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ArticleGlover, Katherine C.This paper introduces an inquiry-based classroom unit titled 'California Climate and Vegetation Change,' a set of place-based exercises that utilize real data from California. NOAA climate data at four locations throughout the state are provided to cr . . .
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ThesisMor, CarolinaThe oceans have absorbed excess carbon dioxide (CO2) resulting from anthropogenic activities such as the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation. As a result, seawater chemistry has shifted causing an increase in bicarbonate ions (HCO32-) and hydrog . . .
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ThesisZamudio, SylviaDue to elevations in atmospheric CO2 caused by anthropogenic activity, global temperatures are projected to increase 1.8 °C by 2100. The rate and magnitude of this thermal change will have negative impacts on tropical corals and significantly alter re . . .
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ThesisGraham, Joshua TateThe well‐preserved moraines in the cirque at the head of Grizzly Creek, Klamath Mountains, California, provide the most complete record of late‐Holocene glacier fluctuations yet documented in this region. Two separate moraine complexes lie below the m . . .
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ArticleEdmunds, Peter J.Body size has large effects on organism physiology, but these effects remain poorly understood in modular animals with complex morphologies. Using two trials of a ∼24 day experiment conducted in 2014 and 2015, we tested the hypothesis that colony size . . .
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ArticlePorinchu, David F.Sediment records from two lakes in the east-central Sierra Nevada, California, provide evidence of cooling and hydrological shifts during the Younger Dryas stade (YD; ~ -
Masters ThesisMcCall, Katherine KlitgaardWith last century’s observed linear warming trend of minimum daily air temperatures in the Lake Tahoe Basin extrapolated to the year 2060, the conversion from snowfall to rain and the associated increase in kinetic energy impact around Fallen Leaf Lak . . .
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Masters ThesisBridgewater, Emily AnneSea levels are rising due to anthropogenic causes. As the oceans rise coastal areas and inhabitants become progressively more vulnerable. Research done within and about communities grappling with sea-level rise that incorporates vulnerability and resi . . .
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Masters ThesisEaton, Alexander BennettThis thesis addresses aspects of the technical, economic, and social challenges to the implementation of small-scale biodigester systems at small pig farms in Mexico. I outline the development and testing of an improved biodigester design aimed at add . . .