In situ observations reveal continental-scale warming, oxygen decline, and eutrophication in U.S. estuaries
U.S. estuaries show widespread warming, eutrophication, and oxygen declines, with increasing temperature and chlorophyll-a together contributing to declining oxygen levels, based on two decades of high resolution, in situ data from 29 estuaries.
Authors
- David B. Parrish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5970-784X)
- Theophilos Collins
- Christopher Kinkade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8556-5398)
- Alicia Helms (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0474-9233)
- Nicole Dix (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0063-5167)
- Jacob A. Cianci‐Gaskill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6778-6170)
- Justin T. Ridge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-4588)
- Steven E. McMurray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1187-5916)
- Robert P. Dunn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6356-4458)
- Kimberly Cressman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8083-2434)
- Kaitlin L. Reinl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3912-6797)
- Carl T. Friedrichs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1810-900X)
- Jennifer L. DeBose
- Thomas M. Grothues (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2095-8286)
- Hannah N. Nicklay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2246-7696)
- Julie L. Krask
- Christopher Peter
- Denise M. Sanger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2395-8911)
- Jason S. Goldstein
Institutions
- University of North Florida (US)
- Caterpillar (United States) (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Extension (US)
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (US)
- Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve (US)
- Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (US)
- Ecological Consulting (Czechia) (CZ)
- National Estuarine Research Reserve Association (US)
- NOAA Office for Coastal Management (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Earth & Environment
- Published
- 2026-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03934-w
- Primary Topic
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00