Katey Walter Anthony

Katey Walter Anthony
NationalityAmerican
EducationMount Holyoke College
University of California, Davis
Alma materUniversity of Alaska
Scientific career
FieldsAquatic ecology and biogeochemistry
Thesis Methane Emissions From Lakes In Northeast Siberia And Alaska
Doctoral advisorF. Stuart Chapin III

Katey M. Walter Anthony (born Katey Marion Walter) is an Alaskan aquatic ecologist and biogeochemist researching carbon and nutrient cycling between terrestrial and aquatic systems, and the cryosphere and atmosphere.

Education[edit]

Walter Anthony graduated magna cum laude from Mount Holyoke College (1998).[1] She has an M.Sc. in ecology from the University of California, Davis (2000) and a Ph.D. from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (2006).[2][3]

Career and research[edit]

Walter Anthony has conducted research projects in Russia,[4][5] Germany[citation needed], Central America[citation needed] and the United States.[6] During her master's research, Walter Anthony worked on the biogeochemistry of an invasive aquatic plant, Eurasian Watermilfoil.[7]

In 2007, Walter Anthony started an International Polar Year Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks[8][9]

Walter Anthony's current research focuses on methane and carbon dioxide emissions from arctic and temperate lakes and wetlands in Alaska and Siberia, and the processes involved in greenhouse gas emissions from lakes,[10] including thermokarst[11][12] (permafrost thaw), industrial plant emissions, geology, and changes in lake area. By capturing methane flowing from lakes into the atmosphere, Walter Anthony estimated up to 2.5 Pg of carbon was released into the atmosphere during the previous 60 years.[13][14] In the New York Times, Walter Anthony describes first finding bursts of methane escaping from lakes in Siberia[15] and bubbling out of lakes in Alaska and Greenland.[16]

Walter Anthony, who is fluent in Russian,[1] works as project coordinator at Chersky for joint Russian-U.S. projects over the International Polar Year, aiming to network arctic observatories in Alaska and Russia for long term monitoring of climate change in cold regions.[citation needed] Walter Anthony is co-PI of the Arctic Observatory Network which is a project funded by the National Science Foundation that is developing long-term data sets in Alaska and Siberia.[17]

Awards[edit]

  • EPA STAR Fellowship (2000)[18]
  • CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award (2006)[19]
  • National Wildlife Federation: National Conservation Achievement Award in Science (2009)[20]
  • National Geographic Emerging Explorer (2009)[21]
  • Mary Lyon Award from Mount Holyoke College for "exceptional promise or sustained achievement" (2010)[22]
  • Fellow, Wings WorldQuest (2011) profile[23]
  • Usibelli Award - Distinguished Research Award, University of Alaska Fairbanks (2019) [24]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Katey Walter Anthony". Mount Holyoke College. 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  2. ^ "Katey Walter Anthony". ine.uaf.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  3. ^ Walter, Katey Marion (2006). Methane Emissions From Lakes In Northeast Siberia And Alaska (Thesis thesis).
  4. ^ Walter, K. M.; Zimov, S. A.; Chanton, J. P.; Verbyla, D.; Chapin, F. S. (2006). "Methane bubbling from Siberian thaw lakes as a positive feedback to climate warming". Nature. 443 (7107): 71–75. Bibcode:2006Natur.443...71W. doi:10.1038/nature05040. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 16957728. S2CID 4415304.
  5. ^ "Methane seeping from Siberian ice a climate concern". NBC News. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  6. ^ "Strange lake belches flammable gas in the high Arctic". Science News for Students. 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  7. ^ Walter, Katey; Goldman, Charles (2000). "Assessing Potential for Spread and Impacts of Eurasian Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) in Lake Tahoe Using in situ Transplants and Bioassays". The Aquatic Plant Management Society. Fortieth Annual Meeting & International Conference.
  8. ^ "University of Alaska President's Report" (PDF). 2007.
  9. ^ Walter, Katey Marion (2000). "Ecosystem effects of the invasion of Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) at Lake Tahoe". Degree granted in Ecology. Thesis (M.S.)--University of California, Davi. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  10. ^ "Lakes Boiling With Methane Discovered In Alaska". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  11. ^ Walter, K. M.; Edwards, M. E.; Grosse, G.; Zimov, S. A.; Chapin, F. S. (2007-10-26). "Thermokarst Lakes as a Source of Atmospheric CH 4 During the Last Deglaciation". Science. 318 (5850): 633–636. Bibcode:2007Sci...318..633W. doi:10.1126/science.1142924. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17962561. S2CID 31630756.
  12. ^ "Methane Bubbling From Arctic Lakes, Now And At End Of Last Ice Age". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  13. ^ Yereth, Rosen (2016-08-29). "Scientists calculate methane loads bubbling up from Arctic lakebeds". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  14. ^ Walter Anthony, Katey; Daanen, Ronald; Anthony, Peter; Schneider von Deimling, Thomas; Ping, Chien-Lu; Chanton, Jeffrey P.; Grosse, Guido (2016). "Methane emissions proportional to permafrost carbon thawed in Arctic lakes since the 1950s". Nature Geoscience. 9 (9): 679–682. Bibcode:2016NatGe...9..679W. doi:10.1038/ngeo2795. ISSN 1752-0908. OSTI 1776496.
  15. ^ Gillis, Justin (2011-12-17). "As Permafrost Thaws, Scientists Study the Risks". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  16. ^ Gillis, Justin (2012-05-21). "Popping the Cap on Arctic Methane". Green Blog. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  17. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 1107892 - Collaborative Research on Carbon, Water, and Energy Balance of the Arctic Landscape at Flagship Observatories in Alaska and Siberia". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  18. ^ "Ecosystem Consequences of Eurasian Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum Sspicatum) Invasion in Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada | Research Project Database | Grantee Research Project | ORD | US EPA". cfpub.epa.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  19. ^ "CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award Winners" (PDF).
  20. ^ "National Wildlife Federation National Conservation achievement award honorees".
  21. ^ "Katey Walter Anthony".
  22. ^ "Award Recipients Past and Present – Alumnae Association". Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  23. ^ "Fellows". WINGS WorldQuest. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  24. ^ "UAF announces 2019 Usibelli Award recipients | UA News Center". www.alaska.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-09.

External links[edit]

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