of Proposed Work (250 words or less): The Bering Sea shelf has experienced significant climatic changes over the past 30 years. During this period of intense physical variation, dramatic and unexpected changes have taken place in the southeastern Bering Sea ecosystem, including large fluctuations in jellyfish biomass. To explore to effects of climate change on jellyfish populations, we will use...

This paper presents the results of a multi-scalar analysis of 1800 years of Cucuteni-Tripolye population dynamics, with particular emphasis on the rapid Western Tripolye migrations beginning c. 4150 B.C.E. that led to the development of the giant-settlement phenomenon in Central Ukraine. In addition to macro-scale population modeling, statistical analysis is performed to demonstrate a significa...

the concept of land use transition highlights that land use change is non-linear and is associated with other societal and biophysical system changes. changes in human systems has resulted in changes in the natural system such as changes in land use. land use change causes not only environmental factors like geography and topography are important, but social factors examined such as population ...