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Ethics and geoengineering: reviewing the moral issues raised by solar radiation management and carbon dioxide removal by Preston, Christopher J.

“…After two decades of failure by the international community to respond adequately to the threat of global climate change, discussions of the possibility of…”
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Review: evolutionary drivers of agricultural adaptation in Lolium spp by Matzrafi, Maor, Preston, Christopher, Brunharo, Caio Augusto

“…The genus Lolium comprises many species, of which L. perenne ssp. multiflorum, L. perenne ssp. perenne, and L. rigidum are of worldwide agricultural importance…”
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Framing an ethics of climate management for the anthropocene by Preston, Christopher J

“…In addition to carbon dioxide, it is becoming increasingly clear that there are numerous other potent agents of anthropogenic forcing (e.g. methane, ozone,…”
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De‐extinction and Taking Control of Earth's “Metabolism” by Preston, Christopher J.

“…In a laboratory on a university campus in Santa Cruz, California, Ben Novak is doing everything he can to bring Ectopistes migratorius back from the dead…”
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Re-Thinking the Unthinkable: Environmental Ethics and the Presumptive Argument Against Geoengineering by Preston, Christopher J.

“…The rapid rise in interest in geoengineering the climate as a response to global warming presents a clear and significant challenge to environmental ethics…”
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Target‐site mutations conferring resistance to glyphosate in feathertop Rhodes grass (Chloris virgata) populations in Australia by Ngo, The D, Krishnan, Mahima, Boutsalis, Peter, Gill, Gurjeet, Preston, Christopher

“…BACKGROUND Chloris virgata is a warm‐season, C4, annual grass weed affecting field crops in northern Australia that has become an emerging weed in southern…”
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Ethics, Experts, and the Public in the Synthetic Age by PRESTON, CHRISTOPHER J.

“…Three tools have transformed biotechnology over the past decade and a half. Gene reading has made it possible to quickly sequence the genome of any living…”
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Climate Engineering and the Cessation Requirement: The Ethics of a Life-Cycle by Preston, Christopher J.

“…Much of the work on the ethics of climate engineering over the last few years has focused on the front-end of the potential timeline for climate intervention…”
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Skewed Vulnerabilities and Moral Corruption in Global Perspectives on Climate Engineering by Carr, Wylie, Preston, Christopher J.

“…Ethicists and social scientists alike have advocated for the inclusion of vulnerable populations in research and decision-making on climate engineering…”
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Utility of Adrenal Vein Sampling With and Without Ultra‐Low Dose ACTH Infusion in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Primary Aldosteronism by Preston, Christopher A., Yong, Eric X. Z., Marginson, Benjamin, Farrell, Stephen G., Sawyer, Matthew P., Hashimura, Hikaru, Derbyshire, Maresa M., MacIsaac, Richard J., Sachithanandan, Nirupa

“…ABSTRACT Background Adrenal vein sampling (AVS), integral to identifying surgically remediable unilateral primary aldosteronism (PA), is technically…”
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Gene amplification of 5-enol-pyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase in glyphosate-resistant Kochia scoparia by Wiersma, Andrew T, Gaines, Todd A, Preston, Christopher, Hamilton, John P, Giacomini, Darci, Robin Buell, C, Leach, Jan E, Westra, Philip

“…MAIN CONCLUSION : Field-evolved resistance to the herbicide glyphosate is due to amplification of one of two EPSPS alleles, increasing transcription and…”
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Plant hybrids in the wild: evidence from biological recording by Preston, Christopher D., Pearman, David A.

“…Although plant hybrids are under‐recorded by botanists, the hybrids of Britain and Ireland are as well known as those of any comparable area. Of the 909…”
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Gene amplification confers glyphosate resistance in Amaranthus palmeri by Gaines, Todd A, Zhang, Wenli, Wang, Dafu, Bukun, Bekir, Chisholm, Stephen T, Shaner, Dale L, Nissen, Scott J, Patzoldt, William L, Tranel, Patrick J, Culpepper, A. Stanley, Grey, Timothy L, Webster, Theodore M, Vencill, William K, Sammons, R. Douglas, Jiang, Jiming, Preston, Christopher, Leach, Jan E, Westra, Philip

“…The herbicide glyphosate became widely used in the United States and other parts of the world after the commercialization of glyphosate-resistant crops. These…”
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Disappearance of boreal plants in southern Britain: habitat loss or climate change? by Hill, Mark O., Preston, Christopher D.

“…Vascular plant and bryophyte species whose geographical range is mainly in the boreal zone have declined markedly in southern Britain since records began. Some…”
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Public engagement on solar radiation management and why it needs to happen now by Carr, Wylie A., Preston, Christopher J., Yung, Laurie, Szerszynski, Bronislaw, Keith, David W., Mercer, Ashley M.

“…There have been a number of calls for public engagement in geoengineering in recent years. However, there has been limited discussion of why the public should…”
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Complications of porous-coated press-fit cementless total hip replacement in dogs by Kidd, Scott W, Preston, Christopher A, Moore, George E

“…To report postoperative complications using a commercially available porous-coated press-fit cementless total hip replacement (THR) system in dogs. Medical…”
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Resistance to glyphosate from altered herbicide translocation patterns by Preston, Christopher, Wakelin, Angela M

“…Glyphosate-resistant weeds have evolved as a result of the intensive use of glyphosate for weed control. An alteration in the way glyphosate is translocated…”
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Carbon Emissions, Stratospheric Aerosol Injection, and Unintended Harms by Preston, Christopher J.

“…In the rapidly expanding literature on the ethics of climate engineering, a lot has been made of the fact that stratospheric aerosol injection would for the…”
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The terms ‘native’ and ‘alien’ — a biogeographical perspective by Preston, Christopher D.

“…The concepts of native and alien species are essential to biogeography. They are fundamental to our understanding of why organisms grow where they do. Many…”
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Growth, Development, and Seed Biology of Feather Fingergrass (Chloris virgata) in Southern Australia by Ngo, The D., Boutsalis, Peter, Preston, Christopher, Gill, Gurjeet

“…Feather fingergrass is a major weed in agricultural systems in northern Australia and has now spread to southern Australia. To better understand the biology of…”
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