Ryan E. Emanuel

Advancing an Environmental Justice-Centered Approach to Understanding Cumulative Impacts: Community-Engaged Analysis of Industrialized Biogas Development from Rural Eastern North Carolina

Witter, R., Woods, C. G., Legerton, M., Emanuel, R. E., White-Williamson, S., Chavis, D., … Sugg, M. M. (2025, July 17). Environmental Justice.

Fueling Inequity: Geospatial Analyses Reveal Racial Patterns in Vulnerability to Natural Gas Pipeline Impacts in North Carolina

Tschoepe, S. A., Emanuel, R. E., Moreau, G., & Cada, P. (2025, December 1). GeoHealth.

Indigenous invisibility: Gaps in education about Indigenous peoples among environmental decision‐makers

Hunt, B. D., Emanuel, R. E., Wilkins, D. E., Wilkins, S. H., Hunt, B. D., Emanuel, R. E., … Wilkins, S. H. (2025, November 1). Earth Stewardship.

Injected Tracer Reveals Differences in Water Transport Rate, Residence Times and Mixing Dynamics in Tree Species of Contrasting Water Management Strategies

Maneely, M., Reinhardt, K., Emanuel, R. E., Minick, K. J., Bahramian, J., Tucker, L. M., & Johnson, D. M. (2025, February 26). Hydrological Processes, Vol. 39.

Internal Water Movement and Residence Time Differ in Two Tree Species in a Temperate Deciduous Forest: Evidence From an In Situ D₂O Isotope Tracer Study

Minick, K. J., Bahramian, J., Love, D., Tucker, L., Reinhardt, K., Johnson, D. M., & Emanuel, R. E. (2025, April 1). Ecohydrology, Vol. 18.

Listeria tempestatis sp. nov. and Listeria rocourtiae subsp. hofi subsp. nov.

Brown, P., Moura, A., Valès, G., Tessaud-Rita, N., Niedermeyer, J., Parsons, C., … Lecuit, M. (2025, May 12). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, Vol. 75.

Over, Under, and Through: Hydrologic Connectivity and the Future of Coastal Landscape Salinization

Water Resources Research, 61(7).

Overlooked and extensive ghost forest formation across the US Atlantic coast

Yeung, H., Pavelsky, T., Wang, C., McDowell, N., Emanuel, R., Bernhardt, E., & Yang, X. (2025, May 8). Research Square.

Overlooked and extensive ghost forest formation across the US Atlantic coast

Yeung, H. C. H., Pavelsky, T. M., Wang, C., McDowell, N. G., Emanuel, R. E., & Bernhardt, E. S. (2025, December 3). Nature Sustainability.

Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Drivers of Microbial Contaminants in Hurricane Florence Floodwaters

Fidan, E. N., Reich, B. J., Emanuel, R. E., Harris, A., Kathariou, S., & Nelson, N. G. (2025, April 26). ACS ES&T Water, Vol. 4, pp. 2255–2267.

Surface waters in socially vulnerable areas are disproportionately under-monitored for nutrients in the US South Atlantic-Gulf region

Oates, C. C., Grieger, K., Emanuel, R., & Nelson, N. G. (2025, July 15). Nature Water, Vol. 7.

Water quality and hydrologic connectivity in rural communities around the Manombo Special Reserve of southeastern Madagascar during the dry season

Parks, R., Kagiliery, J., Tianjanahary, W., Tsirimanana, A., Burza, S., Emanuel, R., & McAdoo, B. G. (2025, August 15). Environmental Challenges.

Beyond environmental harm: Industry claims, lived experiences, and the impacts of gas extraction

Caretta, M. A., Haeffner, M., Emanuel, R., Hood, R., & Seydel, J. (2024, June 8). Energy Research & Social Science, Vol. 115.

Earth Observation Data to Support Environmental Justice: Linking Non‐Permitted Poultry Operations to Social Vulnerability Indices

Tulbure, M. G., Caineta, J., Cox, B., Stehman, S. V., Ercumen, A., Witter, R., … Tuberty, S. (2024, December 1). GeoHealth, Vol. 8.

Leaf Physiological Responses and Early Senescence Are Linked to Reflectance Spectra in Salt-Sensitive Coastal Tree Species

Forests, 15(9), 1638.

Near-term ecological forecasting for climate change action

Dietze, M., White, E. P., Abeyta, A., Boettiger, C., Watts, N. B., Carey, C. C., … Zwart, J. (2024, November 8). Nature Climate Change, Vol. 14, pp. 1236–1244.

On the Swamp

In University of North Carolina Press. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469678320/on-the-swamp/

Revisiting Vine Deloria's Support for Unrecognized Tribes in a Time of Environmental Crises

In Of Living Stone Perspectives on Continuous Knowledge and the Work of Vine Deloria, Jr. https://www.fulcrumbooks.com/product-page/of-living-stone-perspectives-on-continuous-knowledge-and-the-work-of?srsltid=AfmBOoqMNrZeiWGjw-dFBQmlWOmpBGpJT6wCKQTUJsuM-rmC8BsD0h2y

Saltwater intrusion and sea level rise threatens U.S. rural coastal landscapes and communities

Anthropocene, 45, 100427.

Standard metrics for characterizing episodic salinization in freshwater systems

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 22(9), 647–659.

The Pocosin's Lesson: Translating respect for Indigenous knowledge systems in environmental research

Emanuel, R. E. (2024, September 25). BioScience, Vol. 74, pp. 797–801.

Does shale gas development impact property values in Central Appalachia? A mixed methods critical exploration

Caretta, M. A., & Emanuel, R. E. (2023, April 6). The Extractive Industries and Society, Vol. 14.

Location and Design of Flow Control Structures Differentially Influence Salinity Patterns in Small Artificial Drainage Systems

Neville, J. A., Emanuel, R. E., Ardón, M., & Pavelsky, T. (2023, March 21). Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 149.

Climate Change and Environmental Justice

Emanuel, R. (2022, January 15). (Vol. 1). Vol. 1.

Response of soil respiration to changes in soil temperature and water table level in drained and restored peatlands of the southeastern United States

Swails, E. E., Ardón, M., Krauss, K. W., Peralta, A. L., Emanuel, R. E., Helton, A. M., … Ward, S. (2022, November 19). Carbon Balance and Management, Vol. 17, p. [""].

Riparian Buffers Increase Future Baseflow and Reduce Peakflows in a Developing Watershed

Gay, E. T., Martin, K. L., Caldwell, P. V., Emanuel, R. E., Sanchez, G. M., & Suttles. (2022, January 1). SSRN Electronic Journal.

Riparian buffers increase future baseflow and reduce peakflows in a developing watershed

Gay, E. T., Martin, K. L., Caldwell, P. V., Emanuel, R. E., Sanchez, G. M., & Suttles, K. M. (2022, December 9). The Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 12, p. 160834.

Stories We Tell: Unpacking Extractive Research and Its Legacy of Harm to Lumbee People

Emanuel, R. E., & Bird, K. D. (2022, September 1). Southern Cultures, Vol. 28, pp. 48–69.

Extreme Flooding and Nitrogen Dynamics of a Blackwater River

Neville, J. A., Emanuel, R. E., Nichols, E. G., & Vose, J. (2021, December 1). Water Resources Research, Vol. 12.

Microbial Contamination in Environmental Waters of Rural and Agriculturally-Dominated Landscapes Following Hurricane Florence

Harris, A. R., Fidan, E. N., Nelson, N. G., Emanuel, R. E., Jass, T., Kathariou, S., … Stewart, J. R. (2021, August 23). ACS ES&T Water, Vol. 8, pp. 2012–2019.

Natural Gas Gathering and Transmission Pipelines and Social Vulnerability in the United States

Emanuel, R. E., Caretta, M. A., Rivers, L., & Vasudevan, P. (2021, May 18). GeoHealth, Vol. 5.

Soil Moisture Responses to Rainfall: Implications for Runoff Generation

Singh, N. K., Emanuel, R. E., McGlynn, B. L., & Miniat, C. F. (2021, September 1). Water Resources Research, Vol. 9.

Values-Based Scenarios of Water Security: Rights to Water, Rights of Waters, and Commercial Water Rights

Jenkins, W., Rosa, L., Schmidt, J., Band, L., Beltran-Peña, A., Clarens, A., … D'Odorico, P. (2021, August 17). BioScience, Vol. 11, pp. 1157–1170.

Breaching Barriers: The Fight for Indigenous Participation in Water Governance

Emanuel, R., & Wilkins, D. (2020, July 25). Water, Vol. 12.

Non‐linear quickflow response as indicators of runoff generation mechanisms

Scaife, C. I., Singh, N. K., Emanuel, R. E., Miniat, C. F., & Band, L. E. (2020, April 15). Hydrological Processes, Vol. 34, pp. 2949–2964.

Search for Campylobacter spp. Reveals High Prevalence and Pronounced Genetic Diversity of Arcobacter butzleri in Floodwater Samples Associated with Hurricane Florence in North Carolina, USA

Niedermeyer, J. A., Miller, W. G., Yee, E., Harris, A., Emanuel, R. E., Jass, T., … Kathariou, S. (2020, August 6). (C. A. Elkins, Ed.). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 86, pp. 1–14.

Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Baseflow Recession in the Continental United States

Tashie, A., Pavelsky, T., & Emanuel, R. E. (2020, March 1). Water Resources Research, Vol. 56.

Applying Climate Change Risk Management Tools to Integrate Streamflow Projections and Social Vulnerability

Ecosystems, 23(1), 67–83.

Decadal-Scale Vegetation Change Driven by Salinity at Leading Edge of Rising Sea Level

Ecosystems, 22(8), 1918–1930.

Ecohydrology of Interannual Changes in Watershed Storage

Rice, J. S., & Emanuel, R. E. (2019, September 14). Water Resources Research, Vol. 55, pp. 8238–8251.

Indigenous Symposium on Water Research, Education, and Engagement

Chief, K., Emanuel, R., & Conroy-Ben, O. (2019, January 24). Eos.

Linking residential saltwater intrusion risk perceptions to physical exposure of climate change impacts in rural coastal communities of North Carolina

Natural Hazards, 97(3), 1277–1295.

Assessment of hydrologic vulnerability to urbanization and climate change in a rapidly changing watershed in the Southeast U.S.

Suttles, K. M., Singh, N. K., Vose, J. M., Martin, K. L., Emanuel, R. E., Coulston, J. W., … Crump, M. T. (2018, July 23). The Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 645, pp. 806–816.

Climate Change in the Lumbee River Watershed and Potential Impacts on the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina

Emanuel, R. E. (2018, April 1). Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, Vol. 163, pp. 79–93.

Evaluating the effects of land-use change and future climate change on vulnerability of coastal landscapes to saltwater intrusion

Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 6.

Sea level rise impacts on rural coastal social-ecological systems and the implications for decision making

Bhattachan, A., Jurjonas, M. D., Moody, A. C., Morris, P. R., Sanchez, G. M., Smart, L. S., … Seekamp, E. L. (2018, October 16). Environmental Science & Policy.

Terra incognita: The unknown risks to environmental quality posed by the spatial distribution and abundance of concentrated animal feeding operations

Martin, K. L., Emanuel, R. E., & Vose, J. M. (2018, June 17). The Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 642, pp. 887–893.

The Relative Influence of Storm and Landscape Characteristics on Shallow Groundwater Responses in Forested Headwater Catchments

Singh, N. K., Emanuel, R. E., Nippgen, F., McGlynn, B. L., & Miniat, C. F. (2018, October 31). Water Resources Research, Vol. 54, pp. 9883–9900.

Understanding coastal wetland hydrology with a new regional‐scale, process‐based hydrological model

Zhang, Y., Li, W., Sun, G., Miao, G., Noormets, A., Emanuel, R., & King, J. S. (2018, July 28). Hydrological Processes, Vol. 32, pp. 3158–3173.

Unexpected ecological advances made possible by long‐term data: A Coweeta example

Jackson, C. R., Webster, J. R., Knoepp, J. D., Elliott, K. J., Emanuel, R. E., Caldwell, P. V., & Miniat, C. F. (2018, January 9). Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water, Vol. 5.

Water in the Lumbee World: A River and Its People in a Time of Change

Emanuel, R. E. (2018, October 25). Environmental History.

Complex terrain influences ecosystem carbon responses to temperature and precipitation

Reyes, W. M., Epstein, H. E., Li, X., McGlynn, B. L., Riveros‐Iregui, D. A., & Emanuel, R. E. (2017, August 1). Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 31, pp. 1306–1317.

Flawed environmental justice analyses

Emanuel, R. E. (2017, July 20). Science, Vol. 357, pp. 260–260.

How are streamflow responses to the El Nino Southern Oscillation affected by watershed characteristics?

Rice, J. S., & Emanuel, R. E. (2017, May 1). Water Resources Research, Vol. 53, pp. 4393–4406.

Hydrologic Impacts of Municipal Wastewater Irrigation to a Temperate Forest Watershed

Journal of Environmental Quality, 45(4), 1303–1312.

Hydrology of Wetland and Related Soils

Wetland Soils: Genesis, Hydrology, Landscapes, and Classification, 2nd Edition, 39–104. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000381642700004&KeyUID=WOS:000381642700004

Hydrology of wetland and related soils

In Wetland Soils: Genesis, Hydrology, Landscapes, and Classification: Second Edition (pp. 39–104). http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85051620926&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Hydro‐Climatological Influences on Long‐Term Dissolved Organic Carbon in a Mountain Stream of the Southeastern United States

Singh, N. K., Reyes, W. M., Bernhardt, E. S., Bhattacharya, R., Meyer, J. L., Knoepp, J. D., & Emanuel, R. E. (2016, May 13). Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol. 45, pp. 1286–1295.

The influence of watershed characteristics on spatial patterns of trends in annual scale streamflow variability in the continental U.S.

Rice, J. S., Emanuel, R. E., & Vose, J. M. (2016, July 5). Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 540, pp. 850–860.

Variability in isotopic composition of base flow in two headwater streams of the southern Appalachians

Singh, N. K., Emanuel, R. E., & McGlynn, B. L. (2016, May 17). Water Resources Research, Vol. 52, pp. 4264–4279.

Watershed memory at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory: The effect of past precipitation and storage on hydrologic response

Nippgen, F., McGlynn, B. L., Emanuel, R. E., & Vose, J. M. (2016, February 5). Water Resources Research, Vol. 52, pp. 1673–1695.

Continental U.S. streamflow trends from 1940 to 2009 and their relationships with watershed spatial characteristics

Water Resources Research, 51(8), 6262–6275.

Influence of basin characteristics on the effectiveness and downstream reach of interbasin water transfers: displacing a problem

Emanuel, R. E., Buckley, J. J., Caldwell, P. V., McNulty, S. G., & Sun, G. (2015, December 1). Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 10.

Landscape Position Influences Microbial Composition and Function via Redistribution of Soil Water across a Watershed

Du, Z., Riveros-Iregui, D. A., Jones, R. T., McDermott, T. R., Dore, J. E., McGlynn, B. L., … Li, X. (2015, October 3). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 81, pp. 8457–8468.

Land–atmosphere carbon and water flux relationships to vapor pressure deficit, soil moisture, and stream flow

Mitchell, S. R., Emanuel, R. E., & McGlynn, B. L. (2015, May 21). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Vol. 208, pp. 108–117.

The spatial and temporal evolution of contributing areas

Nippgen, F., McGlynn, B. L., & Emanuel, R. E. (2015, May 12). Water Resources Research, Vol. 51, pp. 4550–4573.

A simple framework to estimate distributed soil temperature from discrete air temperature measurements in data-scarce regions

Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 119, pp. 407–417.

Ecohydrological flow networks in the subsurface

Band, L. E., McDonnell, J. J., Duncan, J. M., Barros, A., Bejan, A., Burt, T., … Troch, P. A. (2014, July 1). Ecohydrology, Vol. 7, pp. 1073–1078.

Landscape position and spatial patterns in the distribution of land use within the southern Appalachian Mountains

Rice, J. S., & Emanuel, R. E. (2014, April 24). Physical Geography, Vol. 35, pp. 443–457.

A simple framework to estimate distributed soil temperature from discrete air temperature measurements in data‐scarce regions

Liang, L. L., Riveros‐Iregui, D. A., Emanuel, R. E., & McGlynn, B. L. (2013, December 21). Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Vol. 119, pp. 407–417.

Vegetation and topographic influences on the connectivity of shallow groundwater between hillslopes and streams

Emanuel, R. E., Hazen, A. G., McGlynn, B. L., & Jencso, K. G. (2013, June 27). Ecohydrology, Vol. 7, pp. 887–895.