Publications
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen. And keep your eyes wide, the chance won't come again.
- Bob Dylan
Below is a list of journal articles, book chapters + reports, and popular writings. Links are provided to the abstracts or articles where possible.
Journal Articles
Donner SD, McDaniels J (2013) The influence of national temperature fluctuations on opinions about climate change in the U.S. since 1990. Climatic Change, DOI 10.1007/s10584-012-0690-3.
Friedler K, Meinshausen M, Golly A, Mengal M, van der Merwe K, Donner SD, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2012) Majority of coral reefs already at risk below 1.5°C global warming. Nature Climate Change 3, 165-70.
McClanahan T, Donner SD et al. (2012) Prioritizing Key Resilience Indicators to Support Coral Reef Management in a Changing Climate. PLoS-One 7(8): e42884.
Lathuillière MJ, Johnson MS, Donner SD (2012) Water vapour use by terrestrial ecosystems: evidence of green water trade-offs in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Environmental Research Letters 7: 024024.
Donner SD (2012) Sea Level Rise and the Ongoing Battle of Tarawa. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 93(17):169-70.
Carilli J, Donner SD, Hartmann A (2012). Historical Temperature Variability Affects Coral Response to Heat Stress. PLoS-One 7(3): e34418.
Donner SD, Kandlikar M, Zerriffi, H (2012). IEG's Role in Evaluating Climate Financing-Response. Science, 335:1302-1303
Donner SD, Kandlikar M, Zerriffi, H (2011). Preparing to manage climate change financing. Science, 334, 908-909.
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Donner SD (2011). Making the climate a part of the human world. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92(10), 1297-1302.
Thompson SE, Harman CJ, Schumer R, Wilson JS, Basu NB, Brooks PD, Donner SD, Hassan MA, Packman AI, Rao PSC, Troch PA, Sivapalan M (2011). Patterns, Puzzles and People: Implementing Hydrologic Synthesis. Hydrological Processes, 25(20), 3256–3266.
Donner SD (2011). An evaluation of the effect of recent temperature variability on the prediction of coral bleaching events. Ecological Applications. 21(5),1718–1730.
Basu NB, Rao PSC, Zanardo S, Donner SD, Ye S, Sivapalan (2011). Spatio-temporal averaging in-stream solute removal dynamics. Water Resources Research, 47, 10.1029/ 2010WR010196.
Donner SD, Kirata T and Vieux C (2010) Recovery for 2004-2005 mass coral bleaching in the Gilbert Islands, Kiribati. Atoll Research Bulletin.
Potter P, Ramankutty N, Bennett EM, Donner SD (2010). Characterizing the Spatial Patterns of Global Fertilizer Application and Manure Production. Earth Interactions, 14, 1-22.
Donner SD (2009) Coping with Commitment: Projected Thermal Stress on Coral Reefs under Different Future Scenarios. PLoS ONE 4(6): e5712. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005712.
Sandin SA, Smith JE, DeMartini EE, Dinsdale EA, Donner SD, et al. (2008) Baselines and degradation of coral reef community structure in the northern Line Islands. PLoS ONE, 3(2): e1548.
Donner SD and Kucharik CJ (2008) Corn-based ethanol production compromises goal of reducing nitrogen export by the Mississippi River. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105: 4513-4518.
Donner SD (2007) Domain of the Gods: An Editorial Essay. Climatic Change, 85:231-236
Donner SD, Knutson TR, Oppenheimer M (2007). Model-based assessment of the role of human-induced climate change in the 2005 Caribbean coral bleaching event. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(13): 5483-5488. Commentary by M. Lesser, 5259-5260
Donner SD, Potere D (2007). Viewpoint: The global inequity of the threat to coral reefs. Bioscience, 57 (3): 214-215 <PDF>
Donner SD, Scavia D (2007) How climate affects nitrogen flux by the Mississippi River and the development of hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. Limnology and Oceanography, 52 (2), 856-861. <abstract>
Donner SD (2006) Surf or turf? Shifting from feed to food cultivation could reduce nutrient flux to the Gulf of Mexico. Global Environmental Change, 17 (1): 105-113.
Boyer EW, Alexander RB, Parton WJ, Li C, Butterbach-Bahl K, Donner SD, Skaggs RW, Del Grosso SJ (2006) Modeling denitrification in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems at regional scales: current approaches and needs. Ecological Applications, 16 (6), 2123-2142.
Donner SD, Skirving WJ, Little CM, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Oppenheimer M (2005) Global assessment of coral bleaching and required rates of adaptation under climate change. Global Change Biology, 11(12), 2251-2265. [abstract]
Donner SD, Kucharik CJ, Oppenheimer M (2004) The influence of climate on in-stream removal of nitrogen. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L20509. Editor's Choice in Science, Nov 19, 2004.
Donner SD, Foley JA, Kucharik CJ (2004) Impact of changing land use practices on nitrate export by the Mississippi River. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 18, GB1028.
Donner SD, Kucharik CJ (2003) Evaluating the impacts of land management and climate variability on crop production and nitrate export across the Upper Mississippi Basin. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 17, 1085, doi: 10.1029/2001GB1808.
Donner SD (2003) The distribution of the primary crops in the U.S. since 1950 and the relationship to river nutrient levels. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 12, 341-355.
Donner SD, Coe MT et al. (2002) Modeling the impact of hydrology on nitrate transport in the Mississippi River System from 1955-1994. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 16(3), 2001GB001396.
Book chapters and reports
Donner SD (2010) An expert elicitation of climate change and oceanic pCO2 risks to coral reef ecosystems: Final Report. Dangerous Climate Change Assessment Project (DanCCAP), Oxford University, 27 p.
Simpson MC, D Scott, M New, R Sim, D Smith, M Harrison, CM Eakin, R Warrick, AE Strong, P Kouwenhoven, S Harrison, M Wilson, GC Nelson, SD Donner et al. (2009) An Overview of Modelling Climate Change Impacts in the Caribbean Region with contribution from the Pacific Islands, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Barbados, West Indies, 266 p.
Donner SD, Heron SF, Skirving WJ (2009) Future Scenarios: A Review of Modelling Efforts to Predict the Future of Coral Reefs in an Era of Climate Change. In: van Oppen MJH, Lough JM, editors. Coral Bleaching: Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. pp: 159-173.
Donner SD (2008). Predictions for the future of the Caribbean. In Status of Caribbean coral reefs after bleaching and hurricanes in 2005 and 2006 (Eds. Wilkinson C and Souter D), Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, Townsville, Australia, 152 pp.
UN Environment Programme (2008). In Dead Water - Merging of climate change with pollution, over-harvest, and infestations in the world's fishing grounds (Eds. Nellemann, C, Hain, S, and Alder, J.). United Nations Environment Programme, GRID-Arendal, Norway, 64 p.
Donner SD (2007). Canada Country Study. In Human Development Report 2007/08. Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world. Human Development Report Office Occasional Paper, 11 p.
Donner SD, Kirata T, Vieux C. (2005) Report on 2004 Coral Bleaching in the Gilbert Islands. Prepared for NOAA Coral Reef Watch.
Foley JA, Kucharik CJ, Donner SD, et al. (2004) Land Use, Land Cover, and Climate Change across the Mississippi Basin: Impacts on Land and Water Resources. In Ecosystem Interactions with Land Use Change, AGU Chapman Monograph Series (ed. by R DeFries et al.).
Hoffmann N, Mortsch L, Donner SD et al. (1997) Climate Change and Variability: Impacts on Canadian Water. Prepared for the Canada Country Study, Environment Canada.
Selected popular publications
“Field trip: Can corals survive warming water temperatures”(with slideshow), Scientific American, July 3, 2012“How Canada has changed since the 1992 Rio Summit”, Planet 3.0, June 27, 2012
“Pricing carbon could solve the pipeline battle”, Embassy Magazine, March 21, 2012
“Obstinate Harper fuels pipeline opposition”, the Mark, Feb 3, 2012
“Check with climate scientist for views on Climate” (with 37 other scientists), Wall Street Journal, Feb 1, 2012
“Outtakes”, UBC Reports, Nov 3, 2011
"No more Global NIMBY-ism", the Mark, March 2010.
"Working around Alberta on Climate Change", the Mark, March 2010.
"Fueling the Future", Momentum Magazine, Winter 2008/9.
"Gauging environmentalism," Worldchanging, Sept 10, 2008.
"Is eating a steak bad for the climate?", Celsias, Sept 23, 2007.
"Saving coral reefs" (response), NY Times, May 8, 2007.
"Meet your new neighbours", Cottage Life, Spring 2007.
The 100-year letter project, Desmogblog, 2007.
"Harper's Plan does not add up", Toronto Star, May 15, 2006
"Candidates can`t hide from climate change", The Globe and Mail, June 2, 2004
"From pedal to puddle boat", Cottage Life, November/December, 2003
"Exterior decorating", "Calling all ice watchers", Cottage Life, November/December, 2001
"Blood, sweat and gears", Cottage Life, September/October, 1998
"El Nino", Ski Canada, Winter 1998