Connor Nolan
Physical Science Research Scientist
Policy Institutes
Academic Appointments
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Physical Science Research Scientist, Policy Institutes
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Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Professional Education
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Ph.D, University of Arizona, Geosciences (2019)
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B.S., Iowa State University, Mathematics (2012)
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B.S, Iowa State University, Biology (2012)
All Publications
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The future of ecosystem assessments is automation, collaboration, and artificial intelligence
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2023; 18 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/acab19
View details for Web of Science ID 000907705100001
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Fire effects on the persistence of soil organic matter and long-term carbon storage
NATURE GEOSCIENCE
2021
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41561-021-00867-1
View details for Web of Science ID 000734148700002
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A latest Pleistocene and Holocene composite tephrostratigraphic framework for northeastern North America
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
2021; 272
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107242
View details for Web of Science ID 000731926500001
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Constraints and enablers for increasing carbon storage in the terrestrial biosphere
NATURE REVIEWS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
2021
View details for DOI 10.1038/s43017-021-00166-8
View details for Web of Science ID 000652469900001
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Pollen-based climate reconstruction techniques for late Quaternary studies
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
2020; 210
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103384
View details for Web of Science ID 000588283400033
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PREDICTING PALEOCLIMATE FROM COMPOSITIONAL DATA USING MULTIVARIATE GAUSSIAN PROCESS INVERSE PREDICTION
ANNALS OF APPLIED STATISTICS
2019; 13 (4): 2363–88
View details for DOI 10.1214/19-AOAS1281
View details for Web of Science ID 000509780500015
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Comparing and improving methods for reconstructing peatland water-table depth from testate amoebae
HOLOCENE
2019; 29 (8): 1350–61
View details for DOI 10.1177/0959683619846969
View details for Web of Science ID 000479265000008
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Past and future global transformation of terrestrial ecosystems under climate change
SCIENCE
2018; 361 (6405): 920–23
Abstract
Impacts of global climate change on terrestrial ecosystems are imperfectly constrained by ecosystem models and direct observations. Pervasive ecosystem transformations occurred in response to warming and associated climatic changes during the last glacial-to-interglacial transition, which was comparable in magnitude to warming projected for the next century under high-emission scenarios. We reviewed 594 published paleoecological records to examine compositional and structural changes in terrestrial vegetation since the last glacial period and to project the magnitudes of ecosystem transformations under alternative future emission scenarios. Our results indicate that terrestrial ecosystems are highly sensitive to temperature change and suggest that, without major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere, terrestrial ecosystems worldwide are at risk of major transformation, with accompanying disruption of ecosystem services and impacts on biodiversity.
View details for DOI 10.1126/science.aan5360
View details for Web of Science ID 000443547000039
View details for PubMedID 30166491
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Placing the Common Era in a Holocene context: millennial to centennial patterns and trends in the hydroclimate of North America over the past 2000 years
CLIMATE OF THE PAST
2018; 14 (5): 665–86
View details for DOI 10.5194/cp-14-665-2018
View details for Web of Science ID 000433220900001
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Climatic history of the northeastern United States during the past 3000 years
CLIMATE OF THE PAST
2017; 13 (10): 1355–79
View details for DOI 10.5194/cp-13-1355-2017
View details for Web of Science ID 000412938700002