Publications
* denotes joint first co-authorship
In press or submitted
Heino, M., Kinnunen, P., Anderson, W.B., Ray, D., Puma, M., Varis, O., Kummu, M. Increased probability of crop yield reducing hot and dry weather extremes (in prep)
Peer Reviewed
Lesk, C., Anderson, W., Rigden, A., Coast, O., Jägermeyr, J., McDermid, S., Davis, K.F. and Konar, M., 2022. Compound heat and moisture extreme impacts on global crop yields under climate change. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 3(12), pp.872-889. PDF
Reed, C., Anderson, W., Kruczkiewicz, A., Nakamura, J., Gallo, D., Seager, R., & McDermid, S. S. (2022). The impact of flooding on food security across Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(43), e2119399119. PDF
Zhang, T., He, Y., DePauw, R., Jin, Z., Garvin, D., Yue, X., Anderson, W., Li, T., Dong, X., Zhang, T. and Yang, X., 2022. Climate change may outpace current wheat breeding yield improvements in North America. Nature communications, 13(1), pp.1-9. PDF
Zhang, T., van der Wiel, K., Wei, T., Screen, J., Yue, X., Zheng, B., Selten, F., Bintanja, R., Anderson, W., Blackport, R. and Glomsrød, S., 2022. Increased wheat price spikes and larger economic inequality with 2° C global warming. One Earth, 5(8), pp.907-916.
Mehrabi, Z., Delzeit, R., Ignaciuk, A., Levers, C., Braich, G., Bajaj, K., Amo-Aidoo, A., Anderson, W., Balgah, R.A., Benton, T.G. and Chari, M.M., (2022). Research priorities for global food security under extreme events. One Earth, 5(7), pp.756-766.
Singh, J., Ashfaq, M., Skinner, C., Anderson, W.B., Mishra, V., and Singh, D. Enhanced risk of concurrent regional droughts with increased ENSO variability and warming. Nature Climate Change, 12(2), 163-170. PDF
Ivanovich, C., Anderson, W.B., Horton, R., Raymond, C., and Sobel, H: The Influence of Intraseasonal Oscillations on Humid Heat in the Persian Gulf and South Asia. Journal of Climate, 1-48. PDF
Anderson, W.B., Taylor, C., McDermid, S., Schlenker, W., Seager, R., Nébié, E., Cottier, F., de Sherbinin, A., Mendeloff D., Markey, K. (2021): Violent conflict exacerbated drought-related food insecurity between 2009 and 2019 in sub-Saharan Africa. DOI: 10.1038/s43016-021-00327-4. PDF
Lesk, C* and Anderson, W.B.*, (2021): Decadal variability modulates trends in concurrent heat and drought over global croplands. Environmental Research Letters, 16(5), p.055024. PDF
Hernandez, J.N., Anderson, W.B., Bridges, A., Fernandez, M.P., Hansen, W., Nebie, E., and Stock., A. (2021): Supporting interdisciplinary careers for sustainability. Nature Sustainability. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00679-y
Singh, J., Ashfaq, M., Skinner, C., Anderson, W.B., Singh, D. (2021): Amplified Risk of Concurrent Drought Events with Co-occurring Modes of Natural Variability. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 4, 7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00161-2
Jong, B.T, Ting, M., Seager, R., and Anderson, W.B. (2020): ENSO teleconnections and impacts on US summertime temperature during multi-year La Niña life-cycle. Journal of Climate PDF
Anderson, W.B*, and Bren d’Amour*: (2020) International trade and the stability of food supplies in the Global South, Environmental Research Letters PDF
Anderson, W.B., Han, E., Baethgen, W., Goddard, L., Muñoz, Á.G., and Robertson, A. (2020): The Madden-Julian Oscillation affects maize yields throughout the tropics and subtropics. Geophysical Research Letters
Cai, W, …Anderson, W.B….et al. (2020): Impact of El Niño-Southern Oscillation on South America in a warming climate. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment PDF
Anderson, W.B., Muñoz, Á.G., Goddard, L, Baethgen, W., and Chourio, X. (2020): Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) teleconnections to crop growing seasons. Climate Dynamics. 1-17
Anderson, W.B., Seager, R., Baethgen, W., Cane, M, and You, L. (2019): Synchronous crop failures and climate-forced yield variability. Science Advances, 5 (7), eaaw1976.
Anderson, W.B., Seager, R., Baethgen, W., and Cane, M (2018) : Trans-Pacific ENSO teleconnections pose a correlated risk to agriculture. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, 262: 298-309, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.07.023 PDF
Xie, H, Perez, N, Anderson W.B., Ringler, C. and You, L. (2018): Impact of irrigation development strategies in Sub-Saharan African dryland on food security and import dependency in the region. Water International
Anderson, W.B., Seager, R., Baethgen, W., and Cane, M, (2017): Crop production variability in North and South America forced by life-cycles of the El Niño Southern Oscillation. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, 239, 151-165 PDF
Anderson, W.B., Seager, R., Baethgen, W., and Cane, M, (2016): Life-cycles of agriculturally relevant ENSO teleconnections in North and South America. Int. J. Climatol, doi:10.1002/joc.4916 PDF
Anderson, W.B., You, L., Wood, S., Wood-Sichra, U., Wu, W (2015): An analysis of methodological and spatial differences in global cropping systems models and maps. Glob. Ecol. and Biogeog. doi: 10.1111/geb.12243 PDF
Li, Z., Liu, X., Anderson, W.B., Yang, P., Wu, W., Tang, H. and You, L. (2015): Chinese Rice Production Area Adaptations to Climate Changes, 1949–2010. Environmental Science & Technology, doi: 10.1021/es505624x PDF
Anderson, W.B., Guikema S., Zaitchik, B. and Pan, W. (2014): Methods for estimating population density in data-limited areas: evaluating regression and tree-based models in Peru. PLoS ONE 9(7): e100037. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100037
Nkonya, E. and Anderson, W.B. (2014): Exploiting provisions of land economic productivity without degrading its natural capital, J. Arid Environ., doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.05.012.
Anderson, W.B., Zaitchik, B.F., Hain, C.R., Anderson, M.C., Yilmaz, M.T., Mecikalski, J., and Schultz, L. (2012) Towards an integrated soil moisture drought monitor for East Africa, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 2893-2913, doi:10.5194/hess-16-2893-2012.
Book chapters
Walker, T., Ward, C., Torquebiau, R., Xie, H., Anderson, W.B, Perez, N., Ringler, C., You, L., Cenacchi, N., Hash, T. and Rattunde, F., (2016) Agriculture: More Water and Better Farming for Improved Food Security. In “Confronting Drought in Africa’s Drylands: Opportunities for Enhancing Resilience”, pp.115-136. doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-0817-3_ch7
Nkonya, E., Anderson, W.B., Kato, E., Koo, J., Mirzabaev, A., von Braun, J., & Meyer, S. (2016). Global cost of land degradation. In Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement–A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development (pp. 117-165). Springer International Publishing.
Nkonya, E., Srinivasan, R., Anderson, W.B, and Kato, E. (2016). Economics of land degradation and improvement in Bhutan. In Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement–A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development (pp. 327-383). Springer International Publishing.
Anderson, W.B., and Johnson, T. (2016) Evaluating Global Land Degradation Using Ground-Based Measurements and Remote Sensing. In Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement–A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development (pp. 327-383). Springer International Publishing.
Other publications
Nielsen, T., Schünemann, F., McNulty, E., Zeller, M., Nkonya, E., Kato, E., Meyer, S., Anderson, W.B., Zhu, T., Queface, A., and Mapemba, L., (2015): The Food-Energy-Water Security Nexus: Definitions, Policies, and Methods in an Application to Malawi and Mozambique. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1480. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2740663
Nkonya, E., Srinivasan, R., Anderson, W.B, and Kato, E. (2014). Assessing the economic benefits of sustainable land management practices in Bhutan. IFPRI Discussion Paper 01361. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2483995
Xie, H., You, L., Anderson, W.B., Ringler, C., Cenacchi, N., Perez, N. (2013) Agricultural water management for drylands in Africa south of the Sahara. International Food Policy Research Institute. Methodology report for the World Bank