The middle Miocene thermal maximum (~16 Ma) was a period of global climate unusually warm and wet for the Neogene and is of interest as a paleo-analog for future climate change from anthropogenic global...

In 1934, four Argentine-born soccer players participated for the Italian team that won the FIFA World Cup on home soil. As children born to parents who participated in a wave of Italian immigrants that helped...

This thesis examines the massacres of the Plains Indian Wars in the United States (1851-1890) and how they relate to contemporary theories of genocide. By using the Plains Indian Wars as a case study, a...

Accurate sediment flux histories are critical data for deciphering the relative importance of climate and land use factors such as logging and road construction on sediment production and deposition. We use...

71 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Environmental Studies and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Arts, Fall...

Northern peatlands occupy a very small proportion of the Earth’s surface but contain nearly a third of the world’s soil organic carbon. These wetland systems produce substantial fluxes of CH4, a potent...

41 p. : ill. (some col.) Appendix C (Graphs and Figures) is available separately due document size.

Communities in the Sahel region are confronted with problems such as depletion of soil fertility, food insecurity, and climate change, which exacerbate poverty and malnutrition for the inhabitants. The...

Pathogenic host-microbe interactions can result from continuous evolution of a host's ability to resist infection and a pathogen's ability to survive and replicate. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a versatile and...

8 pp. Maps, tables, references, illus. T. 8S, R. 4E, section 19. Captured February 16, 2009.