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Benjamin I. Cook is a researcher affiliated with the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with an emphasis on global and planetary change as well as atmospheric science.

The scientist has made significant contributions to several fields of study including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader fields, they specialize in areas such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Plant Science

Benjamin I. Cook's research topics frequently cover:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

The researcher has published extensively across various scientific journals. The most frequent venues for their work include:

  • Earth s Future
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Nature Communications
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Climate

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Twenty-First Century Drought Projections in the CMIP6 Forcing Scenarios" (2020) published in Earth s Future
  • "Large contribution from anthropogenic warming to an emerging North American megadrought" (2020) published in Science
  • "Rapid intensification of the emerging southwestern North American megadrought in 2020-2021" (2022) published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Soil moisture-atmosphere feedbacks mitigate declining water availability in drylands" (2021) published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Irrigation in the Earth system" (2023) published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Notable co-authors include:

  • Park Williams
  • Edward R. Cook
  • Sonali McDermid
  • Jason E. Smerdon
  • Kate Marvel

Best Publications

  • Unprecedented 21st century drought risk in the American Southwest and Central Plains

    Benjamin I. Cook;Benjamin I. Cook;Toby R. Ault;Jason E. Smerdon

  • Warming experiments underpredict plant phenological responses to climate change

    E. M. Wolkovich;B. I. Cook;B. I. Cook;J. M. Allen;T. M. Crimmins

  • Global warming and 21st century drying

    Benjamin I. Cook;Jason E. Smerdon;Richard Seager;Sloan John Coats

  • Twenty-First Century Drought Projections in the CMIP6 Forcing Scenarios

    B. I. Cook;B. I. Cook;J. S. Mankin;J. S. Mankin;K. Marvel;K. Marvel;A. P. Williams

  • Large contribution from anthropogenic warming to an emerging North American megadrought.

    A. Park Williams;Edward R. Cook;Jason E. Smerdon;Benjamin I. Cook;Benjamin I. Cook

  • Rapid intensification of the emerging southwestern North American megadrought in 2020–2021

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  • Contribution of anthropogenic warming to California drought during 2012–2014

    A. Park Williams;Richard Seager;John T. Abatzoglou;Benjamin I. Cook;Benjamin I. Cook

  • Climate Change and Drought: From Past to Future

    Benjamin I. Cook;Benjamin I. Cook;Justin S. Mankin;Justin S. Mankin;Kevin J. Anchukaitis

  • Land-atmosphere feedbacks exacerbate concurrent soil drought and atmospheric aridity.

    Sha Zhou;Sha Zhou;A. Park Williams;Alexis M. Berg;Benjamin I. Cook;Benjamin I. Cook

  • GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology.

    Maxwell Kelley;Gavin A. Schmidt;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Susanne E. Bauer

  • Assessing the evolving fragility of the global food system

    Michael Joseph Puma;Satyajit Bose;So Young Chon;Benjamin I. Cook

  • Predicting phenology by integrating ecology, evolution and climate science

    Stephanie Pau;Elizabeth M. Wolkovich;Benjamin I. Cook;T. Jonathan Davies

  • Spatiotemporal drought variability in the Mediterranean over the last 900 years.

    Benjamin I. Cook;Benjamin I. Cook;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Ramzi Touchan;David M. Meko

  • Effects of global irrigation on the near-surface climate

    William J. Sacks;Benjamin I. Cook;Benjamin I. Cook;Nikolaus Buenning;Samuel Levis

  • Amplification of the North American “Dust Bowl” drought through human-induced land degradation

    Benjamin I. Cook;Ronald L. Miller;Richard Seager

  • Divergent responses to spring and winter warming drive community level flowering trends

    Benjamin I. Cook;Elizabeth M. Wolkovich;Camille Parmesan

  • Projections of Declining Surface-Water Availability for the Southwestern United States

    Richard Seager;Mingfang Ting;Cuihua Li;Naomi H. Naik

  • Effects of irrigation on global climate during the 20th century

    M. J. Puma;M. J. Puma;B. I. Cook;B. I. Cook

  • Soil moisture–atmosphere feedbacks mitigate declining water availability in drylands

    Sha Zhou;A. Park Williams;Benjamin R. Lintner;Alexis M. Berg

  • Twentieth-century hydroclimate changes consistent with human influence

    Kate Marvel;Kate Marvel;Benjamin I. Cook;Céline J. W. Bonfils;Paul J. Durack

  • Using palaeo-climate comparisons to constrain future projections in CMIP5

    G. A. Schmidt;J. D. Annan;P. J. Bartlein;B. I. Cook

  • Warming experiments underpredict plant phenological responses to climate change

    E. Wolkovich;B. Cook

  • Contribution of anthropogenic warming to California drought during 2012-2015

    P. Williams;R. Seager;J. T. Abatzoglou;B. Cook

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Seager
Richard Seager Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Jason E. Smerdon
Jason E. Smerdon Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Edward R. Cook
Edward R. Cook Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
A. Park Williams
A. Park Williams Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Justin S. Mankin
Justin S. Mankin Dartmouth College
Elizabeth M. Wolkovich
Elizabeth M. Wolkovich University of British Columbia
Kevin J. Anchukaitis
Kevin J. Anchukaitis University of Arizona
Toby R. Ault
Toby R. Ault Cornell University
Ron L. Miller
Ron L. Miller Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Larissa Nazarenko
Larissa Nazarenko Goddard Institute for Space Studies

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