Drought, Hurricane, or Wildfire? Assessing the Trump Administration’s Anti-Science Disaster

Engaging Science Technology and Society ◽

10.17351/ests2020.297 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. 66 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Scott Frickel ◽

Christopher M. Rea

Keyword(s):

Science Policy ◽

Baseline Data ◽

Disaster Research ◽

Rare Element ◽

Natural Systems ◽

Scientific Assessment ◽

Science Rhetoric ◽

Trump Administration

We describe the Trump Administration as an “anti-science disaster” and approach study of the phenomenon as other disaster researchers might study the impacts of a drought, hurricane, or wildfire. An important, but rare, element of disaster research is identification of baseline data that allow scientific assessment of changes in social and natural systems. We describe three potential baselines for assessing the nature and impact of Trump’s anti-science rhetoric and (in)action on science, science policy, and politics.

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Enhancing the resilience of coupled human and natural systems of alpine rangelands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

The Rangeland Journal ◽

10.1071/rj14117 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

pp. i ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

Shikui Dong ◽

Ruth Sherman

Keyword(s):

Tibetan Plateau ◽

Science Policy ◽

Sustainable Management ◽

Environmental Changes ◽

Policy Design ◽

Rangeland Management ◽

Special Issue ◽

Natural Systems ◽

Wide Range ◽

Science Policy Interface

This special issue covers a wide range of topics on the protection and sustainable management of alpine rangelands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), including Indigenous knowledge of sustainable rangeland management, science-policy interface for alpine rangeland biodiversity conservation, adaptations of local people to social and environmental changes and policy design for managing coupled human-natural systems of alpine rangelands.

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Preparing Scientists, Policymakers, and Managers for a Fast-Forward Future

San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science ◽

10.15447/sfews.2021v19iss2art2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Richard Norgaard ◽

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John Wiens ◽

Stephen Brandt ◽

Elizabeth Canuel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Science Policy ◽

Rapid Change ◽

Disturbance Ecology ◽

Ecological Systems ◽

Expert Elicitation ◽

Natural Systems ◽

Scenario Analyses ◽

Horizon Scanning ◽

The Future ◽

Research Findings

Ecosystems in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta are changing rapidly, as are ecosystems around the world. Extreme events are becoming more frequent and thresholds are likely to be crossed more often, creating greater uncertainty about future conditions. The accelerating speed of change means that ecological systems may not remain stable long enough for scientists to understand them, much less use their research findings to inform policy and management. Faced with these challenges, those involved in science, policy, and management must adapt and change and anticipate what the ecosystems may be like in the future. We highlight several ways of looking ahead—scenario analyses, horizon scanning, expert elicitation, and dynamic planning—and suggest that recent advances in distributional ecology, disturbance ecology, resilience thinking, and our increased understanding of coupled human–natural systems may provide fresh ways of thinking about more rapid change in the future. To accelerate forward-looking science, policy, and management in the Delta, we propose that the State of California create a Delta Science Visioning Process to fully and openly assess the challenges of more rapid change to science, policy, and management and propose appropriate solutions, through legislation, if needed.

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Effect of Iron Limitation on the Ultrastructure of Agmenellum Quadruplicatum

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100098551 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 39 ◽

pp. 410-411

Author(s):

L. P. Hardie ◽

D. L. Balkwill ◽

S. E. Stevens

Keyword(s):

Growth Medium ◽

Green Alga ◽

Natural Habitat ◽

Iron Limitation ◽

Natural Environments ◽

Blue Green Alga ◽

Marine Cyanobacterium ◽

Natural Systems ◽

Thin Sectioning ◽

Agmenellum Quadruplicatum

Agmenellum quadruplicatum is a unicellular, non-nitrogen-fixing, marine cyanobacterium (blue-green alga). The ultrastructure of this organism, when grown in the laboratory with all necessary nutrients, has been characterized thoroughly. In contrast, little is known of its ultrastructure in the specific nutrient-limiting conditions typical of its natural habitat. Iron is one of the nutrients likely to limit this organism in such natural environments. It is also of great importance metabolically, being required for both photosynthesis and assimilation of nitrate. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects (if any) of iron limitation on the ultrastructure of A. quadruplicatum. It was part of a broader endeavor to elucidate the ultrastructure of cyanobacteria in natural systemsActively growing cells were placed in a growth medium containing 1% of its usual iron. The cultures were then sampled periodically for 10 days and prepared for thin sectioning TEM to assess the effects of iron limitation.

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