Led by Danielle Wood (ND-GAIN), the Global Urban Climate Assessment is a 10-city pilot decision-support tool aimed to inform resilience actions and investments in urban areas. Faculty researchers on the team include Diogo Bolster (CEEES), Paola Crippa (CEEES), Alan Hamlet (CEEES), Matthew Sisk (Lucy), Alex Taflanidis (CEEES), Jennifer Tank (BIOS), and Kevin Walsh (CEEES). Read more

With more than $3 million from the Department of Defense, Kyle Doudrick (CEEES) is on a mission to help eliminate PFAS on military bases. The Doudrick lab is currently exploring “thermal treatments” for pavements and soils that have been saturated with PFAS via firefighting foam. Read more

Drew Marcantonio (Mendoza) co-authored an article describing how the devastation of Cyclone Daniel was worsened by climate change and Libya's fragile political situation. Read more

Kyle Bibby (CEEES) has been named on Clarivate Analytics’ 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list for his significant and broad influence in his field. Aaron Bivins, a former ND-ECI and CEEES postdoc within the Bibby lab also made the list. Read more

Holly Goodson (CHEM) has been named a fellow of The American Society for Cell Biology for her research on biological organization. She joins 18 other distinguished scientists from across the globe in the 2023 cohort of fellows. Read more

Via her NSF CAREER award, Paola Crippa (CEEES) is developing a new modeling framework to improve predictions of atmospheric processes and events with high societal impacts. The framework will integrate numerical simulations with data from field experiments to understand how atmospheric conditions vary. Read more

Jason Rohr (BIOS) and collaborators have concluded that insects are on the decline in U.S. streams after completing research using biodiversity monitoring datasets from streams across the country. Published in Science Advances, the work highlights human activities as a key contributor to the decline. Read more

Diogo Bolster (CEEES) received the American Geophysical Union’s inaugural Polubarinova-Kochina Hydrologic Sciences Mid-Career Award. Bolster is recognized for his application of mathematics and engineering to predict the movement of groundwater contaminants and potential health impacts. Read more

Roy Scranton (English) speaks on the value of negative messaging  as a means of motivation, which he explores in his upcoming book, “Endgame: Climate Change, the Myth of Progress and Ethical Pessimism.” Watch Video

Hear what successful climate adaptation looks like to experts in food security and agriculture, disaster response, water, housing, forests and natural resources. Video features several ND-ECI-affiliates: Tracy Kijewski-Correa (CEEES), Diogo Bolster (CEEES), Emily Grubert (Keough), and Daniel Miller (Keough). Watch Video

ND-ECI is excited to welcome three postdoctoral researchers to our Postdoc Supergroup: 

Advisor: David Richter (CEEES)

Modeling Heavy Particle Dispersion in the Atmosphere

Advisors: Stuart Jones (BIOS) & Julián Torres-Dowdall (BIOS)

Does Increased Dissolved Organic Carbon Reduce the Resilience of Bluegill Fisheries?

Advisor: Kyle Bibby (CEEES)

Approaches to Remove Free Nucleic Acids During Molecular Environmental Pathogen Quantification

Can you suggest one (or more) names that would make a great speaker for the ND-ECI Spring 2024 Virtual Seminar Series? The series is a great opportunity to hear from colleagues on a wide range of topics that fall broadly under the umbrella of environmental change.

Thank you to everyone who participated in ND-LEEF's Science Sunday! The Halloween-themed event was once again an amazing opportunity for attendees to learn about the innovative environmental research happening at ND through several hands-on demonstrations and activities. 

Congratulations to ND-ECI affiliated faculty, who received new research awards this year, totaling ~$5.8M. Below are some highlights: 

The ND-ECI Community has been very productive with over 85 publications since our last newsletter. Below are some highlights, please click here to view the full list.

Bertassello, L.; Müller, M. F.; Wiechman, A.; Penny, G.; Tuninetti, M.; Müller-Itten, M. C. Food demand displaced by global refugee migration influences water use in already water stressed countries. Nature Communications 2023, 14 (1), 13, Article. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38117-0.

Brandao-Dias, P. F. P.; Tank, J. L.; Snyder, E. D.; Mahl, U. H.; Peters, B.; Bolster, D.; Shogren, A. J.; Lamberti, G. A.; Bibby, K.; Egan, S. P. Suspended Materials Affect Particle Size Distribution and Removal of Environmental DNA in Flowing Waters. Environmental Science & Technology 2023, 57 (35), 13161-13171, Article. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c02638.

Camilleri, S. F.; Montgomery, A.; Visa, M. A.; Schnell, J. L.; Adelman, Z. E.; Janssen, M.; Grubert, E. A.; Anenberg, S. C.; Horton, D. E. Air quality, health and equity implications of electrifying heavy-duty vehicles. Nature Sustainability 2023, 14, Article; Early Access. DOI: 10.1038/s41893-023-01219-0

Clements, E.; Irwin, C.; Taflanidis, A.; Bibby, K.; Nerenberg, R. Impact of fixture purging on water age and excess water usage, considering stochastic water demands. Water Research 2023, 245, 10, Article. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120643.

Ginn, O.; Tank, J. L.; Badilla-Aguilar, A.; Snyder, E.; Brandao-Dias, P. F. P.; Thrift, E.; Bolster, D.; Bibby, K. Persistence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes Varies with Particle Size and Substrate Conditions in Recirculating Streams. Environmental Science & Technology 2023, 57 (24), 8902-8910, Article. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c02374.

Holm, J. A.; Medvigy, D. M.; Smith, B.; Dukes, J. S.; Beier, C.; Mishurov, M.; Xu, X. T.; Lichstein, J. W.; Allen, C. D.; Larsen, K. S.; et al. Exploring the impacts of unprecedented climate extremes on forest ecosystems: hypotheses to guide modeling and experimental studies. Biogeosciences 2023, 20 (11), 2117-2142, Article. DOI: 10.5194/bg-20-2117-2023.

Kijewski-Correa, T.; Javeline, D.; Kakenmaster, W.; Chesler, A. Economic incentives for coastal homeowner adaptation to climate change. Climate Policy 2023, 13, Article; Early Access. DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2023.2215207.

Kim, B.; Madukoma, C. S.; Shrout, J. D.; Nerenberg, R. Effect of EPS production on the performance of membrane-based biofilm reactors. Water Research 2023, 240, 9, Article. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120101.

Lackey, A. C. R.; Deneen, P. M.; Ragland, G. J.; Feder, J. L.; Hahn, D. A.; Powell, T. H. Q. Simulated climate warming causes asymmetric responses in insect life-history timing potentially disrupting a classic ecological speciation system. Ecology Letters 2023, 12, Article; Early Access. DOI: 10.1111/ele.14268.

Marcantonio, R.; Fuentes, A. Environmental Violence: a tool for planetary health research.  The Lancet Planetary Health 2023, 7(10). DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00190-0.

McClymont, E. L.; Ho, S. L.; Ford, H. L.; Bailey, I.; Berke, M. A.; Bolton, C. T.; De Schepper, S.; Grant, G. R.; Groeneveld, J.; Inglis, G. N.; et al. Climate Evolution Through the Onset and Intensification of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation. Reviews of Geophysics 2023, 61 (3), 43, Review. DOI: 10.1029/2022rg000793.

Miranda, D. A.; Zachritz, A. M.; Whitehead, H. D.; Cressman, S. R.; Peaslee, G. F.; Lamberti, G. A. Occurrence and biomagnification of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Lake Michigan fishes. Science of the Total Environment 2023, 895, 9, Article. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164903.

Rohr, J. R.; Sack, A.; Bakhoum, S.; Barrett, C. B.; Lopez-Carr, D.; Chamberlin, A. J.; Civitello, D. J.; Diatta, C.; Doruska, M. J.; De Leo, G. A.; et al. A planetary health innovation for disease, food and water challenges in Africa. Nature 2023, 619 (7971), 782-+, Article. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06313-z.

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