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Overview

Toby R. Ault is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States, working primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research contributions are distributed across multiple subfields, notably Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Ecology, among others.

Their work has appeared frequently in several academic journals, including major publication venues such as Science, Journal of Climate, Geophysical Research Letters, Nature Climate Change, and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. The concentration of publications in these journals indicates a focus on topics related to climate and environmental systems.

Among the central topics covered by Ault's research are:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authorship with researchers such as Xiaolu Li, Carlos M. Carrillo, Dimitris A. Herrera, Colin P. Evans, and Flavio Lehner.

Selected recent publications illustrating the scientist's research focus include:

  • "Insights from Earth system model initial-condition large ensembles and future prospects," 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • "On the essentials of drought in a changing climate," 2020, Science
  • "Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene," 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "No consistent ENSO response to volcanic forcing over the last millennium," 2020, Science
  • "Soil Moisture Conditions Determine Land-Atmosphere Coupling and Drought Risk in the Northeastern United States," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

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

  • The Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Revisited

    Matthew Newman;Matthew Newman;Michael A. Alexander;Toby R. Ault;Kim M. Cobb

  • Warming experiments underpredict plant phenological responses to climate change

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

  • Insights from Earth system model initial-condition large ensembles and future prospects

    Clara Deser;Flavio Lehner;Keith B. Rodgers;Toby R. Ault

  • The Historical Impact of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Global Agricultural Productivity

    Ariel Ortiz-Bobea;Toby R. Ault;Carlos M. Carrillo;Robert G. Chambers

  • Anthropogenic climate change has slowed global agricultural productivity growth

    Ariel Ortiz-Bobea;Toby R. Ault;Carlos M. Carrillo;Robert G. Chambers

  • On the essentials of drought in a changing climate

    Toby R. Ault

  • Assessing the Risk of Persistent Drought Using Climate Model Simulations and Paleoclimate Data

    Toby R. Ault;Julia E. Cole;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Gregory T. Pederson

  • Mid-latitude net precipitation decreased with Arctic warming during the Holocene.

    Cody C. Routson;Nicholas P. McKay;Darrell S. Kaufman;Michael P. Erb

  • Phylogenetic conservatism in plant phenology

    T. Jonathan Davies;Elizabeth M. Wolkovich;Nathan J. B. Kraft;Nicolas Salamin;Nicolas Salamin

  • Relative impacts of mitigation, temperature, and precipitation on 21st-century megadrought risk in the American Southwest.

    Toby R. Ault;Justin S. Mankin;Benjamin I. Cook;Jason E. Smerdon

  • Unpacking the climatic drivers of US agricultural yields

    Ariel Ortiz-Bobea;Haoying Wang;Carlos M Carrillo;Toby R Ault

  • Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene

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  • Climatic Controls on the Snowmelt Hydrology of the Northern Rocky Mountains

    Gregory T. Pederson;Gregory T. Pederson;Stephen T. Gray;Toby Ault;Wendy Marsh

  • Comparing proxy and model estimates of hydroclimate variability and change over the Common Era

    Jason E. Smerdon;Jurg Luterbacher;Steven J. Phipps;Kevin J. Anchukaitis

  • Sensitivity of Spring Phenology to Warming Across Temporal and Spatial Climate Gradients in Two Independent Databases

    Benjamin I. Cook;Benjamin I. Cook;Elizabeth M. Wolkovich;Elizabeth M. Wolkovich;T. Jonathan Davies;Toby R. Ault

  • Spring onset variations and trends in the continental United States: past and regional assessment using temperature‐based indices

    Mark D. Schwartz;Toby R. Ault;Julio L. Betancourt

  • The Continuum of Hydroclimate Variability in Western North America during the Last Millennium

    Toby R. Ault;Julia E. Cole;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Gregory T. Pederson

  • Comparison of observed and simulated tropical climate trends using a forward model of coral δ18O

    D. M. Thompson;T. R. Ault;M. N. Evans;M. N. Evans;J. E. Cole

  • No consistent ENSO response to volcanic forcing over the last millennium

    Sylvia G. Dee;Kim M. Cobb;Julien Emile-Geay;Toby R. Ault

  • The imprint of climate within Northern Hemisphere trees

    Scott St. George;Toby R. Ault

  • Relative outcomes of climate change mitigation related to global temperature versus sea-level rise

    Gerald A Meehl;Aixue Hu;Claudia Tebaldi;Julie Michelle Arblaster;Julie Michelle Arblaster

Frequent Co-Authors

Julia E. Cole
Julia E. Cole University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Benjamin I. Cook
Benjamin I. Cook Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Mark D. Schwartz
Mark D. Schwartz University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Julien Emile-Geay
Julien Emile-Geay University of Southern California
Julio L. Betancourt
Julio L. Betancourt United States Geological Survey
Jason E. Smerdon
Jason E. Smerdon Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Justin S. Mankin
Justin S. Mankin Dartmouth College
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Jonathan T. Overpeck University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John T. Fasullo
John T. Fasullo National Center for Atmospheric Research
Clara Deser
Clara Deser National Center for Atmospheric Research

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