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Overview

A. D. McGuire is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research predominantly focuses on climate change and permafrost, alongside related subfields such as atmospheric science and cryospheric studies and observations.

The scientist's work spans several main topics, which include:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies

McGuire has been involved in publishing research in a variety of venues. Notable publication outlets include:

  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • The Cryosphere
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Ecological Applications
  • UNC Libraries

Recent publications by this scientist include:

  • "Permafrost carbon emissions in a changing Arctic" (2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)
  • "Soil moisture and hydrology projections of the permafrost region - a model intercomparison" (2020, The Cryosphere)
  • "Resilience and sensitivity of ecosystem carbon stocks to fire-regime change in Alaskan tundra" (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Assessing dynamic vegetation model parameter uncertainty across Alaskan arctic tundra plant communities" (2021, Ecological Applications)
  • "Twentieth-Century Droughts and Their Impacts on Terrestrial Carbon Cycling in China" (2021, UNC Libraries)

Frequent collaborators of A. D. McGuire include:

  • Hélène Genet
  • Kimberley Miner
  • Merritt R. Turetsky
  • Edward Malina
  • Annett Bartsch

Best Publications

  • A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World’s Forests

    Yude Pan;Richard A. Birdsey;Jingyun Fang;Jingyun Fang;Richard Houghton

  • Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback

    E. A. G. Schuur;A. D. McGuire;C. Schädel;C. Schädel;Guido Grosse

  • Global climate change and terrestrial net primary production

    Jerry M. Melillo;A. David McGuire;David W. Kicklighter;Berrien I.I.I. Moore

  • The carbon cycle and atmospheric CO2

    IC Prentice;GD Farquhar;Mjr Fasham;ML Goulden

  • Role of Land-Surface Changes in Arctic Summer Warming

    F. S. Chapin;M. Sturm;Mark C. Serreze;J.P. McFadden

  • Ecological Dynamics Across the Arctic Associated with Recent Climate Change

    Eric Post;Eric Post;Mads C. Forchhammer;M. Syndonia Bret-Harte;Terry V. Callaghan;Terry V. Callaghan

  • Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

    Jingjing Liang;Thomas W. Crowther;Nicolas Picard;Susan Wiser

  • Reconciling carbon-cycle concepts, terminology, and methods

    F. S. Chapin Iii;G. M. Woodwell;J. Randerson;E. B. Rastetter

  • Sensitivity of the carbon cycle in the Arctic to climate change

    A. David McGuire;Leif G. Anderson;Torben R. Christensen;Scott Dallimore

  • Carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere in the Twentieth Century: Analyses of CO2, climate and land use effects with four process‐based ecosystem models

    A.D. McGuire;S. Sitch;Joy S. Clein;R. Dargaville

  • Carbon release through abrupt permafrost thaw

    Merritt R. Turetsky;Merritt R. Turetsky;Benjamin W. Abbott;Miriam C. Jones;Katey Walter Anthony

  • Contribution of increasing CO2 and climate to carbon storage by ecosystems in the United States

    David S. Schimel;Jerry M. Melillo;Hanqin Tian;A. D. McGuire

  • Climate change and Arctic ecosystems: 2. Modeling, paleodata‐model comparisons, and future projections

    JO Kaplan;JO Kaplan;NH Bigelow;IC Prentice;SP Harrison;SP Harrison

  • Arctic and boreal ecosystems of western North America as components of the climate system

    F. S. Chapin Iii;A. D. McGuire;J. Randerson;Roger A. Pielke

  • Effect of interannual climate variability on carbon storage in Amazonian ecosystems

    Hanqin Tian;Jerry M. Melillo;David W. Kicklighter;A. David McGuire

  • Permafrost carbon emissions in a changing Arctic

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  • Interactions between carbon and nitrogen dynamics in estimating net primary productivity for potential vegetation in North America

    A. D. McGuire;J. M. Melillo;L. A. Joyce;D. W. Kicklighter

  • Multi-omics of permafrost, active layer and thermokarst bog soil microbiomes

    Jenni Hultman;Jenni Hultman;Mark P. Waldrop;Rachel Mackelprang;Rachel Mackelprang;Maude David

  • Circumpolar distribution and carbon storage of thermokarst landscapes

    D. Olefeldt;S. Goswami;Guido Grosse;D. Hayes

  • Shrinking ponds in subarctic Alaska based on 1950–2002 remotely sensed images

    Brian Riordan;David Verbyla;A. David McGuire

  • Assessing the response of area burned to changing climate in western boreal North America using a Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) approach

    Michael S. Balshi;Michael S. Balshi;A. David McGUIRE;Paul Duffy;Mike Flannigan

  • Evidence and Implications of Recent Climate Change in Northern Alaska and Other Arctic Regions

    L. D. Hinzman;N. Bettez;W. R. Bolton;F. S. Chapin

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry M. Melillo
Jerry M. Melillo Marine Biological Laboratory
David W. Kicklighter
David W. Kicklighter Marine Biological Laboratory
Jennifer W. Harden
Jennifer W. Harden United States Geological Survey
Merritt R. Turetsky
Merritt R. Turetsky University of Colorado Boulder
Qianlai Zhuang
Qianlai Zhuang Purdue University West Lafayette
Daniel J. Hayes
Daniel J. Hayes University of Maine
Vladimir E. Romanovsky
Vladimir E. Romanovsky University of Alaska Fairbanks
Eugénie S. Euskirchen
Eugénie S. Euskirchen University of Alaska Fairbanks
Eric S. Kasischke
Eric S. Kasischke University of Maryland, College Park
Edward A. G. Schuur
Edward A. G. Schuur Northern Arizona University

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