Arctic Disequilibrium: Shifting Human-Environmental Systems

A spatially explicit model of Final Palaeolithic population densities for southern Scandinavia in the period between 14,000 and 12,700 cal BP

“…The challenging situation of surviving at very low population densities may have been further aggravated by these groups' peripheral social network situation (Riede, 2014;Whallon, 2006), the immaturity of the landscape (Mandryk, 1993) and climatic and environmental changes in this period (Riede, 2008;Van Raden et al, 2013). Together, these factors may have produced a large degree of adaptive disequilibrium leaving potential colonisers, potentially repeatedly, stranded in landscapes not able to support them Veldhuis et al, 2018). On the other hand, our model should preferably be understood as a hypothesis-generator.…”

State of the Climate in 2019

“…For example, changes in the composition and height of tundra vegetation impact the cycling of carbon and nutrients ( Blume-Werry et al 2019;Hewitt et al 2019;Mörsdorf et al 2019;Salmon et al 2019;Treharne et al 2019), as well as energy exchanges between the atmosphere and permafrost (Wilcox et al 2019). The latter has implications for permafrost stability, geomorphology, and surface wetness, which, coupled with changing vegetation structure, strongly alters landscape properties important to wildlife (Cray and Pollard 2018;Tape et al 2018;Taylor et al 2018;Ims et al 2019;Farquharson et al 2019;Andruko et al 2020) and the subsistence activities of Arctic peoples (Brinkman et al 2016;Veldhuis et al 2018;Herman-Mercer et al 2019). Continued monitoring of the Arctic tundra biome both from space and in situ field studies improves our understanding of these complex interactions.…”

Language, Social Conflict, and Their Implications for the World of Education: A Case Study in One Region of Indonesia

“…It can be observed that extrapolation and efforts to construct shared meaning are synonymous with the arrogance of the majority that lacks intelligence in resolving conflicts. This reality can be interpreted as the operation of vigilante justice or 'judgment based on personal will', carried out collectively (Harrington, 2016;Veldhuis et al, 2019). Externally, the creation of conflict between these two social entities -the Balinese and the Lampung ethnic groups, is also caused by extrapolated reporting or exaggerated meanings from news narratives.…”