorensen, Alex Smith, Mark Nielsen

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Epri Research On Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions Near Coal Combustion Product Sites, Bruce Hensel, Jeff Thomas, Tim Towey, Anthony Aufdenkampe May 2022

Epri Research On Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions Near Coal Combustion Product Sites, Bruce Hensel, Jeff Thomas, Tim Towey, Anthony Aufdenkampe

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Cqa - A Common Sense Approach At Becoming The Mvp On Your Next Project, James Price, Michael Fisher, John Metcalf May 2022

Cqa - A Common Sense Approach At Becoming The Mvp On Your Next Project, James Price, Michael Fisher, John Metcalf

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Challenges & Pragmatic Solutions For The Design And Construction Of A 300-Acre Ccr Landfill Located In The Southwestern Us - A Case Study, Andy Lucas, Jason Pokorny May 2022

Challenges & Pragmatic Solutions For The Design And Construction Of A 300-Acre Ccr Landfill Located In The Southwestern Us - A Case Study, Andy Lucas, Jason Pokorny

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


State Of The Practice For Compaction Quality Of Dry Stack Ccr Storage Facilities, Bruce Cunningham, Pavana Vennapusa, David J. White, Robert Eric Hageman May 2022

State Of The Practice For Compaction Quality Of Dry Stack Ccr Storage Facilities, Bruce Cunningham, Pavana Vennapusa, David J. White, Robert Eric Hageman

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Groundwater Compliance & Strategy Insights For Ccr Rule Stakeholders, Sheryl Smith, Mark Johnson May 2022

Groundwater Compliance & Strategy Insights For Ccr Rule Stakeholders, Sheryl Smith, Mark Johnson

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Hybrid Closure Approach: Constructing Bidding Lessons Learned, Brian Harthun, P.E. May 2022

Hybrid Closure Approach: Constructing Bidding Lessons Learned, Brian Harthun, P.E.

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Ccr Landfill Construction & Operation Under Subtitle D, Thomas R. Gredell May 2022

Ccr Landfill Construction & Operation Under Subtitle D, Thomas R. Gredell

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Hybrid Closure Approach: Design Investigation Review, Brian Sperrazza, P.E., P.G. May 2022

Hybrid Closure Approach: Design Investigation Review, Brian Sperrazza, P.E., P.G.

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Geochemical Explanations For Strong Natural Attenuation Of Molybdenum, Selenium, And Lithium In A Groundwater Plume, Jacob Chu, J. P. Brandenburg May 2022

Geochemical Explanations For Strong Natural Attenuation Of Molybdenum, Selenium, And Lithium In A Groundwater Plume, Jacob Chu, J. P. Brandenburg

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Construction Risk Management Considerations For Ccr Surface Impoundment Closures, John P. Seymour, Chris Robb May 2022

Construction Risk Management Considerations For Ccr Surface Impoundment Closures, John P. Seymour, Chris Robb

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Monitoring Well Integrity And Performance Part Ii - Seeing The Benefits, Bryan R. Hansen, Jacob G. Gruzalski, Thomas S. Dicken, Rock J. Vitale May 2022

Monitoring Well Integrity And Performance Part Ii - Seeing The Benefits, Bryan R. Hansen, Jacob G. Gruzalski, Thomas S. Dicken, Rock J. Vitale

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Use Of A Net Environmental Benefit Analysis To Evaluate Remedial Options To Address Coal Ash – Case Studies, Joseph Nicolette, Michael Rockel May 2022

Use Of A Net Environmental Benefit Analysis To Evaluate Remedial Options To Address Coal Ash – Case Studies, Joseph Nicolette, Michael Rockel

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Ccr Beneficial Use Data Capture And Reporting, Joe Ploetz, Kevin Foody May 2022

Ccr Beneficial Use Data Capture And Reporting, Joe Ploetz, Kevin Foody

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Use Of Tritium-Helium Isotopes For Vertical Delineation Of Ccr Constituents In Groundwater, Lane Dorman, Lauren Fitzgerald, Ryan Fimmen, Robert Trey Singleton May 2022

Use Of Tritium-Helium Isotopes For Vertical Delineation Of Ccr Constituents In Groundwater, Lane Dorman, Lauren Fitzgerald, Ryan Fimmen, Robert Trey Singleton

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Building Defensibility For Mna Remedy Selection, Michael Healey, Jeff Roberts, Sarah Cronk, Andrzej Przepiora May 2022

Building Defensibility For Mna Remedy Selection, Michael Healey, Jeff Roberts, Sarah Cronk, Andrzej Przepiora

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Wind Performance Evaluation Of Engineered Turf Final Cover And Exposed Geomembrane, Ming Zhu, Bryan Scholl May 2022

Wind Performance Evaluation Of Engineered Turf Final Cover And Exposed Geomembrane, Ming Zhu, Bryan Scholl

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Attenuation And Source Zone Depletion Of Boron From Coal Combustion Residuals In Groundwater, J.P. Brandenburg, Dave Hagen May 2022

Attenuation And Source Zone Depletion Of Boron From Coal Combustion Residuals In Groundwater, J.P. Brandenburg, Dave Hagen

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Whole Effluent Toxicity (Wet) Assessments And Experimental Considerations For Evaluating Coagulation Agents And Polymers For Wastewater Treatment Of Coal Combustion Products, Konrad J. Kulacki, William L. Goodfellow Jr., Margaret L. Fleming, Alexandra N. Steele May 2022

Whole Effluent Toxicity (Wet) Assessments And Experimental Considerations For Evaluating Coagulation Agents And Polymers For Wastewater Treatment Of Coal Combustion Products, Konrad J. Kulacki, William L. Goodfellow Jr., Margaret L. Fleming, Alexandra N. Steele

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


Chemical Compatibility And Hydraulic Performance Of Lightweight Polymer Modified Gcls, Michael S. Donovan, Barbara Gebka, Dennis Wind, Reza Gorakhki May 2022

Chemical Compatibility And Hydraulic Performance Of Lightweight Polymer Modified Gcls, Michael S. Donovan, Barbara Gebka, Dennis Wind, Reza Gorakhki

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.


The Intersection Of The Ccr Rule, Superfund, And Irrigation On The Great Plains, Shane D. Mcdonald, Jillian Troyer, Robert Kleinmann, Marty Stange May 2022

The Intersection Of The Ccr Rule, Superfund, And Irrigation On The Great Plains, Shane D. Mcdonald, Jillian Troyer, Robert Kleinmann, Marty Stange

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.