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  • Analysis of environmental and economic impacts of hydropower imports for New York City through 2050 

    Calder, Ryan; Borsuk, Mark; Robinson, Celine (Duke University Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, 2020-10-13)

  • Coupled Human-Natural Modeling for Hydroelectric Development: Understanding the Health Impacts of America’s Renewable Energy Imports 

    Calder, Ryan (Duke University, 2019)

  • Risk tradeoffs associated with traditional food advisories for Labrador Inuit 

    Calder, Ryan; Bromage, Sabri; Sunderland, Elsie M. (Elsevier, 2019-01-01)
    The traditional Inuit diet includes wild birds, fish and marine mammals, which can contain high concentrations of the neurotoxicant methylmercury (MeHg). Hydroelectric development may increase MeHg concentrations in ...

  • Aligning evidence generation and use across health, development, and environment 

    Tallis, Heather; Kreis, Katharine; Olander, Lydia; Ringler, Claudia; Ameyaw, David; Borsuk, Mark E.; Fletschner, Diana; Game, Edward; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Jeuland, Marc; Kennedy, Gina; Masuda, Yuta J.; Mehta, Sumi; Miller, Nicholas; Parker, Megan; Pollino, Carmel; Rajaratnam, Julie; Wilkie, David; Zhang, Wei; Ahmed, Selena; Ajayi, Oluyede C.; Alderman, Harold; Arhonditsis, George; Azevedo, Ines; Badola, Ruchi; Bailis, Rob; Balvanera, Patricia; Barbour, Emily; Bardini, Mark; Barton, David N.; Baumgartner, Jill; Benton, Tim G.; Bobrow, Emily; Bossio, Deborah; Bostrom, Ann; Braimoh, Ademola; Brondizio, Eduardo; Brown, Joe; Bryant, Benjamin P.; Calder, Ryan; Chaplin-Kramer, Becky; Cullen, Alison; DeMello, Nicole; Dickinson, Katherine L.; Ebi, Kristie L.; Eves, Heather E.; Fanzo, Jessica; Ferraro, Paul J.; Fisher, Brendan; Frongillo, Edward A.; Galford, Gillian; Garrity, Dennis; Gatere, Lydiah; Grieshop, Andrew P.; Grigg, Nicola J.; Groves, Craig; Gugerty, Mary Kay; Hamm, Michael; Hou, Xiaoyue; Huang, Cindy; Imhoff, Marc; Jack, Darby; Jones, Andrew D.; Kelsey, Rodd; Kothari, Monica; Kumar, Ritesh; Lachat, Carl; Larsen, Ashley; Lawrence, Mark; DeClerck, Fabrice; Levin, Phillip S.; Mabaya, Edward; Gibson, Jacqueline MacDonald; McDonald, Robert; Mace, Georgina; Maertens, Ricardo; Mangale, Dorothy; Martino, Robin; Mason, Sara; Mehta, Lyla; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth; Merz, Barbara; Msangi, Siwa; Murray, Grant; Murray, Kris A.; Naude, Celeste E.; Newlands, Nathaniel K.; Nkonya, Ephraim; Peterman, Amber; Petruney, Tricia; Possingham, Hugh; Puri, Jyotsna; Remans, Roseline; Remlinger, Lisa; Ricketts, Taylor H.; Reta, Bedilu; Robinson, Brian E.; Roe, Dilys; Rosenthal, Joshua; Shen, Guofeng; Shindell, Drew; Stewart-Koster, Ben; Sunderland, Terry; Sutherland, William J.; Tewksbury, Josh; Wasser, Heather; Wear, Stephanie; Webb, Chris; Whittington, Dale; Wilkerson, Marit; Wittmer, Heidi; Wood, Benjamin DK K.; Wood, Stephen; Wu, Joyce; Yadama, Gautam; Zobrist, Stephanie (Elsevier, 2019-08-01)
    Although health, development, and environment challenges are interconnected, evidence remains fractured across sectors due to methodological and conceptual differences in research and practice. Aligned methods are needed ...

  • Forecasting ecosystem services to guide coastal wetland rehabilitation decisions 

    Calder, Ryan; Shi, Congjie; Mason, Sara A.; Olander, Lydia P.; Borsuk, Mark E. (Elsevier, 2019-10-01)
    Coastal wetlands provide diverse ecosystem services such as flood protection and recreational value. However, predicting changes in ecosystem service value fr0k from restoration or management is challenging because ...

  • Graphical models and the challenge of evidence-based practice in development and sustainability 

    Calder, Ryan; Alatorre, Andrea; Marx, Rebecca S.; Mallampalli, Varun; Mason, Sara A.; Olander, Lydia P.; Jeuland, Marc; Borsuk, Mark E. (Elsevier, 2020-08-01)
    Governments and social benefit organizations are expected to consider evidence in decision-making. In development and sustainability, evidence spans disciplines and methodological traditions and is often inconclusive. ...

  • GCC Weekly, May 19, 2020 

    Unknown author (Global Change Center at Virginia Tech, 2020-05-19)
    This is the weekly newsletter for the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech.

  • GCC Weekly, May 12, 2020 

    Unknown author (Global Change Center at Virginia Tech, 2020-05-12)
    This is the weekly newsletter for the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech.

  • GCC Weekly, May 5, 2020 

    Unknown author (Global Change Center at Virginia Tech, 2020-05-05)
    This is the weekly newsletter for the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech.

  • GCC Weekly, June 9, 2020 

    Unknown author (Global Change Center at Virginia Tech, 2020-06-09)
    This is the weekly newsletter for the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech.

  • GCC Weekly, May 26, 2020 

    Unknown author (Global Change Center at Virginia Tech, 2020-05-26)
    This is the weekly newsletter for the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech.

  • GCC Weekly, March 24, 2020 

    Unknown author (Global Change Center at Virginia Tech, 2020-03-24)
    This is the weekly newsletter for the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech.

  • GCC Weekly, March 31, 2020 

    Unknown author (Global Change Center at Virginia Tech, 2020-03-31)
    This is the weekly newsletter for the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech.

  • GCC Weekly, April 14, 2020 

    Unknown author (Global Change Center at Virginia Tech, 2020-04-14)
    This is the weekly newsletter for the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech.

  • GCC Weekly, April 7, 2020 

    Unknown author (Global Change Center at Virginia Tech, 2020-04-07)
    This is the weekly newsletter for the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech.

  • GCC Weekly, April 21, 2020 

    Unknown author (Global Change Center at Virginia Tech, 2020-04-21)
    This is the weekly newsletter for the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech.

  • Spiculogenesis and biomineralization in early sponge animals 

    Tang, Qing; Wan, Bin; Yuan, Xunlai; Muscente, A. D.; Xiao, Shuhai (Springer Nature, 2019-07-26)
    Most sponges have biomineralized spicules. Molecular clocks indicate sponge classes diverged in the Cryogenian, but the oldest spicules are Cambrian in age. Therefore, sponges either evolved spiculogenesis long after their ...

  • Modeling Temperature Effects on Population Density of the Dengue Mosquito Aedes aegypti 

    El Moustaid, Fadoua; Johnson, Leah R. (MDPI, 2019-11-07)
    Mosquito density plays an important role in the spread of mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and Zika. While it remains very challenging to estimate the density of mosquitoes, modelers have tried different methods to ...

  • 9th Hellbender Symposium 

    Unknown author (Virginia Tech. Global Change Center, 2019-06)
    The Hellbender Symposium is a biennial event where ​hellbender researchers from all over the United States and other parts of the world meet to present and discuss their research.

  • Linked within-host and between-host models and data for infectious diseases: a systematic review 

    Childs, Lauren M.; El Moustaid, Fadoua; Gajewski, Zachary; Kadelka, Sarah; Nikin-Beers, Ryan; Smith, John W., Jr.; Walker, Melody; Johnson, Leah R. (PeerJ, 2019-06-19)
    The observed dynamics of infectious diseases are driven by processes across multiple scales. Here we focus on two: within-host, that is, how an infection progresses inside a single individual (for instance viral and immune ...

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