• ISBN13: 9781118474792
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Earth-Science/Environment
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blac
• Publication Date: May 12, 2016
• Pages: 304
• Original Price: USD 139.95
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 749 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology

CLIMATE IN CONTEXT SCIENCE AND SOCIETY PARTNERING FOR ADAPTATION (HB 2016) 9781118474792 PARRIS A S JOHN WILEY (ORIGINAL) NEW BOOK

Adam Parris, M.S., is Executive Director of the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay, a partnership between the City of New York, the National Park Service, and nine universities working in the New York-New Jersey Harbor, including his home institution the City University of New York - Brooklyn College.

Gregg Garfin, Ph.D., is Associate Professor and Associate Extension Specialist in Climate Science, Policy & Natural Resources, in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment, and Deputy Director for Science Translation and Outreach in the Institute of the Environment at the University of Arizona.

Kirstin Dow, Ph.D., is Professor of Geography in the University of South Carolina. She leads the Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments (CISA), one of the eleven NOAA-sponsored RISA teams, helping to expand and build the nation's capacity to prepare for and adapt to climate variability and change through building partnerships.

Ryan Meyer is Senior Scientist at the California Ocean Science Trust, an organization that works across traditional boundaries between government, communities, and science to build trust and understanding in ocean and coastal science.

Sarah L. Close, Ph.D., is a Program Specialist in the Climate and Societal Interactions division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Program Office where she helps manage the RISA program, in addition to working on climate adaptation in coastal ecosystems. Sarah is supported by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR).