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The Changing Climate Issue:
Reporting Ahead of the Curve

Regional Expert List
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Rolodex of Experts

For climate change experts at the national/international level, start with the “50+ Really Serious Scientist Sources on Climate” listed on the Website of the Society of Environmental Journalists:

http://www.sej.org/resource/index18.htm

We’ve selected another 30+ experts on the Pacific Northwest, below.


CLIMATE SCIENCE, MODELS, VARIABILITY, AND PROJECTIONS


Name Philip Mote
Institution Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington
Expertise snowpack, regional trends, general climate dynamics
Phone 206-616-5346
E-mail Philip@atmos.washington.edu
Website http://www.climate.washington.edu/
Name John Michael (Mike) Wallace
Institution University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Expertise variability in global and regional climate
Phone 206-543-7390
E-mail Wallace@atmos.washington.edu
Website http://www.atmos.washington.edu/wallace.html
Name Clifford F. (Cliff) Mass
Institution University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Expertise downscaling climate projections to regional/subregional level
Phone 206-685-0910
E-mail cliff@atmos.washington.edu
Website http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~cliff/cliffpage.html
Name George H. Taylor
Institution Oregon State University, Oregon Climate Service
Expertise state weather and climate data
Phone 541-737-5705
E-mail taylor@coas.oregonstate.edu
Website http://www.ocs.orst.edu/index.html

REGIONAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

SNOWPACK AND GLACIERS

Name Andrew G. Fountain
Institution Portland State University, Department of Geography and Geology
Expertise Pacific Northwest glaciers
Phone 503-725-3386
E-mail Andrew@pdx.edu
Website http://glaciers.pdx.edu/fountain/
Name Christina Hulbe
Institution Portland State University, Department of Geology
Expertise glaciers, Antarctic ice shelves
Phone 503-725-3388
E-mail CHulbe@pdx.edu
Website http://web.pdx.edu/~chulbe/
Name Ed Josberger
Institution United States Geological Service
Expertise Cascade glaciers and snowpack
Phone 253-552-1643
E-mail ejosberg@usgs.gov
Website http://wa.water.usgs.gov/projects/glacier/
Name Anne Nolin
Institution Oregon State University, Department of Geosciences
Expertise low-elevation snowpack
Phone 541-737-8051
E-mail nolina@geo.oregonstate.edu
Website http://www.geo.oregonstate.edu/people/faculty/nolina.htm
Name Mauri S. Pelto
Institution Nichols College (Massachusetts)
Expertise North Cascade glaciers
Phone 508-213-1560
E-mail peltoms@nichols.edu
Website http://www.nichols.edu/departments/glacier/
   
WATER RESOURCES


Name Alan Hamlet
Institution Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington
Expertise water resources, regional trends 
Phone 206-616-9361
E-mail hamleaf@u.washington.edu
Website http://www.cses.washington.edu/cig/
Name Lara Whitely Binder
Institution Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington
Expertise outreach specialist, hydrology and water resources
Phone 206-616-5349
E-mail lwb123@u.washington.edu
Website http://www.cses.washington.edu/cig/

AGRICULTURE


Name Michael J. Scott
Institution Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Expertise economic analysis of climate change impacts on agriculture
Phone 509-372-4273
E-mail Michael.scott@pnl.gov
Website http://economic-analysis.pnl.gov/bios/scott.stm
Name Gregory V. Jones
Institution Southern Oregon University, Department of Geography
Expertise wine & climate
Phone 541-522-6758
E-mail gjones@sou.edu
Website http://www.sou.edu/Geography/jones/jones.htm

FORESTS AND WILDFIRE


Name James Agee
Institution University of Washington, College of Forest Resources
Expertise wildfire and forest ecosystems
Phone 206-543-2688
E-mail jagee@u.washington.edu
Website http://www.cfr.washington.edu/people/faculty.asp?ID=265
Name Don McKenzie
Institution USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Lab
Expertise wildfire and forest ecosystems
Phone 206-732-7824
E-mail donaldmckenzie@fs.fed.us
Website http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fera/
Name Ron Neilson
Institution USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station
Expertise forest ecosystems, large-scale vegetation changes
Phone 541-750-7303
E-mail rneilson@fs.fed.gov
Website http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/corvallis/mdr/mapss/

OCEANS AND FISHERIES


Name Jack Barth
Institution Oregon State University, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
Expertise coastal ocean dynamics, upwelling patterns
Phone 541-737-1607
E-mail barth@coas.oregonstate.edu
Website http://www.coas.oregonstate.edu/index.cfm
Name Mark Hixon
Institution Oregon State University, Department of Zoology
Expertise coastal marine fishes, near-shore marine ecosystems
Phone 541-737-5364
E-mail hixonm@science.oregonstate.edu
Website http://oregonstate.edu/~hixonm/index.htm
Name Jane Lubchenco
Institution Oregon State University, Department of Zoology
Expertise marine ecosystems and climate
Phone 541-737-5337
E-mail lubchenco@oregonstate.edu
Website http://david.science.oregonstate.edu/lubchenco/index.cfm
Name Nathan Mantua
Institution Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington
Expertise aquatic ecosystems, climate dynamics
Phone 206-616-5347
E-mail mantua@atmos.washington.edu
Website http://www.fish.washington.edu/people/mantua/
Name Bill Peterson
Institution NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Expertise effects of climate change on zooplankton and marine fish
Phone 541-867-0201
E-mail bill.peterson@noaa.gov
Website http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/research/divisions/fed/climatechange.cfm

HEALTH AND DISEASE


Name Jeff Shaman
Institution Oregon State University, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
Expertise climate variability and mosquito-borne infectious diseases
Phone 541-737-4915
E-mail jshaman@coas.oregonstate.edu
Website http://oregonstate.edu/~shamanj/

ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE


Name Bob Doppelt
Institution Climate Leadership Initiative, University of Oregon
Expertise economic impacts of climate change, preparation planning
Phone 541-346-0786
E-mail bob-cwch@att.net
Website http://climlead.uoregon.edu/aboutus/aboutus.html
Name David Ervin
Institution Portland State University, Environmental Programs
Expertise environmental policy and management
Phone 503-725-3935
E-mail Ervin@pdx.edu
Website http://web.pdx.edu/~dervin/
Name Eban Goodstein
Institution Lewis & Clark College
Expertise economics of climate change
Phone 503-768-7626
E-mail eban@lclark.edu
Website http://www.lclark.edu/~eban/

REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS


Name Angus Duncan
Institution Bonneville Environmental Foundation
Expertise climate policy, renewable energy
Phone 503-248-1905
E-mail angusduncan@b-e-f.org
Website http://www.b-e-f.org/
Name Roger Hamilton
Institution University of Oregon, Climate Leadership Initiative
Expertise wind power, planning for preparation of built, natural and human systems
Phone 541-346-0786
E-mail Hamilton.roger@comcast.net
Website http://climlead.uoregon.edu/programs/localgov.html
Name Sarah Mazze
Institution University of Oregon, Climate Leadership Initiative
Expertise individual and household behavior
Phone 541-346-0786
E-mail smazze@uoregon.edu
Website http://climlead.uoregon.edu/programs/neighborhood.html

        

Please contact Sarah Mazze at: smazze@uoregon.edu or (541) 346-0786 for more information.

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