This combined collection includes faculty works from the School of Earth, Environment and Society (SEES), which includes the departments of Anthropology, Environmental Science and Management, Geography, Geology and Complex Systems.
Submissions from 2021
Aquarium Visitor Engagement with an Ocean Plastics Exhibit: Effects on Self-Reported Intended Single-Use Plastic Reductions and Plastic-Related Environmental Stewardship Actions, Britta R. Baechler, Elise F. Granek, Kerry A. Carlin-Morgan, Tina E. Smith, and Max Nielsen-Pincus
The Influence of Microsite Conditions on Early Performance of Planted Nothofagus Nitida Seedlings when Restoring Degraded Coastal Temperate Rain Forests, Jan R. Bannister, Manuel Acevedo, German Travieso, Andres Holz, and Nicole Galindo
Long-term Shifts in Feedbacks Among Glacier Surface Change, Melt Generation and Runoff, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, Anna Bergstrom, Michael N. Gooseff, Andrew G. Fountain, and Matthew Hoffman
Combating Ecosystem Collapse from the Tropics to the Antarctic, Dana M. Bergstrom, Barbara C. Wienecke, John van den Hoff, Lesley Hughes, David B. Lindenmayer, Tracy D. Ainsworth, Christopher M. Baker, Lucie Bland, David M J S Bowman, Shaun T. Brooks, Josep G. Canadell, Andrew J. Constable, Katherine A. Dafforn, Michael H. Depledge, Catherine R. Dickson, Norman C. Duke, Kate J. Helmstedt, and Andrés Holz
Rock Glaciers and Related Cold Rocky Landforms: Overlooked Climate Refugia for Mountain Biodiversity, Stefano Brighenti, Scott Hotaling, Debra S. Finn, Andrew G. Fountain, Masaki Hayashi, David Herbst, Jasmine E. Saros, Lusha M. Tronstad, and Constance I. Millar
Bayesian Assessment of Northern Alaskan Chronological Issues: Implications for Future Research, Thomas J. Brown, Shelby Anderson, Justin Andrew Junge, and Jonathan Duelks
Habitat, Geophysical, and Eco-Social Connectivity: Benefits of Resilient Socio-Ecological Landscapes, Eric P. Butler, Leslie L. Bliss-Ketchum, Catherine E. de Rivera, Sahan T. M. Dissanayake, Carole L. Hardy, Dorothy A. Horn, Ben Huffine, Amanda M. Temple, Michael E. Vermeulen, and Hailey Wallace
On the Past 40 years of Archaeology in the Pacific Northwest, Virginia L. Butler
Ten Years On: Engaging the Public Through the Archaeology Roadshow, Virginia L. Butler, Lyssia Merrifield, Virginia Parks, and Shelby Anderson
The Case for a Long-Lived and Robust Yellowstone Hotspot, Victor E. Camp and Ray E. Wells
Making a Water Data System Responsive to Information Needs of Decision Makers, Alida Cantor, Michael Kiparsky, Susan S. Hubbard, Ronan Kennedy, Lidia Cano Pecharroman, Kamyar Guivetchi, Gary Darling, Christina McCready, and Roger Bales
Regulators and Utility Managers Agree About Barriers and Opportunities for Innovation in the Municipal Wastewater Sector, Alida Cantor, Luke Sherman, Anita Milman, and Michael Kiparsky
Diagnosing Non-Gaussian Temperature Distribution Tails Using Back-Trajectory Analysis, A. J. Catalano, P. C. Loikith, and J. D. Neelin
Cellular Remains in a ~3.42-billion-year-old Subseafloor Hydrothermal Environment, Barbara Cavalazzi, Laurence Lamelle, Alexandre Simionovici, Sherry L. Cady, Michael J. Russell, Elena Bailo, Roberto Canteri, Emanuele Enrico, Alain Manceau, and multiple additional authors
Effects of Land Use Change, Wetland Fragmentation, and Best Management Practices on Total Suspended Sediment Concentrations in an Urbanizing Oregon Watershed, USA., Heejun Chang, Yasuyo Makido, and Eugene Foster
Assessment of Urban Flood Vulnerability using the Social-Ecological-Technological Systems Framework in Six US cities, Heejun Chang, Arun Pallathadka, Jason Sauer, Nancy B. Grimm, Rae Zimmerman, Chingwen Cheng, David Iwaniec, Yeowon Kim, and multiple additional authors
Understanding Urban Flood Resilience in the Anthropocene: A Social-Ecological-Technological Systems (SETS) Learning Framework, Heejun Chang, David J. Yu, Samuel A. Markolf, Chang-yu Hong, Sunyong Eom, Wonsuh Song, and Deghyo Bae
Relative Impacts of Climate Change and Land Cover Change on Streamflow Using SWAT in the Clackamas River Watershed, USA, Junjie Chen and Heejun Chang
Research Sites Get Closer to Field Camps over Time: Informing Environmental Management Through a Geospatial Analysis of Science in the Mcmurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, Stephen M. Chignell, Madeline E. Myers, Adrian Howkins, and Andrew Fountain
LiDAR Predictive Modeling of Pacific Northwest Mound Sites: A Study of Willamette Valley Kalapuya Mounds, Oregon (USA), Tia Rachelle Cody and Shelby Anderson
Detecting Change in Precipitation Indices Using Observed (1977-2016) and Modeled Future Climate Data in Portland, Oregon, USA, Alexis Kirsten Cooley and Heejun Chang
Effect of Management on Water Quality and Perception of Ecosystem Services Provided by an Urban Lake, Laura Costadone, Mark D. Sytsma, Yangdong Pan, and Mark Rosenkranz
Object-Based Verification of Atmospheric River Predictions in the Northeast Pacific, Laurel L. DeHaan, Andrew C. Martin, Rachel R. Weihs, Luca Delle Monache, and F. Martin Ralph
Recovering Salmon: Zooarchaeology and Oral Tradition in the Documentation of Extirpated Cultural Keystone Species in the Upper Klamath Basin, Douglas Deur and Perry Chocktoot Jr.
Investigating Ecological Disturbance in Streams, Patrick M. Edwards, Megan Colley, and Angie Shroufe
A Community of Fear: Emotion and the Hydro-Social Cycle in East Porterville, California, Michael Egge and Idowu Ajibade
Pharmaceuticals and Alkylphenols in Transplanted Pacific Oysters (crassostrea Gigas): Spatial Variation and Growth Effects, Amy L. Ehrhart and Elise F. Granek
Glaciers of the Olympic Mountains, Washington - The Past and Future 100 Years, Andrew G. Fountain, Christina Gray, Bryce Allen Glenn, Brian Menounos, Justin Pflug, and Jon L. Riedel
Virginia Butler: Commitment, Service, and Mentoring at Portland State University, 1993–2020, Michele Ruth Gamburd
Teasing Apart Impacts of Human Activity and Regional Drought on Madagascar’s Large Vertebrate Fauna: Insights from New Excavations at Tsimanampesotse and Antsirafaly, Laurie R. Godfrey, Brooke Crowley, Kathleen M. Muldoon, Stephen J. Burns, Nick Scroxton, Zachary S. Klukkert, Lovasoa Ranivoharimanana, Jamie Alumbaugh, Matthew Borths, and Natalie Vasey
Insight Into the Early Exhumation of the Cycladic Blueschist Unit, Syros, Greece: Combined Application of Zoned Garnet Geochronology, Thermodynamic Modeling, and Quartz Elastic Barometry, Jennifer S. Gorce, Mark J. Caddick, Ethan F. Baxter, Besim Dragovic, John C. Schumacher, Robert J. Bodnar, and Jamie F. Kendall
Assessing Molybdenum Isotope Fractionation During Continental Weathering As Recorded by Weathering Profiles in Saprolites and Bauxites, Allison T. Greaney, Roberta L. Rudnick, Stephen J. Romaniello, Aleisha C. Johnson, Ariel D. Anbar, and Michael L. Cummings
Stage-Specific Overcompensation, the Hydra Effect, and the Failure to Eradicate an Invasive Predator, Edwin Grosholz, Gail Ashton, Marko Bradley, Chris Brown, Lina Ceballos-Osuna, Andrew L. Chang, Catherine de Rivera, Julie Gonzalez, Marcella Heineke, Michelle Marraffini, Linda McCann, Erica Pollard, Ian Pritchard, Gregory Ruiz, Brian Turner, and Carolyn Tepolt
Representation Justice As a Research Agenda for Socio-Hydrology and Water Governance, Melissa Haeffner, Dana E. Hellman, Alida Cantor, Idowu Ajibade, Vinka Oyanedel-Craver, Maura Kelly, Laura Schifman, and Lisa Weasel
Inferring the Subsurface Geometry and Strength of Slow-Moving Landslides Using 3-D Velocity Measurements from the NASA/JPL UAVSAR, Alexander L. Handwerger, Adam M. Booth, Mong-Han Huang, and Eric J. Fielding
Graphical Models in Reconstructability Analysis and Bayesian Networks, Marcus Harris and Martin Zwick
Multiple Holocene Earthquakes on the Gales Creek Fault, Northwest Oregon Fore-Arc, Alison E. Horst, Ashley R. Streig, Ray E. Wells, and John Bershaw
Biological Albedo Reduction on Ice Sheets, Glaciers, and Snowfields, Scott Hotaling, Stefanie Lutz, Roman J. Dial, Alexandre M. Anesio, Liane G. Benning, Andrew G. Fountain, Joanna L. Kelley, Jenine McCutcheon, McKenzie Skiles, and Nozomu Takeuchi
Reconstructing Paleohydrology in the Northwest Great Basin Since the Last Deglaciation Using Paisley Caves Fish Remains (Oregon, USA), Adam M. Hudson, Meaghan M. Emery-Wetherell, Patrick M. Lubinski, Virginia L. Butler, Deanna N. Grimstead, and Dennis L. Jenkins
Active Rock Glaciers of the Contiguous United States: Geographic Information System Inventory and Spatial Distribution Patterns, Gunnar Johnson, Heejun Chang, and Andrew G. Fountain
Factors That Influence On-Farm Decision-Making: Evidence from Weed Management, Raymond A. Jussaume Jr, Katherine Dentzman, George Frisvold, David E. Ervin, and Micheal Owen
Transition of Water Quality Policies in Oregon, USA and South Korea: a Historical Socio-Hydrological Approach, Hojeong Kim, Eugene Foster, and Heejun Chang
Sea Otters, Empire, and the Struggle for the Northwest Coast, Cameron La Follette and Douglas Deur
Drivers of Zooplankton Community Composition in a Novel Ecosystem: Hawai'i Mangroves as a Case Study, Casey Lynette Lewis and Elise F. Granek
Were the Ancient Coast Salish Farmers? A Story of Origins, Natasha Lyons, Tanja Hoffmann, Debbie Miller, Andrew Martindale, Kenneth M. Ames, and Michael Blake
Geochemistry and Geothermometry of Breitenbush Hot Springs, Oregon, USA, Donnel Malkemus, Robert B. Perkins, and Carl D. Palmer
Public Perceptions of Ocean Health and Marine Protection: Drivers of Support for Oregon’s Marine Reserves, Paul Manson, Max Nielsen-Pincus, Elise F. Granek, and Thomas C. Swearingen
Geodetic Constraints on a 25-year Magmatic Inflation Episode Near Three Sisters, Central Oregon, Robert McCaffrey, Michael Lisowsk, Charles W. Wicks, and Daniel Dzurisin
Hemispheric Black Carbon Increase After the 13th-Century Māori Arrival in New Zealand, Joseph R. McConnell, Nathan J. Chellman, Robert Mulvaney, Sabine Eckhardt, Andreas Stohl, Gill Plunkett, Sepp Kipfstuhl, Johannes Freitag, Elisabeth Isaksson, Kelly E. Gleason, Sandra O. Brugger, David B. McWethy, Nerilie J. Abram, Pengfei Liu, and Alberto J. Aristarain
Molecules to Mountains: A Multi-Proxy Investigation into Ancient Climate and Topography of the Pacific Northwest, USA, Alexander McLean and John Bershaw
Broad-Scale Surface and Atmospheric Conditions During Large Fires in South-Central Chile, David B. McWethy, René D. Garreaud, Andres Holz, and Gregory T. Pederson
Reconstructability Analysis of the Predictors of Physical Functioning Status in Older Americans by Race and Ethnicity, Amanuel Melekin and Martin Zwick
Modulation of Atmospheric Rivers by Mesoscale Frontal Waves and Latent Heating: Comparison of Two US West Coast Events, Allison C. Michaelis, Andrew C. Martin, Meredith A. Fish, Chad W. Hecht, and F. Martin Ralph
Spatial Proximity Matters: A Study on Collaboration, Arianna Salazar Miranda and Matthew Claudel
Silica Sinter and the Evolution of Hot Springs in the Alvord/Pueblo Valleys, Southeast Oregon, USA, Leslie Allen Mowbray and Michael L. Cummings
Arc Versus River—The Geology of the Columbia River Gorge, Jim E. O'Connor, Ray E. Wells, Scott E.K. Bennett, Charles M. Cannon, Lydia M. Staich, James L. Anderson, Anthony F. Pivarunas, Gabriel W. Gordon, Richard J. Blakely, Mark E. Stelten, and Russell C. Evans
Drivers of Recent Forest Cover Change in Southern South America Are Linked to Climate and CO2, Ayodele Ogunkoya, Jed Kaplan, Cathy Whitlock, William Nanavati, David W. Roberts, and Benjamin Poulter
Socio-Ecological Perceptions of Wildfire Management and Effects in Greece, Palaiologos Palaiologou, Kostas Kalabokidis, Andreas Troumbis, Michelle A. Day, Max Nielsen-Pincus, and Alan A. Ager
Using GIS-Based Spatial Analysis to Determine Urban Greenspace Accessibility For Different Racial Groups in The Backdrop of Covid-19: A Case Study of Four US Cities, Arun K. Pallathadka, Laxemi Pallathadka, Sneha Rao, Heejun Chang, and Dorn Van Dommelen
Using Information Theory to Extract Patterns from Categorical Raster Data, David Percy
Catastrophic Beach Sand Losses Due to Erosion from Predicted Future Sea Level Rise (0.5–1.0 m), Based on Increasing Submarine Accommodation Spaces in the High-Wave-Energy Coast of the Pacific Northwest, Washington, Oregon, and Northern California, USA, Curt D. Peterson, Don Joseph Pettit, Kara E. P. Kingen, Sandy Vanderburgh, and Chuck Rosenfeld
Dietary Ecology of Alaskan Polar Bears (Ursus Maritimus) Through Time and in Response to Arctic Climate Change, Ansley S. Petherick, Joshua D. Reuther, Scott J. Shirar, Shelby Anderson, and Larisa R G DeSantis
Validation of a Spatial Agent-Based Model for Taenia Solium Transmission (“cystiagent”) Against a Large Prospective Trial of Control Strategies in Northern Peru, Ian W. Pray, Francesco Pizzitutti, Gabrielle Bonnet, Eloy Gonzalez-Gustavson, Wayne Wakeland, William K. Pan, William E. Lambert, Armando E. Gonzalez, Hector H. Garcia, and Seth E. O’Neal
Socio-Spatial Analysis of Residential Water Demand in Mexico City, Arturo Ramos-Bueno, Maria Perevochtchikova, and Heejun Chang
The Value of Urban Flood Modeling, B. R. Rosenweig, P. Herreros Cantis, Y. Kim, A. Cohn, K. Grove, J. Brock, Heejun Chang, and multiple additional authors
Modeling the System Dynamics of Irrigators' Resilience to Climate Change in a Glacier-Influenced Watershed, Alexander Reid Ross and Heejun Chang
The Spatial and Temporal Evolution of the Portland and Tualatin Forearc Basins, Oregon, USA, Darby P. Scanlon, John Bershaw, Ray E. Wells, and Ashley R. Streig
The Effects on Public Health of Climate Change Adaptation Responses: a Systematic Review of Evidence from Low- and Middle-Income Countries., Pauline F D Scheelbeek, Alan D. Dangour, Stephanie Jarmul, Grace Turner, Anne J. Sietsma, Jan C. Minx, Max Callaghan, Idowu Ajibade, Stephanie E. Austin, Robbert Biesbroek, Kathryn J. Bowen, Tara Chen, Katy Davis, Tim Ensor, James D. Ford, Eranga K. Galappaththi, Elphin T. Joe, Issah J. Musah-Surugu, Gabriela Nagle Alverio, Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle, Pratik Pokharel, Eunice A. Salubi, Giulia Scarpa, Alcade C. Segnon, Mariella Siña, Sienna Templeman, Jiren Xu, Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo, and Lea Berrang-Ford
Participatory GIS Mapping Highlights Indirect Use and Existence Values of Coastal Resources and Marine Conservation Areas, Kaegan M. Scully‐Engelmeyer, Elise F. Granek, Max Nielsen-Pincus, and Greg Brown
Exploring Biophysical Linkages Between Coastal Forestry Management Practices and Aquatic Bivalve Contaminant Exposure, Kaegan M. Scully‐Engelmeyer, Elise F. Granek, Max Nielsen-Pincus, Andy Lanier, Steven S. Rumrill, Patrick Moran, Elena Nilsen, Michelle L. Hladik, and Lori Pillsbury
Introduction: Managed Retreat and Environmental Justice in a Changing Climate, A. R. Siders and Idowu Ajibade
Transformative Potential of Managed Retreat As Climate Adaptation, A. R. Siders, Idowu Ajibade, and David Casagrande
Climate Change Adaptation in Conflict‑Affected Countries: A Systematic Assessment of Evidence, Asha Sitati, E. Joe, C. Grayson, C. Jaime, E. Gilmore, Eranga K. Galappaththi, A. Hudson, G. Nagle Alverio, Idowu Ajibade, and multiple additional authors
Forest Fires Reduce Snow-Water Storage and Advance the Timing of Snowmelt across the Western U.S., Emily E. Smoot and Kelly E. Gleason
A New Agent-Based Model Provides Insight Into Assumptions in Modeling Forest Management Under Deep Uncertainty, Garry Sotnik, Robert M. Scheller, Brooke Alyce Cassell, and Matthew Joshua Duveneck
Understanding Short-Term Household Recoveries from the 2015 Nepal Earthquakes: Lessons Learned and Recommendations, Jeremy Spoon, Drew Gerkey, Ram B. Chhetri, Alisa Rai, Umesh Basnet, and Chelsea E. Hunter
Tribal Revegetation Project Final Project Report: 92-Acre Area, Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Complex, Nevada National Security Site, Nevada, Jeremy Spoon; Brittany Kruger; Richard Arnold; Kate Monti Barcalow; and Tribal Revegetation Committee, TRC
Seamless Wayfinding by a Deafblind Adult on an Urban College Campus: A Case Study on Wayfinding Performance, Information Preferences, and Technology Requirements, Martin Swobodzinski, Amy T. Parker, Julie D. Wright, Kyrsten Hansen, and Becky Morton
Balanced Polymorphism Fuels Rapid Selection in an Invasive Crab Despite High Gene Flow and Low Genetic Diversity., C K. Tepolt, E D. Grosholz, Catherine E. de Rivera, and G M. Ruiz
A Multivariate Assessment of Climate Change Projections over South America Using the Fifth Phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, Valerie Thaler, Paul C. Loikith, C. Roberto Mechoso, and Luana Albertani Pampuch
Global Evidence of Constraints and Limits to Human Adaptation, Adelle Thomas, Emily Theokritoff, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Diana Reckien, Kripa Jagannathan, Roger Cremades, Donovan Campbell, Elphin Tom Joe, Asha Sitati, Idowu Ajibade, and multiple additional authors
The Silence of the Clams: Forestry Registered Pesticides As Multiple Stressors on Soft-Shell Clams., Alexandra G. Tissot, Elise F. Granek, Anne W. Thompson, Michelle L. Hladik, Patrick W. Moran, and Kaegan Scully-Engelmeyer
A Global Assessment of Policy Tools to Support Climate Adaptation, Nicola Ulibarri, Idowu Ajibade, Eranga K. Galappaththi, Elphin T. Joe, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Katharine J. Mach, Issah J. Musah-Surugu, G. Nagle Alverio, Alcade C. Segnon, and multiple additional authors
Climate Change and Water Governance: Decision Making for Individual Vineyard Owners in Global Wine Regions, Erin Upton and Max Nielsen-Pincus
Glacier Clear Ice Bands Indicate Englacial Channel Microbial Distribution, Gilda Varliero, Alexandra Holland, Gary L. A. Barker, Marian L. Yallop, Andrew G. Fountain, and Alexandre M. Anesio
Estimated Amounts and Rates of Carbon Mobilized by Landsliding in Old-Growth Temperate Forests of SE Alaska, Bryce A. Vascik, Adam M. Booth, Brian Buma, and Matteo Berti
Universal Biological Motions for Educational Robot Theatre and Games, Rajesh Venkatachalapathy, Martin Zwick, Adam Slowik, Kai Brooks, Mikhail Mayers, Roman Minko, Tyler Hull, Bliss Brass, and Marek Perkowski
Cultural and Spiritual Significance of Nature: Guidance for Protected and Conserved Area Governance and Management, Bas Verschuuren, Josep-Maria Mallarach, Edwin Bernbaum, Jeremy Spoon, Steve Brown, Radhika Borde, Jessica Brown, and Mark Calamia
Toward an Integrative Geological and Geophysical View of Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes, Maureen A.L. Walton, Lydia M. Staisch, Tina Dura, Jessie K. Pearl, Brian Sherrod, Joan Gomberg, Simon Engelhart, Ray E. Wells, and multiple additional authors
Public and Community Archaeology in the Pacific Northwest, Douglas C. Wilson
Influence of Cyanobacterial Blooms and Environmental Variation on Zooplankton and Eukaryotic Phytoplankton in a Large, Shallow, Eutrophic Lake in China., Kun Zhao, Lizhu Wang, Qingmin You, Yangdong Pan, Tengteng Liu, Yidao Zhou, Junyi Zhang, Wanting Pang, and Quanxi Wang
Polymorphism and Polysemy in Images of the Sefirot, Martin Zwick
Rosenstock-Huessy’s “Cross of Reality” and Systems Theory, Martin Zwick
OCCAM Software (and Manual) for Reconstructability Analysis, Martin Zwick, Kenneth Willett, Joe Fusion, and Heather Alexander
Submissions from 2020
Earliest Record of the Spinose Ear Tick, Otobius Megnini (Dugès)(Ixodida: Argasidae), From the Paisley Caves Site (Oregon, USA), With Implications for Prehistoric Human Ectoparasitism, Martin E. Adams and Dennis L. Jenkins
Planned Retreat in Global South Megacities: Disentangling Policy, Practice, and Environmental Justice, Idowu Ajibade
Why Climate Migration is Not Managed Retreat: Six Justifications., Idowu Ajibade, Meghan E. Sullivan, and Melissa Haeffner
Food Waste Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavioral Intentions Among University Students, Manar Arica Alattar, James DeLaney, Jennifer L. Morse, and Max Nielsen-Pincus
The Hooskanaden Landslide: Historic and Recent Surge Behavior of an Active Earthflow on the Oregon Coast, Stefano Alberti, Andrew Senogles, Kara E. P. Kingen, Adam M. Booth, Pete Castro, Jill DeKoekkoek, Kira Glover-Cutter, Curran Mohney, Michael J. Olsen, and Ben A. Leshcinsky
Inequality on the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America Measured by House-Floor Area and Storage Capacity, Kenneth M. Ames and Colin Grier