List of Global Warming and Climate Change Experts for Media

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.

If you would like to suggest the addition of any names, please email us at: editor at desmog .com.

Contact List for Climate Change and Global Warming Scientists in Northย America

Goย to:

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