Recent Works
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2025 journal article
Impacts of drought on respiratory mortality in the upper midwest United States: a population subgroup assessment
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH: HEALTH, 3(2).
2025 article
Projected changes in rare extreme precipitation design values in the United States due to global warming
Kunkel, K. E., Sun, X., & Sun, L. (2025, April 25). FRONTIERS OF EARTH SCIENCE.
2025 journal article
Spatial inequities in greenspace: a spatial durbin model analyzing socio-demographic factors, heat risk, and neighborhood effects
GEOJOURNAL, 90(2).
2025 journal article
Eco-anxiety, climate concern, and fatalistic outlooks: Insights from U.S. crisis text conversations on climate distress
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH, 22.

2025 journal article
Mapping maternity care deserts: Driving distance and health outcomes in North Carolina
JOURNAL OF RURAL HEALTH, 41(2).
2025 journal article
Mental health disparities among maternal populations following heatwave exposure in North Carolina (2011-2019): a matched analysis
LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-AMERICAS, 42.
2025 journal article
Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature, Version 6 (ERSSTv6). Part I: An Artificial Neural Network Approach
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 38(4), 1105–1121.
Ed(s): Y. Rao n

2025 journal article
Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature, Version 6 (ERSSTv6). Part II: Upgrades on Quality Control and Large-Scale Filter
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 38(4), 1123–1136.
Ed(s): Y. Rao n

2025 journal article
Navigating complex waters: Designing a process for the development of the National Climate Assessment
CLIMATIC CHANGE, 178(3).
2025 journal article
Understanding the organizing scales of winter flood hydroclimatology and the associated drivers over the coterminous United States
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY X, 27.
2025 journal article
Speciation of Trace Metals in the Bottom Sediments of the Mozhaisk Reservoir and the Moskva River
WATER, 17(3).
2025 article
A small area analysis of acute exposure to temperatures and mental health in North Carolina
Ryan, S. C., Wertis, L., Sugg, M. M., & Runkle, J. D. (2025, February 4). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY, Vol. 2.
Contributors: S. Ryan *, L. Wertis *, M. Sugg * & J. Runkle n
2025 journal article
Ten simple rules for good model-sharing practices
PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY, 21(1).
2025 review
Improving the reproducibility in geoscientific papers: lessons learned from a Hackathon in climate science
[Review of ]. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SCIENCE, 4.
2024 journal article
Advancing Understanding on Greenspace and Mental Health in Young People
GeoHealth, 8(3).
Contributors: S. Ryan *, M. Sugg *, J. Runkle* & B. Thapa *
2024 article
Eco-Anxiety, Climate Concern, and Fatalistic Outlooks: Insights from U.S. Crisis Text Conversations on Climate Distress
SSRN. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85201131446&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Contributors: J. Runkle , K. Herbst, S. Ryan, K. Sewell, A. Mallare, I. Berry, E. Getz, M. Thompson, M. Sugg, A. McKee
2024 journal article
Examining recurrent hurricane exposure and psychiatric morbidity in Medicaid-insured pregnant populations
PLOS Mental Health.
Ed(s): P. Raile

2024 journal article
Place-Based Differences in the Association Between Greenspace and Suicide-Related Outcomes Among Young People
Journal of Adolescent Health, 75(2), 305–313.
Contributors: S. Ryan *, J. Runkle* , L. Wertis * & M. Sugg *
2024 review
Preventing heat-related deaths: The urgent need for a global early warning system for heat
(C. Cartalis, Ed.) [Review of ]. PLOS CLIMATE, 3(7).
Contributors: C. Brimicombe *, J. Runkle n , C. Tuholske *, D. Domeisen *, C. Gao *, J. Toftum *, I. Otto *
Ed(s): C. Cartalis
2025 journal article
Examining hurricane exposure on neonatal outcomes in North Carolina: A case study of hurricane Isabel in 2003
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, 116.
Contributors: T. Spurlock, D. Guignet, J. Runkle* & M. Sugg
2024 journal article
Structural influences on psychiatric emergency department visits among racial and ethnic minority youth in North Carolina: A neighborhood-level analysis
HEALTH & PLACE, 90.
Contributors: M. Sugg *, S. Ryan *, S. Ulrich *, J. Runkle n & M. Thompson *
2024 journal article
Spatiotemporal patterns of youth isolation and loneliness in the US: a geospatial analysis of Crisis Text Line data (2016-2022)
GEOJOURNAL, 89(6).
Contributors: C. Lucero*, M. Sugg *, S. Ryan *, J. Runkle n & M. Thompson *

2024 journal article
A rapid response process for evaluating causes of extreme temperature events in the United States: The 2023 Texas/Louisiana heat wave as a prototype
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH-CLIMATE, 3(4).
2024 journal article
The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season: An Above-Normal Season despite Strong El Nino Conditions
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 105(9), e1644–e1661.

2024 journal article
Impacts of compounding drought and heatwave events on child mental health: insights from a spatial clustering analysis
DISCOVER MENTAL HEALTH, 4(1).
