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*[http://curry.eas.gatech.edu/climate/policy.htm Earlier climate policy articles by Curry], 2003–2008
*[http://curry.eas.gatech.edu/climate/policy.htm Earlier climate policy articles by Curry], 2003–2008

*[http://www.thegwpf.org/content/uploads/2017/02/Curry-2017.pdf CLIMATE MODELS for the layman], at [[Global_Warming_Policy_Foundation]], 2017


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Judith A. Curry
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NationalityAmerican
EducationB.Sc. in geography, Ph.D. in geophysical sciences
Alma materNorthern Illinois University, (B.Sc., 1974)
University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1982)
OccupationClimatologist
Employer(s)School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Scientific career
ThesisThe formation of continental polar air (1982)
WebsiteCurry's home page – Curry's blog

Judith A. Curry is an American climatologist and former chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research interests include hurricanes, remote sensing, atmospheric modeling, polar climates, air-sea interactions, and the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for atmospheric research. She is a member of the National Research Council's Climate Research Committee.[1] As of 2017, she has retired from academia.[2][3]

Curry is the co-author of Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans (1999), and co-editor of Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences (2002), as well as over 140 scientific papers. Among her awards is the Henry G. Houghton Research Award from the American Meteorological Society in 1992.

Regarding climate change, she thinks that the IPCC reports typically neglect what she calls the "Uncertainty Monster"[4] in projecting future climate trends, which she calls a "wicked problem."[5] Curry also hosts a popular science blog in which she writes on topics related to climate science and the science-policy interface.[6] In 2019 she stated that she would not “bother with” peer-reviewed journals, in favor of publishing her own papers so that she could editorialize and write what she wanted “without worrying about the norms and agendas of the ‘establishment.’”.[7]

Education

Curry graduated cum laude from Northern Illinois University in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Geography. She earned her Ph.D. degree in Geophysical Sciences from the University of Chicago in 1982.[8]

Career

Curry was a Professor and former Chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology; she held the latter position from 2002 to 2013.[9] Curry retired from her university position in 2017, citing the anti-skeptic bias as her reason for leaving academia.[10] Curry serves on NASA Advisory Council Earth Science Subcommittee whose mission is to provide advice and recommendations to NASA on issues of program priorities and policy. She is a recent member of the NOAA Climate Working Group[9][11] and a former member of the National Academies Space Studies Board and Climate Research Group.[9][12]

Curry is a former professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Colorado-Boulder and has held faculty positions at Penn State University, Purdue, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[9][12] Curry has been active in researching possible connections between hurricane intensity and global warming.[13][14] Her research group has also done research linking the size of hurricanes and resulting damage that showed that, among other things, the size of the hurricanes was an important factor in determining the number of tornadoes spawned by the system.[15]

Curry now runs a climate consulting business for private companies.[10]

Curry is the co-author of Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans (1999),[16] and co-editor of Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences (2002).[17] Curry has published over 130 scientific peer reviewed papers.[18] Among her awards is the Henry G. Houghton Research Award from the American Meteorological Society in 1992.[18]

Climate change

Judith Curry has argued that climatologists should be more accommodating of those skeptical of the scientific consensus on climate change.[19][20] Curry stated in 2009 that she felt troubled by what she called the "tribal nature" of parts of the climate-science community and what she saw as stonewalling over the release of data and its analysis for independent review.[19]

In February 2010 Curry published an essay called "On the Credibility of Climate Change, Towards Rebuilding Trust" on Watts Up With That? and other blogs.[21] Writing in The New York Times, Andrew Revkin calls the essay a message to young scientists who may have been disheartened by the November 2009 Climatic Research Unit email controversy.[19]

Between 2014 and February 2019, Curry testified before at least six Republican-led House committees, expressing the idea that the dangers of global warming are overstated and difficult to predict. These testimonies include statements criticizing President Obama’s climate plan, the UN climate action plan, and other policy proposals aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions. In her testimony before the Natural Resources Committee on February 6, 2019, Curry stated that, “Man-made climate change is not an existential threat in the 21st century.... The perception of a near-term apocalypse has narrowed the policy options.”[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ National Research Council. Review of the U.S. CLIVAR Project Office. Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) Project Office, National Academies Press, 2004, p. 35.
  2. ^ Curry, Judith. "JC in transition". Climate Etc. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. ^ Waldman, Scott (2017-01-04). "Judith Curry retires, citing 'craziness' of climate science". ClimateWire. Environment & Energy Publishing. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  4. ^ Curry, Judith A.; Webster, Peter J. (2011). "Climate Science and the Uncertainty Monster". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 175 (12): 1667–1682. Bibcode:2011BAMS...92.1667C. doi:10.1175/2011BAMS3139.1. http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/2011BAMS3139.1 {{cite journal}}: External link in |quote= (help)
  5. ^ Curry, Judith A. (2010-11-17). "Statement to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the United States House of Representatives" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  6. ^ About Climate Etc.
  7. ^ Curry, Judith (August 22, 2019). "Climate Change: What's the Worst Case?". judithcurry.com. Retrieved 2019-09-19. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 33 (help)
  8. ^ "Judith Curry CV".
  9. ^ a b c d Judith Curry (25 August 2010). "About". Climate Etc. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  10. ^ a b c Niiler, Eric (7 February 2019). "Finally! Climate Science Returns to Capitol Hill". Wired. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  11. ^ NOAA National Science Advisory Board, ed. (September 2008). "A Review of the NOAA Climate Services Strategic Plan, Final Report to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  12. ^ a b "Hurricanes and Global Warming: The Science, Technologies, and Politics". Researcher News (NASA). April 6, 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  13. ^ See, for example:
  14. ^ "Refereed Papers". www.curry.eas.gatech.edu. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  15. ^ "Hurricanes Spawning More U.S. Tornadoes". Live Science. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  16. ^ Curry, Judith A.; Webster, Peter J. (1999). Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans. San Diego, California: Academic Press, a division of Harcourt Brace & Company. ISBN 978-0-12-199570-6.
  17. ^ Holton, James R.; Curry, Judith A.; Pyle, John A., eds. (2002). Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences. Academic Press, a division of Harcourt Brace & Company. ISBN 978-0-12-227090-1.
  18. ^ a b "Hurricanes and Global Warming: The Science, Technologies, and Politics". NASA Researcher News. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  19. ^ a b c Revkin, Andrew (November 27, 2009). "A Climate Scientist Who Engages Skeptics". New York Times. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  20. ^ Frank, Adam (2015-02-25). "My Depressing Day With A Famous Climate Skeptic". News. Retrieved 2020-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ Turner, Amy. "Richard Dawkins' pro-am clash in the boffins’ blogosphere", The Times, February 28, 2010. [dead link]
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