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Joseph Holden is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and specializes in environmental science, with a focus on several subfields including ecology, global and planetary change, soil science, water science and technology, and atmospheric science. Their research spans a range of topics related to ecosystem dynamics and environmental processes.

The primary topics of Joseph Holden's work include:

  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Joseph Holden has contributed extensively to academic literature, with numerous publications appearing in key journals. Frequent venues for their research include:

  • Hydrological Processes
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Water Resources Research
  • One Earth

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Overriding water table control on managed peatland greenhouse gas emissions, 2021, Nature
  • Evaluating impact from research: A methodological framework, 2021, Research Policy
  • Doubling of annual forest carbon loss over the tropics during the early twenty-first century, 2022, Nature Sustainability
  • Rewetting global wetlands effectively reduces major greenhouse gas emissions, 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • Upward expansion and acceleration of forest clearance in the mountains of Southeast Asia, 2021, Nature Sustainability

Their research network includes frequent collaboration with the following co-authors:

  • Pippa J. Chapman
  • Lee E. Brown
  • Dominick V. Spracklen
  • Zhenzhong Zeng
  • Richard Grayson

Best Publications

  • Peatlands and the carbon cycle: from local processes to global implications - a synthesis

    J. Limpens;F. Berendse;Christian Blodau;J. G. Canadell

  • PEATMAP: Refining estimates of global peatland distribution based on a meta-analysis

    Jiren Xu;Paul J. Morris;Junguo Liu;Junguo Liu;Joseph Holden

  • Artificial drainage of peatlands: hydrological and hydrochemical process and wetland restoration

    J. Holden;P. J. Chapman;J. C. Labadz

  • Peatland hydrology and carbon release: why small-scale process matters

    Joseph Holden

  • The storage and aging of continental runoff in large reservoir systems of the world

    C.J. Voeroesmarty;K.P. Sharma;B.M. Fekete;A.H. Copeland

  • How Wetlands Affect Floods

    Michael C. Acreman;Joseph Holden

  • Overriding water table control on managed peatland greenhouse gas emissions.

    C. D. Evans;M. Peacock;A. J. Baird;R. R. E. Artz

  • Land use change impacts on floods at the catchment scale : challenges and opportunities for future research

    M. Rogger;M. Agnoletti;A. Alaoui;J.C. Bathurst

  • A restatement of the natural science evidence concerning catchment-based 'natural' flood management in the UK.

    Simon J. Dadson;Jim W. Hall;Anna Murgatroyd;Mike Acreman

  • Environmental change in moorland landscapes.

    J. Holden;L. Shotbolt;A. Bonn;T. P. Burt

  • Runoff generation and water table fluctuations in blanket peat: evidence from UK data spanning the dry summer of 1995

    M.G. Evans;T.P. Burt;J. Holden;J.K. Adamson

  • Impact of land drainage on peatland hydrology

    J. Holden;M. G. Evans;T. P. Burt;M. Horton

  • Drain blocking: an effective treatment for reducing dissolved organic carbon loss and water discolouration in a drained peatland.

    Zoe E. Wallage;Joseph Holden;Adrian T. McDonald

  • Learning from Doing Participatory Rural Research: Lessons from the Peak District National Park

    A J Dougill;E.D.G. Fraser;J. Holden;K Hubacek

  • Runoff production in blanket peat covered catchments

    Joseph Holden;Tim P. Burt

  • Hydrological studies on blanket peat: the significance of the acrotelm‐catotelm model

    J. Holden;T. P. Burt

  • Doubling of annual forest carbon loss over the tropics during the early twenty-first century

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  • Northward shift of the agricultural climate zone under 21st-century global climate change.

    Myron King;Daniel Altdorff;Pengfei Li;Lakshman Galagedara

  • Peatlands and Climate Change

    Fred Worrall;Pippa Chapman;Joseph Holden;Chris Evans

  • Piping and pipeflow in a deep peat catchment

    J Holden;T.P Burt

  • Cross-scale monitoring and assessment of land degradation and sustainable land management: A methodological framework for knowledge management

    M. S. Reed;M. Buenemann;J. Atlhopheng;M. Akhtar-Schuster

  • Learning from doing participatoryrural research: lessons from thePeak District National Park

    A. J. Dougill;E. D. G. Fraser;J. Holden;K. Hubacek

Frequent Co-Authors

Pippa J. Chapman
Pippa J. Chapman University of Leeds
Andrew Baird
Andrew Baird University of California, San Diego
Lee E. Brown
Lee E. Brown University of Leeds
Tim Burt
Tim Burt Durham University
Fred Worrall
Fred Worrall Durham University
Martin Evans
Martin Evans University of Manchester
Mike Kirkby
Mike Kirkby University of Leeds
Aletta Bonn
Aletta Bonn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Mark Reed
Mark Reed Scotland's Rural College
Michael F. Billett
Michael F. Billett University of Stirling

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