Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, Reports, and Books (as of November 2025)

1. Novick, K.A., Keenan, T.F., Anderegg, W.R.L., Normile, C.P., Runkle, B.R.K., Oldfield, E.E., Shrestha, G., Baldocchi, D.D., Evans, M.E.K., and Randerson, J.T. (2024). We need a solid scientific basis for nature-based climate solutions in the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(14), e2318505121. [Cited by 32]

2. McElwee, P.D., Carter, S.L., Hyde, K.J.W., West, J.M., Akamani, K., Babson, A.L., Bowser, G., Bradford, J.B., Costanza, J., Crimmins, T.M., Goslee, S.C., Hamilton, S.K., Helmuth, B., Hoagland, S., Hoover, F.-A.E., Hunsicker, M.E., Kashuba, R., Moore, S.A., Muñoz, R.C., Shrestha, G., Uriarte, M., and Wilkening, J.L. (2023). Ch. 8. Ecosystems, ecosystem services, and biodiversity. In Fifth National Climate Assessment (Crimmins, A.R., Avery, C.W., Easterling, D.R., Kunkel, K.E., Stewart, B.C., and Maycock, T.K., Eds.). US Global Change Research Program. [Cited by 12]

3. Williams, C.A., Andrews, A., Brown, M., Davis, K.J., Hoffman, F., Larson, L., Poulter, B., Shrestha, G., Sundquist, E.T., and Wei, Y. (2023). 2022 North American Carbon Program Science Implementation Plan. Report of the North American Carbon Program.

4. Shrestha, G., Cooley, S., Larson, L., Bassiouni, M., Grabb, K., Cannizzo, Z., and Bhandari, A.A. (2023). Report for the Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR): Towards a Unified Monitoring, Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MMRV) Framework Workshop. OSF.

5. Novick, K., Williams, C., Runkle, B., Anderegg, W., Hollinger, D., Litvak, M., Normile, C., Shrestha, G., Almaraz, M., and Anderson, C. (2022). The science needed for robust, scalable, and credible nature-based climate solutions in the United States: Summary for Policymakers. Indiana University. [Cited by 17]

6. Shrestha, G. (2022). What Is the Big Picture in Carbon Removal Research? Issues in Science and Technology, 39(1), 17-19.

7. Uhran, B., Zhu, Z., Windham-Myers, L., Sleeter, B., Cavallaro, N., Kroeger, K.D., and Shrestha, G. (2021). Wetland carbon in the United States: conditions and changes. In Wetland Carbon and Environmental Management (pp. 21-31). John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

8. Birdsey, R., Mayes, M.A., Romero-Lankao, P., Najjar, R.G., Reed, S.C., Cavallaro, N., Shrestha, G., Hayes, D.J., Lorenzoni, L., and Marsh, A. (2018). Executive summary. In Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report [Cavallaro, N., G. Shrestha, R. Birdsey, M.A. Mayes, R.G. Najjar, S.C. Reed, P. Romero-Lankao, and Z. Zhu (eds.)] US Global Change Research Program. (pp. 21-40). US Global Change Research Program.

9. Cavallaro, N., Shrestha, G., Birdsey, R., Mayes, M.A., Najjar, R.G., Reed, S.C., Romero-Lankao, P., and Zhu, Z. (2018). Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report. U.S. Global Change Research Program, 878, 10-7930.

10. Birdsey, R., Mayes, M., Najjar, R., Reed, S., Romero-Lankao, P., and Zhu, Z. (Eds.). (2018). Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report. US Global Change Research Program.

11. Cavallaro, N., Shrestha, G., Birdsey, R., Mayes, M.A., Najjar, R.G., and Reed, S.C. (2018). Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report. U.S. Global Change Research Program. 878 pp.

12. Shrestha, G., Cavallero, N., Lorenzoni, L., Seadler, A., Zhu, Z., Gurwick, N.P., Larson, E., Birdsey, R., Mayes, M.A., and Najjar, R.G. (2018). Highlights of the Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2). NCAR Report.

13. Birdsey, R., Gurwick, N.P., Gurney, K.R., Shrestha, G., Mayes, M.A., Najjar, R.G., Reed, S.C., and Romero Lankao, P. (2018). Appendix D: Carbon Measurement Approaches and Accounting Frameworks. NCAR Report.

14. Lajtha, K., Bailey, V.L., and McFarlane, K. et al. (2018). Chapter 12. Soils. In Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report [Cavallaro, N., G. Shrestha, R. Birdsey, M.A. Mayes, R.G. Najjar, S.C. Reed, P. Romero-Lankao, and Z. Zhu (eds.)] US Global Change Research Program. [Cited by 14]

15. Domke, G., Williams, C.A., Birdsey, R., Coulston, J., Finzi, A., Gough, C., Haight, B., Hicke, J., Janowiak, M., and De Jong, B. (2018). Forests. In Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report [Cavallaro, N., G. Shrestha, R. Birdsey, M.A. Mayes, R.G. Najjar, S.C. Reed, P. Romero-Lankao, and Z. Zhu (eds.)] (pp. 365-398). US Global Change Research Program. [Cited by 34]

16. Pendall, E., Bachelet, D., Conant, R.T., El Masri, B., Flanagan, L.B., Knapp, A.K., Liu, J., Liu, S., and Schaeffer, S.M. (2018). Grasslands. In Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report [Cavallaro, N., G. Shrestha, R. Birdsey, M.A. Mayes, R.G. Najjar, S.C. Reed, P. Romero-Lankao, and Z. Zhu (eds.)] (pp. 399-427). US Global Change Research Program. [Cited by 26]

17. Kolka, R., Trettin, C.T., Tang, W., Krauss, K.W., Bansal, S., Drexler, J.Z., Wickland, K.P., Chimner, R.A., Hogan, D.M., and Pindilli, E.J. (2018). Terrestrial wetlands. In Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report [Cavallaro, N., G. Shrestha, R. Birdsey, M.A. Mayes, R.G. Najjar, S.C. Reed, P. Romero-Lankao, and Z. Zhu (eds.)]. US Global Change Research Program. [Cited by 67]

18. Windham-Myers, L., Cai, W.J., Alin, S., Andersson, A., Crosswell, J., Dunton, K., Hernandez-Ayon, J.M., Herrmann, M., Hinson, A.L., and Hopkinson, C. (2018). Tidal wetlands and estuaries. In Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report [Cavallaro, N., G. Shrestha, R. Birdsey, M.A. Mayes, R.G. Najjar, S.C. Reed, P. Romero-Lankao, and Z. Zhu (eds.)]. US Global Change Research Program. [Cited by 70]

19. Hristov, A.N., Johnson, J.M.F., Rice, C.W., Brown, M.E., Conant, R.T., Del Grosso, S.J., Gurwick, N.P., Rotz, C.A., Sainju, U.M., and Skinner, R.H. (2018). Chapter 5: agriculture. In Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report [Cavallaro, N., G. Shrestha, R. Birdsey, M.A. Mayes, R.G. Najjar, S.C. Reed, P. Romero-Lankao, and Z. Zhu (eds.)] (pp. 229-263). US Global Change Research Program.

20. Gurney, K.R., Romero-Lankao, P., Pincetl, S., Betsill, M., Chester, M., Creutzig, F., and Schäfer, K. (2018). Chapter 4: Understanding urban carbon fluxes. In Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report [Cavallaro, N., G. Shrestha, R. Birdsey, M.A. Mayes, R.G. Najjar, S.C. Reed, P. Romero-Lankao, and Z. Zhu (eds.)] (pp. 189-228). US Global Change Research Program. [Cited by 11]

21. Hayes, D.J., Vargas, R., Alin, S.R., Conant, R.T., Hutyra, L.R., Jacobson, A.R., Kurz, W.A., Liu, S., McGuire, A.D., and Poulter, B. (2018). Chapter 2: the North American carbon budget. In Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report [Cavallaro, N., G. Shrestha, R. Birdsey, M.A. Mayes, R.G. Najjar, S.C. Reed, P. Romero-Lankao, and Z. Zhu (eds.)] (pp. 71-108). US Global Change Research Program. [Cited by 49]

22. Huntzinger, D.N., Chatterjee, A., Moore, D.J.P., Ohrel, S., West, T.O., Poulter, B., Walker, A.P., Dunne, J., Cooley, S.R., and Michalak, A.M. (2018). Chapter 19: Future of the North American carbon cycle. In Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report [Cavallaro, N., G. Shrestha, R. Birdsey, M.A. Mayes, R.G. Najjar, S.C. Reed, P. Romero-Lankao, and Z. Zhu (eds.)] (pp. 760-809). US Global Change Research Program. [Cited by 9]

23. Bruhwiler, L., Michalak, A.M., Birdsey, R., Fisher, J.B., Houghton, R.A., Huntzinger, D.N., and Miller, J.B. (2018). Chapter 1: Overview of the global carbon cycle. In Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report [Cavallaro, N., G. Shrestha, R. Birdsey, M.A. Mayes, R.G. Najjar, S.C. Reed, P. Romero-Lankao, and Z. Zhu (eds.)] (pp. 42-70). US Global Change Research Program. [Cited by 24]

24. Lohrenz, S., Cooley, S., and Moore, D.J.P. (2018). Biogeochemical effects of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide. In Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report [Cavallaro, N., G. Shrestha, R. Birdsey, M.A. Mayes, R.G. Najjar, S.C. Reed, P. Romero-Lankao, and Z. Zhu (eds.)] (pp. 690-727). US Global Change Research Program.

25. McCarthy, M.I., Ramsey, B., Phillips, J., and Redsteer, M.H. (2018). Tribal lands. In Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report [Cavallaro, N., G. Shrestha, R. Birdsey, M.A. Mayes, R.G. Najjar, S.C. Reed, P. Romero-Lankao, and Z. Zhu (eds.)]. US Global Change Research Program.

26. Hutyra, L.R., Duren, R., Gurney, K.R., Grimm, N., Kort, E.A., Larson, E., and Shrestha, G. (2014). Urbanization and the carbon cycle: Current capabilities and research outlook from the natural sciences perspective. Earth’s Future, 2(10), 473-495. [Cited by 211]

27. Hutyra, L.R., Duren, R., Gurney, K., Grimm, N.B., Kort, E., Larson, E., and Shrestha, G. (2014). Urbanization and the carbon cycle: Current capabilities and future outlook on observing and modeling urban carbon flows. Earth’s Future, 2(10), 473-495.

28. Jones, C.D., Ciais, P., Davis, S.J., Friedlingstein, P., Gasser, T., Peters, G.P., Rogelj, J., van Vuuren, D.P., Canadell, J.G., Cowie, A. …, Shrestha, G. et al. (2016). Simulating the Earth system response to negative emissions. Environmental Research Letters, 11(9), 095012. [Cited by 189]

29. Smith, P., Davis, S.J., Creutzig, F., Fuss, S., Minx, J., Gabrielle, B., Kato, E., Jackson, R.B., Cowie, A., Kriegler, E. …, Shrestha, G. et al. (2016). Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO₂ emissions. Nature climate change, 6(1), 42-50. [Cited by 1,724]

30. Xiao, J., Luo, Y., and Shrestha, G. (2016). Improving carbon cycle projections for better carbon management. EOS Institute of Physics (IOP).

31. Cooley, S.R., Jewett, E.B., Reichert, J., Robbins, L., Shrestha, G., Wieczorek, D., and Weisberg, S.B. (2015). Getting ocean acidification on decision makers’ to-do lists: dissecting the process through case studies. Oceanography, 28(2), 198-211. [Cited by 30]

32. Michalak, A., Huntzinger, D., and Shrestha, G. (2013). Progress and Future Directions in North American Carbon Cycle Science: North American Carbon Program 4th All Investigators Meeting. 2013.EOS.

33. National Research Council, Division on Earth, Board on Atmospheric Sciences, America’s Climate Choices, and Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change. (2011). Advancing the science of climate change. National Academies Press. [Cited by 577] (Shrestha, G. contributed to the finalization of the report as a Fellow at the National Academy of Sciences and is acknowledged as such in the report.)

34. Shrestha, G. (2011). Immigrants’ Success in Science Education and Careers. UC Merced: Center for Research on Teaching Excellence. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2m14z6np

35. Shrestha, G. (2011). Carbon, biochar and soot black carbon in Yosemite National Park soils: Quantification, characterization and policy implications. PhD Dissertation, UC Merced.

36. Shrestha, G., Traina, S.J., and Swanston, C.W. (2010). Black carbon’s properties and role in the environment: A comprehensive review. Sustainability, 2(1), 294-320. [Cited by 346]

37. Shrestha, G., Berhe, A.A., and Swanston, C. (2009). Surface soil black carbon in Yosemite, California: effect of prescribed forest fires. North American Biochar Conference Proceedings. August 9-12, 2009. University of Colorado Boulder.

38. Shrestha, G. and Stahl, P.D. (2008). Carbon accumulation and storage in semi-arid sagebrush steppe: effects of long-term grazing exclusion. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 125 (1-4), 173-181. [Cited by 218]

39. Shrestha, G., Stahl, P.D., Munn, L.C., Pendall, E.G., Vance, G.F., and Zhang, R. (2005). Soil carbon and microbial biomass carbon after 40 years of grazing exclusion in semiarid sagebrush steppe of Wyoming. Arid Lands Newsletter, 58.

40. Shrestha, G. (2005). Impacts of land reclamation and management on soil carbon, microbial biomass carbon and other soil properties in Wyoming. PhD Dissertation, University of Wyoming.

41. Shrestha, G. (2001). Water Harvesting as an Appropriate Technology, The Global and Local Perspective. BS Thesis, Kathmandu University, Nepal.

Conference Leadership and Presentations

42. Warwick, P., Jones, M.M., and Shrestha, G. (2025). Mineral-Based Carbon Management and Removal Technologies: Emerging Research, Demonstrations, and Measurement Verification Methods. AGU25, AGU. (Co-Chair)

43. Bartowitz, K., Shrestha, G., Walsh, E., Hudiburg, T.W., Woodall, C., Runkle, B., Novick, K.A., and Poulter, B. (2024). Toward Real and Achievable Carbon Drawdown: Advances in MMRV Policy and Techniques for Nature-Based Climate Solutions, Climate-Smart Commodities, and CDR. AGU24, AGU. (Co-Chair)

44. Tyne, R., Holme, E., Polnyi, I., Madlener, A., Warwick, P., Shrestha, G., and Matin-Wainer, M. (2024). Connecting Science and Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) Development for Cross-Pathway Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Technologies I Oral. AGU24, AGU. (Co-Chair)

45. Warwick, P., Chu, P., Drexler, J.Z., Shrestha, G., and Li, Y. (2024). Science-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Strategies that Incorporate Monitoring, Measurements, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV). AGU24, AGU.

46. Shrestha, G. and Burba, G. (2024). Toward a Unified Monitoring, Measurements, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV) Framework for GHG Mitigation and Carbon Removal (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice and the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation). 104th AMS Annual Meeting, AMS. (Chair)

47. Shrestha, G. and Bartowitz, K. (2023). Carbon Removal or CDR science, tech, MRV, innovation, policies, investments and partnerships across government, private, philanthropic and academic sectors. AGU23, AGU.

48. Barnes, M., Runkle, B., Novick, K.A., Anderegg, W., Evans, M.E.K., Keenan, T.F., Normile, C., Shrestha, G., and Trugman, A.T. (2023). Enhancing GHG Emissions Monitoring: Integrating Flux Perspectives into the Emerging Federal Strategy. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2023(884), INV33A-0884.

49. Shrestha, G., Averill, C., Marklein, A.R., Drexler, J.Z., and Bartowitz, K. (2023). Science-Based Gigaton-Scale Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR): Strategies for Monitoring, Measurements, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV) II Poster. AGU23, AGU. (Chair for three sessions)

50. Metzger, S., Nyirjesy, G., Burba, G.G., and Shrestha, G. (2023). Surface-Atmosphere Interactions: Flux Measurements for Real-World Impact I Poster. AGU23, AGU.

51. Larson, L.K., Benway, H.M., Cross, J.N., Sweeney, C., Shrestha, G., Warwick, P., Chu, P., Gledhill, D.K., Domke, G.M., and Arrigo, J.S. (2022). A Multi-agency Perspective on Carbon Dioxide Removal Research: Mobilizing the US Research Community and Government Actions Based on Science. Fall Meeting 2022, AGU. (Town Hall Co-Chair)

52. Shrestha, G. (2022). From Carbon Budgets to Carbon Dioxide Removal: 23+ Years of Federally Funded Science Coordination Efforts with the Community. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2022, SY12A-04.

53. Shrestha, G., Gledhill, D.K., Warwick, P., Lambert, D., and Sweeney, C. (2022). Science-Based Carbon Removal Strategies: Monitoring, Measurements, Reporting, and Verification Across Terrestrial, Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Societal Dimensions I, II, III, IV (4 sessions). Fall Meeting 2022, AGU. (Session Chair)

54. Poulter, B., Bruhwiler, L.M., Andrews, A.E., and Shrestha, G. (2022). US Interagency Greenhouse Gas Analysis and Observations Working Group. American Meteorological Society Meeting Abstracts, 102, 1A-2.

55. Larson, L.K. and Shrestha, G. (2021). Launching a New Decade of Carbon Cycle Science for the US Carbon Cycle Science Program, the North American Carbon Program, and the Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program. AGU Fall Meeting 2021, AGU.

56. Shrestha, G., Gledhill, D., Gurwick, N., Kopacz, M., Drexler, J., and Marsh, A. (2021). Advancing the Science of Carbon Dioxide Removal to Inform Decisions and Actions in response to Climate Change: An Interagency Research Coordination Strategy. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2021, GC33B-03.

57. Shrestha, G., Bruhwiler, L., Poulter, B., Andrews, A., Engelen, R.J., Lefer, B.L., Kopacz, M., and Falkowski, M. (2021). Conceptualizing US Interagency Carbon Information, Monitoring, and Decisions System. AGU Fall Meeting 2021, AGU.

58. Shrestha, G. (2020). Converging for Climate Interventions: Negative Emissions Strategies for Positive Solutions. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2020, GC048-03.

59. Shrestha, G., Michalak, A., Sabine, C., Jackson, R.B., and Zhu, Z. (2020). A Decade of Progress in Global Carbon Cycle Science I. AGU Fall Meeting 2020, AGU.

60. Shrestha, G., Jackson, R.B., Sabine, C., Michalak, A., and Zhu, Z. (2020). A Decade of Progress in Global Carbon Cycle Science II Posters. AGU Fall Meeting 2020, AGU.

61. Larson, E.K., Fox, A.M., Williams, C.A., and Shrestha, G. (2020). A Decadal Perspective on North American Carbon Program Contributions to Carbon Cycle Science. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2020, B011-01.

62. Campbell, J.L., Shrestha, G., Kutsch, W.L., Green, M.B., Butler, J.H., and Cavallaro, N. (2019). Improving Ecosystem Carbon Budget Estimates and Forging Linkages for Informing Decisions I. AGU Fall Meeting 2019, AGU.

63. Shrestha, G., Butler, J.H., Bontempi, P.S., Zhu, Z., Cavallaro, N., Larson, L.K., and Marsh, A. (2019). Carbon Cycle Research Facilitation and Coordination: Discussing Interagency Partnerships, Scientific Progress, Assessments, Collaborations, and Opportunities. AGU Fall Meeting 2019, AGU.

64. Shrestha, G., Larson, E.K., Williams, C.A., and Fox, A.M. (2019). Scaling boundaries in Science: A North American Carbon Cycle Example. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2019, B53J-2520.

65. Flowe, A., Bieniek-Tobasco, A., Arrigo, J.S., Shrestha, G., and Larson, E.K. (2019). Integration of Social Sciences in Select Federal Climate Change Assessments. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2019, GC23F-1460.

66. Williams, C.A., Larson, L.K., Shrestha, G., Fox, A.M., Andrews, A., Sundquist, E.T., Davis, K.J., and Brown, M.E. (2019). NACP Strategic Plan Town Hall. AGU Fall Meeting 2019, AGU.

67. Shrestha, G. (2019). Forging Linkages in Carbon Cycle Science. AGU Fall Meeting 2019, AGU.

68. Shrestha, G., Zhu, Z., Cavallaro, N., Butler, J., Larson, E., and Tedesco, K. (2019). 20 years of US interagency and cross-disciplinary research coordination on carbon: SOCCR2, current and future networks. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 21.

69. McCarthy, M., Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., and Larson, L. (2019). Carbon Cycle Processes, Policies, and Uncertainties: New Perspectives. 2019 Annual Meeting, AAAS.

70. Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., Zhu, Z., Larson, E.K., and Stover, D. (2019). Beyond the State of the Carbon Cycle: Promoting and Championing Trans-disciplinary Science and Diversity in Global Change Science. 2019 ESA Annual Meeting (August 11–16), ESA.

71. Birdsey, R., Mayes, M.A., Reed, S., Najjar, R., Romero-Lankao, P., Cavallaro, N., and Shrestha, G. (2018). State of the Carbon Cycle in North America: Key Findings from Assessing a Decade of Science, Decisions, and Management Impacts. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2018, B43C-05.

72. Mayes, M.A., Romero-Lankao, P., Birdsey, R., Reed, S., Najjar, R., Marcotulio, P., West, T., Hristov, A.N., Cavallaro, N., and Shrestha, G. (2018). State of the Carbon Cycle in North America: Carbon Management Experiences and Opportunities. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2018, B43C-18.

73. Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., and Zhu, Z. (2018). Building and Implementing Science Collaborations Innovatively and Effectively: Exploring Lessons Learned and Opportunities in the Carbon Space. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2018, B23M-2703.

74. Cavallaro, N., Shrestha, G., Zhu, Z., Vargas, R., Birdsey, R., and Ste-Marie, C. (2018). A carbon cycle partnership and program: reaching out towards international engagement and collaborations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2018, B43C-01.

75. Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., Zhu, Z., Birdsey, R., Mayes, M.A., Najjar, R., Romero-Lankao, P., Reed, S., and Lorenzoni, L. (2018). The SOCCR2 Architecture: What did over 200 minds across government, academic and private institutions assess across North America? Why and How We Did It. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2018, B43C-04.

76. Larson, E.K., Williams, C.A., Fox, A.M., and Shrestha, G. (2018). The North American Carbon Program-a core component of the US Carbon Cycle Science Program. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2018, B43C-02.

77. Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., Zhu, Z., and Butler, J.H. (2018). Carbon, Climate, and Everything Else: More Than 20 Years of Research Coordination, Advancing, and Assessing Science—What Do We Do Next, and How? AGU Fall Meeting 2018, AGU.

78. Cavallaro, N., Johnson, J.M.F., and Shrestha, G. (2018). The State of the Carbon Cycle in North America. ASA, CSSA, and CSA International Annual Meeting (2018), ASA-CSSA-SSSA.

79. Cavallaro, N., Shrestha, G., Zhu, Z., and Birdsey, R. (2018). An interagency partnership and scientific assessments of the carbon cycle: Celebrating 20 years and a new North American report. 2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5–10), ESA.

80. Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., and Bassiouni, M. (2018). Assessing the last decade of carbon cycle science and strategy for the next decade. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 18618.

81. Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., Zhu, Z., Larson, E.K., and Butler, J.H. (2017). The 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR-2): Process, Progress and Institutional Context. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2017, B41G-2056.

82. Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., Zhu, Z., and Schafer, K.V. (2017). The 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR-2): A Special Assessment of the Last Decade of Carbon Cycle Science in North America and Adjoining Oceans: Posters. 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, AGU.

83. Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., Schafer, K., Stover, D., and Zhu, Z. (2017). Overview and Status of the 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR-2), an Interagency Sustained National Climate Assessment Report. 2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6–11), ESA.

84. Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., and Zhu, Z. (2017). A Decadal Assessment of the Carbon Cycle: The SOCCR-2 Process and How We Inform Decisions. American Meteorological Society Meeting Abstracts, 97, 12-6. (Invited Presentation)

85. Cavallaro, N., Shrestha, G., Zhu, Z., Najjar, R., Romero-Lankao, P., Mayes, M.A., Reed, S., and Birdsey, R. (2016). Overview of the 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report Process, results and next steps. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2016, GC23K-01.

86. Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., Romero-Lankao, P., and Najjar, R.G. (2016). The Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR-2): Assessing the Last Decades’ Science of the Carbon Cycle across North America and Adjacent Oceans I Posters. 2016 AGU Fall Meeting, AGU.

87. Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., Zhu, Z., Marin-Spiotta, E., Schafer, K.V., and Larson, L.K. (2016). Awards and Grants Advancing Your Early Earth Science Career: Multi-agency Perspectives. 2016 AGU Fall Meeting, AGU.

88. Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., and Zhu, Z. (2016). Institutional Context of Carbon Cycle Science Research in the US and North America-A SOCCR perspective. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2016, GC23K-02.

89. Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., Zhu, Z., Stover, D.B., and Hibbard, K.A. (2016). Developing the 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report-Interagency engagement opportunities with the community. 2016 AGU Fall Meeting, AGU.

90. Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., Najjar, R., Romero-Lankao, P., Mayes, M.A., Reed, S., Birdsey, R., and Zhu, Z. (2016). Discussions, concluding Remarks, SOCCR-2 town hall invitation to continue discussions. 2016 AGU Fall Meeting, AGU.

91. Cavallaro, N., Shrestha, G., Stover, D.B., Zhu, Z., Ombres, E.H., and Deangelo, B. (2015). Assessing and Synthesizing the Last Decade of Research on the Major Pools and Fluxes of the Carbon Cycle in the US and North America: An Interagency Governmental Perspective. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2015, GC12B-02.

92. Wirth, T.C., Shrestha, G., and Baranski, M. (2015). Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: an overview of planned improvements to the methodologies and activity data used to develop the carbon estimates in the Land Use, Land-use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF) sector. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2015, GC12B-05.

93. Mayes, M.A., Reed, S., Thornton, P.E., Lajtha, K., Bailey, V.L., Shrestha, G., Jastrow, J.D., and Torn, M.S. (2015). The Contribution of Soils to North America’s Current and Future Climate. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2015, GC12B-07.

94. Wolfe, R.E., Duggan, B., Aulenbach, S., Goldstein, J., Newman, B., Shrestha, G., and Akamine, B. (2015). USGCRP global change information system support for the SOCCR-2. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2015, GC13F-1227.

95. Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., Stover, D.B., Zhu, Z., Ombres, E.H., and Deangelo, B. (2015). Assessing and Synthesizing the Last Decade of Research on the Major Pools and Fluxes of the Carbon Cycle in the US and North America: An Interagency Governmental Perspective. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting, AGU.

96. Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., Stover, D.B., and Zhu, Z. (2015). Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (2016): A Special Scientific Assessment of Current Status and Opportunities II Posters. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting, AGU.

97. Shrestha, G. (2014). Coordinated carbon cycle research: achievements and opportunities for innovation. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2014, PA11B-3876.

98. Gurney, R.J., Uhle, M.E., and Shrestha, G. (2014). Global Approaches to Advance Interdisciplinary Earth Sciences at the Intersection of Science, Policy, and Society II. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, AGU.

99. Shrestha, G., Kuperberg, J., Cavallaro, N., and Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group. (2013). The US Carbon Cycle Science Program: Overview, Developments and Priorities. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts, 2013, U34A-01.

100. Shrestha, G., Cavallaro, N., and Kuperberg, J. (2013). Evolving prioritization of carbon cycle science by the US Government. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2013, TH15I-01.

101. Shrestha, G. and Traina, S.J. (2012). Carbon and black carbon in Yosemite National Park soils: sources, prescribed fire impacts, and policies. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2012, B13A-0458.

102. Shrestha, G. and Traina, S.J. (2008). Black carbon in Central California: soil carbon and air quality implications. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2008, B23D-0477.

103. Shrestha, G. and Stahl, P.D. (2006). Long Term Grazing Exclusion in Central Wyoming Affects Soil Microbial Biomass Content but not Soil Organic Carbon. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2006, B41B-0196.

104. Shrestha, G., Stahl, P.D., and Ingram, L. (2005). Influence of reclamation management practices on soil bulk density and infiltration rates on surface coal mine lands in Wyoming. National Meeting of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, 1042-1056. ASMR Lexington, KY. [Cited by 22]

105. Shrestha, G., Shrestha, S.R., and Shrestha, G.R. (2004). Household energy for rural women in Nepal: reality and potential. World Renewable Energy Congress VIII (WREC VIII), Denver, Colorado, USA, 28.

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