Overview

I work on understanding and quantifying human induced change on the natural environment. My research has stretched across multiple disciplines including, but not limited to, climate, biodiversity, conservation, geoengineering, and pollution. I am currently working on a project that explores the use of data science to understand and address issues of sustainability.

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Publications

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| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2016 | 2013 |

2024

• Lenton TM, Abrams JF, Bartsch A, Bathiany S, Boulton CA, Buxton JE, Conversi A, Cunliffe AM, Hebden S, Lavergne T. (2024) Publisher Correction: Remotely sensing potential climate change tipping points across scales, Nature Communications, volume 15, no. 1, article no. 1917, DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-45881-0. [PDF]
• Mohamed A, DeClerck F, Verburg PH, Obura D, Abrams JF, Zafra-Calvo N, Rocha J, Estrada-Carmona N, Fremier A, Jones SK. (2024) Securing Nature's Contributions to People requires at least 20%–25% (semi-)natural habitat in human-modified landscapes, One Earth, volume 7, no. 1, pages 59-71, DOI:10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.008.
• Lenton TM, Abrams JF, Bartsch A, Bathiany S, Boulton CA, Buxton JE, Conversi A, Cunliffe AM, Hebden S, Lavergne T. (2024) Remotely sensing potential climate change tipping points across scales, Nat Commun, volume 15, no. 1, DOI:10.1038/s41467-023-44609-w. [PDF]

2023

• Ritchie PDL, Abrams JF, Armstrong McKay DI, Cox PM, Lenton TM. (2023) Tipping points: Both problem and solution, One Earth, volume 6, no. 12, pages 1610-1613, DOI:10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.016. [PDF]
• Weaver I, Abrams J, Oliver J, Dimakis N, Parry A, Lenton T. (2023) An audit of corporate decarbonisation ambition against low-carbon futures, DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-3367979/v1.
• Abrams JF, Huntingford C, Williamson MS, Armstrong McKay DI, Boulton CA, Buxton JE, Sakschewski B, Loriani S, Zimm C, Winkelmann R. (2023) Committed Global Warming Risks Triggering Multiple Climate Tipping Points, Earth's Future, volume 11, no. 11, DOI:10.1029/2022ef003250. [PDF]
• Spaiser V, Juhola S, Constantino SM, Guo W, Watson T, Sillmann J, Craparo A, Basel A, Bruun JT, Krishnamurthy K. (2023) Negative Social Tipping Dynamics Resulting from and Reinforcing Earth System Destabilisation, DOI:10.5194/egusphere-2023-1475. [PDF]
• Dakos V, Boulton CA, Buxton JE, Abrams JF, Armstrong McKay DI, Bathiany S, Blaschke L, Boers N, Dylewsky D, López-Martínez C. (2023) Tipping Point Detection and Early-Warnings in climate, ecological, and human systems, DOI:10.5194/egusphere-2023-1773. [PDF]
• Li Y, Svenning J-C, Zhou W, Zhu K, Abrams JF, Lenton TM, Teng SN, Dunn RR, Xu C. (2023) Global Inequality in Cooling from Urban Green Spaces and its Climate Change Adaptation Potential. [PDF]
• Rockström J, Gupta J, Qin D, Lade SJ, Abrams JF, Andersen LS, Armstrong McKay DI, Bai X, Bala G, Bunn SE. (2023) Safe and just Earth system boundaries, Nature, volume 619, no. 7968, pages 102-111, DOI:10.1038/s41586-023-06083-8. [PDF]
• Tilker A, Niedballa J, Viet HL, Abrams JF, Marescot L, Wilkinson N, Rawson BM, Sollmann R, Wilting A. (2023) Can snare removal safeguard protected areas caught in the Southeast Asian snaring crisis? Promises and perspectives, DOI:10.1101/2023.01.26.525728.
• Marks E, Atkins E, Garrett JK, Abrams JF, Shackleton D, Hennessy L, Mayall EE, Bennett J, Leach I. (2023) Stories of hope created together: A pilot, school-based workshop for sharing eco-emotions and creating an actively hopeful vision of the future, Frontiers in Psychology, volume 13, DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1076322.
• Obura DO, DeClerck F, Verburg PH, Gupta J, Abrams JF, Bai X, Bunn S, Ebi KL, Gifford L, Gordon C. (2023) Achieving a nature- and people-positive future, One Earth, volume 6, no. 2, pages 105-117, DOI:10.1016/j.oneear.2022.11.013.
• Guharajan R, Abrams JF, Abram NK, Lim HY, Clements GR, Deere NJ, Struebig MJ, Goossens B, Gardner PC, Brodie JF. (2023) Determinants of sun bear Helarctos malayanus habitat use in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo and its predicted distribution under future forest degradation and loss, Biodiversity and Conservation, volume 32, no. 1, pages 297-317, DOI:10.1007/s10531-022-02503-9.

2022

• Rammelt CF, Gupta J, Liverman D, Scholtens J, Ciobanu D, Abrams JF, Bai X, Gifford L, Gordon C, Hurlbert M. (2022) Impacts of meeting minimum access on critical earth systems amidst the Great Inequality, Nature Sustainability, volume 6, no. 2, pages 212-221, DOI:10.1038/s41893-022-00995-5. [PDF]
• Wong ST, Guharajan R, Petrus A, Jubili J, Lietz R, Abrams JF, Hon J, Alen LH, Ting NTK, Wong GTN. (2022) How do terrestrial wildlife communities respond to small‐scale Acacia plantations embedded in harvested tropical forest?, Ecology and Evolution, volume 12, no. 9, DOI:10.1002/ece3.9337. [PDF]
• Armstrong McKay DI, Staal A, Abrams JF, Winkelmann R, Sakschewski B, Loriani S, Fetzer I, Cornell SE, Rockström J, Lenton TM. (2022) Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points, Science, volume 377, no. 6611, DOI:10.1126/science.abn7950. [PDF]
• Mohamed A, DeClerck F, Verburg PH, Obura D, Abrams JF, Zafra-Calvo N, Rocha J, Estrada-Carmona N, Fremier A, Jones SK. (2022) Biosphere functional integrity for people and Planet, DOI:10.1101/2022.06.24.497294. [PDF]
• Lenton TM, Xu C, Abrams JF, Ghadiali A, Loriani S, Sakschewski B, Zimm C, Ebi KL, Dunn RR, Svenning J-C. (2022) Quantifying the Human Cost of Global Warming, DOI:10.1101/2022.06.07.495131.
• Lenton TM, Benson S, Smith T, Ewer T, Lanel V, Petykowski E, Powell TWR, Abrams JF, Blomsma F, Sharpe S. (2022) Operationalising positive tipping points towards global sustainability, Global Sustainability, volume 5, DOI:10.1017/sus.2021.30.
• Rammelt CF, Gupta J, Liverman D, Scholtens J, Ciobanu D, Abrams JF, Bai X, Gifford L, Gordon C, Hurlbert M. (2022) Impacts of Meeting Minimum Access on Critical Earth Systems amidst the Great Inequality, DOI:10.31235/osf.io/tj2d3. [PDF]
• Meijaard E, Abrams JF, Slavin JL, Sheil D. (2022) Dietary Fats, Human Nutrition and the Environment: Balance and Sustainability, Frontiers in Nutrition, volume 9, DOI:10.3389/fnut.2022.878644.
• Alexiou I, Abrams JF, Coudrat CNZ, Nanthavong C, Nguyen A, Niedballa J, Wilting A, Tilker A. (2022) Camera-trapping reveals new insights in the ecology of three sympatric muntjacs in an overhunted biodiversity hotspot, Mammalian Biology, volume 102, no. 2, pages 489-500, DOI:10.1007/s42991-022-00248-0.
• Asad S, Vitalis V, Guharajan R, Abrams JF, Lagan P, Kissing J, Sikui J, Wilting A, Rödel M-O. (2022) Variable species but similar amphibian community responses across habitats following reduced impact logging, Global Ecology and Conservation, volume 35, DOI:10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02061.
• Moreno-Sosa AM, Yacelga M, Craighead KA, Kramer-Schadt S, Abrams JF. (2022) Can prey occupancy act as a surrogate for mesopredator occupancy? A case study of ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), Mammalian Biology, volume 102, no. 1, pages 163-175, DOI:10.1007/s42991-022-00232-8. [PDF]
• Buxton JE, Abrams JF, Boulton CA, Barlow N, Rangel Smith C, Van Stroud S, Lees KJ, Lenton TM. (2022) Quantitatively monitoring the resilience of patterned vegetation in the Sahel, Glob Chang Biol, volume 28, no. 2, pages 571-587, DOI:10.1111/gcb.15939. [PDF]

2021

• Armstrong McKay D, Staal A, Abrams JF, Winkelmann R, Sakschewski B, Loriani S, Fetzer I, Cornell SE, Rockström J, Lenton TM. (2021) Updated assessment suggests >1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points, DOI:10.1002/essoar.10509769.1.
• Spooner F, Abrams JF, Morrissey K, Shaddick G, Batty M, Milton R, Dennett A, Lomax N, Malleson N, Nelissen N. (2021) A dynamic microsimulation model for epidemics, Social Science & Medicine, volume 291, pages 114461-114461, article no. 114461, DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114461. [PDF]
• Lees KJ, Buxton J, Boulton CA, Abrams JF, Lenton TM. (2021) Using satellite data to assess management frequency and rate of regeneration on heather moorlands in England as a resilience indicator, ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, volume 3, no. 8, article no. ARTN 085003, DOI:10.1088/2515-7620/ac1a5f. [PDF]
• Ewer T, Lenton T, Benson S, Smith T, Lanel V, Petykowski E, Powell TWR, Abrams JF, Blomsma F, Sharpe S. (2021) Operationalising Positive Tipping Points towards Global Sustainability. [PDF]
• Rockström J, Gupta J, Lenton TM, Qin D, Lade SJ, Abrams JF, Jacobson L, Rocha JC, Zimm C, Bai X. (2021) Identifying a Safe and Just Corridor for People and the Planet, Earth's Future, volume 9, no. 4, DOI:10.1029/2020EF001866.
• Abrams JF, Sollmann R, Mitchell SL, Struebig MJ, Wilting A. (2021) Occupancy‐based diversity profiles: capturing biodiversity complexities while accounting for imperfect detection, Ecography, volume 44, no. 7, pages 975-986, DOI:10.1111/ecog.05577. [PDF]
• Asad S, Abrams JF, Guharajan R, Lagan P, Kissing J, Sikui J, Wilting A, Rödel M-O. (2021) Amphibian responses to conventional and reduced impact logging, Forest Ecology and Management, volume 484, pages 118949-118949, article no. 118949, DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2021.118949. [PDF]

2020

• Abrams RW, Abrams JF. (2020) Why Should We Care So Much About Old World Tropical Rainforests?, Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes: Volumes 1-5, DOI:10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11969-4.
• Meijaard E, Brooks T, Carlson K, Slade E, Ulloa J, Gaveau D, Lee J, Santika T, Juffe-Bignoli D, Struebig M. (2020) The environmental impacts of palm oil in context, DOI:10.31223/osf.io/e69bz.
• Abrams JF, Sollmann R, Mitchell SL, Struebig MJ, Wilting A. (2020) Capturing biodiversity complexities while accounting for imperfect detection: the application of occupancy-based diversity profiles, DOI:10.1101/2020.09.07.285510.
• Meijaard E, Abrams J, Juffe-Bignoli D, Voigt M, Sheil D. (2020) Coconut Oil, Conservation and the Conscientious Consumer, DOI:10.2139/ssrn.3575129.
• Barlow N, Smith C, Van Stroud S, Abrams J, Boulton C, Buxton J. (2020) pyveg: A Python package for analysing the time evolution of patterned vegetation using Google Earth Engine, Journal of Open Source Software, volume 5, no. 55, pages 2483-2483, DOI:10.21105/joss.02483. [PDF]
• Asad S, Abrams JF, Guharajan R, Sikui J, Wilting A, Rödel MO. (2020) Stream Amphibian Detectability and Habitat Associations in a Reduced Impact Logging Concession in Malaysian Borneo, Journal of Herpetology, volume 54, no. 4, pages 385-392, DOI:10.1670/19-136.
• Meijaard E, Brooks TM, Carlson KM, Slade EM, Garcia-Ulloa J, Gaveau DLA, Lee JSH, Santika T, Juffe-Bignoli D, Struebig MJ. (2020) The environmental impacts of palm oil in context, Nat Plants, volume 6, no. 12, pages 1418-1426, DOI:10.1038/s41477-020-00813-w. [PDF]
• Meijaard E, Abrams JF, Juffe-Bignoli D, Voigt M, Sheil D. (2020) Erratum: Coconut oil, conservation and the conscientious consumer (Current Biology (2020) 30(13) (R757–R758), (S0960982220307466), (10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.059)), Current Biology, volume 30, no. 16, pages 3274-3275, DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.053.
• Tilker A, Nguyen A, Abrams JF, Bhagwat T, Le M, Van Nguyen T, Nguyen AT, Niedballa J, Sollmann R, Wilting A. (2020) A little-known endemic caught in the South-east Asian extinction crisis: The Annamite striped rabbit Nesolagus timminsi, ORYX, volume 54, no. 2, pages 178-187, DOI:10.1017/S0030605318000534.
• Hohn S, Acevedo-Trejos E, Abrams JF, Fulgencio de Moura J, Spranz R, Merico A. (2020) The long-term legacy of plastic mass production, Science of The Total Environment, volume 746, pages 141115-141115, article no. 141115, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141115. [PDF]
• Meijaard E, Abrams JF, Juffe-Bignoli D, Voigt M, Sheil D. (2020) Coconut oil, conservation and the conscientious consumer, DOI:10.31235/osf.io/du5tp. [PDF]
• Abrams RW, Abrams JF. (2020) Why Should We Care So Much About Old World Tropical Rainforests?, Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes, Elsevier, 66-78, DOI:10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.11969-4. [PDF]
• Tilker A, Abrams JF, Nguyen A, Hörig L, Axtner J, Louvrier J, Rawson BM, Nguyen HAQ, Guegan F, Nguyen TV. (2020) Identifying conservation priorities in a defaunated tropical biodiversity hotspot, Diversity and Distributions, volume 26, no. 4, pages 426-440, DOI:10.1111/ddi.13029. [PDF]
• Meijaard E, Abrams JF, Juffe-Bignoli D, Voigt M, Sheil D. (2020) Coconut oil, conservation and the conscientious consumer, Current Biology, volume 30, no. 13, pages R757-R758, DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.059.

2019

• Tilker A, Abrams JF, Nguyen A, Hörig L, Axtner J, Louvrier J, Rawson BM, Quang HAN, Guegan F, Van Nguyen T. (2019) Identifying conservation priorities in a defaunated tropical biodiversity hotspot, DOI:10.1101/790766.
• Tilker A, Abrams JF, Mohamed A, Nguyen A, Wong ST, Sollmann R, Niedballa J, Bhagwat T, Gray TNE, Rawson BM. (2019) Habitat degradation and indiscriminate hunting differentially impact faunal communities in the Southeast Asian tropical biodiversity hotspot, Communications Biology, volume 2, no. 1, article no. 396, DOI:10.1038/s42003-019-0640-y. [PDF]
• Abrams JF, Hörig LA, Brozovic R, Axtner J, Crampton‐Platt A, Mohamed A, Wong ST, Sollmann R, Yu DW, Wilting A. (2019) Shifting up a gear with iDNA: From mammal detection events to standardised surveys, Journal of Applied Ecology, volume 56, no. 7, pages 1637-1648, DOI:10.1111/1365-2664.13411. [PDF]
• Mohamed A, Sollmann R, Wong ST, Niedballa J, Abrams JF, Kissing J, Wilting A. (2019) Counting Sunda clouded leopards with confidence: incorporating individual heterogeneity in density estimates, Oryx, volume 55, no. 1, pages 56-65, DOI:10.1017/s0030605318001503. [PDF]
• Abrams JF, Vashishtha A, Wong ST, Nguyen A, Mohamed A, Wieser S, Kuijper A, Wilting A, Mukhopadhyay A. (2019) Habitat-Net: Segmentation of habitat images using deep learning, Ecological Informatics, volume 51, pages 121-128, DOI:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2019.01.009.

2018

• Abrams RW, Abrams JF, Abrams AL. (2018) Climate Change Challenges for Africa, Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Elsevier, DOI:10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.09754-2.
• Abrams JF, Hörig L, Brozovic R, Axtner J, Crampton-Platt A, Mohamed A, Wong ST, Sollmann R, Yu DW, Wilting A. (2018) Shifting up a gear with iDNA: from mammal detection events to standardized surveys, DOI:10.1101/449165.
• Abrams JF, Vashishtha A, Wong ST, Nguyen A, Mohamed A, Wieser S, Kuijper A, Wilting A, Mukhopadhyay A. (2018) Habitat-Net: Segmentation of habitat images using deep learning, DOI:10.1101/483222.
• Abrams RW, Abrams JF, Abrams AL. (2018) Climate Change Challenges for Africa, Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene, Elsevier, 177-194, DOI:10.1016/b978-0-12-809665-9.09754-8. [PDF]
• Abrams JF, Hohn S, Rixen T, Merico A. (2018) Sundaland Peat Carbon Dynamics and Its Contribution to the Holocene Atmospheric CO2 Concentration, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, volume 32, no. 4, pages 704-719, DOI:10.1002/2017GB005763.
• Brozovic R, Abrams JF, Mohamed A, Wong ST, Niedballa J, Bhagwat T, Sollmann R, Mannan S, Kissing J, Wilting A. (2018) Effects of forest degradation on the moonrat Echinosorex gymnura in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, Mammalian Biology, volume 93, pages 135-143, DOI:10.1016/j.mambio.2018.10.003.

2016

• Abrams JF, Hohn S, Rixen T, Baum A, Merico A. (2016) The impact of Indonesian peatland degradation on downstream marine ecosystems and the global carbon cycle, Global Change Biology, volume 22, no. 1, pages 325-337, DOI:10.1111/gcb.13108.

2013

• Köhler P, Abrams JF, Völker C, Hauck J, Wolf-Gladrow DA. (2013) Geoengineering impact of open ocean dissolution of olivine on atmospheric CO2, surface ocean pH and marine biology, Environmental Research Letters, volume 8, no. 1, DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014009.

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