Noah Diffenbaugh
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Noah Diffenbaugh
Senior Fellow - Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment; Associate Professor - Environmental Earth System Science
Type:
Senior Fellow
School:
Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences
Research Area(s):
Climate
Biography
Noah Diffenbaugh is an Associate Professor in the School of Earth Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. His research interests are centered on the dynamics and impacts of climate variability and change, including the role of humans as a coupled component of the climate system. Much of his work has focused on the role of fine-scale processes in shaping climate change impacts, including studies of extreme weather, water resources, agriculture, human health and poverty vulnerability. Diffenbaugh is currently a lead author for Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and a member of the National Academy of Sciences Ad Hoc Committee on Effects of Provisions in the Internal Revenue Code on Greenhouse Gas Emissions. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Atmospheric Sciences Section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), as an editor of Geophysical Research Letters, and as a member representative to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). Diffenbaugh is a recipient of the James R. Holton Award from the American Geophysical Union, a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation, and a Terman Fellowship from Stanford University. He has been recognized as a Kavli Fellow by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and as a Google Science Communication Fellow. Before coming to Stanford, Diffenbaugh was a member of the faculty of Purdue University, where he was a University Faculty Scholar and served as Interim Director of the Purdue Climate Change Research Center (PCCRC).
Selected Publications by this Author
Environmental Venture Projects
News & Press Releases
Record-Low Snowpack: Bad News for California, Say Stanford Experts »
The snowpack in California's mountains is at the lowest level ever recorded. The long-term effects of the drought could be devastating. We recently interviewed Stanford's Noah Diffenbaugh and Leon Szeptycki about why California's snowpack is in decline, and what it means for water management in the state.
By Woods Staff,
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Media Coverage
California’s Drought And Our Food System »
Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Environmental Earth System Science) discusses the California drought, climate change and impacts on agriculture
By Rebecca Sheir,
'New Normal’: Scientists Predict Less Rain From Here on Out »
The SF Chronicle goes behind the scenes with Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Environmental Earth System Science) and his eclectic climate team at Stanford, including 25-year-old Stanford doctoral student Daniel Swain (Environmental Earth System Science), a 2013 Rising Environmental Leadership Program fellow, who runs one of the nation’s most popular weather blogs.
By Kevin Fagan,
Hot Hands: Fingerprints of Climate change All Over California Drought »
Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Environmental Earth System Science) and Stanford doctoral student Daniel Swain (Environmental Earth System Science), a 2013 Rising Environmental Leaders Program fellow, discuss how rising temperatures increase drought frequency and intensity.
By Jason Samenow,