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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
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
Advancing the science of headwater streamflow for global water protection
Golden, H. E., Christensen, J. R., McMillan, H. K., Kelleher, C. A., Lane, C. R., Husic, A., Li, L., Ward, A. S., Hammond, J., Seybold, E. C., Jaeger, K. L., Zimmer, M., Sando, R., Jones, C. N., Segura, C., Mahoney, D. T., Price, A. N. & Cheng, F., Jan 2025, In: Nature Water. 3, 1, p. 16-26 11 p., 100330.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hidden Features: How Subsurface and Landscape Heterogeneity Govern Hydrologic Connectivity and Stream Chemistry in a Montane Watershed
Johnson, K., Williams, K. H., Christensen, J. N., Carroll, R. W. H., Li, L., Beutler, C., Bird, K. S., Dong, W. & Sullivan, P. L., Mar 2025, In: Hydrological Processes. 39, 3, e70085.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Controls From Above and Below: Snow, Soil, and Steepness Drive Diverging Trends of Subsurface Water and Streamflow Dynamics
Kerins, D., Knapp, A. S., Liu, F. S., Smykalov, V. D., Berzonsky, M. P., Vierbicher, A., Sadayappan, K., Stewart, B., Andrews, E. M., Sullivan, P. L., Barnard, H. R., Seibert, J., McPhillips, L. E., Singha, K. & Li, L., Apr 2025, In: Hydrological Processes. 39, 4, e70120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Reviews and syntheses: Variable inundation across Earth's terrestrial ecosystems
Stegen, J., Burgin, A. J., Busch, M. H., Fisher, J. B., Ladau, J., Abrahamson, J., Kinsman-Costello, L., Li, L., Chen, X., Datry, T., Mcdowell, N., Tatariw, C., Braswell, A., Deines, J. M., Guimond, J. A., Regier, P., Rod, K., Bam, E. K. P., Fluet-Chouinard, E. & Forbrich, I. & 20 others, , Feb 24 2025, In: Biogeosciences. 22, 4, p. 995-1034 40 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Topographic correction of visible near-infrared reflectance spectra for horizon-scale soil organic carbon mapping
Duro, A. M., Hirmas, D. R., Ajami, H., Billings, S. A., Zhang, X., Li, L., Flores, A., Moreno, V., Cao, X., Guilinger, J., Oleghe, E., Giménez, D., Gray, A. & Sullivan, P. L., Mar 1 2024, In: Soil Science Society of America Journal. 88, 2, p. 207-223 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Solute export patterns across the contiguous USA
Kincaid, D. W., Underwood, K. L., Hamshaw, S. D., Li, L., Seybold, E. C., Stewart, B., Rizzo, D. M., Haq, I. U. & Perdrial, J. N., Jun 2024, In: Hydrological Processes. 38, 6, e15197.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
River water quality shaped by land–river connectivity in a changing climate
Li, L., Knapp, J. L. A., Lintern, A., Ng, G. H. C., Perdrial, J., Sullivan, P. L. & Zhi, W., Mar 2024, In: Nature Climate Change. 14, 3, p. 225-237 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
BioRT-HBV 1.0: A Biogeochemical Reactive Transport Model at the Watershed Scale
Sadayappan, K., Stewart, B., Kerins, D., Vierbicher, A., Zhi, W., Smykalov, V. D., Shi, Y., Vis, M., Seibert, J. & Li, L., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 16, 12, e2024MS004217.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Expanding the Spatial Reach and Human Impacts of Critical Zone Science
Singha, K., Sullivan, P. L., Billings, S. A., Walls, L., Li, L., Jarecke, K. M., Barnard, H. R., Gasparini, N. M., Madoff, R. D., Dhital, S., Jones, C., Kastelic, E. C., Ma, L., Perilla-Castillo, P., Song, B. & Zhu, T., Mar 2024, In: Earth's Future. 12, 3, e2023EF003971.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Deep learning insights into suspended sediment concentrations across the conterminous United States: Strengths and limitations
Song, Y., Chaemchuen, P., Rahmani, F., Zhi, W., Li, L., Liu, X., Boyer, E., Bindas, T., Lawson, K. & Shen, C., Aug 2024, In: Journal of Hydrology. 639, 131573.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
CAMELS-Chem: augmenting CAMELS (Catchment Attributes and Meteorology for Large-sample Studies) with atmospheric and stream water chemistry data
Sterle, G., Perdrial, J., Kincaid, D. W., Underwood, K. L., Rizzo, D. M., Haq, I. U., Li, L., Lee, B. S., Adler, T., Wen, H., Middleton, H. & Harpold, A. A., Feb 13 2024, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 28, 3, p. 611-630 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Illuminating the “Invisible”: Substantial Deep Respiration and Lateral Export of Dissolved Carbon From Beneath Soil
Stewart, B., Shanley, J. B., Matt, S., Seybold, E. C., Kincaid, D. W., Vierbicher, A., Cable, B., Hicks, N., Perdrial, J. N. & Li, L., Jun 2024, In: Water Resources Research. 60, 6, e2023WR035940.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Amplified Production and Export of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon During Hot and Wet Subtropical Monsoon
Wen, H., Li, S. L., Chen, X., Qin, C. & Li, L., Jan 2024, In: Water Resources Research. 60, 1, e2023WR035292.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Increasing phosphorus loss despite widespread concentration decline in US rivers
Zhi, W., Baniecki, H., Liu, J., Boyer, E., Shen, C., Shenk, G., Liu, X. & Li, L., Nov 26 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121, 48, e2402028121.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review