We know how hard it can be for a journalist on deadline to find a reputable source on the science of global 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 North America
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Australian/NewZealand Contact List of Global Warming Scientists
European Union Contact List of Global Warming Scientists
Dr. Andrew Weaver
University of Victoria
School of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Phone:Â Â 250-472-4006
Expertise: Climate Modelling and Forecasting
Dr. Lonnie Thompson
Ohio State University
School of Earth Sciences
Phone:Â 614-292-6652
Expertise: Effects of climate change on glaciers
Dr. James Hansen
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Phone:Â 216-678-5500
Expertise: Atmospheric Science and Climate Change
Dr. Tim Barnett
Research Marine Physicist
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Email: [email protected]
Expertise: Oceans and climate change
Dr. Virginia Van Sickle-Burkett
Chief Scientist for Global Change Research
U.S. Geological Survey
E-mail: [email protected]
Expertise: Impacts of climate change
Dr. Terry Prowse
Chair in Climate Impacts on Water
Water and Climate Impacts Research Center
University of Victoria
Tel:Â 250-363-3067
E-mail: [email protected]
Expertise: Impacts of climate change on water (i.e. floods and droughts)
Dr. Kathleen Miller
Institute for the Study of Society and Environment
National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado
Phone: (303)Â 497-8115
Expertise: the economic and social impacts of climate change
Dr. Aiguo Dai
Climate and Global Dynamics Division
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder Colorado
Phone:Â 303-497-1357
Email:Â [email protected]
Expertise: atmosheric science, clouds, climate change modeling
Dr. Linda Mortsch
Department of Environmental Studies
University of Waterloo
Phone:Â 519-888-4567
Expertise: adapting to the effects of climate change
Dr. Thomas Wilbanks
Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Phone:Â 865-574-5515
Email: [email protected]
Expertise: Energy and environmental policy, developing countries, global change, technology and society, institution-building.
Dr. Roger G. Barry
Director, World Data Center for Glaciology
National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO
Phone:Â 303-492-5488
Email:[email protected]
Expertise: Arctic climate
Dr. Richard Armstrong
Interim Director
National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO
Phone:Â 303-492-1828
Email:Â [email protected]
Expertise: remote sensing of ice and snow, snow cover and glacier mass/extent as indicators of climate change
Dr. Caspar Ammann
Climate and Global Dynamics Division –Â Paleoclimatology
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Phone:Â 303-497-1705
Email:Â [email protected]
Expertise: historical climate change
Dr. Gavin Schmidt
Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY
Phone:Â 212-678-5627
Email:Â [email protected]
Expertise: Climate change and oceans computer modelling
Contact List for Climate Change and Global Warming Scientists in Australia and New Zealand
Dr. Bradley Opdyke
Department of Earth and Marine Sciences
Australian National University
Phone: +61 2 612Â 54205
Email:Â [email protected]
Expertise: Climate change and coral reefs, carbon cycle modelling
Dr. Greg Bodeker
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
New Zealand
Phone: +64 3 440Â 0438
Email:Â [email protected]
Expertise: Climate change and ozone
Contact List for Climate Change and Global Warming Scientists in the European Union
Dr. Martin Beniston
Department of Climatic Change and Climate Impacts
University of Geneva
Phone: +41 (0) 22 379Â 0769
Email:Â [email protected]
Expertise: Impacts of climate change
Dr. Eva Bauer
Earth System Analyst
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 331 288Â 2588
Email:Â [email protected]
Expertise: Earth system modelling, climate change
Dr. Terje Bernsten
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
Oslo, Norway
Phone: +47 22 85 87Â 71
Email:Â [email protected]
Expertise: Regional effects of chemically active greenhouse gases
Dr. Heinz Blatter
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science
Swiss Federal Institute of Technolog, Zurich
Phone: +41 44 632 82Â 85
Email:Â [email protected]
Expertise: Climate modeling of climate change effects on sea ice and glaciers
