Article
Environmental Sciences
Jessica A. Balerna, Andrew M. Kramer, Shawn M. Landry, Mark C. Rains, David B. Lewis
Summary: Wetlands provide essential ecosystem services and are sensitive to changes in wetland hydrology. The study in west-central Florida investigated the sources of variation in wetland inundation and found that water levels and hydroperiods were affected by factors such as precipitation, groundwater extraction, and land development. Water conservation policies led to an increase in wetland water depths and longer hydroperiods, but some wetlands did not show signs of hydrological recovery. The study highlights the importance of recognizing the sensitivity of wetland inundation to groundwater extraction during periods of low precipitation.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Courtney L. Davis, Susan C. Walls, William J. Barichivich, Mary E. Brown, David A. W. Miller
Summary: One of the primary ways in which climate change will impact coastal freshwater wetlands is through changes in extreme weather events. Understanding both direct and indirect effects, as well as species interactions, is important for predicting the effects of a changing climate on individual species, communities and ecosystems.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Tianbao Zhao, Aiguo Dai
Summary: This study analyzes hydroclimatic changes and drought using data from 25 models in the 21st century. The results show that there will be drying in most regions, with surface soil moisture experiencing more severe and widespread drought compared to total soil moisture. Overall, there will be an increase in drought frequency and duration in the coming decades, primarily due to decreased precipitation and increased evapotranspiration. There are large uncertainties in drought projections due to variations in model outputs.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2022)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
A. AghaKouchak, B. Pan, O. Mazdiyasni, M. Sadegh, S. Jiwa, W. Zhang, C. A. Love, S. Madadgar, S. M. Papalexiou, S. J. Davis, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian
Summary: Despite improvements in weather and climate modelling, drought prediction remains a challenge. Developing bottom-up models and focusing on stability rather than event-based verification is crucial. Opportunities lie in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lauren Lynam, Thomas Piechota
Summary: The study evaluated future streamflow in California based on eight climate projection models and found that there may be more severe droughts in the future. Results showed that Warm Dry and Other simulations are projected to have larger droughts, while Average and Cool Wet simulations are projected to have fewer droughts.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Manuela I. I. Brunner, Jonas Gotte, Christopher Schlemper, Anne F. F. Van Loon
Summary: This study assesses changes in the importance of different hydrological drought generation processes in the European Alps. The findings show that the changes in drought processes are stronger in high-elevation catchments, where there are clear changes in drought seasonality. The study also suggests that changes in drought severity and generation processes are related, with snowmelt-deficit droughts having larger deficits than cold temperature-induced droughts.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
David W. Londe, Daniel Dvorett, Craig A. Davis, Scott R. Loss, Ellen P. Robertson
Summary: Wetlands play vital roles in global ecosystem functions and services, and are hotspots of biodiversity. Climate change poses a significant threat to depressional wetlands in regions like the Southern Great Plains of North America, with predicted extreme weather events and altered hydrological patterns.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jiali Qiu, Zhenyao Shen, Hui Xie
Summary: The IPCC predicts that droughts will pose a significant challenge to water availability for society, environment, and ecosystems. This study used a modeling tool to evaluate the impacts of drought on hydrology and water quality in the Miyun Reservoir watershed, considering the effects of climate change. Drought conditions are projected to intensify, leading to increased sediment export and nutrient loss, highlighting the need to enhance watershed resilience.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zhe Zhang, Lauren E. Bortolotti, Zhenhua Li, Llwellyn M. Armstrong, Tom W. Bell, Yanping Li
Summary: This study uses wetland modeling and climate change projections to show that the impacts of climate change on Canadian prairie wetlands are spatially and temporally heterogeneous. It predicts that wetland extent will increase or decrease in different regions under future climate conditions.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mariapina Castelli
Summary: The study in the Alps found discrepancies between MOD16 and SSEBop in their accuracy to study the impact of climate change on evapotranspiration (ET), suggesting that neither product may be robust enough for this purpose.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Sarah R. Weiskopf, Alexey N. Shiklomanov, Laura Thompson, Sarah Wheedleton, Evan H. Campbell Grant
Summary: Climate change is an important factor driving biodiversity loss, especially for ectothermic amphibians. This study investigates the influence of winter severity on occupancy dynamics of 11 anuran species in the eastern United States using citizen science data. The results show that increased snow cover and warmer winter temperatures are associated with increased occupancy, but the impacts vary among species. The findings highlight the importance of considering multiple dimensions of climate change on amphibian populations.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Blair L. Waldron, Kevin B. Jensen, Michael D. Peel, Valentin D. Picasso
Summary: This experiment examined the genetic parameters of resilience to water deficit in tall fescue and found that resilience was measurable and moderately heritable. The study indicated that breeding for improved resilience may have little effect on forage mass at any given individual water deficit environment.
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Lin Wang, Gang Huang, Wen Chen, Ting Wang
Summary: Recent decades have seen an increase in frequency and severity of catastrophic droughts globally. However, the definition of extreme drought has been largely ignored. This study introduces the concept of "super drought," which refers to simultaneous extreme droughts at multiple time scales, and develops a comprehensive multiscalar index (CMI) to quantify and detect super droughts. The CMI is found to outperform traditional indices in capturing overall water availability and accurately detecting water scarcity.
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Stuart M. Cohen, Ana Dyreson, Sean Turner, Vince Tidwell, Nathalie Voisin, Ariel Miara
Summary: This article presents a multi-model framework to analyze the combined effects of long and short-term climate impacts on the electric grid. Using a case study of the U.S. Western Interconnection, the study demonstrates the importance of considering multiple climate change impacts simultaneously and provides stress test results on future infrastructures.
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Gregory J. McCabe, David M. Wolock, Melissa Lombard, Robert W. Dudley, John C. Hammond, Jory S. Hecht, Glenn A. Hodgkins, Carolyn Olson, Roy Sando, Caelan Simeone, Mike Wieczorek
Summary: This study examines five major drought events in the conterminous United States from 1901 to 2020 and identifies precipitation deficits as the primary driver of past droughts. It also highlights the importance of monitoring both runoff and soil moisture to understand drought conditions. The study further demonstrates the use of persistence in predicting short-term changes in the spatial pattern and areal extent of droughts.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Schyler O. Nunziata, David E. Scott, Stacey L. Lance
CONSERVATION GENETICS
(2015)
Article
Environmental Sciences
R. Wesley Flynn, David E. Scott, Wendy Kuhne, Diana Soteropoulos, Stacey L. Lance
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
(2015)
Review
Ecology
David M. Mushet, Aram J. K. Calhoun, Laurie C. Alexander, Matthew J. Cohen, Edward S. DeKeyser, Laurie Fowler, Charles R. Lane, Megan W. Lang, Mark C. Rains, Susan C. Walls
Article
Ecology
Thierry Chambert, William L. Kendall, James E. Hines, James D. Nichols, Paolo Pedrini, J. Hardin Waddle, Giacomo Tavecchia, Susan C. Walls, Simone Tenan
METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2015)
Article
Fisheries
Cara N. Love, Megan E. Winzeler, Rochelle Beasley, David E. Scott, Schyler O. Nunziata, Stacey L. Lance
DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS
(2016)
Article
Ecology
Scott M. Weir, David E. Scott, Christopher J. Salice, Stacey L. Lance
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2016)
Article
Ecology
Caitlin T. Rumrill, David E. Scott, Stacey L. Lance
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tracey D. Tuberville, David E. Scott, Brian S. Metts, John W. Finger, Matthew T. Hamilton
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2016)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Scott M. Weir, R. Wesley Flynn, David E. Scott, Shuangying Yu, Stacey L. Lance
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2016)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Schyler O. Nunziata, Stacey L. Lance, David E. Scott, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, David W. Weisrock
Article
Environmental Sciences
Caitlin T. Rumrill, David E. Scott, Stacey L. Lance
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
(2018)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
L. L. Smith, A. L. Subalusky, C. L. Atkinson, J. E. Earl, D. M. Mushet, D. E. Scott, S. L. Lance, S. A. Johnson
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Clay Prater, David E. Scott, Stacey L. Lance, Schyler O. Nunziata, Ryan Sherman, Nathan Tomczyk, Krista A. Capps, Punidan D. Jeyasingh
FRESHWATER BIOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Viktoriia Radchuk, Thomas Reed, Celine Teplitsky, Martijn van de Pol, Anne Charmantier, Christopher Hassall, Peter Adamik, Frank Adriaensen, Markus P. Ahola, Peter Arcese, Jesus Miguel Aviles, Javier Balbontin, Karl S. Berg, Antoni Borras, Sarah Burthe, Jean Clobert, Nina Dehnhard, Florentino de Lope, Andre A. Dhondt, Niels J. Dingemanse, Hideyuki Doi, Tapio Eeva, Joerns Fickel, Iolanda Filella, Frode Fossoy, Anne E. Goodenough, Stephen J. G. Hall, Bengt Hansson, Michael Harris, Dennis Hasselquist, Thomas Hickler, Jasmin Joshi, Heather Kharouba, Juan Gabriel Martinez, Jean-Baptiste Mihoub, James A. Mills, Mercedes Molina-Morales, Arne Moksnes, Arpat Ozgul, Deseada Parejo, Philippe Pilard, Maud Poisbleau, Francois Rousset, Mark-Oliver Roedel, David Scott, Juan Carlos Senar, Constanti Stefanescu, Bard G. Stokke, Tamotsu Kusano, Maja Tarka, Corey E. Tarwater, Kirsten Thonicke, Jack Thorley, Andreas Wilting, Piotr Tryjanowski, Juha Merila, Ben C. Sheldon, Anders Pape Moller, Erik Matthysen, Fredric Janzen, F. Stephen Dobson, Marcel E. Visser, Steven R. Beissinger, Alexandre Courtiol, Stephanie Kramer-Schadt
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2019)
Meeting Abstract
Zoology
A. Coleman, D. E. Scott, K. A. Capps, A. W. Park, S. L. Lance
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY
(2019)