We’re honored to have many of world’s leading climate scientists as our advisors. At the links below, you will learn not only about their scientific lives, but also what they do outside of science. You’ll also be able to see them in action, in videos about each of them.
Ken Caldeira
Ken Caldeira is an atmospheric scientist in the Department of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institution at Stanford University.
Julia Cole
Julia Cole is Professor of Geosciences and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Arizona.
Bill Chameides
Dr. Bill Chameides is Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University.
Robert Corell
Bob Corell serves as Chair of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment and is a Principal for the Global Environment Technology Foundation.
Simon Donner
Simon Donner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia.
Kerry Emanuel
Kerry Emanuel is an atmospheric scientist and professor of meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Peter Gleick
Peter H. Gleick is co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, California.
Katharine Hayhoe
Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist who is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University.
Greg Holland
Greg Holland is Chair of the Regional Climate Prediction Program at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, CO.
Jeff Kiehl
Jeff Kiehl is a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research where he heads the Climate Change Research Section.
Joan Kleypas
Joanie Kleypas is a marine scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, who investigates how rising atmospheric carbon dioxide is affecting marine ecosystems.
Mike MacCracken
Mike MacCracken is Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs with the Climate Institute in Washington DC.
Michael Mann
Mike Mann is director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center and a member of the Penn State University faculty, holding joint positions in the Departments of Meteorology and Geosciences, and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute.
Jeff Masters
Jeff Masters is the co-founder and Director of Meteorology for Weather Underground, the web’s first commercial weather service, the weather provider for the Associated Press, and currently the 60th most-trafficked web site on the Internet.
Jerry Meehl
Jerry Meehl is a senior scientist in the Climate and Global Dynamics Division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Jonathan Overpeck
Jonathan Overpeck is a founding co-director of the Institute of the Environment, as well as a Professor of Geosciences and a Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Arizona.
Camille Parmesan
Camille Parmesan is a professor in Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin and holds the National Marine Aquarium Chair in the Public Understanding of Oceans and Human Health at University of Plymouth, UK.
Barrett Rock
Barry Rock is a Professor of Natural Resources holding a joint appointment in the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space and the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of New Hampshire (UNH).
Terry Root
Terry L. Root is a Senior Fellow/University Faculty at the Woods Institute for the Environment, and a fellow at the California Academy of Sciences.
Benjamin Santer
Benjamin Santer is an atmospheric scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory .
Kevin Trenberth
Kevin Trenberth is a Distinguished Senior Scientist in the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
Warren Washington
Warren Washington is an internationally recognized expert in atmospheric sciences and climate research.
Spencer Weart
Spencer Weart is a historian of science who has written extensively on the history of climate science and other topics.
Don Wuebbles
Don Wuebbles is the Harry E. Preble Professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Illinois.
