Select recent publications
Alexander, H.D., S.M. Natali, M. Loranty, M.C. Mack, S. Ludwig, S. Davydov, N. Zimov. 2018. Impacts of increased soil burn severity on larch forest regeneration on permafrost soils of far northeastern Siberia. Forest Ecology and Management 417: 144-153. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2018.03.008
Finlayson M., G.T. Davies, W. Moomaw, G.L. Chmura, S.M. Natali, J.E. Perry, N. Roulet, and A.E. Sutton-Grier. 2018. The Second Warning to Humanity – Providing a Context for Wetland Management and Policy. Wetlands. doi:10.1007/s13157-018-1064-z
Jiang L., S. Ma, X. Lu, M. Mauritz, S.M. Natali, E.F. Pegoraro, C.R. Penton, C. Plaza, V.G. Salmon, G. Celis, J.R. Cole, K.T. Konstantinidis, J.M. Tiedje, J. Zhou, E.A.G. Schuur, and Y. Luo. 2018. Biotic responses buffer warming-induced soil organic carbon loss in Arctic tundra. Global Change Biology. doi:10.1111/gcb.14325
Loranty M.M., L.T. Berner, E.D. Taber, H. Kropp, S.M. Natali, H.D. Alexander, et al. 2018. Understory vegetation mediates permafrost active layer dynamics and carbon dioxide fluxes in open-canopy larch forests of northeastern Siberia. PLoS ONE 13(3): e0194014. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0194014
Moomaw W.R., G.L. Chmura, G.T. Davies, C.M. Finlayson, B.A. Middleton, S.M. Natali, J.E. Perry, N. Roulet, A.E. Sutton-Grier. 2018. Wetlands In a Changing Climate: Science, Policy and Management. Wetlands. doi:10.1007/s13157-018-1023-8
Celis, G., M. Mauritz, R. Bracho, V.G. Salmon, E.E. Webb, J. Hutchings, S.M. Natali, C. Schädel, K.G. Crummer, and E.A.G. Schuur. 2017. Tundra is a consistent source of CO2 at a site with progressive permafrost thaw during 6 years of chamber and eddy covariance measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 122:1471–1485. doi:10.1002/2016JG003671
Li, F., Y. Peng, S.M. Natali, K. Chen, T. Han, G. Yang, J. Ding, D. Zhang, G. Wang, J. Wang, J. Yu, F. Liu, and Y. Yang. 2017. Warming effects on permafrost ecosystem carbon fluxes associated with plant nutrients. Ecology. 98:2851–2859. doi:10.1002/ecy.1975
Mauritz, M., R. Bracho, G. Celis, J. Hutschings, S.M. Natali, E. Pegoraro, V. Salmon, C. Schaedel, E. Webb, and E.A.G. Schuur. 2017. Nonlinear CO2 flux response to 7 years of experimentally induced permafrost thaw. Global Change Biology 00:1-20. doi:10.1111/gcb.13661
Webb E.E., K. Heard, S.M. Natali, A.G. Bunn, H.D. Alexander, L.T. Berner, A. Kholodov, M.M. Loranty, J.D. Schade, V. Spektor, and N. Zimov. 2017. Variability in Above and Belowground Carbon Stocks in a Siberian Larch Watershed. Biogeosciences. 14:4279-4294. doi:10.5194/bg-2017-88
In the news
Warming in Arctic Raises Fears of a ‘Rapid Unraveling’ of the Region. WHRC Scientist Dr. Sue Natali was quoted in The New York Times in response to the 2018 “Arctic Report Card,” an update report released annually by NOAA . December 11, 2018
NASA Discovers Arctic Lakes Bubbling With Methane. A Newsweek article on new research about emissions from Arctic lakes quotes Dr. Sue Natali. September 13, 2018
Some Arctic Ground No Longer Freezing In Winter. WHRC Scientists Dr. Max Holmes and Dr. Sue Natali were both quoted in National Geographic’s story on the implications of rising temperatures on Arctic permafrost. August 20, 2018
The Arctic is full of toxic mercury, and climate change is going to release it. Dr. Sue Natali was quoted in a Washington Post article regarding a recent study that found a staggering amount of mercury in Arctic permafrost. February 5, 2018
Thawing permafrost may release carbon and methane, contributing to further global warming was an interview with Associate Scientist Sue Natali and Deputy Director Max Holmes on Canada’s CTV. November 11, 2017
CBS News reported on WHRC scientist Sue Natali’s work on permafrost in Alaska’s thawing permafrost puts huge portions of state’s foundation at risk. October 19, 2017
Alaska’s Permafrost is Thawing. Dr. Max Holmes, Dr. Sue Natali, and several other WHRC scientists were featured in this New York Times front-page story about climate change impacts in the Arctic. August 23, 2017
‘We all knew this was coming’: Alaska’s thawing soils are now pouring carbon dioxide into the air ran in The Washington Post and quoted WHRC’s Dr. Susan Natali. May 8, 2017
Select publications
Drake, T.W., S.E. Tank, A.Z. Zhulidov, R.M. Holmes, T. Gurtovaya, and R.G.M. Spencer. 2018. Increasing alkalinity export from large Russian Arctic rivers. Environmental Science and Technology 52(15):8302–8308. doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b01051
McClelland, J.W., R.M. Holmes, B.J. Peterson, P.A. Raymond, R.G. Striegl, A.V. Zhulidov, S.A. Zimov, N. Zimov, S.E. Tank, R.G.M. Spencer, R. Staples, T.Y. Gurtovaya, and C.G. Griffin. 2016. Particulate organic carbon and nitrogen export from major Arctic rivers. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 30. doi:10.1002/2015GB005351
Mann, P.J., T.I. Eglinton, C.P. McIntyre, N. Zimov, A. Davydova, J.E. Vonk, R.M. Holmes, and R.G.M. Spencer. 2015. Utilization of ancient permafrost carbon in headwaters of Arctic fluvial networks. Nature Communications 6:7856. doi:10.1038/ncomms8856
Holmes, R.M., M.T. Coe, G.J. Fiske, T. Gurtovaya, J.W. McClelland, A.I. Shiklomanov, R.G.M. Spencer, S.E. Tank, and A.V. Zhulidov. 2012. Climate Change Impacts on the Hydrology and Biogeochemistry of Arctic Rivers. In Climate Change and Global Warming of Inland Waters: Impacts and Mitigation for Ecosystems and Societies. C.R. Goldman, M. Kumagai and R. Robarts, eds. Oxford, UK: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. doi:10.1002/9781118470596.ch1
Holmes, R.M., J.W. McClelland, B.J. Peterson, S.E. Tank, E. Bulygina, T.I. Eglinton, V.V. Gordeev, T.Y. Gurtovaya, P.A. Raymond, D.J. Repeta, R. Staples, R.G. Striegl, A.V. Zhulidov, and S.A. Zimov. 2012. Seasonal and annual fluxes of nutrients and organic matter from large rivers to the Arctic Ocean and surrounding seas. Estuaries and Coasts 35:369-382. doi: 10.1007/s12237-011-9386-6
Tank, S.E., P.A. Raymond, R.G. Striegl, J.W. McClelland, R.M. Holmes, G.J. Fiske, and B.J. Peterson. 2012. A land-to-ocean perspective on the magnitude, source and implication of DIC flux from major Arctic rivers to the Arctic Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 26, GB4018. doi:10.1029/2011GB004192
Holmes, R.M., J.W. McClelland, P.A. Raymond, B.B. Frazer, B.J. Peterson, and M. Stieglitz. 2008. Lability of DOC transported by Alaskan rivers to the Arctic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters 35, L03402. doi:10.1029/2007GL032837
Raymond, P.A., J.W. McClelland, R.M. Holmes, A.V. Zhulidov, K. Mull, B.J. Peterson, R.G. Striegl, G.R. Aiken, and T.Y. Gurtovaya. 2007. Flux and age of dissolved organic carbon exported to the Arctic Ocean: A carbon isotopic study of the five largest arctic rivers. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 21, GB4011. doi:10.1029/2007GB002934
Peterson, B.J., J. McClelland, R. Curry, R.M. Holmes, J.E. Walsh, and K. Aagaard. 2006. Trajectory shifts in the Arctic and subarctic freshwater cycle. Science 313:1061-1066. doi:10.1126/science.1122593
Holmes, R M., J.W. McClelland, B.J. Peterson, I.A. Shiklomanov, A.I. Shiklomanov, A.V. Zhulidov, V.V. Gordeev, and N.N. Bobrovitskaya. 2002. A circumpolar perspective on fluvial sediment flux to the Arctic Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 16:1098, doi:10.1029/2001GB001849
Peterson, B.J., R.M. Holmes, J.W. McClelland, C.J. Vorosmarty, I.A. Shiklomanov, A.I. Shiklomanov, R.B. Lammers, S. Rahmstorf. 2002. Increasing river discharge to the Arctic Ocean. Science 298:2171-2173. doi:10.1126/science.1077445
Holmes, R.M., B.J. Peterson, V.V. Gordeev, A.V. Zhulidov, M. Meybeck, R.B. Lammers, and C.J. Vörösmarty. 2000. Flux of nutrients from Russian rivers to the Arctic Ocean: Can we establish a baseline against which to judge future changes? Water Resources Research 36:2309-2320. doi:10.1029/2000WR900099
In the news
Arctic permafrost is thawing fast. That affects us all. “I’ve largely imagined permafrost thaw as a slow and steady process, and maybe this is an odd five-year period. But what if it’s not? What if things change much more quickly?” Dr. Holmes told National Geographic. September 2019
Siberia’s “Pleistocene Park”: Bringing Back Pieces of the Ice Age to Combat Climate Change. 60 Minutes interviewed Dr. Holmes on thawing permafrost and Sergey Zimov’s efforts to slow it. July 7, 2019
Some Arctic Ground No Longer Freezing In Winter. WHRC Scientists Dr. Max Holmes and Dr. Sue Natali were both quoted in National Geographic’s recent story on the implications of rising temperatures on Arctic permafrost. August 20, 2018
Cape Cod Rivers Getting Much Needed Attention. Dr. Holmes was interviewed by WCAI’s Living Lab Radio about his research on Cape Cod rivers and WHRC’s Cape Cod Rivers Observatory. July 30, 2018
On climate change solutions. Dr. Holmes was featured in this Falmouth Enterprise article on his work to understand the impacts of climate change on rivers around the world. May 25, 2018
Students join scientists in the field. Dr. Holmes was mentioned in this Falmouth Enterprise article about the sixty Cape Cod Academy students who joined WHRC scientists for a day of fieldwork in Cape Cod rivers and watersheds. May 11, 2018
Cape Cod Rivers Observatory offers stream of information. WHRC’s Cape Cod Rivers Observatory, a project run by Dr. Holmes, was covered in the Cape Cod Times. January 19, 2018
Alaska’s Permafrost is Thawing. Dr. Holmes and several other WHRC scientists were featured in this New York Times front-page story about climate change impacts in the Arctic. August 23, 2017
In the news
How Amazon deforestation could push the climate to a ‘tipping point’, PBS NewsHour, September 4, 2019. Interviews were featured with Michael Coe, IPAM-Amazonia Executive Director and WHRC Board Member Andre Guimaraes, and WHRC Board Member Thomas Lovejoy.
How to stop fires in the Amazon and protect our climate, The Hill, September 12, 2019. Op-ed by Michael Coe and IPAM-Amazonia Director of Science Ane Alencar.
Woods Hole researchers see Amazon damage firsthand, Cape Cod Times, August 31, 2019. The newspaper featured a front-page profile of Michael Coe.
Five Myths About Tropical Rainforests. Washington Post, August 30, 2019. The Post quoted Michael Coe on the Amazon and the harm of deforestation.
Behind the battle against deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, CBS News, April 22, 2019. CBS correspondent Vladimir Duthiers traveled to our Tanguro Ranch research station in Brazil, interviewing researchers with IPAM-Amazonia and WHRC scientists Paulo Brando and Michael Coe.
