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2023

Abbott, B., B. K. Baxter, K. Busche, L. De Freitas, R. J. Frei, T. Gomez, M. A. Karren, B. Buck Rachel L., J. Price, S. Frutos, R. B. Sowby, J. Brahney, B. G. Hopkins, M. F. Bekker, J. S. Bekker, R. Rader, B. Brown, M. Proteau, G. T. Carling, L. Conner, P. A. Cox, E. McQuhae, C. Oscarson, D. T. Nelson, R. J. Davis, D. Horns, H. Dove, T. Bishop, A. Johnson, K. Nelson, J. Bennion, and P. Belmont. 2023a. Emergency measures needed to rescue Great Salt Lake from ongoing collapse. Page 35. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.

Abbott, B. W., K. L. Underwood, E. C. Seybold, D. Kincaid, S. D. Hamshaw, R. M. Lee, D. M. Rizzo, B. Brown, R. Toolin, J. Chorover, L. Li, G. Lewis, S. S. Sayedi, S. St. Clair, R. L. Buck, Z. Aanderud, J. L. Brahney, R. S. Nixon, W. Wang, C. Flox, and J. N. Perdrial. 2023b. Resistance, recovery, and resilience: rethinking the three Rs of survival in the Anthropocene. preprint, Preprints.

Heiner, M., M. J. Heaton, B. Abbott, P. White, C. Minaudo, and R. Dupas. 2023. Model-Based Clustering of Trends and Cycles of Nitrate Concentrations in Rivers Across France. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics 28:74–98.

Lee, R. M., B. Shoshitaishvili, R. L. Wood, J. Bekker, and B. W. Abbott. 2023. The meanings of the Critical Zone. Anthropocene 42:100377.

Sayedi, S. S., B. Abbott, B. Vanniere, B. Leys, D. Colombaroli, G. Gil-Romera, M. Slowinski, J. Aleman, O. Blarquez, A. Feurdean, K. Brown, T. Aakala, T. Alenius, K. Allen, M. Andric, Y. Bergeron, S. Biagioni, R. Bradshaw, L. Bremond, E. Brisset, J. Brooks, S. Brugger, T. Brussel, H. Cadd, E. Cagliero, C. Carcaillet, V. Carter, F. X. Catry, A. Champreux, E. Chaste, R. D. Chavardes, M. Chipman, M. Conedera, S. Connor, M. Constantine, C. C. Mustaphi, A. Dabengwa, W. Daniels, E. D. Boer, E. Dietze, J. Estrany, P. Fernandes, W. Finsinger, S. Flantua, P. Fox-Hughes, D. M. Gaboriau, E. M. Gayo, M. P. Girardin, J. Glenn, R. Gluckler, C. Gonzalez-Arango, M. Groves, R. J. Hamilton, D. Hamilton, S. Hantson, K. A. Hapsari, M. Hardiman, D. Hawthorne, K. Hoffman, V. Iglesias, J. Inoue, A. T. Karp, P. Krebs, C. Kulkarni, N. Kuosmanen, T. Lacourse, M.-P. Ledru, M. Lestienne, C. Long, J. A. Lopez-Saez, N. Loughlin, E. Lynch, M. Niklasson, J. Madrigal, S. Y. Maezumi, K. Marcisz, G. Meyer, M. Mariani, D. McWethy, C. Molinari, E. Montoya, S. Mooney, C. Morales-Molino, J. Morris, P. Moss, I. Oliveras, J. M. Pereira, G. B. Pezzatti, N. Pickarski, R. Pini, V. Robin, E. Rehn, C. Remy, D. Rius, Y. Ruan, N. Rudaya, J. Russell-Smith, H. Seppa, L. Shumilovskikh, W. T. Sommers, C. Tavsanoglu, C. Umbanhowar, E. Urquiaga, D. H. Urrego, R. Vachula, T. H. Wallenius, C. You, and A.-L. Daniau. 2023, February 8. Assessing changes in global fire regimes. bioRxiv.

Severe, E., I. M. Errigo, M. Proteau, S. S. Sayedi, T. Kolbe, J. Marçais, Z. Thomas, C. Petton, F. Rouault, C. Vautier, J.-R. de Dreuzy, F. Moatar, L. Aquilina, R. L. Wood, T. LaBasque, C. Lécuyer, G. Pinay, and B. W. Abbott. 2023. Deep denitrification: Stream and groundwater biogeochemistry reveal contrasted but connected worlds above and below. Science of The Total Environment:163178.

2022

Abbott, B., C. Abrahamian, N. Newbold, P. Smith, M. Merritt, S. S. Sayedi, J. Bekker, M. Greenhalgh, S. Gilbert, M. King, N. Zimmermann, and C. Breyer. 2022a, March 10. Accelerating the renewable energy revolution to get back to the Holocene.

Abbott, B. W. 2022. Permafrost Climate Feedbacks. Pages 189–209 in M. Finger and G. Rekvig, editors. Global Arctic: An Introduction to the Multifaceted Dynamics of the Arctic. Springer International Publishing, Cham.

Abbott, B. W., M. Brown, J. C. Carey, J. Ernakovich, J. M. Frederick, L. Guo, G. Hugelius, R. M. Lee, M. M. Loranty, R. Macdonald, P. J. Mann, S. M. Natali, D. Olefeldt, P. Pearson, A. Rec, M. Robards, V. G. Salmon, S. S. Sayedi, C. Schädel, E. A. G. Schuur, S. Shakil, A. J. Shogren, J. Strauss, S. E. Tank, B. F. Thornton, R. Treharne, M. Turetsky, C. Voigt, N. Wright, Y. Yang, J. P. Zarnetske, Q. Zhang, and S. Zolkos. 2022b. We Must Stop Fossil Fuel Emissions to Protect Permafrost Ecosystems. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10.

Abbott, B. W., I. M. Errigo, A. Follett, G. M. Lawson, M. M. Meyer, H. Moon, K. Shurtleff, J. J. LeMonte, M. Proteau, K. Davis, K. Nelson, S. R. Rushforth, S. Abbott, W. Wang, J. Westwater, and K. Edgar. 2022c. Utah Lake: An Ecosystem in Recovery. Provo, Utah, USA.

Cheng, F., C. Garzione, X. Li, U. Salzmann, F. Schwarz, A. M. Haywood, J. Tindall, J. Nie, L. Li, L. Wang, B. W. Abbott, B. Elliott, W. Liu, D. Upadhyay, A. Arnold, and A. Tripati. 2022. Alpine permafrost could account for a quarter of thawed carbon based on Plio-Pleistocene paleoclimate analogue. Nature Communications 13:1329.

Ernakovich, J. G., R. A. Barbato, V. I. Rich, C. Schädel, R. E. Hewitt, S. J. Doherty, E. D. Whalen, B. W. Abbott, J. Barta, C. Biasi, C. L. Chabot, J. Hultman, C. Knoblauch, M. C. Y. L. Vetter, M.-C. Leewis, S. Liebner, R. Mackelprang, T. C. Onstott, A. Richter, U. M. E. Schütte, H. M. P. Siljanen, N. Taş, I. Timling, T. A. Vishnivetskaya, M. P. Waldrop, and M. Winkel. 2022. Microbiome assembly in thawing permafrost and its feedbacks to climate. Global Change Biology 28:5007–5026.

Finger, M., and G. Rekvig. 2022. Global Arctic: An Introduction to the Multifaceted Dynamics of the Arctic. First edition. Springer International Publishing.

Hannah, D. M., B. W. Abbott, K. Khamis, C. Kelleher, I. Lynch, S. Krause, and A. S. Ward. 2022. Illuminating the ‘invisible water crisis’ to address global water pollution challenges. Hydrological Processes 36:e14525.

ICCI. 2022, November 7. State of the Cryosphere Report 2022 – ICCI – International Cryosphere Climate Initiative.

Krause, S., B. W. Abbott, V. Baranov, S. Bernal, P. Blaen, T. Datry, J. Drummond, J. H. Fleckenstein, J. G. Velez, D. M. Hannah, J. L. A. Knapp, M. Kurz, J. Lewandowski, E. Martí, C. Mendoza-Lera, A. Milner, A. Packman, G. Pinay, A. S. Ward, and J. P. Zarnetske. 2022. Organizational Principles of Hyporheic Exchange Flow and Biogeochemical Cycling in River Networks Across Scales. Water Resources Research 58:e2021WR029771.

Lee, R. M., N. Griffin, E. Jones, B. W. Abbott, R. J. Frei, S. Bratsman, M. Proteau, I. M. Errigo, A. Shogren, W. B. Bowden, J. P. Zarnetske, and Z. T. Aanderud. 2022. Bacterioplankton dispersal and biogeochemical function across Alaskan Arctic catchments. Environmental Microbiology n/a.

Rushforth, S. R., R. Rader, G. T. Carling, J. J. LeMonte, E. Jones, M. Searcy, N. Thompson, D. Wilson, S. P. Bratsman, K. M. Kettenring, J. Brahney, M. T. Stevens, J. Braun, B. J. Adams, I. M. Errigo, R. Buck, H. Wilding, J. Radebaugh, L. Conner, T. B. B. Bishop, J. Westwater, L. Mooney, J. ’Flaming E. Mooney, R. Stewart, S. B. St. Clair, B. W. Abbott, and R. Gill. 2022. Utah Lake island application lacks restoration plan and fails to demonstrate benefits or need. Page 7.

Schuur, E. A. G., B. W. Abbott, R. Commane, J. Ernakovich, E. Euskirchen, G. Hugelius, G. Grosse, M. Jones, C. Koven, V. Leshyk, D. Lawrence, M. M. Loranty, M. Mauritz, D. Olefeldt, S. Natali, H. Rodenhizer, V. Salmon, C. Schädel, J. Strauss, C. Treat, and M. Turetsky. 2022. Permafrost and Climate Change: Carbon Cycle Feedbacks From the Warming Arctic. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 47:343–371.

Shogren, A. J., J. P. Zarnetske, B. W. Abbott, S. Bratsman, B. Brown, M. P. Carey, R. Fulweber, H. E. Greaves, E. Haines, F. Iannucci, J. C. Koch, A. Medvedeff, J. A. O’Donnell, L. Patch, B. A. Poulin, T. J. Williamson, and W. B. Bowden. 2022. Multi-year, spatially extensive, watershed-scale synoptic stream chemistry and water quality conditions for six permafrost-underlain Arctic watersheds. Earth System Science Data 14:95–116.

Strauss, J., C. Biasi, T. Sanders, B. W. Abbott, T. S. von Deimling, C. Voigt, M. Winkel, M. E. Marushchak, D. Kou, M. Fuchs, M. A. Horn, L. L. Jongejans, S. Liebner, J. Nitzbon, L. Schirrmeister, K. Walter Anthony, Y. Yang, S. Zubrzycki, S. Laboor, C. Treat, and G. Grosse. 2022. A globally relevant stock of soil nitrogen in the Yedoma permafrost domain. Nature Communications 13:6074.

Thompson, C. D., E. Severe, A. J. Norris, J. Gudmundsen, M. Lewis, E. Currit, N. Newbold, and B. W. Abbott. 2022. Improving sustainable agriculture promotion: an explorative analysis of NRCS assistance programs and farmer perspectives. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 20:1079–1099.

2021

Abbott, B. W. 2021, December 29. Warning about Utah Lake island proposal.

Abbott, B. W., A. Bliss, L. Mitchell, L. Barros, T. Moyer, F. Moore, M. Rapp, S. Gilbert, J. Bekker, L. E. Mitchell, I. Wang, D. K. Jarvis, B. Frandsen, and A. South. 2021a. Clean electrification of the U.S. economy. Page 36. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.

Abbott, B. W., I. M. Errigo, A. Follett, G. Lawson, M. M. Meyer, H. Moon, K. Shurtleff, J. J. LeMonte, M. Proteau, K. Davis, K. Nelson, S. R. Rushforth, S. Abbott, and W. Wang. 2021b. Getting to know the Utah Lake ecosystem. Page 32. Provo, Utah.

Abbott, B. W., A. V. Rocha, A. Shogren, J. P. Zarnetske, F. Iannucci, W. B. Bowden, S. P. Bratsman, L. Patch, R. Watts, R. Fulweber, R. J. Frei, A. M. Huebner, S. M. Ludwig, G. T. Carling, and J. A. O’Donnell. 2021c. Tundra wildfire triggers sustained lateral nutrient loss in Alaskan Arctic. Global Change Biology 27:1408–1430.

Brown, B., A. H. Fullerton, D. Kopp, F. Tromboni, A. J. Shogren, J. A. Webb, C. Ruffing, M. J. Heaton, L. Kuglerova, D. C. Allen, L. McGill, J. P. Zarnetske, M. R. Whiles, J. B. Jones, and B. W. Abbott. 2021a. The Music of Rivers: How the Mathematics of Waves Reveals Global Drivers of Streamflow Regime. preprint, Hydrology.

Brown, B., A. H. Fullerton, D. Kopp, F. Tromboni, A. J. Shogren, J. A. Webb, C. Ruffing, M. J. Heaton, L. Kuglerova, D. C. Allen, L. McGill, J. P. Zarnetske, M. R. Whiles, J. B. Jones, and B. W. Abbott. 2021b, August 28. The Music of Rivers: How the Mathematics of Waves Reveals Global Drivers of Streamflow Regime. preprint, Hydrology.

Crandall, T., E. Jones, M. Greenhalgh, R. J. Frei, N. Griffin, E. Severe, J. Maxwell, L. Patch, S. I. S. Clair, S. Bratsman, M. Merritt, A. J. Norris, G. T. Carling, N. Hansen, S. B. S. Clair, and B. W. Abbott. 2021. Megafire affects stream sediment flux and dissolved organic matter reactivity, but land use dominates nutrient dynamics in semiarid watersheds. PLOS ONE 16:e0257733.

Ebeling, P., R. Dupas, B. W. Abbott, R. Kumar, S. Ehrhardt, J. H. Fleckenstein, and A. Musolff. 2021. Long-Term Nitrate Trajectories Vary by Season in Western European Catchments. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 35:e2021GB007050.

FAO. 2021. Recarbonizing global soils – A technical manual of recommended management practices. FAO, Rome.

Frei, R. J., G. M. Lawson, A. J. Norris, G. Cano, M. C. Vargas, E. Kujanpää, A. Hopkins, B. Brown, R. Sabo, J. Brahney, and B. W. Abbott. 2021. Limited progress in nutrient pollution in the U.S. caused by spatially persistent nutrient sources. PLOS ONE 16:e0258952.

Gao, T., Y. Zhang, S. Kang, B. W. Abbott, X. Wang, T. Zhang, S. Yi, and Ö. Gustafsson. 2021. Accelerating permafrost collapse on the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Research Letters 16:054023.

Gu, S., A. Casquin, R. Dupas, B. W. Abbott, P. Petitjean, P. Durand, and G. Gruau. 2021. Spatial Persistence of Water Chemistry Patterns Across Flow Conditions in a Mesoscale Agricultural Catchment. Water Resources Research 57:e2020WR029053.

Jones, E. F., R. J. Frei, R. M. Lee, J. D. Maxwell, R. Shoemaker, A. P. Follett, G. M. Lawson, M. Malmfeldt, R. Watts, Z. T. Aanderud, C. Allred, A. T. Asay, M. Buhman, H. Burbidge, A. Call, T. Crandall, I. Errigo, N. A. Griffin, N. C. Hansen, J. C. Howe, E. L. Meadows, E. Kujanpää, L. Lange, M. L. Nelson, A. J. Norris, E. Ostlund, N. J. Suiter, K. Tanner, J. Tolworthy, M. C. Vargas, and B. W. Abbott. 2021. Citizen science reveals unexpected solute patterns in semiarid river networks. PLOS ONE 16:e0255411.

Shogren, A. J., J. P. Zarnetske, B. W. Abbott, F. Iannucci, A. Medvedeff, S. Cairns, M. J. Duda, and W. B. Bowden. 2021. Arctic concentration–discharge relationships for dissolved organic carbon and nitrate vary with landscape and season. Limnology and Oceanography 66:S197–S215.

Vautier, C., T. Kolbe, T. Babey, J. Marçais, B. W. Abbott, A. M. Laverman, Z. Thomas, L. Aquilina, G. Pinay, and J.-R. de Dreuzy. 2021. What do we need to predict groundwater nitrate recovery trajectories? Science of The Total Environment:147661.

Webber, Z. R., K. G. I. Webber, T. Rock, I. St. Clair, C. Thompson, S. Groenwald, Z. Aanderud, G. T. Carling, R. J. Frei, and B. W. Abbott. 2021. Diné citizen science: Phytoremediation of uranium and arsenic in the Navajo Nation. Science of The Total Environment 794:148665.

Wologo, E., S. Shakil, S. Zolkos, S. Textor, S. Ewing, J. Klassen, R. G. M. Spencer, D. C. Podgorski, S. E. Tank, M. A. Baker, J. A. O’Donnell, K. P. Wickland, S. S. W. Foks, J. P. Zarnetske, J. Lee‐Cullin, F. Liu, Y. Yang, P. Kortelainen, J. Kolehmainen, J. F. Dean, J. E. Vonk, R. M. Holmes, G. Pinay, M. M. Powell, J. Howe, R. J. Frei, S. P. Bratsman, and B. W. Abbott. 2021. Stream Dissolved Organic Matter in Permafrost Regions Shows Surprising Compositional Similarities but Negative Priming and Nutrient Effects. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 35:e2020GB006719.

Yang, G., Y. Peng, B. W. Abbott, C. Biasi, B. Wei, D. Zhang, J. Wang, J. Yu, F. Li, G. Wang, D. Kou, F. Liu, and Y. Yang. 2021. Phosphorus rather than nitrogen regulates ecosystem carbon dynamics after permafrost thaw. Global Change Biology 27:5818–5830.

2020

Abbott, Benjamin W., John M. Chaston, Jonas Bush, Chantel Sloan, Brian D Poole, Mitchell Greenhalgh, S. Isaac St. Clair, et al. “Making Sense of the Research on COVID-19 and School Reopenings.” Provo, Utah, USA: Brigham Young University, August 11, 2020. http://rgdoi.net/10.13140/RG.2.2.24052.17285.

Abbott, Benjamin W, Mitchell Greenhalgh, S Isaac St Clair, and Jonas Bush. “Making Sense of the Research on COVID-19 and Masks.” Provo, Utah, USA: Brigham Young University, 2020. https://pws.byu.edu/covid-19-and-masks.

Barbe, L., A. Prinzing, C. Mony, B. W. Abbott, M. Santonja, K. Hoeffner, S. Guillocheau, et al. “Opposing Effects of Plant-Community Assembly Maintain Constant Litter Decomposition over Grasslands Aged from 1 to 25 Years.” Ecosystems 23, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 124–36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00392-8.

Barbe, Lou, Cendrine Mony, and Benjamin W. Abbott. “Artificial Intelligence Accidentally Learned Ecology through Video Games.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution, May 2020, S0169534720301105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.04.006.

Bochet, Olivier, Lorine Bethencourt, Alexis Dufresne, Julien Farasin, Mathieu Pédrot, Thierry Labasque, Eliot Chatton, et al. “Iron-Oxidizer Hotspots Formed by Intermittent Oxic–Anoxic Fluid Mixing in Fractured Rocks.” Nature Geoscience, January 6, 2020, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0509-1.

Errigo, Isabella M, Benjamin W Abbott, Daniel L Mendoza, Robert A Chaney, Andrew Freeman, Jeff Glenn, Peter D Howe, et al. “Human Health and Economic Costs of Air Pollution in Utah,” 2020.

Errigo, Isabella M., Benjamin W. Abbott, Daniel L. Mendoza, Logan Mitchell, Sayedeh Sara Sayedi, Jeffrey Glenn, Kerry E. Kelly, et al. “Human Health and Economic Costs of Air Pollution in Utah: An Expert Assessment.” Atmosphere 11, no. 11 (November 2020): 1238. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11111238.

Estop‐Aragonés, Cristian, David Olefeldt, Benjamin W. Abbott, Jeffrey P. Chanton, Claudia I. Czimczik, Joshua F. Dean, Jocelyn E. Egan, et al. “Assessing the Potential for Mobilization of Old Soil Carbon After Permafrost Thaw: A Synthesis of 14C Measurements From the Northern Permafrost Region.” Global Biogeochemical Cycles 34, no. 9 (2020): e2020GB006672. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GB006672.

Kropp, Heather, Michael M. Loranty, Susan M. Natali, Alexander L. Kholodov, Adrian V. Rocha, Isla H. Myers-Smith, Benjamin W. Abbott, et al. “Shallow Soils Are Warmer under Trees and Tall Shrubs across Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems.” Environmental Research Letters, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abc994.

Li, Fei, Yunfeng Peng, Leiyi Chen, Guibiao Yang, Benjamin W. Abbott, Dianye Zhang, Kai Fang, et al. “Warming Alters Surface Soil Organic Matter Composition despite Unchanged Carbon Stocks in a Tibetan Permafrost Ecosystem.” Functional Ecology 34, no. 4 (2020): 911–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13489.

Mu, Cuicui, Benjamin W. Abbott, Adam J. Norris, Mei Mu, Chenyan Fan, Xu Chen, Lin Jia, et al. “The Status and Stability of Permafrost Carbon on the Tibetan Plateau.” Earth-Science Reviews 211 (December 1, 2020): 103433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103433.

Mu, Cuicui, Paul. F. Schuster, Benjamin. W. Abbott, Shichang Kang, Junming Guo, Shiwei Sun, Qingbai Wu, and Tingjun Zhang. “Permafrost Degradation Enhances the Risk of Mercury Release on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.” Science of The Total Environment 708 (March 15, 2020): 135127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135127.

Sayedi, Sayedeh Sara, Benjamin W. Abbott, Brett F. Thornton, Jennifer M. Frederick, Jorien E. Vonk, Paul Overduin, Christina Schädel, et al. “Subsea Permafrost Carbon Stocks and Climate Change Sensitivity Estimated by Expert Assessment.” Environmental Research Letters 15, no. 12 (December 2020): 124075. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abcc29.

Shogren, Arial J., Jay P. Zarnetske, Benjamin W. Abbott, Frances Iannucci, and William Breck Bowden. “We Cannot Shrug off the Shoulder Seasons: Addressing Knowledge and Data Gaps in an Arctic Headwater.” Environmental Research Letters, June 2020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab9d3c.

Tank, Suzanne E., Jorien E. Vonk, Michelle A. Walvoord, James W. McClelland, Isabelle Laurion, and Benjamin W. Abbott. “Landscape Matters: Predicting the Biogeochemical Effects of Permafrost Thaw on Aquatic Networks with a State Factor Approach.” Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2057.

Turetsky, Merritt R., Benjamin W. Abbott, Miriam C. Jones, Katey Walter Anthony, David Olefeldt, Edward A. G. Schuur, Guido Grosse, et al. “Carbon Release through Abrupt Permafrost Thaw.” Nature Geoscience 13, no. 2 (February 2020): 138–43. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0526-0.

Voigt, Carolina, Maija E. Marushchak, Benjamin W. Abbott, Christina Biasi, Bo Elberling, Steven D. Siciliano, Oliver Sonnentag, Katherine J. Stewart, Yuanhe Yang, and Pertti J. Martikainen. “Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Permafrost-Affected Soils.” Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, July 7, 2020, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-020-0063-9.

Wen, Hang, Julia Perdrial, Benjamin W. Abbott, Susana Bernal, Rémi Dupas, Sarah E. Godsey, Adrian Harpold, et al. “Temperature Controls Production but Hydrology Regulates Export of Dissolved Organic Carbon at the Catchment Scale.” Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 24, no. 2 (February 27, 2020): 945–66. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-945-2020.

2019

Abbott, Benjamin W., Kevin Bishop, Jay P. Zarnetske, David M. Hannah, Rebecca J. Frei, Camille Minaudo, F. Stuart Chapin, et al. “A Water Cycle for the Anthropocene.” Hydrological Processes 33, no. 23 (2019): 3046–52. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13544.

Abbott, Benjamin W., Kevin Bishop, Jay P. Zarnetske, Camille Minaudo, F. S. Chapin, Stefan Krause, David M. Hannah, et al. “Human Domination of the Global Water Cycle Absent from Depictions and Perceptions.” Nature Geoscience 12, no. 7 (July 2019): 533–40. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0374-y.

Abbott, Benjamin W., Jani Radebaugh, and Jamie L. Jensen. “Does Our Vision of Diversity Include Social Conservatives?” Eos, no. 100 (October 23, 2019): EO136069. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EO136069.

Carey, Joanna C., Benjamin W. Abbott, and Adrian V. Rocha. “Plant Uptake Offsets Silica Release From a Large Arctic Tundra Wildfire.” Earth’s Future 7, no. 9 (2019): 1044–57. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001149.

Dupas, Rémi, Benjamin W. Abbott, Camille Minaudo, and Ophélie Fovet. “Distribution of Landscape Units Within Catchments Influences Nutrient Export Dynamics.” Frontiers in Environmental Science 7 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00043.

Dupas, Rémi, Camille Minaudo, and Benjamin W. Abbott. “Stability of Spatial Patterns in Water Chemistry across Temperate Ecoregions.” Environmental Research Letters 14, no. 7 (July 2019): 074015. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab24f4.

Kolbe, Tamara, Jean-Raynald de Dreuzy, Benjamin W. Abbott, Luc Aquilina, Tristan Babey, Christopher T. Green, Jan H. Fleckenstein, et al. “Stratification of Reactivity Determines Nitrate Removal in Groundwater.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 28, 2019, 201816892. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1816892116.

Liu, Futing, Dan Kou, Benjamin W. Abbott, Chao Mao, Yongliang Chen, Leiyi Chen, and Yuanhe Yang. “Disentangling the Effects of Climate, Vegetation, Soil and Related Substrate Properties on the Biodegradability of Permafrost-Derived Dissolved Organic Carbon.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 124, no. 11 (2019): 3377–89. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004944.

Natali, Susan M., Jennifer D. Watts, Brendan M. Rogers, Stefano Potter, Sarah M. Ludwig, Anne-Katrin Selbmann, Patrick F. Sullivan, et al. “Large Loss of CO2 in Winter Observed across the Northern Permafrost Region.” Nature Climate Change 9, no. 11 (November 2019): 852–57. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0592-8.

Shogren, Arial J., Jay P. Zarnetske, Benjamin W. Abbott, Frances Iannucci, Rebecca J. Frei, Natasha A. Griffin, and William B. Bowden. “Revealing Biogeochemical Signatures of Arctic Landscapes with River Chemistry.” Scientific Reports 9, no. 1 (September 9, 2019): 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49296-6.

Thomas, Zahra, Pauline Rousseau-Gueutin, Benjamin W. Abbott, Tamara Kolbe, Hugo Le Lay, Jean Marçais, François Rouault, et al. “Long-Term Ecological Observatories Needed to Understand Ecohydrological Systems in the Anthropocene: A Catchment-Scale Case Study in Brittany, France.” Regional Environmental Change, January 19, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-018-1444-1.

Turetsky, Merritt R., Benjamin W. Abbott, Miriam C. Jones, Katey Walter Anthony, David Olefeldt, Edward A. G. Schuur, Charles Koven, et al. “Permafrost Collapse Is Accelerating Carbon Release.” Nature 569, no. 7754 (May 2019): 32–34. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01313-4.

2018

Abbott, Benjamin W., Gérard Gruau, Jay P. Zarnetske, Florentina Moatar, Lou Barbe, Zahra Thomas, Ophélie Fovet, et al. “Unexpected Spatial Stability of Water Chemistry in Headwater Stream Networks.” Edited by James Grover. Ecology Letters 21, no. 2 (February 2018): 296–308. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12897.

Abbott, Benjamin W., Florentina Moatar, Olivier Gauthier, Ophélie Fovet, Virginie Antoine, and Olivier Ragueneau. “Trends and Seasonality of River Nutrients in Agricultural Catchments: 18 Years of Weekly Citizen Science in France.” Science of The Total Environment 624 (May 15, 2018): 845–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.176.

Larsson, Matz, and Benjamin W. Abbott. “Is the Capacity for Vocal Learning in Vertebrates Rooted in Fish Schooling Behavior?” Evolutionary Biology, June 13, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-018-9457-8.

Liu, Futing, Leiyi Chen, Benjamin W. Abbott, Yunping Xu, Guibiao Yang, Dan Kou, Shuqi Qin, et al. “Reduced Quantity and Quality of SOM along a Thaw Sequence on the Tibetan Plateau.” Environmental Research Letters 13, no. 10 (October 10, 2018): 104017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aae43b.

Loranty, Michael M., Benjamin W. Abbott, Daan Blok, Thomas A. Douglas, Howard E. Epstein, Bruce C. Forbes, Benjamin M. Jones, et al. “Reviews and Syntheses: Changing Ecosystem Influences on Soil Thermal Regimes in Northern High-Latitude Permafrost Regions.” Biogeosciences 15, no. 17 (August 31, 2018): 5287–5313. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5287-2018.

Malone, Edward T., Benjamin W. Abbott, Megan J. Klaar, Chris Kidd, Mathieu Sebilo, Alexander M. Milner, and Gilles Pinay. “Decline in Ecosystem Δ13C and Mid-Successional Nitrogen Loss in a Two-Century Postglacial Chronosequence.” Ecosystems 21, no. 8 (December 1, 2018): 1659–75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-018-0245-1.

Marçais, Jean, Alexandre Gauvain, Thierry Labasque, Benjamin W. Abbott, Gilles Pinay, Luc Aquilina, François Chabaux, Daniel Viville, and Jean-Raynald de Dreuzy. “Dating Groundwater with Dissolved Silica and CFC Concentrations in Crystalline Aquifers.” Science of The Total Environment 636 (April 15, 2018): 260–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.196.

Meehan, Adrian D., Benjamin W. Abbott, and Matz Larsson. “Movement Is the Song of the Body: Reflections on the Evolution of Rhythm and Music and Its Possible Significance for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease.” Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture 1, no. 2 (January 15, 2018): 73–86. https://doi.org/10.26613/esic/1.2.49.

Pinay, Gilles, Susana Bernal, Benjamin W. Abbott, Anna Lupon, Eugenia Marti, Francesc Sabater, and Stefan Krause. “Riparian Corridors: A New Conceptual Framework for Assessing Nitrogen Buffering Across Biomes.” Frontiers in Environmental Science 6 (June 19, 2018). https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00047.

Thomas, Zahra, and Benjamin W. Abbott. “Hedgerows Reduce Nitrate Flux at Hillslope and Catchment Scales via Root Uptake and Secondary Effects.” Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 215 (August 1, 2018): 51–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2018.07.002.

Zarnetske, Jay P., Martin Bouda, Benjamin W. Abbott, James Saiers, and Peter A. Raymond. “Generality of Hydrologic Transport Limitation of Watershed Organic Carbon Flux Across Ecoregions of the United States.” Geophysical Research Letters 45, no. 21 (November 16, 2018): 11,702-11,711. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080005.

2017

Abbott, Benjamin W., Gilles Pinay, and Tim P. Burt. “Protecting Water Resources Through a Focus on Headwater Streams.” Eos, no. 98 (July 7, 2017): EO076897. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017EO076897.

Moatar, F., B. W. Abbott, C. Minaudo, F. Curie, and G. Pinay. “Elemental Properties, Hydrology, and Biology Interact to Shape Concentration-Discharge Curves for Carbon, Nutrients, Sediment, and Major Ions.” Water Resources Research 53, no. 2 (February 1, 2017): 1270–87. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016WR019635.

Mu, C., B. W. Abbott, Q. Zhao, H. Su, S. F. Wang, Wu Q. B., Zhang T. J., and Wu X. D. “Permafrost Collapse Shifts Alpine Tundra to a Carbon Source but Reduces N2O and CH4 Release on the Northern Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau.” Geophysical Research Letters 44, no. 17 (July 12, 2017): 8945–52. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074338.

Mu, C. C., B. W. Abbott, X. D. Wu, Q. Zhao, H. J. Wang, H. Su, S. F. Wang, et al. “Thaw Depth Determines Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentration and Biodegradability on the Northern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.” Geophysical Research Letters, 2017, 2017GL075067. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL075067.

2016

Abbott, Benjamin W., Viktor Baranov, Clara Mendoza-Lera, Myrto Nikolakopoulou, Astrid Harjung, Tamara Kolbe, Mukundh N. Balasubramanian, et al. “Using Multi-Tracer Inference to Move beyond Single-Catchment Ecohydrology.” Earth-Science Reviews 160, no. Supplement C (September 1, 2016): 19–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.06.014.

Abbott, Benjamin W., Jeremy B. Jones, Edward A. G. Schuur, F. Stuart Chapin III, William B. Bowden, M. Syndonia Bret-Harte, Howard E. Epstein, et al. “Biomass Offsets Little or None of Permafrost Carbon Release from Soils, Streams, and Wildfire: An Expert Assessment.” Environmental Research Letters 11, no. 3 (2016): 034014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034014.

Kolbe, Tamara, Jean Marçais, Zahra Thomas, Benjamin W. Abbott, Jean-Raynald de Dreuzy, Pauline Rousseau-Gueutin, Luc Aquilina, Thierry Labasque, and Gilles Pinay. “Coupling 3D Groundwater Modeling with CFC-Based Age Dating to Classify Local Groundwater Circulation in an Unconfined Crystalline Aquifer.” Journal of Hydrology 543, Part A (December 2016): 31–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.05.020.

Thomas, Zahra, B. W. Abbott, O. Troccaz, J. Baudry, and G. Pinay. “Proximate and Ultimate Controls on Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics of Small Agricultural Catchments.” Biogeosciences 13, no. 6 (March 30, 2016): 1863–75. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1863-2016.

Thomas, Zahra, Pauline Rousseau-Gueutin, Tamara Kolbe, Benjamin W. Abbott, Jean Marçais, Stefan Peiffer, Sven Frei, et al. “Constitution of a Catchment Virtual Observatory for Sharing Flow and Transport Models Outputs.” Journal of Hydrology 543 (December 1, 2016): 59–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.04.067.

2015

Abbott, Benjamin W., and Jeremy B. Jones. “Permafrost Collapse Alters Soil Carbon Stocks, Respiration, CH4, and N2O in Upland Tundra.” Global Change Biology 21, no. 12 (December 1, 2015): 4570–87. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13069.

Abbott, Benjamin W., Jeremy B. Jones, Sarah E. Godsey, Julia R. Larouche, and William B. Bowden. “Patterns and Persistence of Hydrologic Carbon and Nutrient Export from Collapsing Upland Permafrost.” Biogeosciences 12, no. 12 (June 17, 2015): 3725–40. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3725-2015.

Ben Maamar, Sarah, Luc Aquilina, Achim Quaiser, Hélène Pauwels, Sophie Michon-Coudouel, Virginie Vergnaud-Ayraud, Thierry Labasque, Clément Roques, Benjamin W. Abbott, and Alexis Dufresne. “Groundwater Isolation Governs Chemistry and Microbial Community Structure along Hydrologic Flowpaths.” Frontiers in Microbiology, Microbiological Chemistry and Geomicrobiology, 6 (2015): 1457. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01457.

Larouche, J. R., B. W. Abbott, W. B. Bowden, and J. B. Jones. “The Role of Watershed Characteristics, Permafrost Thaw, and Wildfire on Dissolved Organic Carbon Biodegradability and Water Chemistry in Arctic Headwater Streams.” Biogeosciences 12, no. 14 (July 20, 2015): 4221–33. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4221-2015.

Vergnaud-Ayraud, Virginie, Luc Aquilina, Thierry Labasque, Benjamin W. Abbott, Camille Vauthier, Jean-Raynald de Dreuzy, Tamara Kolbe, Zahra Thomas, Laurent Ruiz, and Gilles Pinay. “Impact of the Fractured Reservoir on Catchment Response Time: Groundwater Dating Inputs.” La Roche-sur-Yon: Comité Français d’Hydrogéologie de l’Association Internationale des Hydrogéologues, 2015. http://www.cfh-aih.fr/index.php/colloques/78-colloque-socle-2015.

Vonk, J. E., S. E. Tank, P. J. Mann, R. G. M. Spencer, C. C. Treat, R. G. Striegl, B. W. Abbott, and K. P. Wickland. “Biodegradability of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Permafrost Soils and Aquatic Systems: A Meta-Analysis.” Biogeosciences 12, no. 23 (December 3, 2015): 6915–30. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6915-2015.

2014

Abbott, Benjamin W. “Permafrost in a Warmer World: Net Ecosystem Carbon Imbalance,” 2014. https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/handle/11122/4804.

Abbott, Benjamin W., Julia R. Larouche, Jeremy B. Jones, William B. Bowden, and Andrew W. Balser. “Elevated Dissolved Organic Carbon Biodegradability from Thawing and Collapsing Permafrost: Permafrost Carbon Biodegradability.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 119, no. 10 (October 2014): 2049–63. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JG002678.

Good, P., J. Lowe, J. Ridley, J. Bamber, T. Payne, A. Keen, J. Stroeve, et al. “An Updated View of Tipping Points and the Relevance for Long-Term Climate Goals,” September 22, 2014. http://www.avoid.uk.net/2015/01/an-updated-view-of-tipping-points-and-the-relevance-for-long-term-climate-goals-a5/.

Harms, Tamara K., Benjamin W. Abbott, and Jeremy B. Jones. “Thermo-Erosion Gullies Increase Nitrogen Available for Hydrologic Export.” Biogeochemistry 117, no. 2–3 (March 2014): 299–311. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-013-9862-0.

2013

Schuur, E. A. G., B. W. Abbott, W. B. Bowden, V. Brovkin, P. Camill, J. G. Canadell, J. P. Chanton, et al. “Expert Assessment of Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change.” Climatic Change 119, no. 2 (July 2013): 359–74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-013-0730-7.

2012

Bowden, W. B., J. R. Larouche, A. R. Pearce, B. T. Crosby, K. Krieger, M. B. Flinn, J. Kampman, et al. “An Integrated Assessment of the Influences of Upland Thermal-Erosional Features on Landscape Structure and Function in the Foothills of the Brooks Range, Alaska.” In Tenth International Conference on Permafrost, 1:61–66. Citeseer, 2012. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.296.6775&rep=rep1&type=pdf.

2011

Schuur, E. A. G., Benjamin W. Abbott, and Permafrost Carbon Network. “Climate Change: High Risk of Permafrost Thaw.” Nature 480, no. 7375 (2011): 32–33. https://doi.org/doi:10.1038%2F480032a.

Sky, Jasper, Mark George New, Simon Donner, Jonathan L. Bamber, F. Stuart Chapin III, Edward A. G. Schuur, Martin Beniston, and Benjamin W. Abbott. “Dangerous Climate Change Assessment Project Final Report,” March 31, 2011. http://www.avoid.uk.net/2011/03/avoid-1-dangerous-climate-change-assessment-project-final-report/.

Selected Non-Technical Articles

• Science correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News
  
  • Abbott, Benjamin W. “Ben Abbott: Earth Day at 50 Has Never Been so Relevant.” The Salt Lake Tribune. April 22, 2020, sec. Opinion. https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2020/04/21/ben-abbott-earth-day-has/.
  • Abbott, Benjamin W. “Op-Ed: Is Climate Science under Pressure to Toe the Climate Change Line?” Deseret News, January 25, 2018. https://www.deseret.com/2018/1/25/20638888/op-ed-is-climate-science-under-pressure-to-toe-the-climate-change-line.
  • Abbott, Benjamin W, Gregory T. Carling, and Andrew Follett. “Op-Ed: The Present, Future and Past of Utah Lake.” Deseret News, March 8, 2018. https://www.deseret.com/2018/3/8/20641364/op-ed-the-present-future-and-past-of-utah-lake.
  • Abbott, Benjamin W, Isabella M Errigo, and Donald K Jarvis. “Commentary: Utah Air Pollution Is Literally Killing Us.” The Salt Lake Tribune, February 27, 2020, sec. ,. https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2020/02/28/commentary-utah-air/.
  • Follett, Andrew, and Benjamin W Abbott. “Commentary: Keep Utah Lake Shallow and Wet.” The Salt Lake Tribune, March 10, 2018. https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2018/03/10/commentary-keep-utah-lake-shallow-and-wet/.
  • MESA. “Commentary: The Unique Landscape of Bears Ears Must Be Protected.” Salt Lake Tribune. February 13, 2021. https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2021/02/13/commentary-unique/
    
• Author of blog approximately limitless (selected posts):
  
  • The truth about EVs, windmills, solar panels, and other "green" stuff (2021)
  • FAQs about the COVID-19 and masks study (2020)
  • Does information matter at all in politics? (2019)
  • What climate change means for Utah (2018)
  • Gods and in the image of God (2017)
  • You say tomato, I say GMO (2016)
  • Faith and a critical mind (2015)
  • Five years looking for learning (2015)
  • Honest difference or intentional deception? (2014)
  • The Fairy Shrimp Trilogy (2014)
  • Gun control and alcohol (2013)
  • Dawkins vs. the Book of Mormon (2012)
  • Impressions of the Motherland (2012)
  • First scientific pub (2011)
• Science correspondent for UAF Sun Star and Utah Statesman (2008):
  
  • Utah's Two Billion Dollar Question
  • Recipes for Unreliable Science
  • Have you ever wanted to clone a mule?
  • Bjorn vs. Gore: Some Like it Hot
• Other contributions:
  
  • BW Abbott (2010), Life in Fairbanks, UAF website
  • BW Abbott, R Morgan (2008), America's Greenest Hotels: Where luxury meets ecology, Forbes Traveler
  • BW Abbott (2007), The cost of living, USU Natural Resources Almanac
  • BW Abbott and SH Abbott (2003), Father Son Conundrum, Self published

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