climate change

Margot Gerritsen

Stanford University, Associate Professor, Energy Resources Engineering; Director, Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering

Simon Donner

University of British Columbia, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography

Brendan Bohannan

University of Oregon, Associate Professor, Department of Biology; Director, Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

David Breshears

University of Arizona, Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment

Kevin Arrigo

Stanford University, Professor; Director, Graduate Program in Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, Department of Environmental Earth System Science

April 9, 2009

Program founder takes helm at NOAA

On March 19, Jane Lubchenco was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She is the first marine scientist and the first woman to hold the position. At her swearing-in by Vice President Joe Biden on April 9, she summarized the priorities she has set for NOAA since taking her post. "Now is the time, with the President's inspiration and support and with the best science as our guide, that NOAA can spur the creation of new jobs and industries, revive our fisheries and the economies and communities they support, improve weather forecasting and disaster warnings, provide credible information about climate change and ocean acidification to Americans, and protect and restore our coastal waters ecosystems," she said.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090409_lubchenco.html

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March 25, 2009

Climate change accelerating toward critical threshold, Senate committee warned

Christopher Field

Field

On February 25, Chris warned the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works that climate change is advancing at a faster pace than even the last Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report anticipated and could cross a critical threshold by 2100. Chris and his colleagues also received intensive media coverage of their findings after presenting them at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago. Chris was named a AAAS Fellow in January and, as a lead author for the IPCC, traveled to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in December 2008.

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March 19, 2009

Implications of Arctic melt explored

Thomas Litwin

Litwin

Tom co-produced a television series on research in the Arctic, "On Thin Ice" for PBS's NOVA program. For the two-year project, he traveled to the Bering Sea to explore the ecological and human cultural context of the ice world and to document the melting of Arctic glaciers due to climate change.

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March 18, 2009

Potential for rapid shifts in climate explored

Edward Brook

Brook

Ed was a lead author in December 2008 of a major report to the U.S. Climate Change Science Program explaining the dynamics and potential for rapid and unanticipated climate change. He and a coauthor also published an article in Science on October 3, 2008 analyzing ice cores from Antarctica and the connection between warmer temperatures, rising carbon dioxide concentrations, and changing ocean currents. It is anticipated that their findings will improve understanding of future climate trends.

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Volker Radeloff

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Associate Professor, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology