Understanding the Mississippi River Delta as a coupled natural-human system: Research methods, challenges, and prospects

NSN Lam, YJ Xu, K Liu, DE Dismukes, M Reams… - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
A pressing question facing the Mississippi River Delta (MRD), like many deltaic communities
around the world, is: Will the system be sustainable in the future given the threats of sea …

A palynological record of mangrove biogeography, coastal geomorphological change, and prehistoric human activities from Cedar Keys, Florida, USA

Q Yao, K Liu, E Rodrigues, D Fan, M Cohen - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Under the continuous warming trend in the 21st century, mangroves are likely to migrate into
more temperate regions in North and South America. However, the biogeography of different …

Eco-morphological evolution of the Bolivar Peninsula (Texas, USA) during the last 2,000 years: A multi-proxy record of coastal environmental changes

Q Yao, K Liu, D Fan, MCL Cohen… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the face of rapidly changing climate and increasing natural and anthropogenic
disturbances, the long-term dynamics of coastal ecosystems in relation to hurricanes and …

Effects of beach nourishment project on coastal geomorphology and mangrove dynamics in Southern Louisiana, USA

MCL Cohen, AV de Souza, KB Liu, E Rodrigues… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Relative sea-level (RSL) rise associated with decreased fluvial sediment discharge and
increased hurricane activity have contributed to the high rate of shoreline retreat and …

The effect of global warming on the establishment of mangroves in coastal Louisiana during the Holocene

E Rodrigues, MCL Cohen, K Liu, LCR Pessenda… - Geomorphology, 2021 - Elsevier
Winter temperature and sea-level position are critical factors affecting the global distribution
of mangroves and saltmarshes. The replacement of saltmarshes by mangroves is expected …

Mangrove expansion at poleward range limits in North and South America: Late-Holocene climate variability or anthropocene global warming?

Q Yao, M Cohen, K Liu, D Fan, E Rodrigues, K Maiti… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Mangroves are expanding poleward in North and South America, but it is unclear whether
such ecotonal-shift is an Industrial-Era phenomenon, or a recurring occurrence tied to …

Nature versus humans in coastal environmental change: assessing the impacts of Hurricanes Zeta and Ida in the context of beach nourishment projects in the …

Q Yao, MCL Cohen, K Liu, AV de Souza, E Rodrigues - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hurricanes are one of the most devastating earth surface processes. In 2020 and 2021,
Hurricanes Zeta and Ida pounded the Mississippi River Delta in two consecutive years …

Sedimentary records of microplastic pollution from coastal Louisiana and their environmental implications

N Culligan, K Liu, K Ribble, J Ryu, M Dietz - Journal of Coastal …, 2022 - Springer
Microplastics are a growing concern in the natural environment as plastic production and
improper disposal have greatly increased since the first widespread use of plastic in 1950 …

What Are the Most Effective Proxies in Identifying Storm‐Surge Deposits in Paleotempestology? A Quantitative Evaluation From the Sand‐Limited, Peat‐Dominated …

Q Yao, K Liu, Z Zhang, E Rodrigues… - Geochemistry …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although many studies have attempted to reconstruct millennial‐scale hurricane patterns
using various proxy‐based methods, it is still unclear what the most effective proxies are to …

A geochemical record of Late‐Holocene hurricane events from the Florida Everglades

Q Yao, K Liu, E Rodrigues, T Bianchette… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A 5.25‐m sediment core SRM‐1 and 45 surface samples from mangrove forests at
the Shark River Estuary in the Everglades National Park, Florida, were examined by using X …