Brenda Ekwurzel (born 1963) is an American climate scientist. She is director of climate science for the

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. She is an

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fellow.

Biography

Ekwurzel received a B.S. in geology from

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in 1985. In 1998 she received an M.S. from

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where she worked on the movement of sediment. She went on to earn a Ph.D. from

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(1988) where she tracked water masses in the Arctic. Following her Ph.D. she was a postdoctoral researcher at

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. She then moved to the

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. In 2019, she was a keynote speaker at the Weber State University Sustainability Summit. She testified before the

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about climate change in 2019. She has spoken about the National Climate Assessment with the media.

Selected publications

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Awards and honors

In 2016 she was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

References

External links

Brenda Ekwurzel interview – will Harvey change Trump’s thinking?
29 August 2017
What You Can Do About Climate Change
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