Institution: Syracuse University
Department: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
151 Link Hall
Syracuse, NY 13210
Hubbard Brook Role: Investigator
Phone: (315) 443-3434
Email: ctdrisco@syr.edu
ORCID: 0000-0003-2692-2890
Website: http://www.ecs.syr.edu/faculty/driscoll/personal/index.asp
CharlesDriscoll

Research Interests

Charles T. Driscoll has worked at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest since 1976. His research interests include the chemistry of soils and drainage waters, environmental modeling and biogeochemistry. He is particularly interested in long-term biogeochemical patterns in forest and aquatic ecosystems and their response to disturbance. He has primary responsibility for long-term data sets of longitudinal stream chemistry and soil water chemistry. He is a principal investigator on the projects: Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest funded by the National Science Foundation; Understanding the Impacts of Ice Storms on Forest Ecosystems of the Northeastern United States, funded by the National Science Foundation; Winter Climate Change in a Northern Hardwood Forest: Collaborative Research funded by the National Science Foundation. Charles Driscoll is a member of the Hubbard Brook Science Coordinating Committee and board of the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, the National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research Executive Board, and the Science Policy Exchange.

Hubbard Brook Publications by this Author

Gilliam, F. S., Burns, D. A., Driscoll, C. T., Frey, S. D., Lovett, G. M., & Watmough, S. A. (2024). Chapter 12 - Responses of forest ecosystems to decreasing nitrogen deposition in eastern North America. In E. Du & W. de Vries (Eds.), Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition to Global Forests (pp. 205–225). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91140-5.00020-8
Coughlin, J. G., Chang, S. Y., Craig, K., Scarborough, C., Driscoll, C. T., Clark, C. M., & Pavlovic, N. R. (2024). Characterizing localized nitrogen sensitivity of tree species and the associated influences of mediating factors. Ecosphere, 15(7), e4925. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4925
Green, M. B., Pardo, L. H., Campbell, J. L., Rosi, E., Bernhardt, E. S., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., LoRusso, N., Matthes, J., & Templer, P. H. (2023). Combination of factors rather than single disturbance drives perturbation of the nitrogen cycle in a temperate forest. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-023-01105-z
Contosta, A. R., Battles, J. J., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Garlick, S. R., Holmes, R. T., Likens, G. E., Rodenhouse, N. L., Rogers, S. H., Templer, P. H., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., & Groffman, P. M. (2023). Early warning signals of changing resilience in the biogeochemistry and biology of a northern hardwood forest. Environmental Research Letters, 18(9), 094052. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf3fe
Ontman, R., Groffman, P. M., Driscoll, C. T., & Cheng, Z. (2023). Surprising relationships between soil pH and microbial biomass and activity in a northern hardwood forest. Biogeochemistry, 163(3), 265–277. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-023-01031-0
Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Jones, J. A., Boose, E. R., Dugan, H. A., Groffman, P. M., Jackson, C. R., Jones, J. B., Juday, G. P., Lottig, N. R., Penaluna, B. E., Ruess, R. W., Suding, K., Thompson, J. R., & Zimmerman, J. K. (2022). Forest and Freshwater Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change and Variability at US LTER Sites. BioScience, 72(9), 851–870. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab124
Jones, J. A., & Driscoll, C. T. (2022). Long-Term Ecological Research on Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change. BioScience, 72(9), 814–826. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac021
Vasilakos, P. N., Shen, H., Mehdi, Q., Wilcoxen, P., Driscoll, C., Fallon, K., Burtraw, D., Domeshek, M., & Russell, A. G. (2022). US Clean Energy Futures—Air Quality Benefits of Zero Carbon Energy Policies. Atmosphere, 13(9), 1401. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13091401
Valipour, M., Johnson, C. E., Battles, J. J., Campbell, J. L., Fahey, T. J., Fakhraei, H., & Driscoll, C. T. (2021). Response of biomass, hydrology and biogeochemistry to alternative approaches of cutting a northern forest: model comparisons. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00862-z
Valipour, M., Johnson, C. E., Battles, J. J., Campbell, J. L., Fahey, T. J., Fakhraei, H., & Driscoll, C. T. (2021). Simulation of the effects of forest harvesting under changing climate to inform long-term sustainable forest management using a biogeochemical model. Science of The Total Environment, 767, 144881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144881
Taylor, L. L., Driscoll, C. T., Groffman, P. M., Rau, G. H., Blum, J. D., & Beerling, D. J. (2021). Increased carbon capture by a silicate-treated forested watershed affected by acid deposition. Biogeosciences, 18(1), 169–188. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-169-2021
Campbell, J. L., Rustad, L. E., Bailey, S. W., Bernhardt, E. S., Driscoll, C. T., Green, M. B., Groffman, P. M., Lovett, G. M., McDowell, W. H., McGuire, K. J., & Rosi, E. J. (2021). Watershed studies at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Building on a long legacy of research with new approaches and sources of data. Hydrological Processes, 35(1), e14016. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14016
Swanson, F. J., Foster, D. R., Driscoll, C. T., Thompson, J. R., & Rustad, L. E. (2021). How LTER Site Communities Can Address Major Environmental Challenges. In R. B. Waide & S. E. Kingsland (Eds.), The Challenges of Long Term Ecological Research: A Historical Analysis (pp. 223–241). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66933-1_8
LoRusso, N. A., Bailey, S. W., Zeng, T., Montesdeoca, M., & Driscoll, C. T. (2021). Dissolved organic matter dynamics in reference and calcium silicate-treated watersheds at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, NH, USA. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, n/a(n/a), e2021JG006352. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006352
Alber, M., Blair, J., Driscoll, C. T., Ducklow, H., Fahey, T., Fraser, W. R., Hobbie, J. E., Karl, D. M., Kingsland, S. E., Knapp, A., Rastetter, E. B., Seastedt, T., Shaver, G. R., & Waide, R. B. (2021). Sustaining Long-Term Ecological Research: Perspectives from Inside the LTER Program. In R. B. Waide & S. E. Kingsland (Eds.), The Challenges of Long Term Ecological Research: A Historical Analysis (pp. 81–116). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66933-1_4
Rustad, L. E., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Groffman, P. M., Schaberg, P. G., Hawley, G. J., Halm, I., Bowles, F., Leuenberger, W., Schwaner, G., Winant, G., & Leonardi, B. (2020). Experimental approach and initial forest response to a simulated ice storm experiment in a northern hardwood forest. PLOS ONE, 15(9), e0239619. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239619
Campbell, J. L., Rustad, L. E., Garlick, S., Newman, N., Stanovick, J. S., Halm, I., Driscoll, C. T., Barjenbruch, B. L., Burakowski, E., Hilberg, S. D., Sanders, K. J., Shafer, J. C., & Doesken, N. J. (2020). A Comparison of Low-Cost Collector Configurations for Quantifying Ice Accretion. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 59(9), 1429–1442. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0280.1
Campbell, J. L., Rustad, L. E., Driscoll, C. T., Halm, I., Fahey, T. J., Fakhraei, H., Groffman, P. M., Hawley, G. J., Leuenberger, W., & Schaberg, P. G. (2020). Simulating Impacts of Ice Storms on Forest Ecosystems. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 160, 61492. https://doi.org/10.3791/61492
Yanai, R. D., Yang, Y., Wild, A. D., Smith, K. T., & Driscoll, C. T. (2020). New Approaches to Understand Mercury in Trees: Radial and Longitudinal Patterns of Mercury in Tree Rings and Genetic Control of Mercury in Maple Sap. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 231(5), 248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-04601-2
Fakhraei, H., Fahey, T. J., & Driscoll, C. T. (2020). The Biogeochemical Response of Nitrate and Potassium to Landscape Disturbance in Watersheds of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA. In D. F. Levia, D. E. Carlyle-Moses, S. Iida, B. Michalzik, K. Nanko, & A. Tischer (Eds.), Forest-Water Interactions (pp. 537–563). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26086-6_22
Weitzman, J. N., Groffman, P. M., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, R. T., Fahey, T. J., Schaberg, P. G., & Rustad, L. E. (2019). Ecosystem Nitrogen Response to a Simulated Ice Storm in a Northern Hardwood Forest. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00463-w
Fahey, R. T., Atkins, J. W., Campbell, J. L., Rustad, L. E., Duffy, M., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., & Schaberg, P. G. (2019). Effects of an experimental ice storm on forest canopy structure. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 50(2), 136–145. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2019-0276
Yang, Y., Meng, L., Yanai, R. D., Montesdeoca, M., Templer, P. H., Asbjornsen, H., Rustad, L. E., & Driscoll, C. T. (2019). Climate change may alter mercury fluxes in northern hardwood forests. Biogeochemistry, 146(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-019-00605-1
Belyazid, S., Phelan, J., Nihlgård, B., Sverdrup, H., Driscoll, C., Fernandez, I., Aherne, J., Teeling-Adams, L. M., Bailey, S., Arsenault, M., Cleavitt, N., Engstrom, B., Dennis, R., Sperduto, D., Werier, D., & Clark, C. (2019). Assessing the Effects of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Soil Properties and Plant Diversity in Northeastern U.S. Hardwood Forests: Model Setup and Evaluation. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 230(5), 106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-019-4145-6
Dong, Z., Driscoll, C. T., Campbell, J. L., Pourmokhtarian, A., Stoner, A. M. K., & Hayhoe, K. (2019). Projections of water, carbon, and nitrogen dynamics under future climate change in an alpine tundra ecosystem in the southern Rocky Mountains using a biogeochemical model. The Science of the Total Environment, 650(Pt 1), 1451–1464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.151
Gilliam, F. S., Burns, D. A., Driscoll, C. T., Frey, S. D., Lovett, G. M., & Watmough, S. A. (2019). Decreased atmospheric nitrogen deposition in eastern North America: Predicted responses of forest ecosystems. Environmental Pollution, 244, 560–574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.09.135
Valipour, M., Driscoll, C. T., Johnson, C. E., Battles, J. J., Campbell, J. L., & Fahey, T. J. (2018). The application of an integrated biogeochemical model to simulate dynamics of vegetation, hydrology and nutrients in soil and streamwater following a whole-tree harvest of a northern hardwood forest. Science of The Total Environment, 645, 244–256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.066
Marinos, R. E., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Likens, G. E., McDowell, W. H., Rosi, E. J., Rustad, L. E., & Bernhardt, E. S. (2018). Give and Take: A Watershed Acid Rain Mitigation Experiment Increases Baseflow Nitrogen Retention but Increases Stormflow Nitrogen Export. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(22), 13155–13165. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b03553
Sullivan, T. J., Driscoll, C. T., Beier, C. M., Burtraw, D., Fernandez, I. J., Galloway, J. N., Gay, D. A., Goodale, C. L., Likens, G. E., Lovett, G. M., & Watmough, S. A. (2018). Air pollution success stories in the United States: The value of long-term observations. Environmental Science & Policy, 84, 69–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.02.016
Groffman, P. M., Driscoll, C. T., Durán, J., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Fuss, C., Likens, G. E., Lovett, G., Rustad, L., & Templer, P. H. (2018). Nitrogen oligotrophication in northern hardwood forests. Biogeochemistry, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0445-y
Yang, Y., Yanai, R. D., Driscoll, C. T., Montesdeoca, M., & Smith, K. T. (2018). Concentrations and content of mercury in bark, wood, and leaves in hardwoods and conifers in four forested sites in the northeastern USA. PLOS ONE, 13(4), e0196293. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196293
Wollheim, W. M., Bernal, S., Burns, D. A., Czuba, J. A., Driscoll, C. T., Hansen, A. T., Hensley, R. T., Hosen, J. D., Inamdar, S., Kaushall, S. S., Koenig, L. E., Lu, Y. H., Marzadri, A., Raymond, P. A., Scott, D., Stewart, R. J., Vidon, P. G., & Wohl, E. (2018). River network saturation concept: factors influencing the balance of biogeochemical supply and demand of river networks. Biogeochemistry, 141(3), 503521. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0488-0
Gu, W., Driscoll, C. T., Shao, S., & Johnson, C. E. (2017). Aluminum is more tightly bound in soil after wollastonite treatment to a forest watershed. Forest Ecology and Management, 397, 57–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.04.035
Yang, Y., Yanai, R. D., Montesdeoca, M., & Driscoll, C. T. (2017). Measuring mercury in wood: challenging but important. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 97(5), 456–467. https://doi.org/10.1080/03067319.2017.1324852
Durán, J., Morse, J. L., Rodríguez, A., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Mitchell, M. J., Templer, P. H., & Groffman, P. M. (2017). Differential sensitivity to climate change of C and N cycling processes across soil horizons in a northern hardwood forest. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 107, 77–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.12.028
Christenson, L., Clark, H., Livingston, L., Heffernan, E., Campbell, J., Driscoll, C., Groffman, P., Fahey, T., Fisk, M., Mitchell, M., & Templer, P. H. (2017). Winter Climate Change Influences on Soil Faunal Distribution and Abundance: Implications for Decomposition in the Northern Forest. Northeastern Naturalist, 24(sp7), B209–B234. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.024.s721
Berton, R., Driscoll, C. T., & Adamowski, J. F. (2017). The near-term prediction of drought and flooding conditions in the northeastern United States based on extreme phases of AMO and NAO. Journal of Hydrology, 553, 130–141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.07.041
Pourmokhtarian, A., Driscoll, C. T., Campbell, J. L., Hayhoe, K., Stoner, A. M. K., Adams, M. B., Burns, D., Fernandez, I., Mitchell, M. J., & Shanley, J. B. (2016). Modeled ecohydrological responses to climate change at seven small watersheds in the northeastern United States. Global Change Biology, n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13444
Rosi-Marshall, E. J., Bernhardt, E. S., Buso, D. C., Driscoll, C. T., & Likens, G. E. (2016). Acid rain mitigation experiment shifts a forested watershed from a net sink to a net source of nitrogen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(27), 7580–7583. LTERYYY. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1607287113
Fuss, C. B., Driscoll, C. T., Green, M. B., & Groffman, P. M. (2016). Hydrologic flowpaths during snowmelt in forested headwater catchments under differing winter climatic and soil frost regimes. Hydrological Processes, n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10956
Durán, J., Morse, J. L., Groffman, P. M., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Likens, G. E., Melillo, J. M., Mitchell, M. J., Templer, P. H., & Vadeboncoeur, M. A. (2016). Climate change decreases nitrogen pools and mineralization rates in northern hardwood forests. Ecosphere, 7(3), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1251
Berton, R., Driscoll, C. T., & Chandler, D. G. (2016). Changing climate increases discharge and attenuates its seasonal distribution in the northeastern United States. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 5, 164–178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.12.057
Pourmokhtarian, A., Driscoll, C. T., Campbell, J. L., Hayhoe, K., & Stoner, A. M. K. (2016). The effects of climate downscaling technique and observational dataset on modeled ecological responses. Ecological Applications, n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0745
Templer, P. H., Lambert, K. F., Weiss, M., Baron, J. S., Driscoll, C. T., & Foster, D. R. (2016). Special Session at 100th Ecological Society of America Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 97(1), 123–128. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1206
Fuss, C. B., Driscoll, C. T., Groffman, P. M., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Mitchell, M. J., Templer, P. H., Durán, J., & Morse, J. L. (2016). Nitrate and dissolved organic carbon mobilization in response to soil freezing variability. Biogeochemistry, 131(1–2), 35–47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-016-0262-0
Fahey, T., Heinz, A. K., Battles, J. J., Fisk, M. C., Driscoll, C. T., Blum, J. D., & Johnson, C. E. (2016). Fine root biomass declined in response to restoration of soil calcium in a northern hardwood forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, ja. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2015-0434
Templer, P. H., Lambert, K. F., Weiss, M., Baron, J. S., Driscoll, C. T., & Foster, D. R. (2016). Using science- policy integration to improve ecosystem science and informdecision- making: lessons from U.Sl LTERs. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 97(1), 123128. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70168967
Driscoll, C. T., Buonocore, J. J., Levy, J. I., Lambert, K. F., Burtraw, D., Reid, S. B., Fakhraei, H., & Schwartz, J. (2015). US power plant carbon standards and clean air and health co-benefits. Nature Climate Change, 5(6), 535–540. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2598
Fahey, T. J., Templer, P. H., Anderson, B. T., Battles, J. J., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Fusco, A. R., Green, M. B., Kassam, K.-A. S., Rodenhouse, N. L., Rustad, L., Schaberg, P. G., & Vadeboncoeur, M. A. (2015). The promise and peril of intensive-site-based ecological research: insights from the Hubbard Brook ecosystem study. Ecology, 96(4), 885–901. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-1043.1
Fakhraei, H., & Driscoll, C. T. (2015). Proton and Aluminum Binding Properties of Organic Acids in Surface Waters of the Northeastern U.S. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(5), 2939–2947. https://doi.org/10.1021/es504024u