Research Publications

Tackling complex environmental problems requires both technological and socio-cultural innovation. Life-cycle assessment methods rigorously and systematically analyze the environmental impacts of prod...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning (DL) models are effective tools for simulating reservoir operations by representing nonlinear relationships among reservoir states, hydrological and clim...

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is culminating in the structural transformation of the global workforce. As AI moves to decouple formal employment from economic growth, we may be witnessing t...

Kelleher et al. (2026, https://doi.org/10.1029/2025wr041736) provide a timely synthesis of undergraduate hydrology syllabi and offer a path forward for modernizing hydrology education, with thoug...

The National Water Model (NWM) has undergone several updates since its inception. The performance of its latest release, version 3.0, has yet to be comprehensively evaluated. This study presents the f...

The future of water storage dynamics in lakes around the world is increasingly uncertain due to a changing climate and evolving anthropogenic demands. Now, more than ever, it is necessary to quantify ...

Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles are a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States and globally. Batteries and fuel cells can play a critical role in decarbonizing this sector. ...

Envenomation is a complex process involving multi-physics interactions between the fang, the liquid venom, and the tissue of the target. Direct measurements of how fang shape modulates in-wound venom ...

Rooftop solar photovoltaics are important in generating electricity from renewable sources, yet estimates of its potential vary widely because of inconsistent definitions and measurements. Moreover, a...

Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is projected to raise global battery demand and pose sustainability challenges driven by the demand for critical minerals, energy-intensive and costly production, and en...

We evaluated 28 drill-tested North American (NA) rare earth element (REE) deposits and their suitability for commercialization to supply domestic end-use demand. Tonnages and grades (total rare earth ...

Air-source heat pumps (ASHPs) provide high-efficiency electric space heating and play an important role in residential decarbonization. In cold climates, low outdoor temperatures reduce ASHP efficienc...

Urban informality scholarship is concerned with injustice and antidemocratic practices. It addresses these issues by engaging with and critiquing urban displacement, inequality, and exclusionary gover...

Clean hydrogen is a promising decarbonization pathway, yet it continues to face a chicken-and-egg problem where high costs and sparse infrastructure have not aligned with demand. To better coordinate ...

This article, the ninth in the series, presents kinetic and photochemical data sheets evaluated by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Task Group on Atmospheric Chemical...

Climate change is fueling more frequent and severe droughts, with growing consequences for water security, food production, biodiversity, and ecological wellbeing. Yet responses remain too often react...

This essay considers the political potential of informality as a force for challenging authoritarianism and creating more equal and democratic outcomes. Building on Bandauko's concept of ‘subaltern su...

As solar capacity grows in the United States, there are increasing concerns about managing End-of-Life (EoL) photovoltaic (PV) modules. Circularity through reuse and recycling aims to reduce EoL manag...

This capstone project evaluated the technical and economic feasibility of producing hydrogen for return-to-base trucking in Southeast Michigan. Two hydrogen production pathways were studied: green hyd...

Urban agriculture (UA) is frequently promoted as a pathway to improve urban sustainability, food security, and resilience, yet cross-city evidence on its scalable, system-wide impacts remains limited ...

Urbanization drives global socio-spatial transformation. Informality is central to this transformation, but is treated as a peripheral process on the margins of cities and economies. Informality is of...

This article examines the securitization of the Marange diamond industry in Zimbabwe, arguing that it represents a deliberate political strategy to engineer an “architecture of opacity” for regime sur...