Michelle L. Murphy-Mariscal

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review direct and indirect environmental impacts of utility-scale solar energy (USSE) development, including impacts on biodiversity, land-use and land-cover change, soils, water resources, and human health.

TL;DR: In this paper, the Carnegie Energy and Environmental Compatibility model was used to quantify each installation according to environmental and technical compatibility and evaluated installations according to their proximity to protected areas, including inventoried roadless areas, endangered and threatened species habitat, and federally protected areas.

TL;DR: This study assessed siting impacts of utility-scale solar energy (USSE) installations by technology type, area, and capacity within the global solar hot spot of the state of California, and used the Carnegie Energy and Environmental Compatibility model, a multiple criteria model, to quantify each installation according to environmental and technical compatibility.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors employed the Mahalanobis D2 statistic and constructed a finer-scale model of the Joshua tree's current distribution within and surrounding JTNP, and then assessed their sensitivity to a gradient of climate change scenarios.

TL;DR: Analysis of the survey responses of 434 graduate students found that changes may be necessary in the curricula of university programs that seek to prepare environmental scientists for this technologically advanced and data-intensive age.