research papers in geographyjun 19 2015geography researchers ripped into rip current signage warned about increased floods in urban areas and investigated shrub growth in the arctictitle: vegetation response to precipitation across the aridity gradient of the southwestern united statesauthors: sohoulande djebou d c v p singh and o w frauenfeld 2015: source: journal of arid environments (april 2015)http://dxdoiorg/101016/jjaridenv201501005 title: will brazils ethanol ambitions undermine its agrarian reform goals a study of social perspectives using q-methodauthors: claudio albuquerque frate and christian brannstrom source: journal of rural studies (april 2015)http://wwwsciencedirectcom/science/article/pii/s0743016714001156 title: you cant see them from sitting here: evaluating beach user understanding of a rip current warning signsauthors: christian brannstrom chris houser heather lee brown sarah trimble anna santossource: applied geography (january 2015)http://wwwsciencedirectcom/science/article/pii/s0143622814002483 title: the rip current hazard in costa ricaauthors: isabel arozarena chris houser alejandro gutiérrez echeverría christian brannstrom source: natural hazards (january 2015)http://linkspringercom/article/101007/s11069-015-1626-9 title: becoming carbon neutral: evaluating carbon neutrality certifications as a tool for reducing climate change impacts and securing financial livelihoodsauthor: jayme walentasource: sustainability: the journal of record (june 2015)http://onlineliebertpubcom/doi/pdfplus/101089/sus201529002 title: changing global patterns of urban exposure to flood and drought hazardsauthors: burak güneralp inci güneralp and ying liusource: global environmental change (march 2015)http://wwwsciencedirectcom/science/article/pii/s0959378015000047 title: opportunities and costs for preventing vertebrate extinctionsauthors: dalia a conde fernando colchero burak güneralp markus gusset ben skolnik michael parr onnie byers kevin johnson glyn young nate flesness hugh possingham and john e fa source: current biology (march 2015) http://wwwsciencedirectcom/science/article/pii/s0960982215000809 title: balancing urban growth and ecological conservation: a challenge for planning and governance in chinaauthors: burak güneralp andrew s perlstein and karen c seto source: ambio (february 2015) http://linkspringercom/article/101007%2fs13280-015-0625-0 title: methods for measuring arctic and alpine shrub growth authors: myers-smith i hallinger m wilmking m blok d klaassen us rayback s weijers s trant a tape kd naito at dawes m rixen c wipf s wheeler j buchwald a baittinger c fauria mm levesque e boulanger-lapointe n beil i ravolainen v schweingruber fh methods for measuring arctic and alpine shrub growth source: earth-science reviews (january 2015)101016/jearscirev201410004 title: patterns of shrub expansion in alaskan arctic river corridors suggest a phase transition authors: adam t naito and david m cairns source: ecology and evolution (january 2015) http://onlinelibrarywileycom/doi/101002/ece31341/abstract title: effectiveness of geosciences exploration summer program (geox) for increasing awareness and knowledge of geosciencesauthors: chris houser sonia garcia and janet torressource: journal of geoscience education (may 2015)http://nagt-jgeorg/doi/abs/105408/14-0161 title: esex: characterizing the instability of aeolian landscapes using analytical reasoningauthors: chris houser michael p bishop and patrick barrineausource: earth surface processes and landforms (april 2015)http://onlinelibrarywileycom/doi/101002/esp3679/abstract title: post-storm beach and dune recovery: implications for barrier island resilience authors: chris houser phil wernette elizabeth rentschler hannah jones h brianna hammond and sarah trimble source: geomorphology (april 2015)http://wwwsciencedirectcom/science/article/pii/s0169555x1500029x title: influence of blade flexibility on the drag coefficient of aquatic vegetation authors: chris houser sarah trimble and bradley moralessource: estuaries and coasts (march 2015)http://linkspringercom/article/101007%2fs12237-014-9840-3 title: technical communication: alongshore correspondence of beach users and rip channels at pensacola beach florida authors: chris houser trey murphy and daniel labude source: natural hazards (may 2015) http://linkspringercom/article/101007/s11069-015-1804-9/fulltexthtml geography and oceanography title: does afternoon precipitation occur preferentially over dry or wet soils in oklahomaauthors: trent w ford anita d rapp and steven m quiringsource: journal of hydrometeorology (april 2015)http://dxdoiorg/101175/jhm-d-14-00051 title: review of electromagnetic induction for mapping barrier island framework geology authors: bradley weymer mark e everett timothy s de smet and chris housersource: sedimentary geology (may 2015)http://wwwsciencedirectcom/science/article/pii/s0037073815000718 title: forecasting landscape response to future climate and land-use changes: an assessment accepted to earths futureauthors: pelletier jd murray ab pierce jl bierman pr breshears dd crosby bt ellis m foufoula-georgiou e heimsath am houser c lancaster n marani m merritts dj moore lj pederson jl poulos mj rittenour tm rowland jc ruggerio p ward dj whipple kx wickert ad and yager emsource: earths future (may 2015) http://onlinelibrarywileycom/doi/101002/2014ef000290/full geography and geology and geophysics title: poststorm evolution of beach-dune morphology: padre island national seashore texasauthors: bradley a weymer chris houser and rick giardinosource: journal of coastal research (may 2015)http://wwwjcronlineorg/doi/abs/102112/jcoastres-d-13-000201