Agents of Change

Inspired by the YEARS series? Thinking about your future? You have the power to make a difference today and in the future. Check out these profiles of the YEARS science team members and look into other careers that allow you to address the issues presented in the series.

Heidi Cullen, Ph.D.

Dr. Cullen is the Chief Climatologist for Climate Central, Visiting Lecturer at Princeton University and a Senior Research Fellow at the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania

James Hansen, Ph.D.

Dr. Hansen is a professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences as Director of the Program Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions at Columbia

Joseph Romm, Ph.D.

Joe Romm, Ph.D. is Chief Science Advisor for the Showtime TV series, “Years of Living Dangerously.” He is also Founding Editor of ClimateProgress.org, which NY Times columnist Tom Friedman called “the indispensable blog.”

Katherine Hayhoe, Ph.D.

Dr. Hayhoe is an Atmospheric Scientist and Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University

Kim Cobb, Ph.D.

Dr. Cobb is an Associate professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology

Michael Mann, Ph.D.

Dr. Mann is the 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 Earth and Environmental Systems Institute.

Michael Oppenheimer, Ph.D.

Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson Scholl and the Department of Geosciences at Princeton University

Robert Corell, Ph.D.

Dr. Corell is the Chair of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment and is a Principal for the Global Environment Technology Foundation.

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