Emily Ury

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

Department/Office Information

Environmental Studies

Contact

eury@colgate.edu

I am an applied ecologist and environmental scientist, broadly interested in ecological restoration, nature-based solutions to environmental problems, and ecological responses to global change. Wetlands are a major theme within my work, as these ecosystems are both highly vulnerable to global change and uniquely valuable solutions to many environmental problems. I study the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in wetlands, as well as their geographical distribution and how their position within the landscape affects their ecological function and delivery of ecosystem services.

BA, Williams College
Masters of Environmental Science, Yale School of the Environment
PhD, Duke University

Ury, Emily A., Eve-Lyn S. Hinckley, Daniele Visioni, Brian Buma. 2024. Managing the Global Wetland Methane-Climate Feedback: A Review of Potential Options. Global Change Biology 30(11) e17585.
Ury, Emily A., Puvaanah Arrumugam, Ellen Herbert, Pascal Badiou, Bryan Page, Nandita B. Basu. 2023. Source or Sink? Meta-analysis reveals diverging controls of phosphorus retention and release in restored and constructed wetlands. Environmental Research Letters. 18(8), 083002.
Ury, Emily A., Marcelo Ardón, Justin P. Wright, Emily S. Bernhardt. 2023. Restored forested wetland surprisingly resistant to experimental salinization. PLOS ONE. 18(12): e0296128.
Ury, Emily A., Justin P. Wright, Marcelo Ardón, Emily S. Bernhardt. 2022. Saltwater intrusion in context: soil factors regulate impacts of salinity on soil carbon cycling. Biogeochemistry. 157(2), 215-226.
Gerson, Jaqueline R., Natalie Szponar, Angelica Almeyda Zambrano, Bridget Bergquist, Eben Broadbent, Charles T. Driscoll, Luis E. Fernandez, Heileen Hsu-Kim, William Pan, Miles Silman, Emily A. Ury, Claudia Vega, Emily S. Bernhardt. 2022. Exceptionally high atmospheric mercury pollution captured by Amazon forests. Nature Communications. 13(1), 559.
Ury, Emily A., Xi Yang, Emily S. Bernhardt, Justin P. Wright. 2021. Rapid deforestation of a coastal landscape by sea level rise and extreme events. Ecological Applications. 31(5): e02339.
White, Elliott, Emily A. Ury, Emily S. Bernhardt, Xi Yang. 2021. Climate Change Driving Widespread Loss of Forested Wetlands throughout the North American Coastal Plain. Ecosystems. 25(4), 812-827.
Ury, Emily A., Steven M. Anderson, Robert K. Peet, Emily S. Bernhardt, Justin P. Wright. 2020. Succession, regression and loss: does evidence of saltwater exposure explain recent changes in the tree communities of North Carolina’s coastal plain? Annals of Botany. 125(2): 255–263.
Bhattachan, Abi, Ryan E. Emanuel, Marcelo Ardón, Emily S. Bernhardt, Steven M. Anderson, Matthew G. Stillwagon, Emily A. Ury, Todd K. Bendor, Justin P. Wright. 2018. Evaluating the effects of land-use change and future climate change on vulnerability of coastal landscapes to saltwater intrusion. Elementa. 6(1):62.

Cooley Postdoctoral Science Fellow: Environmental Defense Fund
Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Earth and Environmental Science, University of Waterloo

Courses taught:

Intro to Environmental Science (ENST 200 and 200L)
Wetland Ecology in a Changing World (Duke University, BIO 490)