College of the Environment researchers helped author the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, released on September 30, 2013, that details the physical basis for global climate change. The massive undertaking largely reaffirms the findings from previous IPCC assessments while also adding more information about climate change’s effects on oceans. See below for UW-affiliated scientists that contributed to the report, and read more about what UW scientists have to say about this assessment in UW Today.

UW faculty lead authors:

Dennis Hartmann, Atmospheric Sciences

  • Lead author, Technical Summary
  • Draft Author, Summary for Policymakers
  • Coordinating lead author, Chapter 2: Observations: Atmosphere and Surface

Chris Bretherton, Atmospheric Sciences – Lead author, Chapter 7: Clouds and Aerosols

UW faculty contributing authors:

Ian Joughin, APL , affiliate Earth and Space Sciences – Contributing author, Chapter 13: Sea Level Change

Cecilia Bitz, Atmospheric Sciences – Contributing author, Chapter 12: Long-term Climate Change: Projections, Commitments and Irreversibility

Matthew Wyant, Atmospheric Sciences – Contributing author, Chapter 7: Clouds and Aerosols

Emilio Mayorga, Applied Physics Laboratory – Contributing author, Chapter 6: Carbon and Other Biogeochemical Cycles

Affiliate UW faculty lead authors:

Richard Feely, Oceanography (NOAA)

  • Lead author, Chapter 3: Observations: Ocean
  • Contributing author, Technical Summary

Gregory Johnson, Oceanography (NOAA)

  • Draft Contributing Author, Summary for Policymakers
  • Lead author, Chapter 3: Observations: Ocean
  • Contributing author, Chapter 9: Evaluation of Climate Models

Chris Sabine, Oceanography (NOAA)

  • Lead author, Technical Summary
  • Draft Author, Summary for Policymakers
  • Coordinating lead author, 6: Carbon and Other Biogeochemical Cycles

Philip Mote, Atmospheric Sciences (OSU) – Lead author, Chapter 4: Observations: Cryosphere

Phil Rasch, Atmospheric Sciences (PNNL) – Lead author, Chapter 7: Clouds and Aerosols

James Overland, Atmospheric Sciences (NOAA) – Lead author, Chapter 10: Detection and Attribution of Climate Change: from Global to Regional