Li Li
Research group: https://lireactivewater.wixsite.com/group
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Research Summary
The Li Reactive Water group is interested in questions regarding how the structure of Critical Zone—Earth’s living skin from the tree tops to the bottom of groundwater (the zone that supports life)—regulates its functioning and response to climate change and human perturbations. We are particularly interested in the interactions of water with soils, rocks, roots, and microbes along its flow paths to rivers and streams and how such interactions regulate water quantity, chemistry, and quality.
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Recent Publications
Widespread Divergence Between Precipitation and Discharge Trends Across Global Rivers
Berzonsky, M. P., Smykalov, V., Sadayappan, K. & Li, L., Aug 28 2026, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 53, 16, e2026GL122253.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Reservoir releases and land cover interact to drive event-scale nitrate export in a large agricultural basin
Hatley, C., Seybold, E. C., Zipper, S., Burgin, A. J., Kincaid, D. W., Li, L., Perdrial, J. N., Rizzo, D. M. & Underwood, K. L., Oct 2026, In: Journal of Hydrology. 679, 136177.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Subsurface Vertical Connectivity Shapes Solute Transport to Montane Streams: Insights From Watershed-Scale Geophysics-Informed Modeling
Kang, X., Sullivan, P. L., Minsley, B. J., Li, L., Dumont, M. & Singha, K., Aug 16 2026, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 53, 15, e2026GL124207.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Quantifying Potential Nutrient Liberation Following Plant Investment in Root Exudates: Variation Across Soil Profiles and Ecosystems in the United States
Keen, R. M., Sullivan, P. L., Ajami, H., Hirmas, D. R., Li, L., Flores, A. N., Loecke, T., Jarecke, K., Klamm, L., Unruh, M., Varikuti, V. & Billings, S. A., Mar 2026, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 131, 3, e2025JG009380.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
When Snowpacks Shrink: Declining Weathering and Export Rates but Rising Stream Solute Concentrations in Warming Mountains
Knapp, A. S., Stewart, B., Kerins, D., Sullivan, P. L., Barnard, H. R. & Li, L., May 2026, In: Hydrological Processes. 40, 5, e70539.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Identifying Headwater Streams across the Conterminous United States
Lane, C. R., D’Amico, E., Christensen, J. R., Golden, H. E., Cheng, F. Y., Hammond, J. C., Husic, A., Jaeger, K. L., Jones, C. N., Kelleher, C. A., Li, L., Mahoney, D. T., McMillan, H. K., Price, A. N., Sando, R., Segura, C., Seybold, E. C., Ward, A. S. & Zimmer, M., Feb 2026, In: Ecosystems. 29, 1, 22.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Climate shifts decouple nitrogen and phosphorus redistribution patterns in China's inland waters
Li, Y., Reich, P. B., Lei, C., Michalak, A. M., Li, L., Ombadi, M., He, Q., Zhu, K. & Bi, Y., Oct 1 2026, In: Environmental Research. 307, 125505.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Young Versus Old: Does Forest Age Regulate Water and Dissolved Carbon Processes Belowground?
Liu, F. S., Kerins, D., Ramesh, S., Sullivan, P. L., Billings, S. A., Hirmas, D. R., Ajami, H., Flores, A., Segura, C. & Li, L., Jan 2026, In: Water Resources Research. 62, 1, e2025WR040838.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Flow or No-Flow: Does Discharge Regulate Water Chemistry in Intermittent Streams?
Sadayappan, K., Jarecke, K. M., Keen, R. M., Puthalalth, S., Dodds, W. K., Kirk, M. F., Sullivan, P. L., Nippert, J. B., Seybold, E. C. & Li, L., Jan 2026, In: Water Resources Research. 62, 1, e2025WR040321.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Streamflow and Surface-Water Presence Data Availability Across the Conterminous United States: A Review for Headwater Systems
Sando, R., Jaeger, K. L., Kelleher, C. A., Hammond, J., Christensen, J. R., Segura, C., Golden, H. E., Cheng, F., Husic, A., Jones, C. N., Lane, C. R., Li, L., Mahoney, D. T., McMillan, H. K., Price, A. N., Seybold, E. C., Ward, A. S., Zimmer, M. & Pestana, S., May 2026, In: Hydrological Processes. 40, 5, e70572.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Deoxygenation in inland freshwater systems
Shi, K., Iestyn Woolway, R., Guan, Q., Zhang, W., Mi, C., Zhang, Y., Zhi, W., Wang, J., Xu, H., Zhou, Y., Hu, L., Kong, X., Luo, Y., Zhu, S., Leavitt, P. R., Bogard, M. J., Jane, S. F., Fleischmann, A., Jansen, J. & Li, L. & 8 others, , Jul 2026, In: Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. 7, 7, p. 427-446 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Efficient Emulation, Uncertainty Quantification, and Sensitivity Analysis for a Land Surface Model Using Evidential Deep Learning
Silwimba, K., Flores, A. N., Hawkins, L. R., Becker, C., Dagon, K., Gagne, D. J., Mead, J., Kennedy, D., Cionni, I., Akor, S., Sullivan, P. L., Billings, S. A., Ajami, H., Hirmas, D. R., Li, L. & Nippert, J. B., Aug 2026, In: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 18, 8, e2025MS005587.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Deep Learning Reconstruction of Daily Soil CO2 Efflux Reveals Biogeochemical Insights and Reduces Annual Estimate Uncertainty Despite Limitated Daily Predictability
Smykalov, V., Bond-Lamberty, B., Vargas, R. & Li, L., Jul 2026, In: Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 40, 7, e2025GB008899.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Groundwater Discharge Drives Ebullitive and Diffusive CO2 Emissions With Limited CH4 Flux in a Typical Karst Spring
Wang, C., Zhi, W., Xie, Y., Dai, X., Zhang, L., Wen, H., Zhou, Y., Shen, Y., Xiao, Q., Li, L. & Lu, C., Jun 2026, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 131, 6, e2026JG009757.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Grassland woody encroachment alters subsurface mineral weathering and groundwater composition in a carbonate system
Anhold, C., Hatley, C., Alcantar-Velasquez, E., Keen, R. M., Sadayappan, K., Jarecke, K. M., Sullivan, P. L., Nippert, J. B., Li, L., Macpherson, G. L. & Kirk, M. F., Feb 5 2025, In: Chemical Geology. 673, 122522.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
