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Avni Malhotra
Earth Scientist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
MSIN: J4-18
Richland, WA 99352
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PNNL Publications
2025
- Foster K.T., W. Sun, J. Merder, O. Hararuk, W. Kurz, A. Malhotra, and J. Metsaranta, et al. 2025. "Permafrost, peatland, and cropland regions are key to reconciling North American carbon sink estimates." Global Biogeochemical Cycles 39, no. 6:e2024GB008460. PNNL-SA-206211. doi:10.1029/2024GB008460
- Lu M., S. Wang, A. Malhotra, S.J. Tumber-Davila, S.R. Weintraub-Leff, M. McCormack, and X. Wang, et al. 2025. "A continental scale analysis reveals widespread root bimodality." Nature Communications 16:Art. No. 5281. PNNL-SA-211717. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-60055-2
- Tang A., G. Bohrer, A. Malhotra, J.E. Missik, F. Machado-Silva, and I. Forbrich. 2025. "Rising water levels and vegetation shifts drive substantial reductions in methane emissions and carbon dioxide uptake in a Great Lakes coastal freshwater wetland." Global Change Biology 31, no. 2:e70053. PNNL-SA-208223. doi:10.1111/gcb.70053
2024
- Feron S., A. Malhotra, S. Bansal, E. Fluet-Chouinard, G. Mcnicol, S.H. Knox, and K.B. Delwiche, et al. 2024. "Recent increases in annual, seasonal, and extreme methane fluxes driven by changes in climate and vegetation in boreal and temperate wetland ecosystems." Global Change Biology 30, no. 1:Art. No. e17131. PNNL-SA-190015. doi:10.1111/gcb.17131
- Maatta T., and A. Malhotra. 2024. "The hidden roots of wetland methane emissions." Global Change Biology 30, no. 2:Art. No. e17127. PNNL-SA-193933. doi:10.1111/gcb.17127
- Rocci K., F. Cotrufo, J.G. Ernakovich, E. Foster, S. Frey, K. Georgiou, and S. Grandy, et al. 2024. "Bridging 20 years of soil organic matter frameworks: empirical support, model representation, and next steps." Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 129, no. 6:Art. No. e2023JG007964. PNNL-SA-197255. doi:10.1029/2023JG007964
- Sanchez F.P., A. Malhotra, M. Schmidt, C. Rumpel, and M.S. Torn. 2024. "How Are Deep Soils Responding to Warming?." Eos 105. PNNL-SA-196010. doi:10.1029/2024EO240173
- Sriskandarajah N., C. Wust-Galley, S. Heller, J. Leifeld, T. Maatta, Z. Ouyang, and B.R. Runkle, et al. 2024. "Belowground plant allocation regulates rice methane emissions from degraded peat soils." Scientific Reports 14, no. _:Art. No. 14593. PNNL-SA-199765. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-64616-1
- Treat C., A. Virkkala, E. Burke, L. Bruhwiler, A. Chatterjee, J.B. Fisher, and J. Hashemi, et al. 2024. "Permafrost carbon: progress on understanding stocks and fluxes across northern terrestrial ecosystems." Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 129, no. 3:Art. No. e2023JG007638. PNNL-SA-195592. doi:10.1029/2023JG007638
- Zhang Z., S. Bansal, K. Chang, E. Fluet-Chouinard, K. Delwiche, M. Goeckede, and A. Gustafson, et al. 2024. "Characterizing Performance of Freshwater Wetland Methane Models Across Time Scales at FLUXNET-CH4 Sites Using Wavelet Analyses." Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 128, no. 11:e2022JG007259. PNNL-SA-206761. doi:10.1029/2022JG007259
2023
- Ofiti N.O., M. Schmidt, S. Abiven, P.J. Hanson, C. Iversen, R. Wilson, and J. Kostka, et al. 2023. "Climate warming and elevated CO2 alter peatland soil carbon sources and stability." Nature Communications 14. PNNL-SA-192357. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-43410-z