We know how hard it can be for a journalist on deadline to find a reputable source on the science of globalย warming.
Here’s our ever-growing list of well-published scientists in the fields related to climate change who are currently employed at the top scientific institutions around the world.
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Contact List for Climate Change and Global Warming Scientists in Northย America
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Australian/NewZealand Contact List of Global Warmingย Scientists
European Union Contact List of Global Warmingย Scientists
Dr. Andrewย Weaver
University ofย Victoria
School of Ocean, Earth and Atmosphericย Sciences
Phone:ย ย 250-472-4006
Expertise: Climate Modelling andย Forecasting
Dr. Lonnieย Thompson
Ohio Stateย University
School of Earthย Sciences
Phone:ย 614-292-6652
Expertise: Effects of climate change onย glaciers
Dr. Jamesย Hansen
NASA Goddard Institute for Spaceย Studies
Phone:ย 216-678-5500
Expertise: Atmospheric Science and Climateย Change
Dr. Timย Barnett
Research Marineย Physicist
Scripps Institute ofย Oceanography
Email: [email protected]
Expertise: Oceans and climateย change
Dr. Virginia Vanย Sickle-Burkett
Chief Scientist for Global Changeย Research
U.S. Geologicalย Survey
E-mail: [email protected]
Expertise: Impacts of climateย change
Dr. Terryย Prowse
Chair in Climate Impacts onย Water
Water and Climate Impacts Researchย Center
University ofย Victoria
Tel:ย 250-363-3067
E-mail: [email protected]
Expertise: Impacts of climate change on water (i.e. floods andย droughts)
Dr. Kathleenย Miller
Institute for the Study of Society andย Environment
National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder,ย Colorado
Phone: (303)ย 497-8115
Expertise: the economic and social impacts of climateย change
Dr. Aiguoย Dai
Climate and Global Dynamicsย Division
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulderย Colorado
Phone:ย 303-497-1357
Email:ย [email protected]
Expertise: atmosheric science, clouds, climate changeย modeling
Dr. Lindaย Mortsch
Department of Environmentalย Studies
University ofย Waterloo
Phone:ย 519-888-4567
Expertise: adapting to the effects of climateย change
Dr. Thomasย Wilbanks
Environmental Sciencesย Division
Oak Ridge Nationalย Laboratory
Phone:ย 865-574-5515
Email: [email protected]
Expertise: Energy and environmental policy, developing countries, global change, technology and society,ย institution-building.
Dr. Rogerย G.ย Barry
Director, World Data Center forย Glaciology
National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO
Phone:ย 303-492-5488
Email:[email protected]
Expertise: Arcticย climate
Dr. Richardย Armstrong
Interimย Director
National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO
Phone:ย 303-492-1828
Email:ย [email protected]
Expertise: remote sensing of ice and snow, snow cover and glacier mass/extent as indicators of climateย change
Dr. Casparย Ammann
Climate and Global Dynamics Division –ย Paleoclimatology
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Phone:ย 303-497-1705
Email:ย [email protected]
Expertise: historical climateย change
Dr. Gavinย Schmidt
Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY
Phone:ย 212-678-5627
Email:ย [email protected]
Expertise: Climate change and oceans computerย modelling
Contact List for Climate Change and Global Warming Scientists in Australia and Newย Zealand
Dr. Bradleyย Opdyke
Department of Earth and Marineย Sciences
Australian Nationalย University
Phone: +61 2 612ย 54205
Email:ย [email protected]
Expertise: Climate change and coral reefs, carbon cycleย modelling
Dr. Gregย Bodeker
National Institute of Water and Atmosphericย Research
Newย Zealand
Phone: +64 3 440ย 0438
Email:ย [email protected]
Expertise: Climate change andย ozone
Contact List for Climate Change and Global Warming Scientists in the Europeanย Union
Dr. Martinย Beniston
Department of Climatic Change and Climateย Impacts
University ofย Geneva
Phone: +41 (0) 22 379ย 0769
Email:ย [email protected]
Expertise: Impacts of climateย change
Dr. Evaย Bauer
Earth Systemย Analyst
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impactย Research
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 331 288ย 2588
Email:ย [email protected]
Expertise: Earth system modelling, climateย change
Dr. Terjeย Bernsten
Center for International Climate and Environmentalย Research
Oslo,ย Norway
Phone: +47 22 85 87ย 71
Email:ย [email protected]
Expertise: Regional effects of chemically active greenhouseย gases
Dr. Heinzย Blatter
Institute for Atmospheric and Climateย Science
Swiss Federal Institute of Technolog,ย Zurich
Phone: +41 44 632 82ย 85
Email:ย [email protected]
Expertise: Climate modeling of climate change effects on sea ice andย glaciers