Publications
Highlighted Publications
Mengyu Liang, Christopher Hakkenberg, Lydia Marie Villa, Laura Duncanson, Christopher B. Field. Comparing the spatial effects and longevity of key fuel treatments in California using spaceborne lidar data. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 396, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.128044.
Bodie Cabiyo, Christopher B Field, Embracing imperfection: Carbon offset markets must learn to mitigate the risk of overcrediting, PNAS Nexus, Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2025, pgaf091, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf091
Kimberly C. Yazzie et al. Opportunities to grow tribal clean energy in the US. Science 384,163-165 (2024). DOI:10.1126/science.adk8298
Connor Nolan, Cecilia A Van Paasschen, Christopher B Field, Additionality, baselines, and the proper accounting for land-based climate change mitigation efforts, Oxford Open Climate Change, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2024, kgae012, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfclm/kgae012
Bower, E.R., Badamikar, A., Wong-Parodi, G. et al. Enabling pathways for sustainable livelihoods in planned relocation. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 919–926 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01753-x
K.S. Hemes, C.A. Norlen, J.A. Wang, M.L. Goulden, & C.B. Field, The magnitude and pace of photosynthetic recovery after wildfire in California ecosystems, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 120 (15) e2201954120, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2201954120 (2023).
Avery P Hill, Connor J Nolan, Kyle S Hemes, Trevor W Cambron, Christopher B Field, Low-elevation conifers in California’s Sierra Nevada are out of equilibrium with climate, PNAS Nexus, Volume 2, Issue 2, February 2023, pgad004, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad004
Tsai, Y. L., Rastogi, C., Kitanidis, P. K., & Field, C. B. (2021). Routing algorithms as tools for integrating social distancing with emergency evacuation. Sci Rep, 11(1), 19623. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-98643-z
NASEM. (2021). Reflecting sunlight: Recommendations for solar geoengineering research and research governance. Washington, DC: NASEM. Retrieved from https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25762/reflecting-sunlight-rec…
Nolan, C., Field, C. B., & Mach, K. J. (2021). Forests and Climate: Impacts, Mitigation, and Adaptation. Climate and Land Use Alliance. https://www.climateandforests2030.org/how-funders-can-support/
Hill, A. P., & Field, C. B. (2021). Forest fires and climate-induced tree range shifts in the western US. Nature communications, 12(1), 1-10. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26838-z
Nolan, C. J., Field, C. B., & Mach, K. J. (2021). Constraints and enablers for increasing carbon storage in the terrestrial biosphere. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 1-11. Retrieved from https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-021-00166-8
Hemes, K. S., Runkle, B. R. K., Novick, K. A., Baldocchi, D. D., & Field, C. B. (2021). An Ecosystem-Scale Flux Measurement Strategy to Assess Natural Climate Solutions. Environ Sci Technol, 55(6), 3494-3504. doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c06421
Francis, E. J., Asner, G. P., Mach, K. J., & Field, C. B. (2020). Landscape scale variation in the hydrologic niche of California coast redwood. Ecography. doi:10.1111/ecog.05080
Anderegg, W. R. L., Trugman, A. T., Badgley, G., Anderson, C. M., Bartuska, A., Ciais, P., . . . Randerson, J. T. (2020). Climate-driven risks to the climate mitigation potential of forests. Science, 368(6497). doi:10.1126/science.aaz7005
Miller, R. K., Field, C. B., & Mach, K. J. (2020). Barriers and enablers for prescribed burns for wildfire management in California. Nature Sustainability. doi:10.1038/s41893-019-0451-7
Reid, W. V., Ali, M. K., & Field, C. B. (2019). The future of bioenergy. Glob Chang Biol. doi:10.1111/gcb.14883
Hino, M., Belanger, S. T., Field, C. B., Davies, A. R., & Mach, K. J. (2019). High-tide flooding disrupts local economic activity. Science advances, 5(2), eaau2736. Retrieved from https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/2/eaau2736.abstract
Mach, K. J., Kraan, C. M., Adger, W. N., Buhaug, H., Burke, M., Fearon, J. D., . . . von Uexkull, N. (2019). Climate as a risk factor for armed conflict. Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1300-6
Turner, P. A., Field, C. B., Lobell, D. B., Sanchez, D. L., & Mach, K. J. (2018). Unprecedented rates of land-use transformation in modelled climate change mitigation pathways. Nature Sustainability, 1(5), 240-245. doi:10.1038/s41893-018-0063-7
Turner, P. A., Mach, K. J., Lobell, D. B., Benson, S. M., Baik, E., Sanchez, D. L., & Field, C. B. (2018). The global overlap of bioenergy and carbon sequestration potential. Climatic Change, 148(1-2), 1-10. doi:10.1007/s10584-018-2189-z
Field, C. B., & Mach, K. J. (2017). Rightsizing carbon dioxide removal. Science, 356(6339), 706-707. Retrieved from https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/356/6339/706.full.pdf?casa_t…
Hino, M., Field, C. B., & Mach, K. J. (2017). Managed retreat as a response to natural hazard risk. Nature Climate Change, 7(5), 364-370. Retrieved from https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate3252
Anderson, C. M., Field, C. B., & Mach, K. J. (2017). Forest offsets partner climate-change mitigation with conservation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 15(7), 359-365. doi:10.1002/fee.1515
Field, C. B., Campbell, J. E., & Lobell, D. B. (2008). Biomass energy: the scale of the potential resource. Trends Ecol Evol, 23(2), 65-72. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2007.12.001
Field, C. B., Lobell, D. B., Peters, H. A., & Chiariello, N. R. (2007). Feedbacks of terrestrial ecosystems to climate change. Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour., 32, 1-29. Retrieved from https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.energy.32.053006…
Field, C. B., MJ, B., Randerson, J. T., & Falkowski, P. (1998). Primary production of the biosphere: integrating terrestrial and oceanic components. Science, 281(5374), 237-240. doi:10.1126/science.281.5374.237