Publications

Investigating the presence of microplastics in demersal sharks of the North-East Atlantic

Publication ID: pub.1129534300

Publication date: 22/07/2020

Keywords: Anthropogenic Fibres; Contaminants; Demersal Sharks; Marine Environment; Microplastic Ingestion; Microplastic Pollution; North-East Atlantic; Particle; Size; Species; UK

Microplastic pollution is ubiquitous in the marine environment and is ingested by numerous marine species. Sharks are an understudied group regarding their susceptibility to microplastic ingestion. Here, we provide evidence of ingestion of microplastic and other anthropogenic fibres in four demersal sharks species found in the waters of the United Kingdom and investigate whether body […]

Uncovering the differences and similarities between physical and virtual mobility.

Publication ID: pub.1129540804

Publication date: 22/07/2020

Keywords: Epidemics; Global; Humans; Movement; Transportation; Urbanization

The recent availability of digital traces from information and communications technologies has facilitated the study of both individual- and population-level movement with unprecedented spatio-temporal resolution, enabling us to better understand a plethora of socio-economic processes such as urbanization, transportation, impact on the environment and epidemic spreading to name a few. Using empirical spatio-temporal trends, several […]

Political dynamics and governance of World Heritage ecosystems

Publication ID: pub.1129488113

Publication date: 20/07/2020

Keywords: Economic Complexity; Environmental Governance; Global; International Organisations; Material Impacts; National Governments; Political Dynamics; Regulatory Capture; Responses; Stakeholder; Threatened Systems; World Heritage Ecosystems

Political dynamics across scales are often overlooked in the design, implementation and evaluation of environmental governance. We provide new evidence to explain how interactions between international organizations and national governments shape environmental governance and outcomes for 238 World Heritage ecosystems, on the basis of a new intervention–response–outcome typology. We analyse interactions between the United Nations […]

Quantitative Analysis of Selected Plastics in High-Commercial-Value Australian Seafood by Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

Publication ID: pub.1129105239

Publication date: 09/07/2020

Keywords: Australia; Environmental Monitoring; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Plastics; Pyrolysis; Seafood; Water Pollutants, Chemical

Microplastic contamination of the marine environment is widespread, but the extent to which the marine food web is contaminated is not yet known. The aims of this study were to go beyond visual identification techniques and develop and apply a simple seafood sample cleanup, extraction, and quantitative analysis method using pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry […]

Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands

Publication ID: pub.1129059802

Publication date: 08/07/2020

Keywords: Agriculture; Atmosphere; Brazil; Carbon Dioxide; China; Crops, Agricultural; Environmental Policy; Geologic Sediments; Global Warming; Goals; India; Iron; Mining; Politics; Probability; Silicates; Steel; Temperature; Time Factors; United States

Enhanced silicate rock weathering (ERW), deployable with croplands, has potential use for atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) removal (CDR), which is now necessary to mitigate anthropogenic climate change1. ERW also has possible co-benefits for improved food and soil security, and reduced ocean acidification2–4. Here we use an integrated performance modelling approach to make an initial techno-economic […]

The natural capital framework for sustainably efficient and equitable decision making

Publication ID: pub.1129069863

Publication date: 08/07/2020

Keywords: Decision Making; Ecological and Economic Perspectives; Economic and Social Wellbeing; Equitable; Framework; Government Policy; Natural Capital; Natural Environment; Natural Science; Private Sector; Sustainable

The concept of ‘natural capital’ is gaining traction internationally as recognition grows of the central role of the natural environment in sustaining economic and social well-being. It is therefore encouraging to see the first signs of a ‘natural capital approach’ to decision making being accepted within government policy processes and the private sector. However, there […]