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Using citizen scientists to collect oxygen and hydrogen isotope data in southern Nevada Using citizen scientists to collect oxygen and hydrogen isotope data in southern Nevada

What is Citizen Science? Citizen science programs provide a means for Federal and non-Federal government agencies to make science more engaging, transparent, and accessible by partnering with the public for the purpose of problem solving, data collection, and monitoring. Public volunteers become directly involved in local research, thereby engaging in scientific projects. The public has...
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Joshua M. Gonzales, Katherine J. Earp, Sade K. Cromratie Clemons
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Water Resources Mission Area, Nevada Water Science Center

Enhanced petrogenic organic carbon oxidation during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum Enhanced petrogenic organic carbon oxidation during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

The Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM; ∼56 Ma) is a hyperthermal event associated with the rapid input of carbon into the ocean-atmosphere system. The oxidation of petrogenic organic carbon (OCpetro) may have released additional carbon dioxide (CO2), thereby prolonging the PETM. However, proxy-based estimates of OCpetro oxidation are unavailable due to the lack of suitable...
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Emily H. Hollingsworth, Robert B. Sparkes, Jean Self-Trail, Gavin L. Foster, Gordon N. Inglis
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Florence Bascom Geoscience Center

Predicted occurrence and abundance habitat suitability of invasive plants in the contiguous United States: Updates for the INHABIT web tool. Predicted occurrence and abundance habitat suitability of invasive plants in the contiguous United States: Updates for the INHABIT web tool.

Invasive plant species have substantial negative ecological and economic impacts. Geographic information on the potential and actual distributions of invasive plants is critical for their effective management. For many regions, numerous sources of predictive geographic information exist for invasive plants, often in the form of outputs from species distribution models (SDMs). The...
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Catherine S. Jarnevich, Peder Engelstad, Demetra A. Williams, Keana S. Shadwell, Cameron J. Reimer, Grace C. Henderson, Janet S. Prevey, Ian S. Pearse
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program, Fort Collins Science Center

Managing basin-scale carbon sequestration: A tragedy of the commons approach Managing basin-scale carbon sequestration: A tragedy of the commons approach

The Tragedy of the Commons is a well studied problem in the literature of ecology, economics, and environmental policy which illustrates the deleterious consequences of managing common pool resources when individual and social incentives are misaligned. In this work, we apply a simple model of carbon sequestration in a deep saline aquifer by two neighboring geologic CO2 storage (GCS)...
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Joseph E. Duggan, Jonathan D. Ogland-Hand, Steven T. Anderson, Richard S. Middleton
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Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

Population increases of the threatened American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) linked to large-scale collaborations in a working lands ecoregion Population increases of the threatened American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) linked to large-scale collaborations in a working lands ecoregion

Woody plant encroachment and row-crop agricultural land conversion are existential threats to species that rely on grassland ecosystems. The American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) is a threatened species whose largest remnant populations are predominantly located in grassland ecoregions comprised of privately-owned ranching lands. Here, we seek to determine functional scaling...
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Caleb Powell Roberts, Alison K. Ludwig, Dillon T. Fogarty, Erica Francis Stuber, Daniel R. Uden, Thomas L. Walker, Dirac Twidwell
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Cooperative Research Units

Hyperspectral remote sensing for terrestrial applications Hyperspectral remote sensing for terrestrial applications

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Prasad Thenkabail, Itiya P. Aneece, Pardhasaradhi Teluguntla, Richa Upadhyay, Asfa Siddiqui, Justin George Kalambukattu, Suresh Kumar, Murali Krishna Gumma, Venkateswarlu Dheeravath
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Western Geographic Science Center
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