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In the fall of 1576, an unlikely group of indigenous and European collaborators undertook a prolonged writing retreat in the Franciscan College of Tlatelolco, in today’s Mexico City. The task at hand was the production of a natural history of New Spain, as Mexico was called then, based on the model

Systematic evidence synthesis (e.g. systematic maps, systematic reviews, and evidence gap maps) is becoming a valuable tool for evidence-based decision making in conservation to uncover and describe the evidence base on impacts using a standardized and unbiased approach. However, comprehensiveness

The objectives of environmental management are evolving to include a more intentional focus on the benefits of conservation for human well-being (in addition to ecological impacts). This more inclusive approach to conservation decision-making requires an interdisciplinary toolkit that captures

Over the last decade, ecology and related fields have benefited from explosive growth of spatially referenced biological and environmental data sets, including climate scenarios for the last 22,000 years to the late 21st century. At the same time, spatial modeling methods have been developed to

Vegetated coastal ecosystems, also called Blue Carbon ecosystems, such as mangroves, salt marshes and seagrass beds, are highly efficient carbon sinks and have been shown to capture significant amounts of carbon into sediments and plant biomass. Mangrove-lined estuaries and coastal ecosystems are

This paper interrogates the current maximalist construction of the Antonine plague (156/65-182/89 CE). This second-century pandemic has long divided scholars. Some question its alleged mortality, vastness and singularity, while others argue that the plague was a demographic turning point, killing 10

Researchers and practitioners have investigated environment and natural resources connections to security outcomes in earnest for the past thirty years. Climate change impacts entered these research and policy agendas within the last dozen years. Those security outcomes have historically been

The global food system is a major driver of climate change, freshwater consumption, land use change, biodiversity loss, and biogeochemical flow (N and P) disruption. The food system is also an essential, though currently inequitable, provider of basic human needs through nourishment and livelihoods

Carbon footprint methodology is the primary way in which individuals and institutions account for climate responsibility. Many have used such methodologies to show vast footprint inequalities between rich and poor consumers. Despite these progressive conclusions, carbon footprint tools can

This talk has two goals. First, it will given an overview of the history of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES), initially launched as an integrative social-ecological research project in 1997. Combining financial support from the National Science Foundation with in-kind support from the USDA Forest

Extreme precipitation events and social and political inequalities can disrupt Puerto Rican access to ecosystem services such as drinking water. To enhance the resilience of water systems on the island and in similar environments, we must first understand the elements that make some apparently

The greatest challenge facing our planet is the need to feed the 9 billion people expected to inhabit the Earth by 2050 without compromising its natural systems. Global fisheries are a pillar of human nutrition, as a source of protein, calories, and critical micronutrients like iron, zinc, omega-3

Humans shape biotic communities in cities in profound ways, from obvious changes in species composition, to less noticeable shifts in timing of breeding, predator-prey dynamics, and foraging behavior. Historically, ecologists and conservation biologists largely viewed cities through a relatively

Global flows of reactive nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) have increased significantly over the last century in response to land-use change, agricultural intensification and elevated levels of atmospheric N deposition. Despite widespread implementation of a range of conservation measures to mitigate