Environmental Sciences Initiative

Crystal Balls into the Future: Are Global Circulation and Water Balance Models Ready?

B.M. Fekete, G. Pisacane, and D. Wisser. Crystal balls into the future: are global circulation and water balance models ready? Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2016, 374, 41-51. […]

Achieving Sustainable Development Goals from a Water Perspective

A. Bhaduri, J. Bogardi, A. Siddiqi, H. Voigt, C. Vörösmarty, C. Pahl-Wostl, S.E. Bunn, P. Shrivastava, R. Lawford, S. Foster, H. Kremer, F.G. Renaud, A. Bruns, and V.R. Osuna. Achieving […]

Reduced snow cover alters root-microbe interactions and decreases nitrification rates in a northern hardwood forest

P.O. Sorensen, P.H. Templer, L. Christenson, J. Durán, T. Fahey, M.C. Fisk, P.M. Groffman, J.L. Morse, and A.C. Finzi. Reduced snow cover alters root-microbe interactions and decreases nitrification rates in a […]

Nitrogen Cycling in Urban Ecosystems: A Review of Process Rates across Key Urban Ecosystems

A.J. Reisinger, P.M. Groffman, and E.J. Rosi-Marshall. Nitrogen-cycling process rates across urban ecosystems. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2016, 92, 12, fiw198. […]

Sixteen Years of Change in the Global Terrestrial Human Footprint and Implications for Biodiversity Conservation

O. Venter, E.W. Sanderson, A. Magrach, J.R. Allan, J. Beher, K.R. Jones, H.P. Possingham, W.F. Laurance, P. Wood, B.M. Fekete, M.A. Levy, and J.E.M. Watson. Sixteen Years of Change in […]

 Hydrologic Flowpaths during Snowmelt in Forested Headwater Catchments under Differing Winter Climatic and Soil Frost Regimes

C.B. Fuss, C.T. Driscoll, M.B. Green, and P.M. Groffman. Hydrologic Flowpaths during Snowmelt in Forested Headwater Catchments under Differing Winter Climatic and Soil Frost Regimes. Hydrological Processes, 2016, 30, 4617-4632. […]

 Protected Areas and Freshwater Provisioning: A Global Assessment of Freshwater Provision, Threats and Management Strategies to Support Human Water Security

I.J. Harrison, P.A. Green, T.A. Farrell, D. Juffe-Bignoli, L. Sáenz, and C.J. Vörösmarty. Protected Areas and Freshwater Provisioning: A Global Assessment of Freshwater Provision, Threats and Management Strategies to Support Human […]

Population Dynamics, Delta Vulnerability and Environmental Change: Comparison of the Mekong, Ganges-Brahmaputra and Amazon Delta Regions

S. Szabo, E. Brondizio, S. Hetrick, F.G. Renaud, R.J. Nicholls, Z. Matthews, Z.D. Tessler, A. Tejedor, Z. Sebesvari, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, S. Costa, and J.A. Dearing. Population dynamics, delta vulnerability and […]

Integrating Beneficiaries into Assessment of Ecosystem Services from Managed Forests at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, USA

J. Caputo, C.M. Beier, V.A. Luzadis and P.M. Groffman. Integrating Beneficiaries into Assessment of Ecosystem Services from Managed Forests at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, USA. Forest Ecosystems, 2016, 3, 13. […]

A Review of Vulnerability Indicators for Deltaic Social-Ecological Systems

Z. Sebesvari, F.G. Renaud, S. Hass, Z.D. Tessler, J. Kloos, S. Szabo, N. Vogt, A. Tejedor, E. Brondizio, and C. Kuenzer. A review of vulnerability indicators for deltaic social–ecological systems. […]