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Income-based U.S. household carbon footprints (1990–2019) offer new insights on emissions inequality and climate finance, PLOS Climate
The empirical evidence for the social-ecological impacts of seaweed farming, PLOS Sustainability and Transformation
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From PLOS Climate, Mental health during wildfires in Southcentral Alaska: An assessment of community-derived mental health categories, interventions, and implementation considerations.
From PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, An evidence-based approach to national Sustainable Development Goal assessment: The case of Ireland
From PLOS Water, Microbial community function and bacterial pathogen composition in pit latrines in peri-urban Malawi
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