La tesis analiza las estrategias e implicancias de la participación y las representaciones públicas de los actores religiosos en los procesos de movilización y protesta social impulsados por activistas de la sociedad civil. El estudio toma como caso la participación de los actor…
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White pine blister rust (WPBR) has been affecting New Hampshire's white pines for more than a century, yet no data exist on the long-term effects of the non-native disease on the state's forests, particularly with respect to the regeneration and sustainability of white pine, and…
Este trabalho reflete o percurso formativo no âmbito do Mestrado em Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico (CEB) de Português e História e Geografia de Portugal no 2.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico, onde tive a oportunidade de ter uma visão mais aprofundada sobre os diferentes contextos …
This dissertation takes the relationship between agricultural plants and power as its primary lens on the history of Chinese state-building in the Kham region of eastern Tibet during the early twentieth century. Farming was central to the way nationalist discourse constructed th…
Energy justice frameworks and approaches build upon the foundation developed by environmental justice scholarship and activism to combat energy-related disparities. Disparities in access to modern energy services and technologies across nations have motivated contemporary approa…
Climate variability and extreme events continue to worsen resulting in significant impacts to society and the environment. Quantifying precipitation variability, streamflow, and extreme events at local scale is crucial for local planning and management due to spatial and tempora…
Coastal wetlands across the Southeastern U.S. coastline are among the most productive ecosystems worldwide, but are expected to experience challenges due to human alterations of the landscape, sea-level rise, and changing frequency of extreme events. Wetlands provide critical ec…
Climate change has widespread impacts on the agriculture sector, especially in northern latitudes where warming is amplified, and where ecosystems and traditional lifestyles are notably sensitive to the effects of warming. This may enable the northward expansion of agriculture i…
Site productivity measures the primary productivity potential of forest ecosystems. It is characterized by an interaction of biotic and abiotic factors such as climate, soil, and topography. An accurate site productivity characterization allows for efficient land use allocation,…
Informal, small-scale gold mining is a complex, entangled social-natural system that is also the principal livelihood for greater than 40 million individuals residing across more than 70 countries in the global South. While informal gold mining provides extensive socio-economic …
Climatic gradients result in life-history tradeoffs across diverse taxa. Studying range-expanding invasive species can offer insight to environmental conditions that drive adaptive responses. Insects, which have rapid generations and high fecundity, can adapt rapidly to novel or…
Icehouses, such as the current glacial state and Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA; ~340 to 290 million years ago), make up less than 25% of the past billion years of Earth’s history and are associated with major environmental change. Thus, exploring climate dynamics during the LPIA …
The 2019 Dallas Tornado struck a densely populated area, was the costliest tornado in Texas history, and had minimal warning lead time, yet there were no serious injuries or fatalities. To understand why, this study examines individuals’ decision-making processes during this tor…
Indigenous West African farmers are among the most climate change threatened globally. Food insecurity is prevalent in West Africa because ecological, social, political, and economic instabilities, and globalization worsen climate pressures. In this study, I collaborated with th…
Understanding the temporal and depth-related spatial controls on microbial functional redundancy and community interactions remains a central issue in microbial ecology and Critical Zone science. Microorganisms are influenced by and influence biogeochemical reactions in the soil…
A pesar de que en Chile la pobreza energética es un problema multidimensional de larga data y de grave implicancia en la calidad de vida de las personas, recientemente se adoptó una definición de acceso, calidad y equidad de la energía, donde una vivienda se encuentra en pobreza…
The combination of 10 years of drought in the Chilean Andes and an increased demand water supply and agricultural activities has created the need for better forecasts to inform water management and decision making. The existing water supply forecasts have been insufficient for t…
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are by far the most extensively used nanomaterial in general consumer products. Concurrent with this use is the major concern regarding the toxicity of AgNPs to aquatic organisms. The most persistent question regarding the toxicity of AgNPs is whethe…
Groundwater has an important role in forging the composition of surface water, supplying nutrients crucial for the development of balanced ecosystems and potentially introducing contaminants into otherwise pristine surface water. Due to water-rock interactions, radium (Ra) in gr…