Publications

Liberal Pacification and the Phenomenology of Violence

Publication ID: pub.1123129500

Publication date: 18/03/2019

Keywords: Anarchist; Direct Violence; Indirect Violence; International Relations; Liberal Pacification; Liberal Peace; Phenomenology; Postcolonial Thought; Structures of Society; Transformation; Violence of Pacification

Abstract While international relations scholars make many claims about violence, they rarely define the concept. This article develops a typology of three distinct kinds of violence: direct, indirect, and pacification. Direct violence occurs when a person or agent inflicts harm on another. Indirect violence manifests through the structures of society. We propose a third understanding […]

Comparing the selective and co-selective effects of different antimicrobials in bacterial communities

Publication ID: pub.1112773043

Publication date: 16/03/2019

Keywords: Anti-Infective Agents; Bacteria; Benzalkonium Compounds; Biota; Ciprofloxacin; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Evolution, Molecular; Genes, Bacterial; Metagenomics; Selection, Genetic; Trimethoprim; Waste Water

Bacterial communities are exposed to a cocktail of antimicrobial agents, including antibiotics, heavy metals and biocidal antimicrobials such as quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs). The extent to which these compounds may select or co-select for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is not fully understood. In this study, human-associated, wastewater-derived bacterial communities were exposed to either benzalkonium chloride (BAC), […]

Origin and Fate of Vanadium in the Hazeltine Creek Catchment following the 2014 Mount Polley Mine Tailings Spill in British Columbia, Canada.

Publication ID: pub.1112508415

Publication date: 04/03/2019

Keywords: British Columbia; Canada; Hazeltine Creek; Minerals; Rivers; Vanadium; Water Pollutants, Chemical

Results from the analysis of aqueous and solid-phase V speciation within samples collected from the Hazeltine Creek catchment affected by the August 2014 Mount Polley mine tailings dam failure in British Columbia, Canada, are presented. Electron microprobe and X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) analysis found that V is present as V3+ substituted into magnetite and […]

Higher resilience to climatic disturbances in tropical vegetation exposed to more variable rainfall

Publication ID: pub.1112365796

Publication date: 25/02/2019

Keywords: Amazon Basin; Brazil; Climate Change; Climatic Disturbances; Ecosystems; Global Warming; Interannual Scales; Rainfall Variability; Resilience; Tropical Forest and Savannah; Vegetation Response

abstractWith ongoing global warming, the amount and frequency of precipitation in the tropics is projected to change substantially. While it has been shown that tropical forests and savannahs are sustained within the same intermediate mean annual precipitation range, the mechanisms that lead to the resilience of these ecosystems are still not fully understood. In particular, […]

Reef Grief: investigating the relationship between place meanings and place change on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Publication ID: pub.1112384673

Publication date: 25/02/2019

Keywords: Australia; Climate Change; Commercial Fishing; Cultural Values; Ecological Grief; Ecosystem Services; Great Barrier Reef; Place Attachment; Place Value; Sense of Place

It is well established that ecosystems bring meaning and well-being to individuals, often articulated through attachment to place. Degradation and threats to places and ecosystems have been shown to lead to loss of well-being. Here, we suggest that the interactions between ecosystem loss and declining well-being may involve both emotional responses associated with grief, and […]

Pacific Ocean Variability Influences the Time of Emergence of a Seasonally Ice‐Free Arctic Ocean

Publication ID: pub.1111917529

Publication date: 15/02/2019

Keywords: Arctic Ocean; Arctic Sea Ice; Climate Projections; Climate Variability; Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO); Large Ensemble; Pacific Ocean; Teleconnection

The Arctic Ocean is projected to become seasonally ice‐free before midcentury unless greenhouse gas emissions are rapidly reduced, but exactly when this could occur depends considerably on internal climate variability. Here we show that trajectories to an ice‐free Arctic are modulated by concomitant shifts in the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO). Trajectories starting in the negative […]