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The viability of balancing wind generation with large scale energy storage Increasing the proportion of power derived from renewable energy sources is becoming an increasingly important part of many countries's strategies to achieve reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. However, renewable energy investments can often have external costs and benefits, which need to be taken into account if socially optimal investments are to be made. This paper attempts to estimate the magnitude of these external costs and benefits for the case of renewable technologies in Scotland, a country which has set particularly ambitious targets for expanding renewable energy. The external effects we consider are those on landscape quality, wildlife and air quality. We also consider the welfare implications of... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Implications, Vegetation, boreal, communities, continental, All tags... gradient, mining, oil sands, reclamation, salinity, wetlands, Fewer tags Vegetation communities in continental boreal wetlands along a salinity gradient: Implications for oil sands mining reclamation Increasing the proportion of power derived from renewable energy sources is becoming an increasingly important part of many countries's strategies to achieve reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. However, renewable energy investments can often have external costs and benefits, which need to be taken into account if socially optimal investments are to be made. This paper attempts to estimate the magnitude of these external costs and benefits for the case of renewable technologies in Scotland, a country which has set particularly ambitious targets for expanding renewable energy. The external effects we consider are those on landscape quality, wildlife and air quality. We also consider the welfare implications of... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Implications, Vegetation, boreal, communities, continental, All tags... gradient, mining, oil sands, reclamation, salinity, wetlands, Fewer tags Cyanobacterial inoculation of heated soils: effect on microorganisms of C and N cycles and on chemical composition in soil surface Physiological groups of soil microorganisms, total C and N and available nutrients were investigated in four heated (350 °C, 1 h) soils (one Ortic Podsol over sandstone and three Humic Cambisol over granite, schist or limestone) inoculated (1.5 μg chlorophyll a g−1 soil or 3.0 μg chlorophyll a g−1 soil) with four cyanobacterial strains of the genus Oscillatoria, Nostoc or Scytonema and a mixture of them. Cyanobacterial inoculation promoted the formation of microbiotic crusts which contained a relatively high number of NH4+-producers (7.4×109 g−1 crust), starch-mineralizing microbes (1.7×108 g−1 crust), cellulose-mineralizing microbes (1.4×106 g−1 crust) and NO2− and NO3− producers... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Journal Citation; Tags: Burning, C and N cycling microorganisms, Fire, Microbiota, Microbiotic crusts, All tags... Nutrients, Reclamation, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Fewer tags From pits and piles to lakes and landscapes: Rebuilding Minnesota's industrial landscape using a transdisciplinary approach The Laurentian Vision Partnership is a collaborative planning and design initiative that explores local and regional redevelopment opportunities for depleted iron ore mine lands on Minnesota's Mesabi iron range. The initiative involves an ad hoc coalition of local, regional, and state representatives from Industry, business, communities, education, and government dedicated to advancing the long-term vitality of the region. The initiative is also a land-based case study in the development of transdisciplinary action research. The initiative has employed participatory design tools to promote and maintain collaboration, discourse, and knowledge building across diverse knowledge bases, within a land design framework... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Interdisciplinary collaboration, land forming, mineland, multi-objective mine land planning, non-traditional partnerships, All tags... participatory decision-making, reclamation, transdisciplinary practice, Fewer tags Impact of energy development on the law of the Colorado River Profound changes are now occurring in the Colorado River Basin. New societal demands for water are on a collision course with vested legal rights and past commitments. The exploitation of fossil fuels in the area poses great problems for the traditional paramount concerns of reclamation and agriculture. The ' law of the river ' is actually a composite of many statutes, compacts, court decisions, contracts, regulations and administrative rulings. Generally speaking, the flow of the Colorado River is divided among users on the basis of beneficial consumptive use. The allocation system operates at four levels: international, interregional, interstate, and intrastate. Legal problems on the river are partially the function... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Journal Citation; Tags: Colorado River, Natural Resources Journal, agriculture, energy, environmental effects, All tags... reclamation, resources development, water allocation, water demand, water law, water quality, water rights, water supply, Fewer tags