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Description:: In the wake of environmental catastrophe, active intervention is needed to heal trauma, resist erasure, and navigate changing communities. Focusing on New Orleans after the federal levee failures following Hurricane Katrina, this dissertation looks across a diverse mix of case studies to theorize how communities utilize performance to navigate mass...
Keyword:: Museum Studies, Memorial, Urban Adaptation, Performance Studies, New Orleans, and Theatre
Subject:: Climate change, Performing arts, and Theater
Creator:: Twardowski, Weston
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 06/22/2022
Date Created:: 2022-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15984 and etdadmin_upload_891419

Description:: Facts are not enough! The more recent wave of science communication practices have been advocating for the death of the deficit model of science communication. This model notes that by possessing sufficient information, individuals will change their attitude and behavior to align with scientific facts. However, recent research has shown...
Keyword:: Narrative Persuasion, Trust, Curiosity, Pop Culture, Science Communication, and Public Engagement
Subject:: Climate change, Science education, and Communication
Creator:: Maktoufi, Reyhaneh
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 06/22/2022
Date Created:: 2021-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_860101 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15844

Description:: In recent decades, mass loss from glaciers and ice caps (GICs) worldwide has accelerated, contributing significantly to the observed sea–level rise. Their continued melt is also expected to alter local hydrological systems, affecting freshwater availability and quality. Despite these problematic impacts, little is known about GIC variations prior to the...
Keyword:: Holocene, Ice caps, Arctic, and Glaciers
Subject:: Geographic information science and geodesy, Climate change, and Limnology
Creator:: Larocca, Laura Jennifer
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/02/2022
Date Created:: 2021-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_861088 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15847

Description:: This dissertation explores Holocene climate change along the west coast of Greenland and late Holocene climate variability in the subpolar North Atlantic region using paleolimnology. Lake sediment archives and the climate proxies contained within them provide a valuable window into past temperature change on Greenland, home to one of Earth’s...
Keyword:: Paleolimnology, Chironomids, Holocene, Oxygen isotopes, Greenland, and Paleoclimate
Subject:: Geochemistry, Climate change, and Paleoclimate science
Creator:: Lasher, Gregory Everett
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2020
Date Created:: 2019-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_661632 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14608

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