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Oceanography and Ocean-Climate Links — Sudden Climate Change [1]

Tim Barnett
Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego. Expertise: Oceanography, ENSO, Detection and attribution of anthropogenic climate change. Phone: (858)534-3223. E-mail: tbarnett@ucsd.edu [2] or timdotbarnett@ucsd.edu. [3] Bio. [4]

Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [5]
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Natural Climate Variability (All Time Scales) [7]

John Kutzbach
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Climatic Research. Phone: (608) 262-0392. E-mail. [8] Web site. [9] Publications. [10]

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Climate Change [5]
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Carbon Cycle, Carbon Emissions, Biogeochemical Cycles [11]

Richard A. Houghton
Woods Hole Research Center (Senior Scientist). Phone: (508) 540-9900 x116. E-mail. [12] Web site. [13] Publications and Bio: Woods Hole Research Center [14] and US Climate Change Science Program. [15]

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Climate Change [5]
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Public [6]

Cryosphere (Glaciology, Poles, Ice Sheets, Sea Ice) [16]

Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [5]
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Public [6]

Observed Climate Change, Temperature Record (last 1,000 years) [17]

John R. Christy

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Climate Change [5]
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Public [6]

Paleoclimatology (Past Climate) [18]

 

Caspar Ammann
National Center for Atmospheric Research. Phone: (303) 497-1705. E-mail. [19] Web site. [20] Bio. [21]

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Climate Change [5]
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Climate Modeling and Prediction [22]

Anthony J. Broccoli
Rutgers University. Phone: (732) 932-9817. E-mail. [23] Web site. [24] Publications: Rutgers [25] and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory/NOAA. [26] Bio. [27]

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Climate Change [5]
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50+ Really Serious Scientist Sources on Climate [28]

50+ Really Serious Scientist Sources on Climate
(who would probably be glad to talk to a journalist)
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Climate Change [5]
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Generalists (Overview, Policy, Multi-Disciplinary) [29]

Robert W. Corell
American Society of Meteorology. Expertise: Science/Policy interface; Arctic. Phone: (202) 737-9032 x409 (voicemail only). E-mail. [30] Bio: Wikipedia [31]and American Meteorological Society [32]. Contact Info [33].

James Hansen

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Climate Change [5]
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Skeptics and Contrarians - Climate Change Guide [34]

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Climate Change [5]
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