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Overview

Thomas A. Douglas is affiliated with the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The main topics covered by Douglas's work include:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Douglas has published multiple research papers, with notable recent works as follows:

  • Impact of wildfire on permafrost landscapes: A review of recent advances and future prospects, 2020, Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
  • Increased rainfall stimulates permafrost thaw across a variety of Interior Alaskan boreal ecosystems, 2020, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Arctic mercury cycling, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Climate change and mercury in the Arctic: Abiotic interactions, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Minding Rights: Mapping Ethical and Legal Foundations of 'Neurorights', 2023, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

The frequent venues for Douglas's publications include:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Douglas's collaborations often involve a group of frequent coauthors, among whom are Robyn A. Barbato, Amanda Barker, M. Torre Jorgenson, Merritt R. Turetsky, and Caiyun Zhang.

Best Publications

  • A synthesis of atmospheric mercury depletion event chemistry in the atmosphere and snow

    A. Steffen;T. Douglas;M. Amyot;P. Ariya

  • Changing snow and shrub conditions affect albedo with global implications

    Matthew Sturm;Tom Douglas;Charles Racine;Glen E. Liston

  • Mass-independent fractionation of mercury isotopes in Arctic snow driven by sunlight

    Laura S. Sherman;Joel D. Blum;Kelsey P. Johnson;Gerald J. Keeler

  • Photochemical production of molecular bromine in Arctic surface snowpacks

    Kerri A. Pratt;Kyle D. Custard;Paul B. Shepson;Thomas A. Douglas

  • Reviews and syntheses: Changing ecosystem influences on soil thermal regimes in northern high-latitude permafrost regions

    Michael M. Loranty;Benjamin W. Abbott;Daan Blok;Thomas A. Douglas

  • Impact of wildfire on permafrost landscapes: A review of recent advances and future prospects

    Jean E. Holloway;Antoni G. Lewkowicz;Thomas A. Douglas;Xiaoying Li

  • Arctic mercury cycling

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  • First-year sea-ice contact predicts bromine monoxide (BrO) levels at Barrow, Alaska better than potential frost flower contact

    W. R. Simpson;D. Carlson;G. Hönninger;G. Hönninger;T. A. Douglas

  • Microbial survival strategies in ancient permafrost: insights from metagenomics

    Rachel Mackelprang;Alexander Burkert;Monica Haw;Tara Mahendrarajah

  • Interactive effects of wildfire and climate on permafrost degradation in Alaskan lowland forests

    Dana R. N. Brown;M. Torre Jorgenson;Thomas A. Douglas;Vladimir E. Romanovsky;Vladimir E. Romanovsky

  • Halogens in the coastal snow pack near Barrow, Alaska: Evidence for active bromine air-snow chemistry during springtime

    William R. Simpson;Laura Alvarez-Aviles;Thomas A. Douglas;Matthew Sturm

  • The fate of mercury in Arctic terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, a review

    Thomas A. Douglas;Lisa L. Loseto;Robie W. Macdonald;Peter Outridge

  • Rate of decrease of the specific surface area of dry snow: Isothermal and temperature gradient conditions

    Anne-Sophie Taillandier;Florent Domine;William R. Simpson;Matthew Sturm

  • Increased rainfall stimulates permafrost thaw across a variety of Interior Alaskan boreal ecosystems

    Thomas A. Douglas;Merritt R. Turetsky;Charles D. Koven

  • Arctic haze, mercury and the chemical composition of snow across northwestern Alaska

    Thomas A Douglas;Matthew Sturm

  • Widespread global peatland establishment and persistence over the last 130,000 y

    Claire C. Treat;Claire C. Treat;Thomas Kleinen;Nils Broothaerts;April S. Dalton

  • Climate change and mercury in the Arctic: Abiotic interactions.

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  • Influence of Snow and Ice Crystal Formation and Accumulation on Mercury Deposition to the Arctic

    Thomas A. Douglas;Matthew Sturm;William R. Simpson;Joel D Blum

  • Convective forcing of mercury and ozone in the Arctic boundary layer induced by leads in sea ice

    Christopher W. Moore;Daniel Obrist;Alexandra Steffen;Ralf M. Staebler

  • The chemical composition of surface snow in the Arctic: Examining marine, terrestrial, and atmospheric influences

    Laura Krnavek;William R. Simpson;Daniel Carlson;Florent Domine;Florent Domine

  • Changes in the Active, Dead, and Dormant Microbial Community Structure across a Pleistocene Permafrost Chronosequence.

    Alexander Burkert;Thomas A. Douglas;Mark P. Waldrop;Rachel Mackelprang

  • Phylogenetic analysis of bacteria preserved in a permafrost ice wedge for 25,000 years.

    Taiki Katayama;Michiko Tanaka;Jun Moriizumi;Toshio Nakamura

  • Elevated mercury measured in snow and frost flowers near Arctic sea ice leads

    T. A. Douglas;M. Sturm;W. R. Simpson;S. Brooks

  • Frost flower chemical composition during growth and its implications for aerosol production and bromine activation

    Laura Alvarez-Aviles;William R. Simpson;Thomas A. Douglas;Matthew Sturm

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew Sturm
Matthew Sturm University of Alaska Fairbanks
Florent Domine
Florent Domine Université Laval
Alexandra Steffen
Alexandra Steffen Environment and Climate Change Canada
Andrew D. Jacobson
Andrew D. Jacobson Northwestern University
James W. McClelland
James W. McClelland The University of Texas at Austin
Donald K. Perovich
Donald K. Perovich Dartmouth College
Paul B. Shepson
Paul B. Shepson Stony Brook University
Joel D. Blum
Joel D. Blum University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Laodong Guo
Laodong Guo University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Kerri A. Pratt
Kerri A. Pratt University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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