Gold at What Cost? Another Megaproject Threatens Biodiversity in the Amazon (open access)

Gold at What Cost? Another Megaproject Threatens Biodiversity in the Amazon

This article summarizes three controversial aspects of the Volta Grande project.
Date: March 24, 2017
Creator: Tófoli, Raffael M.; Dias, Rosa M.; Alves, Gustavo H. Zaia; Hoeinghaus, David; Gomes, Luiz C.; Baumgartner, Matheus T. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Updated Understanding of Texas Bumble Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Species Presence and Potential Distributions in Texas, Usa (open access)

An Updated Understanding of Texas Bumble Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Species Presence and Potential Distributions in Texas, Usa

This article aims to update existing Texas bumble bee presence databases, model statewide species distributions, and identify conservation target areas.
Date: August 10, 2017
Creator: Beckham, Jessica L. & Atkinson, Samuel F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vehicle emissions-exposure alters expression of systemic and tissue-specific components of the renin-angiotensin system and promotes outcomes associated with cardiovascular disease and obesity in wild-type C57BL/6 male mice (open access)

Vehicle emissions-exposure alters expression of systemic and tissue-specific components of the renin-angiotensin system and promotes outcomes associated with cardiovascular disease and obesity in wild-type C57BL/6 male mice

This article investigates the hypothesis that exposure to engine emissions increases systemic and local adipocyte RAS signaling, promoting the expression of factors involved in cardiovascular disease and obesity.
Date: April 15, 2021
Creator: Phipps, Benjamin L.; Suwannasual, Usa; Lucero, JoAnn; Mitchell, Nicholas A. & Lund, Amie K.
System: The UNT Digital Library