Newswise — Faculty from the Department of Environmental Studies at Mount Holyoke College offer expertise in various aspects of climate change and are available for interviews on scientific and socio-political topics related to global warming.
Jill Bubier, Mount Holyoke's Marjorie Fisher Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, is available to speak on wetland ecology, biogeochemistry, northern peatlands, plant ecology, and greenhouse gases " as well as feedbacks to climate change. A field scientist with a passion for northern ecosystems, Bubier researches the responses of ecosystems to climate change, studying the exchanges of greenhouse gases between ecosystems and the atmosphere. She works in northern wetlands " primarily bogs and fens " because northern latitudes respond more dramatically to global warming than other parts of the planet. Bubier's research has taken her to peatlands all around the boreal, subarctic, and arctic Northern Hemisphere in Canada, Alaska, and Scandinavia. For more information, see:
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/misc/profile/jbubier.shtml
Professor of geology and geography Alan Werner is a specialist in glacial geology, environmental geology, and climate change, as well as a groundwater geologist. In his teaching and research, he explores the environmental impact of natural events, such as floods and earthquakes, and of human mismanagement, such as acid rain and the greenhouse effect.
"Although we tend to think that planet Earth is stable and unchanging, in fact, the geologic record indicates that profound changes have taken place on a variety of timescales," says Werner. He studies records of climate change to document the nature and timing of climate events in various locations in the Arctic. For more information on Werner, see:
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/misc/profile/awerner.shtml
Jens Christianson, a professor of economics and environmental studies, has a special interest in the political economy of climate change " including the economics of climate change, economic policies to save the earth, and the relationship between global inequality and environmental degradation. For more information, see:
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/misc/profile/jchristi.shtml
Professor of geography Girma Kebbede specializes in ecological problems and their relationship to social, economic, and political development issues in the Horn of Africa.
"The problems of resource management and environmental deterioration have manifested themselves in food crises, famine, and drought, as well as the attendant problems of human dislocation and regional conflicts," he says. Kebbede's interdisciplinary perspective on ecological problems can be seen in both his research and publications. See:
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