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Beyond optimality: Dryland ecosystems infrequently use water efficiently for carbon gain

Published in: | Research Themes: Changes in Precipitation, Forest & Woodland Ecosystems, Grassland Ecosystems, Increasing Temperatures, Plants, Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems

Reich, E.G., K. Samuels-Crow, J.B. Bradford, M. Litvak, D.R. Schlaepfer, and K. Ogle. 2026. Beyond optimality: Dryland ecosystems infrequently use water efficiently for carbon gain. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 378:110996.

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Linking community-climate disequilibrium to ecosystem function

Published in: | Research Themes: Changes in Precipitation, Increasing Temperatures, Vulnerability Assessments & Adaptation Planning

Stemkovski, M., M.H. Cortez, J.R. Bernhardt, K.K. Bladen, J.B. Bradford, K. Clark‐Wolf, M.E.K. Evans, L.C. Johnson, A.J. Lynch, M.A. Pastore, M.L. Pinsky, C.R. Rollinson, O. Selmoni, A.P. Walker, J.W. Williams, and P.B. Adler. 2026. Linking community-climate disequilibrium to ecosystem function. Ecology Letters 29:e70314.

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Synthesizing ecological impacts and management responses from the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave to prepare for future extreme heat events

Published in: | Research Themes: Increasing Temperatures

Colberg, E., S. Kalafatis, D.M. Bell, M.H. Chang, P. Freeland, M. Horst, W.L. Loftin, C.T. Nolan, S. Vieira, S. Yegorova, and M. Krosby. 2026. Synthesizing ecological impacts and management responses from the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave to prepare for future extreme heat events. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 107:E396–E403.

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Extreme heatwave causes immediate, widespread mortality of forest canopy foliage, highlighting modes of forest sensitivity to extreme heat

Published in: | Research Themes: Forest & Woodland Ecosystems, Increasing Temperatures, Research Fellow Project

Sibley, A., C. Still, M. Gregory, C. Harrington, D. Shaw, N. Ferrari, A. Dye, M. Schulze, G. Howe, D.E. Rupp, C. Daly, D. DePinte, C.E. Naficy, C. Hart, and D.M. Bell. 2025. Extreme heatwave causes immediate, widespread mortality of forest canopy foliage, highlighting modes of forest sensitivity to extreme heat. Global Change Biology 31:e70571.

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Warming seawater temperature and nutrient depletion alters microbial community composition on a foundational canopy kelp species

Published in: | Research Themes: Coastal Ecosystems, Increasing Temperatures, Plants

Molnar, N.B., B.L. Weigel, R.J. Fales, and C.A. Pfister. 2025. Warming seawater temperature and nutrient depletion alters microbial community composition on a foundational canopy kelp species. Environmental Microbiology 27:e70077.

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Integrating climate change considerations into natural resource planning - an implementation guide

Published in: | Research Themes: Changes in Precipitation, Increasing Temperatures, Sea Level Rise, Vulnerability Assessments & Adaptation Planning, Wildfire

Kershner, J., A. Woodward, and A. Torregrosa. 2020. Integrating climate change considerations into natural resource planning – an implementation guide. USGS Techniques and Methods 6-C2.

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Warming alters hydrologic heterogeneity: simulated climate sensitivity of hydrology‐based microrefugia in the snow‐to‐rain transition zone

Published in: | Research Themes: Changes in Precipitation, Forest & Woodland Ecosystems, Increasing Temperatures, Refugia

Marshall, A. M., T. E. Link, J. T. Abatzoglou, G. N. Flerchinger, D. G. Marks, and L. Tedrow. 2019. Warming alters hydrologic heterogeneity: simulated climate sensitivity of hydrology‐based microrefugia in the snow‐to‐rain transition zone. Water Resources Research 55:2122–2141.

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Future shift of the relative roles of precipitation and temperature in controlling annual runoff in the conterminous United States

Published in: | Research Themes: Changes in Precipitation, Increasing Temperatures

Duan, K., G. Sun, S. G. McNulty, P. V. Caldwell, E. C. Cohen, S. Sun, H. D. Aldridge, D. Zhou, L. Zhang, and Y. Zhang. 2017. Future shift of the relative roles of precipitation and temperature in controlling annual runoff in the conterminous United States. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 21:5517–5529.

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Seasonal spatial patterns of projected anthropogenic warming in complex terrain: a modeling study of the western US

Published in: | Research Themes: Increasing Temperatures

Rupp, D. E., S. Li, P. W. Mote, K. M. Shell, N. Massey, S. N. Sparrow, D. C. H. Wallom, and M. R. Allen. 2017. Seasonal spatial patterns of projected anthropogenic warming in complex terrain: a modeling study of the western US. Climate Dynamics 48:2191–2213.

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Climate change effects on southern California deserts

Published in: | Research Themes: Changes in Precipitation, Increasing Temperatures

Bachelet, D., K. Ferschweiler, T. Sheehan, and J. Strittholt. 2016. Climate change effects on southern California deserts. Journal of Arid Environments 127:17–29.

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