Robert Dunbar
Robert Dunbar
Senior Fellow, By Courtesy - Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment; W. M. Keck Professor of Earth Sciences; Professor - Earth System Science
Type:
Senior Fellow, by Courtesy
School:
Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences
Additional Information:
Center for Ocean Solutions
Research Area(s):
Oceans
Biography
Rob Dunbar's research interests link climate dynamics, marine science, and environmental policy and solutions. His research group works on topics related to global environmental change, with a focus on the hydrological cycle, air-sea interactions, tropical ecosystems, and polar biogeochemistry. His group also specializes in studies of climate change during the past 50 to 12,000 years. Our most productive archives for this work include the skeletons of long-lived corals from the tropics and from the deep sea as well as sediments from lakes and oceans. He uses chemical, isotopic, and morphological measurements of these materials to investigate past climate variability.
Selected Publications by this Author
News & Press Releases
How Wave Dynamics and Water Flows Affect Coral Reefs »
Understanding what aids or degrades these sensitive ecosystems can help focus conservation efforts on those reefs that are most likely to survive global warming.
By Elizabeth Svoboda,
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Media Coverage
An Open Letter from Scientists to President-Elect Trump on Climate Change »
Scientists, including Senior Fellows and Affiliates of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, urge the President-Elect to take crucial steps to address climate change.
By Michael D. Lemonick,
Blowing Bubbles Through Oceans May Help Protect Coral Reefs »
Quotes Senior Fellow Rob Dunbar (Earth System Science) on method for transferring excess carbon dioxide from coastal marine environments to the atmosphere.
Do Humans Have a Future in Deep Sea Exploration? »
Senior Fellow Robert Dunbar (Earth System Science) comments on Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory
By Chris Dixon,