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Powell Center Working Group Websites

USGS Powell Center web portal on global croplands and water use for food security in the 21st century :

https://powellcenter.usgs.gov/globalcroplandwater/

USGS Powell Center web portal on Mercury cycling, bioaccumulation, and risk across North America:

https://powellcenter.usgs.gov/mercnet/

Publications

Das, A. 2012. The effect of size and competition on tree growth rate in old-growth coniferous forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 42(11): 1983-1995, 10.1139/x2012-142. Access Article

Dolan, A.M., A.M. Haywood, and H.J. Dowsett. 2011. Climate model simulations of the mid-Pliocene: Earth's last great interval of global warmth. EOS Meeting Report 2012. Access Article

Dowsett, H.J., Robinson, M.M., Haywood, A.M., Hill, D.J., A.M. Dolan, Stoll, D.K., Chan, W.L., Abe-Ouchi, A., Chandler, M.A., Rosenbloom, N.A., Otto-Bliesner, B.L., Bragg, F.J., Lunt, D.J., Foley, K.M., and Riesselman, C.R. 2012. Assessing confidence in Pliocene sea surface temperatures to evaluate predictive models. Nature Climate Change doi:10.1038/NCLIMATE1455. Access Article

Ruger, N. and Condit, R. 2012. Testing metabolic theory with models of tree growth that include light competition. Functional Ecology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01981.x. Access Article

Thenkabail, P.S., Knox, J.W., Ozdogan, M., Gumma, M.K., Congalton, R.G., Wu, Z., Milesi, C., Finkral, A., Marshall, M., Mariotto, I., You, S., Giri, C.P., Nagler, P.L. 2012. Assessing future risks to agricultural productivity, water resources and food security: how can remote sensing help? Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 78:773-782. Access Article

Thenkabail, P.S. 2012. Global croplands and their water use for food security in the twenty-first century. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 78:797-798. Access Article

Walton-Day, K. et al. 2012. Integrated Resource Assessments: A Framework to Consider the Potential Consequences of Mineral Resource Development (poster) Hardrock Mining Conference, Denver CO 2012

Susong, D.D., Gallegos, T.J., and Oelsner, G.P. 2012. Water quality studied in areas of unconventional oil and gas development, including areas where hydraulic fracturing techniques are used, in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012–3049, 4 p. Access Article