Terry Root
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Terry Root
Senior Fellow, Emerita - Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment; Professor, by courtesy - Biology
Type:
Senior Fellow, Emeritus
School:
Biology
Research Area(s):
Climate, Ecosystem Services and Conservation
Biography
Terry L. Root primarily works on how wild animals and plants are changing with climate change, with a current focus on the possible mass extinction of species with warming. She actively works at making scientific information accessible to decision makers and the public. For example, she has been a Lead Author for the Third (2001) and Fourth (2007) Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change and a Review Editor for the Fifth (2014) Assessment Report. In 2007 the IPCC was co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with Vice President Al Gore. In addition to other honors, Root was awarded the Spirit of Defenders Award for Science by the Defenders of Wildlife in 2010, in 1999 she was chosen as an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow, in 1992 as a Pew Scholar in Conservation and the Environment and in 1990 as a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation.
Selected Publications by this Author
News & Press Releases
COP21: Informing Climate Agreement »
Decades of Stanford Research Underpin Global Climate Talks in Paris
By Leslie Willoughby,
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Media Coverage
Climate Change Will Disrupt Half of North America’s Bird Species, Study Says »
Quotes Senior Fellow Terry Root on report that finds climate change will drive approximately 650 North American bird species to smaller spaces or new habitats over next 65 years
By Felcity Barringer,
Global Warming May Mean Bye-Bye for Some Birdies »
Quotes Senior Fellow Terry Root on report that finds climate change will drive approximately 650 North American bird species to smaller spaces or new habitats over next 65 years
By Seth Borenstein,
On Earth Day, Apple Exec Gets to Core of Environmental Initiative »
Describes talk by Lisa Jackson, current VP of environmental initiatives at Apple and former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, on what business can do to help the environment in an era of climate change
By Dan Nakaso,
