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U-M experts available to discuss climate change
ANN ARBOR—A landmark report issued today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that global warming is caused by human activities, mainly the burning of fossil fuels, and that droughts, heat waves, heavy rains and floods and rises in sea level will “continue for centuries.”
The University of Michigan has experts from a wide range of fields ? atmospheric science, business, biological and environmental sciences and geology?available to comment on climate change and its effects.
In addition, a new exhibit in the rotunda of the U-M Exhibit Museum of Natural History, “Climate Change: Local impacts, global responsibility,” highlights U-M research related to climate change. The exhibit runs through May 2007 and is part of a semester-long slate of events organized around the theme “Wild Weather, Changing Climate.” A complete schedule is available on the museum’s web site: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/exhibitmuseum.
Experts include:
Natasha Andronova, research scientist in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, conducts research on global and regional climate change and its effects on the part of Earth and its atmosphere in which living things exist. She also studies interactions between climate and the chemical composition of the atmosphere and researches the various ways that climate change and human health are interrelated. Andronova was a contributor to the IPCC report released today. She can be reached at (734) 763-5833 or natand@umich.edu.
Additional information on her research >
Mary Anne Carroll, professor in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, studies how the interaction of northern latitude forests and the atmosphere influences air quality and climate. Using a sampling instrument housed in a 100-foot tower at the U-M Biological Station in northern Michigan, Carroll studies how both natural and human-generated emissions affect the atmosphere’s ability to cleanse itself of pollutants. Carroll can be reached at (734) 763-4066 or mcarroll@umich.edu.
Thomas Gladwin, the Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School of Business and School of Natural Resources & Environment and associate director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, is an authority on corporate responses to global climate change, standards of sustainable business, socially and environmentally sustainable economic globalization and business impact on biodiversity. His publications include ?Building the Sustainable Corporation: Creating Environmental Sustainability and Competitive Advantage,? ?North American Corporate Responses to Global Climate Change? and ?Economic Globalization and Ecological Sustainability: Searching for Truth and Reconciliation.? Gladwin can be reached at (734) 647-4491 or tgladwin@umich.edu.
Andrew Hoffman, the Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School of Business and School of Natural Resources & Environment and associate director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, is an expert on managerial implications of environmental protection and social sustainability for industry. His publications include ?Getting Ahead of the Curve: Corporate Strategies That Address Climate Change,? ?Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide to the Changing Business Landscape,? ?Winning the Greenhouse Gas Game? and ?Climate Change Strategy: The Business Logic behind Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reductions.? Hoffman can be reached at (734) 763-9455 or ajhoff@umich.edu.
George Kling, professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, is an authority on carbon and nutrient cycling through freshwater lakes and on the impact of global warming on lake ecology. He was also the lead author on the 2003 Union of Concerned Scientists/Ecological Society of America report on climate change in the
Great Lakes region. He can be reached at (734) 647-0894 (office), (734)647-0884 (lab) or gwk@umich.edu.
Additional information on his work >
Kyger Lohmann, professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, can explain how analyses of seashells provide evidence of climate change in Antarctica. He can be reached at (734) 763-2298 or kacey@umich.edu.
Thomas Lyon, the Dow Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce at the Ross School of Business and School of Natural Resources & Environment and director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, specializes in corporate environmentalism and the interplay between corporate strategy and public policy. Among his publications are ?Corporate Environmentalism and Public Policy,? ?Mandatory and Voluntary Approaches to Mitigating Climate Change? and ?Greenwash: Corporate Environmental Disclosure under Threat of Audit.? Lyon can be reached at (734) 615-1639 or tplyon@umich.edu.
For more information on Lyon >
Philip Myers, associate curator of mammals at the U-M Museum of Zoology and associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has been studying the effects of changing climate on the distribution of mammals in Michigan for nearly 20 years. He can be reached at (734) 647-2206 or pmyers@umich.edu. Background on his research >
Knute Nadelhoffer, director of the U-M Biological Station and a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, can discuss:
? Global carbon cycle basics.
? Interactions between global carbon and nitrogen cycles.
? Regional impacts of climate change in the Midwest.
? Climate change impacts on temperate forest and arctic tundra ecosystems.
? Climate change research programs at the UM Biological Station in northern Michigan
? Strategies for reducing personal “carbon footprints.”
Nadelhoffer can be reached at (734) 763-4461 (Sept. to May), (734) 763-4461 (May through August) or ,a href=”mailto:knute@umich.edu”>knute@umich.edu.
Mercedes Pascual, associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has done research on the link between climate and diseases such as cholera and malaria. She can be reached at (734) 615 9808 or pascual@umich.edu.
More information on her research >
Joyce Penner, the Aksel Wiin-Nielsen Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, has conducted extensive research into climate and climate change. In particular, her work helps estimate the effects of burning fossil fuels on the atmosphere and the climate. Penner is associate editor of the Journal of Climate and was a lead author on part of the new IPCC report. She also has provided scientific briefings to U.S. Senate staff and the United Nations Subsidiary Body on Sustainable Technology. Penner can be reached at (734) 936-0519 or penner@umich.edu.
Henry Pollack, professor emeritus of Geological Sciences, reconstructs climate change history from borehole temperature readings. His research has shown that Earth’s 500-year warming trend accelerated considerably in the 20th century, which was the warmest of the past five centuries. Pollack also serves as a “scientific validator” on former Vice President Al Gore’s Climate Project (http://www.theclimateproject.org/). In that role, Pollack helps citizen volunteers understand climate science well enough to explain it in their own communities. Pollack can be reached after Feb. 5 at (734) 763-0084 or hpollack@umich.edu.
Christopher Poulsen, assistant professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, uses mathematical modeling to study the processes that have driven climate change over time and teaches a course on climate and mankind. He can comment on climate trends throughout history and into the future. Poulsen can be reached at (734) 615 2236 or poulsen@umich.edu.
Barry Rabe, professor of public policy and environmental policy, can discuss the state and national capacity to anticipate policy challenges posed by global warming in the U.S. and Canada. He can be reached at (734) 615-9596 or brabe@umich.edu.
Anton A. (Tony) Reznicek, curator of vascular plants at the U-M Herbarium and a lecturer in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, studies Great Lakes plants and their reaction to changing climate. He can be reached at (734) 764-5544 (office); (734) 996-0692 (home) or reznicek@umich.edu.
Richard (Ricky) Rood, professor in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, is widely regarded as an expert in climate modeling. The former NASA scientist teaches a course titled “Climate Change: The Intersection of Science, Policy and Economics” and can discuss many aspects of climate change and its implications. Rood can be reached at (734) 647-3530 or rbrood@umich.edu.
Christopher Ruf is director of the Space Physics Research Laboratory and a professor in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He and his Remote Sensing Group design, develop, fabricate and test instruments to view the world from satellites, providing data that help climate modelers check the accuracy of their models. Ruf can be reached at (734) 764-6561 or cruf@umich.edu.
Perry Samson, associate chair of the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, and the Arthur F. Thurnau Prof. of Atmospheric Science, is an expert in meteorology and science education and can discuss facts and fallacies about climate change. His lectures on extreme weather are available as podcasts at http://samson.engin.umich.edu/podcast102/. Samson can be reached at (734) 763-4217 or samson@umich.edu.
John Vandermeer, the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Margaret Davis Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, can discuss the relationship between agriculture and climate change, in which each affects the other. Vandermeer can be reached at (734) 764-1446 or jvander@umich.edu.
