James Saiers, PhD
Clifton R. Musser Professor at the School of the Environment and Professor of Geology and GeophysicsCards
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2025
Long-term trends of streamwater chemistry in an agricultural watershed: Effects of anthropogenic and climatic factors
Sun F, Rioux R, Miller-Brown W, Shrestha B, Shanley J, Planavsky N, Raymond P, Saiers J. Long-term trends of streamwater chemistry in an agricultural watershed: Effects of anthropogenic and climatic factors. The Science Of The Total Environment 2025, 970: 179017. PMID: 40054248, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStreamwater chemistryChemical weatheringInformed land management decisionsClimatic factorsSleepers River Research WatershedChemical weathering ratesLand management decisionsWarmer climatic conditionsSurrounding terrestrial ecosystemsGlobal carbon cycleWater-quality issuesAcidification recoveryLong-term trendsLong-term variationsAcid depositionAgricultural practicesYears of measurementsOrganic acidsBiogenic carbon dioxideManaging water qualityTerrestrial ecosystemsConcentrations of calciumResearch WatershedWeathering ratesAgricultural watershedsInfluence of Enhanced Silicate Weathering on Streamwater Quality: A Watershed Experiment
Rioux R, Sun F, Tatge W, Zacharias Q, Miller-Brown W, Shanley J, Planavsky N, Raymond P, Saiers J. Influence of Enhanced Silicate Weathering on Streamwater Quality: A Watershed Experiment. 2025 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-756.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnhanced mineral weatheringEnhanced silicate weatheringFreshwater qualityWater qualityAdverse water quality impactsWater samplesTrace elementsSoil pore waterSilicate weatheringWeathering productsAquatic ecosystem functionAquatic ecosystem responsesCarbon dioxide removal approachesWorsening water qualityLand to surface waterBase cationsStormwater samplesEcosystem functionStream pHAnthropogenic activitiesRoad saltStreamwater chemistryStreamwater qualityEcosystem responsesCo-benefits
2024
Domestic groundwater wells in Appalachia show evidence of low-dose, complex mixtures of legacy pollutants
Bugher N, Xiong B, Gentles R, Glist L, Siegel H, Johnson N, Clark C, Deziel N, Saiers J, Plata D. Domestic groundwater wells in Appalachia show evidence of low-dose, complex mixtures of legacy pollutants. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts 2024, 26: 2250-2263. PMID: 39501836, DOI: 10.1039/d4em00364k.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVolatile organic compoundsMaximum contaminant levelEnvironmental Protection AgencyDrinking water sourcesContaminated sitesVOC concentrationsIndustrial activitiesConcentrations of volatile organic compoundsVolatile organic compound contaminationVolatile organic compound concentrationsWater sourcesIndustrially contaminated sitesLack of water quality dataPotential groundwater contaminationU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWater quality dataComplex geochemical processesLegacy pollutantsGroundwater contaminationSuperfund siteContaminant occurrenceWest VirginiaMultiple volatile organic compoundsContamination levelsExposure riskInvestigating terrestrial biogeochemical responses to enhanced rock weathering for carbon capture in a whole-watershed experiment
zacharias Q, Rioux R, Sun F, Tagte W, McCall M, Wereti D, Polussa A, Raymond P, Planavsky N, Saiers J. Investigating terrestrial biogeochemical responses to enhanced rock weathering for carbon capture in a whole-watershed experiment. 2024 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-780.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRock weatheringEnhanced rock weatheringTrace metalsSample plotsPrimary productionSoil inorganic carbonSoil organic carbonAbove-ground primary productionVegetation nutrient contentWatershed-scale experimentTrace-metal concentrationsNutrient contentAbove‐ground net primary productivityResults of laboratory experimentsNet primary productionHillslope gradientWeathering reactionsSoil chemistryBiogeochemical responsesSoil samplesBasalt applicationEnhanced weatheringInorganic carbonCarbon sequestrationAtmospheric CO2Accuracy of self-reported distance to nearest unconventional oil and gas well in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia residents and implications for exposure assessment
Clark C, Casey J, Bell M, Plata D, Saiers J, Deziel N. Accuracy of self-reported distance to nearest unconventional oil and gas well in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia residents and implications for exposure assessment. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2024, 34: 512-517. PMID: 38448680, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00637-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSelf-reported distanceWest Virginia residentsAssociated with adverse health outcomesVirginia residentsAdverse health outcomesExposure to environmental hazardsCohen's weighted kappaYears of educationSelf-reported dataHealth outcomesWest VirginiansSelf-report measuresIndicators of awarenessWeighted kappaSelf-reportDemographic characteristicsEducational attainmentAdverse health effectsSelf-reported metricsEnvironmental exposuresDistance categoriesHealth effectsResidentsExposure assessmentRisk
2023
Predictors of early life residential mobility in urban and rural Pennsylvania children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and implications for environmental exposure assessment
Clark C, Warren J, Saiers J, Ma X, Bell M, Deziel N. Predictors of early life residential mobility in urban and rural Pennsylvania children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and implications for environmental exposure assessment. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2023, 34: 990-999. PMID: 38148338, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00636-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConventional Fossil Fuel Extraction, Associated Biogeochemical Processes, and Topography Influence Methane Groundwater Concentrations in Appalachia
Li Y, Siegel H, Thelemaque N, Bailey K, Moncrieffe P, Nguyen T, Clark C, Johnson N, Soriano M, Deziel N, Saiers J, Plata D. Conventional Fossil Fuel Extraction, Associated Biogeochemical Processes, and Topography Influence Methane Groundwater Concentrations in Appalachia. Environmental Science And Technology 2023, 57: 19702-19712. PMID: 37982799, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c01862.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFACTORS INFLUENCING PFAS OCCURRENCE IN DOMESTIC WELLS WITHIN AN UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS PRODUCING REGION OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
Siegel H, Nason S, Deziel N, Saiers J. FACTORS INFLUENCING PFAS OCCURRENCE IN DOMESTIC WELLS WITHIN AN UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS PRODUCING REGION OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. Abstracts With Programs (Geological Society Of America) 2023 DOI: 10.1130/abs/2023se-385263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGroundwater Vulnerability to Contamination from Fossil-Fuel Development
Saiers J, Soriano M, Siegel H, Clark C, Plata D, Deziel N. Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination from Fossil-Fuel Development. 2023 DOI: 10.7185/gold2023.18436.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvancing Methods for Contaminant-source Attribution in Complex Aquifer Settings: Applications in the Northwestern Appalachian Basin, USA
Siegel H, Nason S, Soriano M, Clark C, Johnson N, Wulsin G, Deziel N, Plata D, Saiers J, Darrah T. Advancing Methods for Contaminant-source Attribution in Complex Aquifer Settings: Applications in the Northwestern Appalachian Basin, USA. 2023 DOI: 10.7185/gold2023.18531.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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