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Charles J. Vörösmarty

Charles J. Vörösmarty

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
91
Citations
63175
World Ranking
548
National Ranking
247

Overview

Charles J. Vörösmarty is affiliated with the City College of New York in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on the Water Science and Technology subfield, with additional contributions to Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics of Vörösmarty's work include:

  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Vörösmarty demonstrate engagement with high-impact scientific outlets and diverse environmental issues. Notable papers include:

  • "Global water resources and the role of groundwater in a resilient water future," 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Earth's sediment cycle during the Anthropocene," 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Which crop has the highest bioethanol yield in the United States?" 2023, Frontiers in Energy Research
  • "Author Correction: Global water resources and the role of groundwater in a resilient water future," 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "The C-FEWS framework: Supporting studies of climate-induced extremes on food, energy, and water systems at the regional scale," 2023, Frontiers in Environmental Science

Vörösmarty's frequent coauthors include:

  • Anthony D. Cak
  • Tzu-Shun Lin
  • Donald J. Wuebbles
  • David Danko
  • Christopher E. Mason

Their publications are often found in journals such as Frontiers in Environmental Science, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Frontiers in Energy Research, Watershed Ecology and the Environment, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity

    Charles J. Vorosmarty;Peter B. McIntyre;Peter B. McIntyre;M. O. Gessner;D. Dudgeon

  • Nitrogen cycles: past, present, and future

    J. N. Galloway;F. J. Dentener;D. G. Capone;E. W. Boyer

  • Global Water Resources: Vulnerability from Climate Change and Population Growth

    Charles J. Vorosmarty;Pamela Green;Joseph E. Salisbury;Richard B. Lammers

  • Impact of Humans on the Flux of Terrestrial Sediment to the Global Coastal Ocean

    James P. M. Syvitski;James P. M. Syvitski;James P. M. Syvitski;Charles J. Vörösmarty;Charles J. Vörösmarty;Charles J. Vörösmarty;Albert J. Kettner;Albert J. Kettner;Albert J. Kettner;Pamela Green;Pamela Green;Pamela Green

  • Global climate change and terrestrial net primary production

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

  • Sinking deltas due to human activities

    James P. M. Syvitski;Albert J. Kettner;Irina Overeem;Eric W. H. Hutton

  • High‐resolution mapping of the world's reservoirs and dams for sustainable river‐flow management

    Bernhard Lehner;Catherine Reidy Liermann;Carmen Revenga;Charles Vörösmarty

  • Increasing river discharge to the Arctic Ocean

    Bruce J Peterson;Robert M Holmes;James W McClelland;Charles J Vörösmarty

  • Anthropogenic sediment retention: major global impact from registered river impoundments

    Charles J Vörösmarty;Michel Meybeck;Balázs Fekete;Keshav Sharma

  • Effective sea-level rise and deltas: Causes of change and human dimension implications

    Jason P. Ericson;Charles J. Vörösmarty;S. Lawrence Dingman;Larry G. Ward

  • Potential Net Primary Productivity in South America: Application of a Global Model

    James W. Raich;E. B. Rastetter;J. M. Melillo;D. W. Kicklighter

  • Global water resources and the role of groundwater in a resilient water future

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  • Anthropogenic Disturbance of the Terrestrial Water Cycle

    Charles J. Vörösmarty;Dork Sahagian

  • High-resolution fields of global runoff combining observed river discharge and simulated water balances

    Balázs M. Fekete;Charles J. Vörösmarty;Wolfgang Grabs

  • Profiling risk and sustainability in coastal deltas of the world

    Z. D. Tessler;C. J. Vörösmarty;C. J. Vörösmarty;M. Grossberg;I. Gladkova

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

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

  • 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

  • Potential evaporation functions compared on US watersheds: Possible implications for global-scale water balance and terrestrial ecosystem modeling

    Charles J. Vorosmarty;C. A. Federer;Annette L. Schloss

  • Earth’s sediment cycle during the Anthropocene

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  • Continental-scale models of water balance and fluvial transport: An application to South America

    Charles J. Vörösmarty;Berrien Moore;Annette L. Grace;M. Patricia Gildea

  • Erratum: Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity

    C. J. Vörösmarty;P. B. McIntyre;M. O. Gessner;D. Dudgeon

  • Impact of Humans on the Flux of Terrestrial Sediment to the Global Coastal Ocean

    J. P. Syvitski;C. Vorosmarty;A. J. Kettner

Frequent Co-Authors

Balázs M. Fekete
Balázs M. Fekete City College of New York
Richard B. Lammers
Richard B. Lammers University of New Hampshire
Wilfred M. Wollheim
Wilfred M. Wollheim University of New Hampshire
Berrien Moore
Berrien Moore University of Oklahoma
Alexander I. Shiklomanov
Alexander I. Shiklomanov University of New Hampshire
James P. M. Syvitski
James P. M. Syvitski University of Colorado Boulder
Jerry M. Melillo
Jerry M. Melillo Marine Biological Laboratory
Steve Frolking
Steve Frolking University of New Hampshire
David W. Kicklighter
David W. Kicklighter Marine Biological Laboratory
Bruce J. Peterson
Bruce J. Peterson Marine Biological Laboratory

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