@article{tatlhego_bhattachan_okin_d'odorico_2020, title={Mapping Areas of the Southern Ocean Where Productivity Likely Depends on Dust-Delivered Iron}, volume={125}, ISSN={["2169-8996"]}, DOI={10.1029/2019JD030926}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES}, author={Tatlhego, Mokganedi and Bhattachan, Abinash and Okin, Gregory S. and D'Odorico, Paolo}, year={2020}, month={Feb} }
 @article{yu_d'odorico_collins_carr_porporato_anderegg_gilhooly_wang_bhattachan_bartlett_et al._2019, title={The competitive advantage of a constitutive CAM species over a C-4 grass species under drought and CO2 enrichment}, volume={10}, ISSN={["2150-8925"]}, DOI={10.1002/ecs2.2721}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={5}, journal={ECOSPHERE}, author={Yu, Kailiang and D'Odorico, Paolo and Collins, Scott L. and Carr, David and Porporato, Amilcare and Anderegg, William R. L. and Gilhooly, William P., III and Wang, Lixin and Bhattachan, Abinash and Bartlett, Mark and et al.}, year={2019}, month={May} }
 @article{davis_bhattachan_d'odorico_suweis_2018, title={A universal model for predicting human migration under climate change: examining future sea level rise in Bangladesh}, volume={13}, ISSN={["1748-9326"]}, DOI={10.1088/1748-9326/aac4d4}, abstractNote={Climate change is expected to impact the habitability of many places around the world in significant and unprecedented ways in the coming decades. While previous studies have provided estimates of populations potentially exposed to various climate impacts, little work has been done to assess the number of people that may actually be displaced or where they will choose to go. Here we modify a diffusion-based model of human mobility in combination with population, geographic, and climatic data to estimate the sources, destinations, and flux of potential migrants as driven by sea level rise (SLR) in Bangladesh in the years 2050 and 2100. Using only maps of population and elevation, we predict that 0.9 million people (by year 2050) to 2.1 million people (by year 2100) could be displaced by direct inundation and that almost all of this movement will occur locally within the southern half of the country. We also find that destination locations should anticipate substantial additional demands on jobs (594 000), housing (197 000), and food (783 × 109 calories) by mid-century as a result of those displaced by SLR. By linking the sources of migrants displaced by SLR with their likely destinations, we demonstrate an effective approach for predicting climate-driven migrant flows, especially in data-limited settings.}, number={6}, journal={ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS}, author={Davis, Kyle Frankel and Bhattachan, Abinash and D'Odorico, Paolo and Suweis, Samir}, year={2018}, month={Jun} }
 @article{bhattachan_emanuel_ardon_bernhardt_anderson_stillwagon_ury_bendor_wright_2018, title={Evaluating the effects of and-use change and future climate change on vulnerability of coastal landscapes to saltwater intrusion}, volume={6}, ISSN={["2325-1026"]}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/elementa.316}, DOI={10.1525/elementa.316}, abstractNote={The exposure of freshwater-dependent coastal ecosystems to saltwater is a present-day impact of climate and land-use changes in many coastal regions, with the potential to harm freshwater and terrestrial biota, alter biogeochemical cycles and reduce agricultural yields. Land-use activities associated with artificial drainage infrastructure (canals, ditches, and drains) could exacerbate saltwater exposure. However, studies assessing the effects of artificial drainage on the vulnerability of coastal landscapes to saltwater exposure are lacking. We examined the extent to which artificial drainage infrastructure has altered the potential for saltwater intrusion in the coastal plain of eastern North Carolina. Regional spatial analyses demonstrate that artificial drainages not only lower the overall elevation in coastal landscapes, but they also alter the routing and concentration of hydrological flows. Together, these factors have the potential to increase the total proportion of the landscape vulnerable to saltwater intrusion, not only in areas adjacent to drainage infrastructure but also in places where no artificial drainages exist due to large scale effects of flow rerouting. Among all land cover types in eastern North Carolina, wetlands are most vulnerable to saltwater exposure. Droughts and coastal storms associated with climate change potentially exacerbate vulnerability to saltwater facilitated by artificial drainage.}, journal={ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE}, author={Bhattachan, Abinash and Emanuel, Ryan E. and Ardon, Marcelo and Bernhardt, Emily S. and Anderson, Steven M. and Stillwagon, Matthew G. and Ury, Emily A. and BenDor, Todd K. and Wright, Justin P.}, year={2018}, month={Sep} }
 @article{bhattachan_jurjonas_moody_morris_sanchez_smart_taillie_emanuel_seekamp_2018, title={Sea level rise impacts on rural coastal social-ecological systems and the implications for decision making}, volume={90}, ISSN={1462-9011}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.10.006}, DOI={10.1016/j.envsci.2018.10.006}, abstractNote={Many rural coastal regions are distinctly vulnerable to sea level rise because of their remoteness, isolation from central planning agencies, and poverty. To better plan for future sea level changes in these regions, an interdisciplinary approach to assess the social and environmental impacts of sea level rise and their dynamic feedbacks is important. In this paper, we use a socio-ecological system framework to investigate sea level rise impacts to the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula, a rural, low-lying coastal region in eastern North Carolina. Specifically, we show that 42% of the region could be inundated and property losses of up to US $14 billion could be incurred with 100 cm of sea level rise. We also synthesize the impacts of sea level rise on the region’s social-ecological system and present strategies to strengthen the adaptive capacity of the ecosystem, markets and communities. We conclude with a discussion on the differing climate change risk perceptions amongst the stakeholders as well as implications for decision-making. Sea level rise will continue to threaten the functioning of this social-ecological system of rural, low-lying coastal communities. A socio-ecological system framework provides a lens through which the impacts of sea level rise can be evaluated for rural, low-lying coastal communities. The framework presented here necessitates interdisciplinary research and highlights the importance of mutual learning amongst stakeholders in other rural coastal regions.}, journal={Environmental Science & Policy}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Bhattachan, A. and Jurjonas, M.D. and Moody, A.C. and Morris, P.R. and Sanchez, G.M. and Smart, L.S. and Taillie, P.J. and Emanuel, R.E. and Seekamp, E.L.}, year={2018}, month={Dec}, pages={122–134} }
 @article{van pelt_baddock_zobeck_p. d'odorico_ravi_bhattachan_2017, title={Total vertical sediment flux and PM10 emissions from disturbed Chihuahuan Desert surfaces}, volume={293}, ISSN={["1872-6259"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.01.031}, abstractNote={Desert surfaces are typically stable and represent some of the longest-lived landforms on Earth. For surfaces devoid of vegetation, the evolution of a desert pavement of gravel and small stones protects the surface from erosion by wind and water and vegetation further protects the surface in arid and semi-arid rangelands. The susceptibility of the land surface to wind erosion is enhanced by mechanical damage to the desert pavement or vegetation losses resulting from fire or grazing. Despite the relatively rich literature on the effects of grazing and fire on plant community composition, land degradation, and the productivity of arid landscapes, little is known about the effects of moderate grazing or fire on the erodibility of soils in desert grasslands and shrublands. Here we investigate the effects of simulated moderate grazing, simulated livestock trampling, and of fire on the resulting wind erodibility and dust emissions of the affected soil surfaces. We surveyed 24 plots of the same size, 6 m × 0.6 m, at a research site in the northern Chihuahuan Desert including 6 plots in a shrub-grass ecotone, 12 plots in an adjacent grassland, and 6 plots in an area that had been burned by a natural wildfire 6 months earlier but had no vegetation recovery due to the time of year and drought. To evaluate the various effects of disturbances on the susceptibility of the surface to wind erosion and dust entrainment, replicates of three plots underwent different treatments including clipping, trampling, fire, and tillage. We subsequently tested each of the treated plots with a portable field wind tunnel run at 12.6 m s− 1. We found that moderate grazing and fire did not result in great soil loss in desert grasslands but that shrublands were more seriously affected by grazing and fire. Total removal of vegetation and disturbance of the soil surface did result in greater than order of magnitude increases of vertical sediment flux and greater than three-fold increases of dust emissions.}, journal={GEODERMA}, author={Van Pelt, R. S. and Baddock, M. C. and Zobeck, T. M. and P. D'Odorico and Ravi, S. and Bhattachan, A.}, year={2017}, month={May}, pages={19–25} }