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Shuang-ye Wu

Professor; Chair of the Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences

Full-Time Faculty

College of Arts and Sciences: Geology and Environmental Geosciences

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Email: Shuang-ye Wu
Phone: 937-229-1720
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Degrees

  • Ph.D., Cambridge University, United Kingdom

Profile

Wu is a climate scientist who uses climate models to project future climate change and its potential impacts on the hydrological cycle, including precipitation, extreme storms and flood risks. She also collaborates with researchers in ice core science and stable isotope geochemistry investigate climate and environmental change in the past 10,000 years. Dr. Wu received her Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 2000 where she studied environmental geography. She joined UD's department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences in 2004 after completing three-year post-doctoral research at Penn State University. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles in high-impact scientific journals, and received close to $2 million in external funding for her research. Dr. Wu teaches a variety courses mainly in the field of climate change, environmental geosciences and Geographical Information Systems.

Faculty perspective

"Humans have exerted profound changes on our Earth. Geoscience, as a scientific discipline devoted to the study of Earth's systems, is essential for understanding not only how the Earth got to be the way it is today, but also how it will change as a result of human impacts in the future. Only with such understanding are we in a better position to make informed decisions and advance social changes needed to protect the Earth, the only home for humanity, instead of, to quote a friend, 'treating it like some cheap hotel room to which we don't have to return tomorrow.' In this sense, geoscience has great political and social relevance."

Research interests

  • Impact of climate change on the hydrological cycle
  • Extreme precipitation and flooding hazards
  • Reconstruction of paleo climate and environment
  • Environmental application of Geographic Information System

Selected publications

Bedaso, Z., & Wu, S. Y. (2021). Linking precipitation and groundwater isotopes in Ethiopia-Implications from local meteoric water lines and isoscapes. Journal of Hydrology, 596, 126074.

Bedaso, Z., & Wu, S. Y. (2020). Daily precipitation isotope variation in Midwestern United States: Implication for hydroclimate and moisture source. Science of The Total Environment, 713, 136631.

Li, Y., An, W., Pang, H., Wu, S. Y., Tang, Y., Zhang, W., & Hou, S.  (2020) Variations of stable isotopic composition in atmospheric water vapor and their controlling factors–a six‐year continuous sampling study in Nanjing, Eastern China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, e2019JD031697.

Liu, K., Hou, S., Wu, S., Zhang, W., Zou, X., Yu, J., ... & Wang, J. (2020). Assessment of heavy metal contamination in the atmospheric deposition during 1950–2016 AD from a snow pit at Dome A, East Antarctica. Environmental Pollution, 115848.

Pang, H., Hou, S., Zhang, W., Wu, S., Jenk, T. M., Schwikowski, M., & Jouzel, J. (2020). Temperature trends in the northwestern Tibetan Plateau constrained by ice core water isotopes over the past 7,000 years. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125(19), e2020JD032560.

Liu, K., Hou, S., Wu, S., Pang, H., Zhang, W., Song, J., ... & Wang, J. The atmospheric iron variations during 1950–2016 recorded in snow at Dome Argus, East Antarctica. Atmospheric Research, 248, 105263.Bedaso, Z., & Wu, S.-Y. (2020). Daily precipitation isotope variation in Midwestern United States: Implication for hydroclimate and moisture source. Science of The Total Environment, 136631.

Zou, X., Hou, S., Wu, S-Y., Zhang, W., Liu, K., Yu, J., Liu, Y. & Pang, H. (2020). An assessment of natural and anthropogenic trace elements in the atmospheric deposition during 1776–2004 AD using the Miaoergou ice core, eastern Tien Shan, China. Atmospheric Environment, 221, 117112.

Bedaso, Z. K., DeLuca, N. M., Levin, N. E., Zaitchik, B. F., Waugh, D. W., Wu, S. Y., Harman, C. J. & Shanko, D. (2019). Spatial and temporal variation in the isotopic composition of Ethiopian precipitation. Journal of Hydrology, 124364.

Yuan, W., Wu, S. Y., Hou, S., Xu, Z., & Lu, H. (2019). Normalized Difference Vegetation Index‐based assessment of climate change impact on vegetation growth in the humid‐arid transition zone in northern China during 1982–2013. International Journal of Climatology, 39(15), 5583-5598.

Bedaso, Z. K., Wu, S.-Y., Johnson, A. N., & McTighe, C. (2019). Assessing groundwater sustainability under changing climate using isotopic tracers and climate modelling, southwest Ohio, USA. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 1-10. DOI:10.1080/02626667.2019.1606429

Pang, H., Hou, S., Landais, A., Masson‐Delmotte, V., Jouzel, J., Steen‐Larsen, H. C., Wu S.-Y. & An, C. (2019). Influence of Summer Sublimation on δD, δ18O, and δ17O in Precipitation, East Antarctica, and Implications for Climate Reconstruction From Ice Cores. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(13), 7339-7358.

Hou, S., Zhang, W., Pang, H., Wu, S.-Y., Jenk, T. M., Schwikowski, M., & Wang, Y. (2019). Apparent discrepancy of Tibetan ice core δ 18 O records may be attributed to misinterpretation of chronology. The Cryosphere, 13(6), 1743-1752.

Wu, Y., Hou, S., Wu, S.-Y., Pang, H., Liu, K., & Yu, J. (2019) Analysis of spatial-temporal variation and influencing factors of net primary productivity in the Southern Ocean. Polar Research 31(3):322-333.

Wu, S.-Y., Wu, Y., & Wen, J. (2019). Future changes in precipitation characteristics in China. International Journal of Climatology, 39(8), 3558-3573.

Wu, Y., Ji, H., Wen, J., Wu, S.-Y., Xu, M., Tagle, F., Duan, W., Li, J. (2018). The characteristics of regional persistent heavy precipitation events over eastern monsoon China during 1960-2013. Global and Planetary Change, 172, pp.414-427.

Liu, K., Hou, S., Zhang, W., Wu, S.-Y., Zou, X., Pang, H., Yu, J., Jiang, X., Wu, Y. (2018). Dissolved iron concentration in the recent snow of the Lambert Glacial Basin, Antarctica. Atmospheric Environment, 196, 44-52. doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.10.011

Hou, S., Jenk, T. M., Zhang, W., Wang, C., Wu, S.-Y., Wang, Y., Pang, H., Schwikowski, M. (2018). Age ranges of the Tibetan ice cores with emphasis on the Chongce ice cores, western Kunlun Mountains. The Cryosphere, 12(7), 2341-2348.

Xu, Z., Hu, R., Wang, K., Mason, G., Wu, S.-Y., Lu, H. (2018). Recent greening in the Mu Us dune field, north-central China, and its potential causes. Land Degradation and Development, 29:1509–1520, https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2910.

An, W., Hou, S., Zhang, Q., Zhang, W., Wu, S.-Y., Xu, H., Pang, H., Wang, Y., Liu, Y. (2017). Enhanced recent local moisture recycling on the northwestern Tibetan Plateau deduced from ice core deuterium excess records. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(23), 12,541–12,556.

Wang, Y., Thomas, E. R., Hou, S., Huai, B., Wu, S.-Y., Sun, W., Qi, S., Ding, M., Zhang, Y. (2017). Snow accumulation variability over the West Antarctic Ice Sheet since 1900: a comparison of ice core records with ERA-20C reanalysis. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(22), 11,482–11,490.

Zhang, W., Hou, S., Liu, Y., Wu, S.-Y., An, W., Pang, H., Wang, C. (2017). A high-resolution atmospheric dust record for 1810‐2004 AD derived from an ice core in eastern Tien Shan, Central Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

Wu, S.-Y., Hou, S. (2017). Impact of icebergs on the net primary productivity of the Southern Ocean. The Cryosphere, 11, 707-722.

An, W., Hou, S., Hu, Y., Wu, S.-Y. (2017). Delayed warming hiatus over Tibetan Plateau. Earth and Space Science, 4(3), 128–137.

Zhang, M., Du, S., Wu, Y., Wen, J., Wang, C., Wu, M., Wu, S.-Y. (2017). Spatiotemporal changes in frequencies and intensities of high temperature events in China over 1961–2010. Journal of Geographic Sciences, 27(9), 1027-1043.

Boyle, J., Sheets, D., Wu, S.-Y., Goldman, D., Melchin, M., Cooper, R., Sadler, P., Mitchell, C. (2017). The impact of geographic range, sampling, ecology, and time on extinction risk in the volatile clade Graptoloidea. Paleobiology, 43(1), 85-113.

Jia, X., Yi, S., Sun, Y., Wu, S.-Y., Lu, H. (2017). Spatial and temporal variations in prehistoric human settlement and their influencing factors on the south bank of the Xar Maron River, Northeast China. Frontiers of Earth Science, 11(1), 137-147.

Wu, Y., Wu, S.-Y., Wen, J., Tagle, F., Wu, M., Tan, J. (2016). Future changes in mean and extreme monsoon precipitation in the Middle and Lower Yangtze River Basin, China in the CMIP5 Models. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 17(11), 2785-2797.

Jia, X., Sun, Y., Wang, L., Sun, W., Zhao, Z., Huang, W., Lu, H., Wu, S.-Y. (2016). The transition of human subsistence strategies in relation to climate change during the Bronze Age in the West Liao River Basin, Northeast China. The Holocene, 26(5), 781-789.

An, W., Hou, S., Zhang, W., Wang, Y., Liu, Y., Wu, S.-Y., Pang, H. (2016). Significant recent warming over the northern Tibetan Plateau from ice core δ18O records. Climate of the Past, 12, 201-211.

An, W., Hou, S., Zhang, W., Wu, S., Xu, H., Pang, H., Wang, Y., & Liu, Y. (2016). Possible recent warming hiatus on the northwestern Tibetan Plateau derived from ice core records. Scientific Reports, 6, 32813.

Zhao, L., Ma, C., Mao, L., Tang, L., Liu, K.-b., Zhang, Y., Lu, H., Wu, S.-Y. (2016). Investigation of peat sediments from the Daiyun Mountain in the southeast China: late Holocene vegetation, climate and human impacts. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 25(4), 359–373.

Wu, Y., Wu, S.-Y. (2015). Changing Characteristics of Precipitation in China during 1951-2013. International Journal of Climatology. 10.1002/joc.4432

Tang, Y., Pang, H., Zhang, W., Li, Y., Wu, S.-Y., Hou, S. (2015). Effects of changes in moisture source and the upstream rainout on stable isotopes in summer precipitation — a case study in Nanjing, East China. Hydrology and Earth System Science, 19, 4293-4306.

Wu, S.-Y. (2015). Changing characteristics of precipitation in conterminous USA. Climatic Change. 10.1007/s10584-015-1453-8

Shi, J., Lu, H., Shi, S., Hou, X., Wu, S.-Y., Li, L. (2015). Tree-ring based February-April precipitation reconstruction for the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, southeastern China. Global and Planetary Change, 131(2015), 82-88. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.05.006

Sun, X., Li, Y., Feng, X., Lu, C., Yi, S., Lu, H., Wang, S., Wu, S.-Y. (2015). Pedostratigraphy of eolian deposition near Yunxian Man site on the Hanjiang River terraces at Yunxian Basin, central China. Quaternary International. 400, pp.187-194. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.05.034

Davis, J., Wu, S.-Y., McEwan, R. (2015). Spatiotemporal dynamics of coarse woody debris in an old-growth temperate deciduous forest. Forest Science, 61(2), 680-688. dx.doi.org/10.5849/forsci.14-156

Zhang, L., Fan, J., Chen, Q., Wu, S.-Y. (2014). Reconstruction of the Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) palaeotopography in the Upper Yangtze region, South China. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 63(4), 329-334.

Chen, Y., Lu, H., Zhang, E., Zhang, H., Xua, Z., Yi, S., Wu, S.-Y. (2014). Test stable carbon isotopic composition of soil organic matters as a proxy indicator of past precipitation: study of the sand fields in northern China. Quaternary International, 372, pp.79-86.

Wu, S.-Y., Miller, A. I. (2014). The shortest distance between two points isn’t always a great circle:  getting around land masses in the calibration of marine geodisparity. Paleobiology, 40(3), 428–439.

Boyle, J., Sheets, D., Wu, S.-Y., Goldman, D., Melchin, M., Cooper, R., Sadler, P., Mitchell, C. (2013). A Reexamination of the contributions of biofacies and geographic range to extinction risk in Ordovician graptolites. GFF, 136(1), pp.38-41.

Fan, J., Chen, Q., Hou, X., Miller, A. I., Melchin, M. J., Shen, S., Wu, S.-Y., Goldman, D., Mitchell, C. E., Yang, Q., Zhang, Y., Zhan, R., Wang, J., Leng, Q., Zhang, H., Zhang, L. (2013). Geobiodiversity Database: a comprehensive section-based integration of stratigraphic and paleontological data. Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 46(2), 111-136.

Zhang, L., Fan, J., Melchin, M. J., Chen, Q., Wu, S.-Y., Goldman, D., Mitchell, C. M., Sheets, D. (2013). The applications of species distribution models in palaeontology. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 52(2), 146-160.

Goldman, D., Mitchell, C. E., Melchin, M. J., Wu, S.-Y., Fan, J., Sheets, H. D. (2011). Biogeography and mass extinction: Extirpation and re-invasion of Normalograptus species (Graptolithina) in the Late Ordovician palaeotropics. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society/The Geological Society, 58(4), 227-246. pygs.lyellcollection.org/site/subscriptions/

Fan, J., Zhang, H., Hou, X., Wu, S.-Y., Shen, S., Yang, Q., Wang, Y., Luo, H., Leng, Q., Zhang, Y., Zhan, R., Chen, Q. (2011). Quantitative Research Trends of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy – Construction of the Geobiodiversity Database (GBDB) using EScience Technology. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 50(2), 141-153.

Wu, S-Y. (2010). Projecting Extreme Precipitation for Great Miami River Watershed, Ohio. In GIS and Water Resources: Proceedings of the American Water Resources Association 2010 Spring Specialty Conference, March 29-31, 2010, Orlando, Florida, pp. 372-384.

Wu, S.-Y. (2010). Potential impacts of climate change on flood risk of the Great Miami Watershed, Oh. Hydrological Science Journal, 55(8), 1251-1263.

Wu, S.-Y., Najjar, R., Siewert, J. (2009). Potential Impacts of Sea-level Rise on the Mid- and Upper-Atlantic Region of the United States. Climatic Change.

Wu, S.-Y., Yarnal, B., Fisher, A. (2002). Vulnerability of coastal communities to sea-level rise, a case study of Cape May County, New Jersey. Climate Research, 22(3), 255-270.