SESYNC invites applications for participation in a Geospatial Data Analysis Short Course, March 27-29, 2019. The course aims to accelerate the adoption of open source computing resources for geospatial and temporal analyses of socio-environmental (SE) issues.
An area of conflict: the effects of agricultural subsidization on conservation goals worldwide:
The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) (Germany), the University of Leeds (UoL) (UK), and SESYNC are partnering to invite applications from highly qualified PhD students from the partner organizations interested in an international collaborative synthesis research experience.
Global use of antibiotics and pesticides is outside the planetary safe zone, risking widespread resistance to both, according to a study published last month from SESYNC Pursuit Living with Resistance.
On this episode of Serving Up Science, Amanda Cuellar, from the SESYNC Pursuit
Food Waste and the Environment,
explains the thousands of dollars Americans throw away every year & the impact it has on the planet.
Virginia Tech publishes study on Orleans salt contamination
SESYNC Postdoc Nate Jones contributes to study showing that proximity to a road salt storage facility leads to increased chloride contamination of water.
Depletion of nitrogen in forest soil could reduce trees' ability to offset climate change
Forests worldwide are using up the nitrogen in their soil, a new study from SESYNC Senior Scholar Andrew Elmore found, which bodes ill for efforts to prevent global climate change.
Different environmental drivers of alien tree invasion affect different life-stages and operate at different spatial scales. Published in Forest Ecology and Management by Joana Vincente and colleagues as part of the Pursuit, Socioecology of Acacia.
Reciprocity, redistribution and relational values: organizing and motivating sustainable agriculture. Published in
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability by SESYNC Scientist Kristal Jones and Daniel Tobin.
Smallholder responses to climate anomalies in rural Uganda. Published in World Development by SESYNC Postdoc Maia Call and colleagues.
Explaining differential vulnerability to climate change: A social science review. Published in WIREs Climate Change by Kimberley Thomas and colleagues including SESYNC postdoc Dean Hardy.
A watershed-scale model for depressional wetland-rich landscapes. Published in the Journal of Hydrology by Grey Evenson and colleagues including SESYNC postdoc Nate Jones.
Basin-scale land use impacts on world deltas: Human vs natural forcings. Published in Global and Planetary Change by Carles Ibanez and colleagues, including SESYNC postdoc Xavier Benito.
