Ryan Emanuel

Bio

Ryan uses geospatial analytics to study ecohydrology in both natural and human-modified ecosystems and works on environmental issues that have disproportionate impacts on American Indian communities. He develops modeling approaches to understand plant water use in the northern Rocky Mountains, runoff generation in the southern Appalachian Mountains, salinization of coastal environments of North Carolina and climate change impacts on waters of cultural significance to the Lumbee Tribe. Other interests include the geospatial dynamics of processes such as the spread of mountain pine beetle and the distribution of soil microbes involved in methane cycling.

Publications

• Riparian buffers increase future baseflow and reduce peakflows in a developing watershed , Science of The Total Environment (2023)
• Response of soil respiration to changes in soil temperature and water table level in drained and restored peatlands of the southeastern United States , CARBON BALANCE AND MANAGEMENT (2022)
• Stories We Tell: Unpacking Extractive Research and Its Legacy of Harm to Lumbee People , Southern Cultures (2022)
• Extreme Flooding and Nitrogen Dynamics of a Blackwater River , WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH (2021)
• Microbial Contamination in Environmental Waters of Rural and Agriculturally-Dominated Landscapes Following Hurricane Florence , ACS ES&T WATER (2021)
• Natural Gas Gathering and Transmission Pipelines and Social Vulnerability in the United States , GEOHEALTH (2021)
• Soil Moisture Responses to Rainfall: Implications for Runoff Generation , WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH (2021)
• Values-Based Scenarios of Water Security: Rights to Water, Rights of Waters, and Commercial Water Rights , BIOSCIENCE (2021)
• Breaching Barriers: The Fight for Indigenous Participation in Water Governance , Water (2020)
• Non-linear quickflow response as indicators of runoff generation mechanisms , HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES (2020)