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Natalie M. Mahowald

Natalie M. Mahowald

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Best Female Scientists
2025
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Environmental Sciences
USA
2026

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
111
Citations
53068
World Ranking
843
National Ranking
510

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
115
Citations
57848
World Ranking
157
National Ranking
72

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award

Overview

Natalie M. Mahowald is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their scholarly work spans 91 publications in Earth and Planetary Sciences and 90 in Environmental Science, with substantial emphasis on Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science.

Their research focuses on several key topics, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

Mahowald has published multiple papers across prominent scientific journals. Recent notable publications are:

  • "Constraining the atmospheric limb of the plastic cycle," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine-atmosphere environment," 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Contribution of the world's main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust," 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Mineral dust aerosol impacts on global climate and climate change," 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Improved representation of the global dust cycle using observational constraints on dust properties and abundance," 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Douglas S. Hamilton
  • Longlei Li
  • Jasper F. Kok
  • Carlos Pérez García-Pando
  • Martina Klose

Mahowald's research is also disseminated through regular contributions to leading venues such as:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Best Publications

  • Global Iron Connections Between Desert Dust, Ocean Biogeochemistry, and Climate

    T. Jickells;Z An;K.K. Andersen;A.R. Baker

  • The Community Earth System Model: A Framework for Collaborative Research

    James W. Hurrell;M. M. Holland;P. R. Gent;S. Ghan

  • Historical (1850–2000) gridded anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions of reactive gases and aerosols: methodology and application

    J.-F. Lamarque;T. C. Bond;V. Eyring;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;Claire Granier

  • Processes and patterns of oceanic nutrient limitation

    C. M. Moore;M. M. Mills;K. R. Arrigo;I. Berman-Frank

  • Technical Description of version 4.0 of the Community Land Model (CLM)

    W. Oleson;M. Lawrence;B. Bonan;G. Flanner

  • Atmospheric global dust cycle and iron inputs to the ocean

    Natalie M. Mahowald;Alex R. Baker;Gilles Bergametti;Nick Brooks

  • Global review and synthesis of trends in observed terrestrial near-surface wind speeds; implications for evaporation

    Tim R. McVicar;Michael L. Roderick;Randall J. Donohue;Ling Tao Li

  • Global dust model intercomparison in AeroCom phase I

    N. Huneeus;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski;J. Griesfeller

  • Impacts of 1.5°C Global Warming on Natural and Human Systems

    O. Hoegh-Guldberg;D. Jacob;M. Bindi;S. Brown

  • A global assessment of precipitation chemistry and deposition of sulfur, nitrogen, sea salt, base cations, organic acids, acidity and pH, and phosphorus

    Robert Vet;Richard S. Artz;Silvina Carou;Mike Shaw

  • Toward a Minimal Representation of Aerosols in Climate Models: Description and Evaluation in the Community Atmosphere Model CAM5

    Xiaohong Liu;Richard C. Easter;Steven J. Ghan;Rahul A. Zaveri

  • Global distribution of atmospheric phosphorus sources, concentrations and deposition rates, and anthropogenic impacts

    Natalie Mahowald;Timothy D. Jickells;Alex R. Baker;Paulo Artaxo

  • Technical Summary: Global warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty

    M. Allen;P. Antwi-Agyei;F. Aragon-Durand;M. Babiker

  • Dust sources and deposition during the last glacial maximum and current climate: A comparison of model results with paleodata from ice cores and marine sediments

    Natalie Mahowald;Karen Kohfeld;Margaret Hansson;Yves Balkanski

  • Influence of carbon‐nitrogen cycle coupling on land model response to CO2 fertilization and climate variability

    Peter E. Thornton;Jean-François Lamarque;Nan A. Rosenbloom;Natalie M. Mahowald

  • Change in atmospheric mineral aerosols in response to climate: Last glacial period, preindustrial, modern, and doubled carbon dioxide climates

    Natalie M. Mahowald;Daniel R. Muhs;Samuel Levis;Philip J. Rasch

  • The size distribution of desert dust aerosols and its impact on the Earth system

    Natalie Mahowald;Samuel Albani;Jasper F. Kok;Jasper F. Kok;Sebastian Engelstaeder

  • Atmospheric Iron Deposition: Global Distribution, Variability, and Human Perturbations*

    Natalie M. Mahowald;Sebastian Engelstaedter;Chao Luo;Andrea Sealy

  • What caused the glacial/interglacial atmospheric pCO2 cycles?

    David Archer;Arne Winguth;David Lea;Natalie Mahowald

  • Springtime warming and reduced snow cover from carbonaceous particles

    M. G. Flanner;C. S. Zender;P. G. Hess;P. G. Hess;N. M. Mahowald;N. M. Mahowald

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel Albani
Samuel Albani University of Milano-Bicocca
Scott C. Doney
Scott C. Doney University of Virginia
Peter Hess
Peter Hess Cornell University
Alex R. Baker
Alex R. Baker University of East Anglia
Jasper F. Kok
Jasper F. Kok University of California, Los Angeles
James T. Randerson
James T. Randerson University of California, Irvine
Keith Lindsay
Keith Lindsay National Center for Atmospheric Research
Ron L. Miller
Ron L. Miller Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Charles S. Zender
Charles S. Zender University of California, Irvine
Robert A. Duce
Robert A. Duce Texas A&M University

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