Christiana Figueres in London - 2018 (39536174340) (cropped)

The following is a list of women climate scientists and activists by nationality – women who are well known for their work in the field of

climatology Climatology (from Greek , ''klima'', "place, zone"; and , '' -logia'') or climate science is the scientific study of Earth's climate, typically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of at least 30 years. This modern field of stud ...

Introduction

Women have made major contributions to

climate change research The history of the scientific discovery of climate change began in the early 19th century when ice ages and other natural changes in paleoclimate were first suspected and the natural greenhouse effect was first identified. In the late 19th cent ...

and

policy Policy is a deliberate system of guidelines to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent and is implemented as a procedure or protocol. Policies are generally adopted by a governance body within an organ ...

and to broader analysis of global

environmental issues Environmental issues are effects of human activity on the biophysical environment, most often of which are harmful effects that cause environmental degradation. Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment on t ...

. They include many women scientists as well as policy makers and activists. Women researchers have made significant contributions to major scientific assessments such as those of the

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is a major assessment of the human impact on the environment, called for by the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 2000, launched in 2001 and published in 2005 with more than $14 million of gr ...

and are reasonably well represented on key global change committees of the

International Council for Science The International Council for Science (ICSU, after its former name, International Council of Scientific Unions) was an international non-governmental organization devoted to international cooperation in the advancement of science. Its members ...

(ICSU) and

US National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Natio ...

. They have played important leadership roles in international climate policy. For example, Christiana Figueres leads the international climate negotiations as the Executive Secretary of the

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established an international environmental treaty to combat "dangerous human interference with the climate system", in part by stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in th ...

(UNFCCC) and former Irish President

Mary Robinson Mary Therese Winifred Robinson ( ga, Máire Mhic Róibín; ; born 21 May 1944) is an Irish politician who was the 7th president of Ireland, serving from December 1990 to September 1997, the first woman to hold this office. Prior to her electi ...

is the UN Special Envoy on Climate Change.

Susan Solomon Susan Solomon (born January 19, 1956 in Chicago) is an American atmospheric chemist, working for most of her career at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In 2011, Solomon joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech ...

chaired the climate science working group 1 of the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations. Its job is to advance scientific knowledge about climate change caused by human activities. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) a ...

Fourth Assessment in 2007. Since 1990, women have been playing an increasingly important role on the

, a key international forum.

Afghanistan

* Zuhal Atmar, pioneering environmentalist who ran a recycling plant *

Faiza Darkhani Faiza Darkhani (born c. 1992) is an Afghan environmentalist, women's rights activist, and educator. In 2021, she was part of the 100 Women BBC list, which includes the most inspiring and influential women in the world. Darkhani is one of the few ...

(born 1992), environmentalist, climate change scholar, and women's rights activist

Argentina

* Inés Camilloni (born 1964), climatologist studying climate change in South America

Australia

Nerilie Abram Nerilie Abram (born June 1977) is an Australian professor at the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Her areas of expertise are in climate change and paleoclimatology, including the climat ...

(born 1977), researcher in climate change and paleoclimatology * Tracy Ainsworth, marine biologist working on coral reefs *

Lisa Alexander Lisa Alexander (born September 22, 1968) is a Canadian former competitor in synchronised swimming and Olympic medallist. Career Born in Toronto, Ontario, Alexander began synchronized swimming at age eight. She had success in solo, duet and team ...

, international expert on heatwaves * Julie Arblaster, climate change researcher, contributor to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change * Sue Barrell, meteorologist active in climate monitoring and ocean-earth observations * Kirsten Benkendorff (born 1973), marine scientist working on molluscs * Wendy Bowman (born c.1934), environmental activist *

Wendy Craik Wendy Craik (born 1949) is an Australian scientist, public policy adviser and company director. Early life and education Gwenneth Jean Steele Craik was born in 1949 in Canberra, the second of four daughters of commerce graduate, Audrey Mavi ...

(born 1949), scientist working for the Climate Change Authority * Adriana Dutkiewicz, sedimentologist at the University of Sydney * Ann Henderson-Sellers (1952-), climate change risk evaluation * Taryn Lane, renewable energy expert * Judith Lean, Australian-American solar and climate scientist *

India Logan-Riley India Logan-Riley is a Māori archaeology student and climate activist, who was awarded the 2021 Stanford University Bright Award. Biography Logan-Riley has studied archaeology and Māori history at university. Logan-Riley attended the UN's cl ...

, Māori climate activist * Janice Lough, climate scientist researching coral reefs * Amanda Lynch, Professor at Brown University researching atmospheric and climate change science, and environmental policy and Indigenous knowledge * Cara Augustenborg (1938–2017), Slovene-American artist and environmental activist * Ann Henderson-Sellers (born 1952), earth systems scientist focusing on climatic impacts *

Jane McAdam Jane Alexandra McAdam (born 1974) is an Australian legal scholar, and expert in climate change and refugees. She is a Scientia Professor at the University of NSW, and is the inaugural Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law ...

(born 1974), legal expert on climate change and refugees * Helen McGregor, geologist and climate change researcher, Research School of Earth Sciences at the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

* Amanda McKenzie, commentator on climate change *

Jessica Melbourne-Thomas Jessica Melbourne-Thomas is a marine, Antarctic and climate change scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. Her research focuses on climate change, its effects on the marine environment, and ho ...

, marine ecologist and ecosystem modeller * Sam Mostyn (born c.1964), businesswoman active in climate change * Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick (born 1983), heatwave research *

Anjali Sharma Anjali Sharma may refer to: * Anjali Sharma (cricketer) * Anjali Sharma (climate activist) Anjali Sharma (born 2004) is an Australian climate activist, who at the age of 16, was the lead litigant in a class action in the Australian Federal Court, ...

(born 2004), child climate activist * Kate Trinajstic, paleontologist and evolutionary biologist *

Jo Vallentine Josephine Vallentine (born 30 May 1946) is an Australian peace activist and politician, a former senator for Western Australia. She entered the Senate on 1 July 1985 after election as a member of the Nuclear Disarmament Party but sat as an ind ...

(born 1946), anti-nuclear activist *

Carden Wallace Carden Crea Wallace ( fl. 1970–) is an Australian scientist who was the curator/director of the Museum of Tropical Queensland from 1987 to 2003. She is an expert on corals having written a "revision of the Genus '' Acropora''". Wallace was ...

, marine biologist and museum director, expert on corals *

Shemara Wikramanayake Shemara Wikramanayake (born 1962) is an Australian businesswoman. She embarked on a career as a lawyer and then as a banker. In 2018, she became the Managing Director and CEO of Macquarie Group Ltd. She is also well known for her efforts in impl ...

(born 1962), businesswoman striving for low carbon emissions and renewable energy production *

Penny Whetton Penelope Whetton (5 January 1958 – 11 September 2019) was a climatologist and an expert in regional climate change projections due to global warming and in the impacts of those changes. Her primary scientific focus was Australia. Early life ...

(1958–2019), regional climate change projections for Australia * Katherine Woodthorpe, executive involved in bushfire and natural hazards

Belgium

* Margaretha Guidone (born c.1956), activist campaigning against global warming

Bolivia

* Ximena Vélez Liendo (born 1976), biologist focusing on the ecology of the Andean bear

Brazil

Rosaly Lopes Rosaly M. C. Lopes (born January 8, 1957) is a planetary geologist, volcanologist, an author of numerous scientific papers and several books, as well as a proponent of education. Her major research interests are in planetary and terrestrial su ...

(born 1957), geologist specializing in volcanology * Antônia Melo (born 1949), environmentalist and human rights activist

Cameroon

* Sevidzem Ernestine Leikeki (born 1985), climate activist

Canada

* Eriel Deranger (born 1979), indigenous rights activist intent on climate action * Marie-Josée Fortin (born 1958), spatial ecology researcher * Natalya Gomez, climate-ice sheet-solid earth modeler, professor at

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...

Katharine Hayhoe Katharine Anne Scott Hayhoe (born 1972) is a Canadian atmospheric scientist. She is a Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor and an Endowed Chair in Public Policy and Public Law in the Texas Tech University Department of Political Science. I ...

(born 1972), atmospheric science, global climate models *

Nasrin Husseini Nasrin Husseini is an Afghan-born Canadian advocate of refugees, veterinary researcher, and a food activist, working to remake the food system. Her research focuses on advancing animal health through breeding and improving the productivity of the ...

, Afghan-born refugee, food activist working on improved productivity through breeding *

Naomi Klein Naomi A. Klein (born May 8, 1970) is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses, support of ecofeminism, organized labour, left-wing politics and criticism of corporate globalization, fascism, ecofascism ...

(born 1970), author, filmmaker and environmental activist * Melina Laboucan-Massimo, climate justice and Indigenous rights activist *

Corinne Le Quéré Marie Corinne Lyne Le Quéré (born July 1966) is a French-Canadian scientist. She is Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science at the University of East Anglia and former Director of Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. ...

(born 1966), Royal Society research professor, University of East Anglia *

Deborah Martin-Downs Deborah Martin-Downs is a Canadian aquatic biologist who specializes in fish and their environments. She has worked in ecology and conservation for over 30 years in Toronto both as a consultant and as director of the Toronto and Region Conservat ...

, aquatic biologist, ecologist * Line Rochefort, ecologist specializing in peatland restoration *

Marie Sanderson Marie Elizabeth Sanderson (1921-2010; Lustig) was a Canadian geographer and climatologist. Early life and education Marie Lustig was born on 16 November 1921 in Chesley, Ontario, Canada. She was one of the earliest graduates in geography from th ...

(1921–2010), geographer and climatologist

Chad

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is a Chadian environmental activist and geographer. She is the Coordinator of the Association of Peul Women and Autochthonous Peoples of Chad (AFPAT) and served as the co-director of the pavilion of the World Indigenous Peo ...

, environmental activist and geographer

Chile

Adriana Hoffmann Adriana Elisabeth Hoffmann Jacoby (29 January 1940 – 20 March 2022) was a Chilean botanist, environmentalist and author. She was executive secretary of Chile's National Environment Commission (, CONAMA) from 2000 to 2001. She advocated for th ...

(1940–2022), environmentalist involved in the sustainable management of Chilean forests *

Sara Larraín Sara María Larraín Ruiz-Tagle (born 1952) is a Chilean politician and environmentalist who ran for president in 1999 presidential election. She is of Basque descent. Larraín currently sits on the board of directors of the International Forum o ...

(born 1962), politician and environmental activist * Veronica Vallejos (born c. 1967), marine biologist and Antarctic researcher

China

Chai Jing Chai Jing (; born on January 1, 1976) is a Chinese journalist, former television host, author and environmental activist. In 1995, Chai began her broadcast career as a radio host in Hunan Province. From 2001 to 2013, she worked for China Centra ...

(born 1976), journalist and environmental activist producing a documentary, later banned, on pollution and environmental policy *

Howey Ou Ou Hongyi (; IPA: ə̄u xʷúŋìː), also known by her English name Howey Ou, is a Chinese Environmental movement, environmental activist who organises the school strike for climate in Guilin in southern China, calling for more action to limit ...

(born c.2003), young activist inspired by Greta Thunberg

Colombia

Xiomara Acevedo Xiomara Acevedo is a Colombian climate change activist. As founder and CEO of the NGO Barranquilla +20, she has argued for the inclusion of women and young people's voices in climate justice. Career Acevedo founded Barranquilla +20 in 2012, a ...

, climate change activist coordinating government policy * Paola Arias, climate change researcher * Martha Peralta Epieyú, politician and lawyer specializing in environmental law * Aída Quilcué (fl 1990s), environmentalist and politician * Diana Marcela Bolaños Rodriguez (born 1981), marine biologist studying flat worms and stem cell regeneration

Costa Rica

* Christiana Figueres (born 1956), diplomat specializing in international climate change negotiations

Denmark

Inger Andersen (environmentalist, 2010, cropped)

* Inger Andersen (born 1958), economist and environmentalist working with international organizations *

Lone Drøscher Nielsen Lone Drøscher Nielsen (born 1964) is a Danish wildlife conservationist who established the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Reintroduction Project in Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia in 1998. Early life and work She was born and grew up in Aabybro, Denmark. ...

(born 1984), wildlife conservationist active in Borneo *

Inge Lehmann Inge Lehmann (13 May 1888 – 21 February 1993) was a Danish seismologist and geophysicist. In 1936, she discovered that the Earth has a solid inner core inside a molten outer core. Before that, seismologists believed Earth's core to be a sin ...

(1888–1993), seismologist and geophysicist * Signe Normand, biologist researching vegetation in the Artic tundra

Dominican Republic

Idelisa Bonnelly Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi (10 September 1931 – 3 July 2022) was a Dominican Republic, Dominican marine biologist who is considered the "mother of marine conservation in the Caribbean". She was the founder of the study of biology in the Dom ...

(1931–2022), marine biologist who created first sanctuary in the North Atlantic for humpback whales

Ecuador

Anita Rivas Anita Carolina Rivas Párraga (born May 4, 1972) is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician. She was the mayor of Puerto Francisco de Orellana from 2005 to 2019. In 2009 she visited the United Kingdom, Luxembourg and Spain to propose that oil in he ...

(born 1972), lawyer and conservationish

Fiji

* Kavita Naidu, lawyer working on international climate change law

Finland

* Hanna Kokko (born 1971), evolutionary ecologist

France

* Hélène Bergès (born 1966), director of the Plant Genomic Resources Center (CNRGV), plant geneticist investigating ocean-atmospheric coupling *

Pascale Braconnot Pascale Braconnot is a Climate Scientist in the Climate and Environmental Sciences at the Institute Pierre Simon Laplace. She was involved in writing the IPCC Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports. Early life and education During her doctoral ...

, climate scientist * Valérie Cabanes (born 1969), lawyer and environmentalist *

Anny Cazenave Anny Cazenave () is a French space geodesist and one of the pioneers in satellite altimetry. She works for the French space agency CNES and has been deputy director of the (LEGOS) at Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées in Toulouse since 1996. Since 20 ...

(born 1944), geodesist researching sea level rise caused by global warming *

Françoise Gasse Françoise Gasse (; born 1942; died 22 April 2014) was a French paleobiologist, paleoclimatologist and paleohydrologist. She specialized in environmental phenomena and more specifically the study of lacustrine sediments from ancient lakes in Afr ...

(1942–2014), paleobiologist specializing in lacustrine sediments * Amaelle Landais-Israël (born 1977), climatologist researching Greenland ice and the North Atlantic * Marguerite Augusta Marie Löwenhielm, mycologist studying the effectiveness of American grapevine against harmful insect pest *

Valerie Masson-Delmotte Valerie Masson-Delmotte is a French climate scientist and Research Director at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, where she works in the Climate and Environment Sciences Laboratory (LSCE). She uses data from past clim ...

, focus on paleoclimatology at the Climate and Environment Sciences Laboratory (LSCE) * Anaïs Orsi, climate scientist studying global warming through changes in polar ice * Magali Reghezza-Zitt, geographer and co-director of the Centre de formation sur l'environnement et la société at the

École normale supérieure École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

. Her work focuses on the notions of risk and crisis, vulnerability and resilience, and adaptation, in the context of globalisation and

environmental change Environmental change is a change or disturbance of the environment most often caused by human influences and natural ecological processes. Environmental changes include various factors, such as natural disasters, human interferences, or animal in ...

. She is a menmber High Council on Climate and Chevalier

Ordre national du Mérite The Ordre national du Mérite (; en, National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's esta ...

. *

Catherine Ritz Catherine Ritz is a French Antarctic researcher, best known for her work on ice sheets and their impact on sea level rise. Early life and education Catherine Ritz received her master's degree ''Maîtrise de Physique'' in physics in France in ...

, Antarctic researcher working on ice sheets and rise in sea level * Françoise Vimeux, climatologist, research director at the

Institut de recherche pour le développement The Institut de Recherche pour le Développement or IRD () is a French science and technology establishment under the joint supervision of the French Ministries of Higher Education and Research and Foreign Affairs. It operates internationally ...

(IRD), works at the

Laboratoire des sciences du climat et de l'environnement The (LSCE, Climate and Environment Sciences Laboratory) is a laboratory for the study of climate and in particular climate change. It is part of the Institute Pierre Simon Laplace, and located on campuses in L'Orme des Merisiers and Gif sur Y ...

(LSCE) and the Laboratoire HydroSciences Montpellier (HSM)

Germany

* Silvia Bender (born 1970), Green party politician * Nancy Bertler, Antarctic researcher investigating climate history * Lina Eichler (born 2002), climate activist * Sabine Fuss, climate scientist focusing on sustainable resource management * Ulrike Lohmann (born 1966), climate researcher focusing on aerosol particles in clouds *

Katrin Meissner Katrin Meissner (german: Katrin Meißner, born 17 January 1973) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Specia ...

, German and Australian physical oceanographer and climate scientist, director of the Climate Change Research Centre at

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive ...

Friederike Otto Friederike (Fredi) Elly Luise Otto (born 29 August 1982) is a climatologist who as of December 2021 works as a Senior Lecturer at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College London. Previously she was Associ ...

(born 1982), German climatologist, associate director of the Environmental Change Institute * Ricarda Winkelmann (born 1985), climatologist researching interdependencies between climate, land ice and the ocean * Kirsten Zickfeld, climate physicist now based in Canada

Ghana

* Nana Klutse (born 1981), climate scientist

Guatemala

* Nicole Hernandez Hammer, Guatemalan-American climate scientist studying sea level rise

Guinea-Bissau

* Augusta Henriques (fl. 1991), conservationist

Honduras

Berta Cáceres Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores (; 4 March 1971 – 2 March 2016) was a Honduran (Lenca) environmental activist, indigenous leader, and co-founder and coordinator of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). She won ...

(1971–2016), environmental activist and indigenous leader

Iceland

Sigríður Tómasdóttir Sigríður Tómasdóttir (1871–1957) was an Icelandic environmentalist whose activism helped preserve Gullfoss waterfalls, protecting it from industrialization. She is widely seen as Iceland's first environmentalist and is memorialized on a sc ...

(1871–1957), environmentalist active in saving the Gullfoss waterfalls from industrialization

India

* Sulochana Gadgil (born 1944), meteorologist studying monsoons * Paramjit Khurana (born 1956), biologist specializing in plant biotechnology * Sunita Narain (born 1961), environmentalist, clean energy advocate and political activist *

Medha Patkar Medha Patkar née Khanolkar (born 1 December 1954) is an Indian social activist and former Politician working on various crucial political and economic issues raised by tribals, dalits, farmers, labourers and women facing injustice in India. She ...

(born 1964), politician, rights activist and environmentalist

Indonesia

* Yuyun Ismawati (born 1964), environmental engineering involved in safe waste management involved in protecting reefs from plastic waste pollution * Mia Krisna Pratiwi (born 1996), environmental engineer *

Swietenia Puspa Lestari Swietenia Puspa Lestari (born 23 December 1994) is an Indonesian underwater diver, environmental engineer and environmental activist. Life Lestari is a native of Pramuka Island in the Java Sea. A keen diver from childhood, she studied environm ...

(born 1994), environmental engineer

Ireland

Tara Shine for the International Institute for Environment and Development

* Cara Augustenborg (born 1978), environmental scientist, also has US citizenship * Karin Dubsky (born 1954), German-born marine ecologist and environmental activist * Tara Shine, environmental scientist, policy advisor and science communicator

Italy

* Simona Bordoni (born 1972), climatologist studying atmospheric dynamics in California *

Nicola Scafetta Nicola Scafetta is a research scientist at the University of Napoli Federico II. He was formerly at the ACRIM Lab group and an adjunct assistant professor in the physics department at Duke University. His research interests are in theoretical ...

(born 1975), astronomer and climate scientist

Kenya

Wangari Maathai Wangarĩ Muta Maathai (; 1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental and a political activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. As a beneficiary of the Kennedy Airlift, she studied in the Un ...

(1940–2011), environmental activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner

Laos

* Niane Sivongxay, zoologist specializing in zooplankton and amphibians

Madagascar

* Marie Christina Kolo (born 1989), climate activist * Julie Hanta Razafimanahaka, conservation biologist

Marshall Islands

* Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner, poet and climate change activist * Selina Leem, climate change activist and spoken word performer

Mexico

* María Elena Caso (1915–1991), biologist pioneering the study if starfish and other echinoderms * Enriqueta Legorreta (1914–2010), two-time winner (2007 & 2019) of the

Aguascalientes Aguascalientes (; ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and ...

state prize for Environmental Merit * Enriqueta Medellín (1948–1922), winner of Mexico's highest Ecological award, the Premio al Mérito Ecológico in 2012

Netherlands

Elisabeth Gottschalk Maria Karoline Elisabeth Gottschalk (28 October 1912 – 14 September 1989) was a German-born Dutch historical geographer and professor. She was noted for ''Stormvloeden en rivieroverstromingen in Nederland'' (Storm surges and river floods in the ...

(1912–1989), investigated storm surges and river floods * Saskia Ozinga (born 1960), environmental and social activist involved in forest conservation

New Zealand

* Rosemary Askin (born 1949), geologist, Antarctic researcher * Helen Plume, ministerial climate change expert * Gillian Wratt, (born 1954), botanist and Antarctic researcher

Niger

Mariama Mamane Mariama Mamane is an environmentalist and engineer from Niger. Mamane founded Jacigreen company and won several innovation prizes for her work to improve the ecology of rivers. Early life and education Mamane was born to a mother who holds a ...

, environmentalist focusing on the ecology of rivers

Nigeria

Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe is a geologist from Ubiaja in Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State. She was born August 1962 She specialises in palynology and sedimentology, and is Professor of Geology in the Department of Geosciences ...

, geologist specializing in

palynology Palynology is the "study of dust" (from grc-gre, παλύνω, palynō, "strew, sprinkle" and '' -logy'') or of "particles that are strewn". A classic palynologist analyses particulate samples collected from the air, from water, or from deposit ...

and

sedimentology Sedimentology encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand, silt, and clay, and the processes that result in their formation (erosion and weathering), transport, deposition and diagenesis. Sedimentologists apply their understanding of mo ...

* Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi, environmental biochemist * Margaret Adebisi Sowunmi, botanist and environmental archaeologist

Norway

* Ane Hansdatter Kismul (born 1980), politician and environmentalist *

Ingrid Skjoldvær Ingrid Skjoldvær (born 8 August 1993) is a Norwegian environmentalist and a former chairperson of the environmental organisation Nature and Youth. She comes from Sortland in Vesterålen and has held several positions in the organisation, most ...

(born 1993), environmentalist active in the Nature and Youth organization *

Gunhild Stordalen Gunhild Anker Stoldalen (née Melhus, born 15 January 1979) is a Norwegian physician and environmental advocate. She is the founder and executive chair of EAT Foundation, the co-founder and chair of the philanthropic Stordalen Foundation, the fo ...

(born 1979), physician and environmental advocate, founder of a climate change foundation * Ragnhild Sundby (1922–2006), zoologist involved in environmental issues

Papua New Guinea

* Mazzella Maniwavie (born 1987), mangrove conservationist and climate change activist

Peru

Liz Chicaje, líder de la comunidad indígena Boras de Paucarquillo, Loreto

Liz Chicaje Liz Chicaje Churay (born 1982) is an indigenous Peruvian leader who has contributed significantly to the protection of rainforests and rivers in the Loreto area of northeastern Peru, safeguarding the rights of the Yagua people. Thanks to her effo ...

(born 1962), rain forest conservationist

Philippines

Joan Carling Joan Carling (born 1963) is an indigenous Filipino human rights activist and environmentalist who has defended the rights of native and marginalized peoples for over two decades. She has served as Secretary General of the Asia Indigenous Peoples ...

(born 1963), human rights activist and environmentalist * Gemma Narisma (1972–2021), climate scientist focusing on assessment

Poland

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (25 April 1925 – 13 March 2015) was a Polish paleobiologist. In the mid-1960s, she led a series of Polish-Mongolian paleontological expeditions to the Gobi Desert. She was the first woman to serve on the executive commit ...

(1925–2015), paleobiologist, expeditions to the Gobi Desert *

Teresa Maryańska Teresa Maryańska (1937 – 3 October 2019) was a Polish paleontologist who specialized in Mongolian dinosaurs, particularly pachycephalosaurians and ankylosaurians. Peter Dodson (1998 p. 9) states that in 1974 Maryanska together with Halszka ...

(1937–2019), paleontologist specializing in dinosaurs * Elwira Żmudzka, climatologist

Româniarights

Russia

Maria Klenova Maria Vasilyevna Klenova (or Klyonova) (russian: Мари́я Васи́льевна Клёнова; 12 August 1898 – 6 August 1976) was a Russian and Soviet marine geologist and one of the founders of Russian marine science and contributor to ...

(1898–1976), pioneering Russian marine scientist * Olga Zolina (born 1975), climatologist, modeling of extreme precipitation

Rwanda

* Rose Mukankomeje, politician and environmental activist addressing forest conservation

South Africa

* Frances Gamble (1949–1997), climatologist and speleologist

South Korea

* June-Yi Lee, atmospheric scientist investigating future climate scenarios

Spain

* Paca Blanco (born 1949), environmentalist and women's rights activist * Aida Fernández Ríos (1947–2015), climate scientist and marine biologist

Sri Lanka

Michelle Dilhara Hatharasinghege Michelle Dilhara (Sinhala: මිෂෙල් දිල්හාරා; born 1 May 1996) is a Sri Lankan actress and an Environmentalist. One of the most popular television actresses in Sri Lanka, Dilhara is best known for play ...

(born 1996), actress and environmental activist * Sevvandi Jayakody, consersationist and echinodermologist

Sudan

* Balgis Osman-Elasha, climate scientist studying climate change in Africa

Sweden

* Isabelle Axelsson (born 2001), young climate activist * Inger Holmlund (1927–2019), environmentalist active in tree-planting and craft projects for women in Kenya *

Greta Thunberg Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (; born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish environmental activist who is known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action for climate change mitigation. Thunberg's activism began when she persuaded ...

(born 2003), climate change activist beginning school climate strikes in 2018

Switzerland

* Martine Rebetez (born 1961), climatologist working on the consequences of climate change in Switzerland * Sonja Wipf (born 1973), plant ecologist studying climate change * Anita Studer (born 1944), conservationist and ecologist

Thailand

Kotchakorn Voraakhom Kotchakorn Voraakhom ( th, กชกร วรอาคม, born 1978) is a Thai landscape architect and chief executive officer of Porous City Network, a social enterprise that looks to increase urban resilience in Southeast Asia. She is also ...

(born 1981), landscape architect contributing to projects addressing climate change

Trinidad and Tobago

* Rahanna Alicia Juman (fl. 2000s), environmental researcher

United Kingdom

Helen ApSimon Helen Mary ApSimon, (born 28 April 1942) is an English air pollution scientist and academic. She is a Professor of Air pollution Studies at Imperial College London. Her research includes the impact of acid rain, nuclear accidents and fine part ...

(born 1942), air pollution scientist *

Sarah Martha Baker Sarah Martha Baker D.Sc. F.L.S. (1887–1917) was an English botanist and ecologist who is remembered for her studies of brown seaweeds and zonation patterns on the seashore. Early life Born in London on 4 June 1887, she was the daughter of Ma ...

(1887–1917), botanist and ecologist * Brenda Boardman (born 1943), domestic energy efficiency and fuel poverty researcher and campaigner * Judith Bunbury (born 1967), geoarchaeologist * Tamsin Edwards, climate scientist, popular communicator *

Hayley Fowler Hayley J. Fowler is a Professor of Climate Change Impacts in the School of Engineering at Newcastle University. Education Fowler attended Poynton High School in Cheshire, North West England from 1986 to 1993. She studied for a Bachelor of Art ...

, research focused on climate change and variability on hydrological and water resource systems * Katharine Giles (1978–2013), climate scientist researching sea ice cover, ocean circulation and wind patterns *

Jean Grove Jean Grove (''née'' Clark; 10 March 1927 – 17 January 2001) was a British Physical geography, physical geographer and glaciologist known for her comprehensive study of Climate change (general concept), climate change in the Little Ice Age acros ...

(1927-2001), glaciologist; the Little Ice Age *

Joanna Haigh Joanna Dorothy Haigh (born 7 May 1954) is a British physicist and academic. Before her retirement in 2019 she was Professor of Atmospheric Physics at Imperial College London, and co-director of the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and En ...

(1954-), atmospheric physicist, Co-Director of Grantham Institute at Imperial College London, solar variability * Gabriele C. Hegerl (born 1962), Professor of Climate System Science at the University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences * Helene Hewitt, Met Office researcher on ocean modeling * Ellie Highwood, Professor of Climate Physics at the

University of Reading The University of Reading is a public university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading, a University of Oxford extension college. The institution received the power to grant its own degrees in 192 ...

Joanne Johnson Joanne S. Johnson (born 1977, Birmingham, née Garner) is a geologist and Antarctic scientist, who has worked for British Antarctic Survey (BAS) since 2002. She works in the palaeoenvironments, ice sheets and climate change team and is best ...

(born 1977), geologist, Antarctic scientist * Caroline King-Okumu, researcher focusing on dryland ecosystems, environmental assessment and climate change *

Rachel Kyte Rachel Elizabeth Kyte is a British academic serving as the Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University, and the first woman to lead the oldest graduate-only school of international affairs in the United States. She was the former Chief Exec ...

, international strategist on sustainable energy *

Sonya Legg Sonya Legg is a British oceanographer who is an Associate Director of the Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System at Princeton University. She studies the physical and dynamical processes of ocean circulation. Legg is involved with va ...

, oceanographer studying ocean circulation processes *

Diana Liverman Diana Liverman (born May 15, 1954, Accra, Ghana) is a retired Regents Professor of Geography and Development and past Director of the University of Arizona School of Geography, Development and Environment in the College of Social and Behavioral ...

(born 1954), climate impacts, vulnerability and policy *

Georgina Mace Dame Georgina Mary Mace, One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: (12 July 1953 – 19 September 2020) was a British ecologist and conservation scientist. She was Professor of Biodiver ...

(1953–2020), ecologist and conservation scientist *

Barbara Maher Barbara Ann Maher is a Professor Emerita of Environmental Science at Lancaster University. She served as director of the Centre for Environmental magnetism & Palaeomagnetism until 2021 and works on magnetic nanoparticles and pollution. Educa ...

(born 1960), environmental scientist researching magnetic particles and pollution * Stephanie Peay (born 1959), ecologist and crayfish researcher * Vicky Pope, Head of the Climate Prediction Programme at the

Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research The Met Office Hadley Centre — named in honour of George Hadley — is one of the United Kingdom's leading centres for the study of scientific issues associated with climate change. It is part of, and based at the headquarters of the Met Of ...

* Paula Reimer, radiocarbon and archaeological scientist at the 14Chrono Centre for Climate * Emily Shuckburgh, climate scientist, mathematician and science communicator * Liz Thomas, paleoclimatologist,

ice core An ice core is a core sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet or a high mountain glacier. Since the ice forms from the incremental buildup of annual layers of snow, lower layers are older than upper ones, and an ice core contains ic ...

British Antarctic Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...

United States

Lydia Adams-Williams Lydia Adams-Williams (1867–1928) was an American writer and Conservationist movement, conservationist. Personal life Adams-Williams was born in Genoa, Nevada on July 18, 1867. She attended San Jose Normal School and Stanford University. In ...

(1867–1928), writer focusing on conservation and deforestation * Alice Alldredge, (born 1949) oceanographer and researcher of marine snow and demersal zooplankton *

Tanya Atwater Tanya Atwater (born 1942) is an American geophysicist and marine geologist who specializes in plate tectonics. She is particularly renowned for her early research on the plate tectonic history of western North America. Early life and education At ...

(born 1942), marine geologist *

Thelma Babbitt Thelma Wright Babbitt (October 9, 1906 – February 18, 2004) was an American civil rights and environmental activist, best known for her work with the League of Women Voters and the American Friends Service Committee in the 1950s and 1960s, and ...

(1906–2004), civil rights and environmental activist *

Sallie Baliunas Sallie Louise Baliunas (born February 23, 1953) is a retired astrophysicist. She formerly worked at the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian and was the Deputy Director of the Mount Wilson Observatory from 1991 to 2003. Early life and ...

(born 1953), retired astrophysicist active in global warming and climate research *

Lisa Beal Lisa M. Beal is a professor at the University of Miami known for her work on the Agulhas Current. She is the editor-in-chief of the '' Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans''. Education and career Beal grew up in the United Kingdom, and was f ...

, British-born oceanographer investigating the Agulhas current * Barbara Bell (1922–2017), astronomer contributing to climate history *

Abigail Borah Abigail Borah is an American environmental activist who interrupted Todd Stern at the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference and who co-founded ''Race to Replace Vermont Yankee''. Early life and education Borah grew up near Princeton an ...

, environmental activist *

Florence Elfelt Bramhall Florence Elfelt Bramhall (April 2, 1862 – December 22, 1924) was an American clubwoman and forest conservationist, based in Minnesota. She headed women's club efforts to create the forest preserve that became the Chippewa National Forest. Ea ...

(1862–1924), forest conservationist *

Emma Lucy Braun E. Lucy Braun (April 19, 1889 – March 5, 1971) was a prominent botanist, ecologist, and expert on the forests of the eastern United States who was a professor of the University of Cincinnati. She was the first woman to be elected President o ...

(1889–1971), botanist, ecologist and academic *

Margaret Bryan Davis Dr. Margaret Bryan Davis (''née'' Margaret Bryan; born October 23, 1931) is an American palynologist and paleoecologist, who used pollen data to study the vegetation history of the past 21,000 years (i.e. since the last ice age). She showed concl ...

(born 1931), paleoecologist studying plant pollen *

Molly Burhans Molly Burhans (born 1989) is an Americans, American Cartography, cartographer, Data science, data scientist, and Environmental activism, environmental activist. She is the founder of GoodLands, an organization which aims to mobilize the Catholic C ...

(born 1989), cartographer and environmental activist * Elizabeth Canuel, chemical oceanographer investigating organic carbon cycling *

Rachel Carson Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose influential book ''Silent Spring'' (1962) and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental m ...

(1907–1964), marine biologist and conservationist *

Jeannine Cavender-Bares Jeannine Cavender-Bares is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior. Her research integrates evolutionary biology, ecology, and physiology by studying the func ...

(fl. 2000), evolutionary biologist * Danielle Claar, marine scientist studying effect of climate on coral symbionts and parasites *

Amy C. Clement Amy C. Clement is an atmospheric and marine scientist studying and modeling Climate change, global climate change at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Her research focuses on cloud albedo feedbacks, oc ...

, atmospheric and marine scientist modelling climate change *

Kim Cobb Kim M. Cobb (born 1974) is an American climate scientist. She is Professor of Environment and Society and Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Brown University, where she directs the Institute at Brown for Environment and ...

(born 1974), climate scientist studying oceanography * Lisa Goddard (1966–2022), climate scientist focused on weather forecasting * Emma Cole (1845–1910), botanist *

Maureen Conte Maureen Hatcher Conte is biogeochemist known for her work using particles to define the long-term cycling of chemical compounds in seawater. Education and career Conte has a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University (1975), and an M.A. (1982), M.Phi ...

, biogeochemist studying long-term cycling of chemical compounds in seawater *

Allison Crimmins Allison Crimmins is an American climate scientist and the director of the National Climate Assessment in the United States since 2021. She was appointed by President Joe Biden, and replaced Trump appointee Betsy Weatherhead. She has a master o ...

, head of the

National Climate Assessment The National Climate Assessment (NCA) is a United States government interagency ongoing effort on climate change science conducted under the auspices of the Global Change Research Act of 1990. The NCA is a major product of the U.S. Global Change Re ...

Heidi Cullen Heidi M. Cullen is the Director of Communications and Strategic Initiatives at MBARI, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute . Cullen was previously the chief scientist for the non-profit environmental organization, Climate Central, locat ...

, meteorologist, chief scientist for

Climate Central Climate Central is a nonprofit news organization that analyzes and reports on climate science. Composed of scientists and science journalists, the organization conducts scientific research on climate change and energy issues, and produces multimed ...

Judith Curry Judith A. Curry (born c. 1953) is an American climatologist and former chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research interests include hurricanes, remote sensing, atmospheric modeling, ...

, climatologist and former chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology *

Rosanne D'Arrigo Rosanne D'Arrigo is a professor at Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University known for her research into climate change using dendrochronology, or dating based on tree rings. Education and career D'Arrigo grew up in the Bronx an ...

, climate researcher using dendrochronology * Kendra Daly, oceanographer specializing in zooplankton *

Violet Dandridge Violet Dandridge, was the pseudonym for Serena Katherine Dandridge (1878–1956), she was an American scientific illustrator, painter, naturalist, and suffragist. She was the Smithsonian Institution’s first female scientific illustrator. Ear ...

(1878–1956), Smithsonian scientific illustrator * Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux, Trinidad-born geographer and climate researcher, now in Vermont *

Sylvia Earle Sylvia Alice Earle ( née Reade; born August 30, 1935) is an American marine biologist, oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer. She has been a National Geographic explorer-in-residence since 1998. Earle was the first female chief scien ...

(born 1935), marine biologist * Erika Edwards, researcher focusing on the evolution of plants *

Eunice Newton Foote Eunice Newton Foote (July 17, 1819 – September 30, 1888) was an American scientist, inventor, and women's rights campaigner. She was the first scientist to conclude that certain gases warmed when exposed to sunlight, and that rising carbo ...

(1819–1888), scientist who discovered the effect of carbon dioxide on climate *

Inez Fung Inez Fung (; born April 11, 1949) is a professor of atmospheric science at the University of California, Berkeley, jointly appointed in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science and the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Managemen ...

, Hong Kong-born climate scientist, now in California * Pat Gozemba (born 1940), LGBT activist focusing on the environment *

Jane Fonda Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, activist, and former fashion model. Recognized as a film icon, Fonda is the recipient of various accolades including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, sev ...

(born 1937), actress, feminist and environmentalist * Grace Voss Frederick (1905–2009), actress later focusing on natural environmental preservation * Daphne Frias (born 1998), activist focusing on gun control, climate change and environmental and disability justice *

(born 1949), climate modeling, biogeochemical cycles, and climate change * Niria Alicia Garcia (born 1993), environmental activist * Marika Holland, scientist working on sea ice modelling * Alice Clary Earle Hyde (1876–1943), botanical artist and conservationist * Deborah Jacobvitz, ecologist * Frances James (born 1930), ecologist and ornithologist *

Gretchen Keppel-Aleks Gretchen Keppel-Aleks is an American scientist and assistant professor at the University of Michigan in the College of Engineering's department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering. She primarily focuses on Earth's climate and the effe ...

, climate scientist researching greenhouse gases *

Caroline Ella Heminway Kierstead Caroline Ella Heminway Kierstead (July 12, 1904 – June 17, 1985) was an American geologist and micropaleontologist who was a professor of geology at Smith College in Massachusetts, a Shell Oil Company paleontologist, and a scientist whose micr ...

(1903–1985), geologist and micropaleontologist * Bronwen Konecky, climatologist focusing on climate change in the tropics *

Winona LaDuke Winona LaDuke (born August 18, 1959) is an American economist, environmentalist, writer and industrial hemp grower, known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation, as well as sustainable development. In 1996 and 2000, she ran for Vice ...

(born 1959), economist and environmentalist *

Estella Leopold Estella Bergere Leopold (born 1927) is an American paleobotanist and a conservationist. As a researcher in the United States Geological Survey, she aided in uncovering records of plant life from the Miocene around the Eniwetok and Bikini Atolls ...

(born 1927), paleobotanist and conservationist * Beate G. Liepert, research scientist focusing on climate variability *

Lorraine Lisiecki Lorraine Lisiecki is an American paleoclimatologist. She is a professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has proposed a new analysis of the 100,000-year problem in the Milankovitch theory of ...

, paleoclimatologist studying the history of climate change *

Hunter Lovins L. Hunter Lovins ( née Sheldon, born February 26, 1950 in Middlebury, Vermont) is an American environmentalist, author, sustainable development proponent, co-founder of Rocky Mountain Institute, and president of the nonprofit organization Natura ...

(born 1950), environmentalist and sustainable proponent *

Jane Lubchenco Jane Lubchenco (born December 4, 1947) is an American environmental scientist and marine ecologist who teaches and conducts research at Oregon State University. Her research interests include interactions between the environment and human well-be ...

(born 1947), environmentalist and marine biologist * Cherilla Storrs Lowrey (1861–1918), founder of The Outdoor Circle, Hawaii's oldest environmental organization * Kate Marvel, climate scientist, popular communicator * Galen McKinley, carbon cycle researcher, studying the interface between the ocean and the atmosphere *

Marcia McNutt Marcia Kemper McNutt (born February 19, 1952) is an American geophysicist and the 22nd president of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of the United States. Previously, she served as editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed journal ''Science'' fro ...

(born 1972), geophysicist, president of the

National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Nati ...

* Linda Mearns, geologist and climate scientist specializing in climate change assessment * Susanne Menden-Deuer (fl. 2000s), ecologist and oceanographer *

Jill Mikucki Jill Ann Mikucki is an American microbiologist, educator and Antarctic researcher, best known for her work at Blood Falls demonstrating that microbes can grow below ice in the absence of sunlight. She is a leader of international teams studying ...

, microbiologist, Antarctic researcher * Twila Moon, scientist researching the Greenland ice sheet * Marianne V. Moore, aquatic ecologist * Sue Moore, Arctic oceanographer studying whales *

Ann Haven Morgan Ann Haven Morgan (born "Anna" May 6, 1882 – June 5, 1966) was an American zoologist and ecologist. Biography One of three children of Stanley G. Morgan and Julia A. Douglass Morgan, Anna Morgan was born in Waterford, Connecticut and attend ...

(1882–1966), zoologist and ecologist * Sam Mostyn (born c. 1964), businesswomen working on climate change * Margaret Mulholland, oceanographer studying nutrients in marine environments *

Alison Murray Alison Murray may refer to: * Alison Murray (director), Canadian director of films, documentaries and music videos * Alison Murray (author), Scottish children's author and illustrator * Alison Murray (scientist), American microbial ecologist and Ant ...

, biochemist, Antarctic researcher *

Margaret Nygard Margaret Nygard (25 January 1925 – 5 November 1995) was a British-American environmentalist and conservationist. Born in British India to a civil servant, she was educated in both India and Britain. During the 1940 and 1941 bombing campaign ...

(1925–1995), British-born educator and conservationist * Karen Oberhauser (born 1956), conservation biologist working with monarch butterflies * Kittie Fenley Parker (1910–1994), botanical researcher and illustrator *

Mary Peltola Mary Sattler Peltola (née Sattler; Yup'ik: Akalleq; formerly Kapsner; born August 31, 1973) is an American politician and former tribal judge serving as the U.S. representative from since September 2022. She previously served as a judge on th ...

(fl. 1999), indigenous politician and environmentalist *

Elsie Quarterman Elsie Quarterman (November 28, 1910 – June 9, 2014) was a prominent plant ecologist. She was a Professor Emerita at Vanderbilt University. Quarterman was born on November 28, 1910 in Valdosta, Georgia. She earned a B.A. from Georgia State Wome ...

(1910–2014), plant ecologist * Marilyn Raphael, Trinidad-born climate change scientist working on polar research * Cicely Ridley (1927–2008), British-born mathematician focused on climate modelling * Edith A. Roberts (1881–1977), pioneering plant ecologist * Gabrielle Rocap (born 1971), marine biologist investigating marine bacteria and phytoplankton * Joan Roughgarden (born 1946), ecologist and evolutionary biologist *

Cynthia E. Rosenzweig Cynthia E. Rosenzweig (''née'' Ropes) (born c. 1958) is an American agronomist and climatologist at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, located at Columbia University, "who helped pioneer the study of climate change and agriculture."Justin ...

(born 1958), climatologist, pioneered the study of climate change and agriculture * Joellen Louise Russell (born 1970), oceanographer and climate scientist *

Tatiana Rynearson Tatiana Rynearson is an American oceanographer who is a professor at the University of Rhode Island. Her research considers plankton diversity and abundance. Rynearson has been on several research cruises, including trips to the North Sea, Puget ...

, oceanographer studying plankton diversity *

Eva Saulitis Eva Lucia Saulitis (May 10, 1963 – January 16, 2016) was an American marine biologist and poet, based in Alaska. Early life and education Saulitis was born in the Bronx and raised Silver Creek, New York, the daughter of Latvian immigrants ...

(1963–2016), marine biologist and writer * Sybil P. Seitzinger, oceanographer and climate scientist researching climate change and elemental cycling, especially nitrogen biogeochemistry *

(born 1956), research in

chlorofluorocarbons Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) are fully or partly halogenated hydrocarbons that contain carbon (C), hydrogen (H), chlorine (Cl), and fluorine (F), produced as volatile derivatives of methane, ethane, and propan ...

and ozone depletion * Margaret Sordahl (1906–1995), ornithologist at the Smithsonian Astrophysucal Observatory *

Lynne Talley Lynne Talley (born May 18, 1954) is a physical oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography known for her research into the large-scale circulation of water masses in the global ocean. Early life and education Talley received a B.A. i ...

, oceanographer and climate scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography * Elizabeth Teter Lunn (1904–1998), biologist and ecologist *

Ellen Thomas Ellen Thomas (born January 24, 1947) is an American peace activist. She first became involved with the White House Peace Vigil on April 13, 1984. The daughter of a US Marine, Thomas was born in Brooklyn and grew up in California. She became opp ...

(born 1950), Dutch-born environmental scientist specializing in marine micropaleontology and paleoceanography * Anne M. Thompson, specialist in atmospheric chemistry and climate change * LuAnne Thompson, oceanographer modeling movement of heat and chemical via ocean currents * Vivian Thomson (fl 1997), environmental policy academic * Maya Tolstoy, marine geophysicist investigating earthquakes in the deep sea *

Susan Trumbore Susan E. Trumbore is an earth systems scientist focusing on the carbon cycle and its effects on climate. She is a director at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry and a Professor of Earth System Science at University of California, Irvi ...

, earth systems scientist focusing on the

carbon cycle The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and Earth's atmosphere, atmosphere of the Earth. Carbon is the main component of biological compounds as well as ...

and its effects on climate *

Monica Turner Monica G. Turner is an American ecologist known for her work at Yellowstone National Park since the large fires of 1988. She is currently the Eugene P. Odum Professor of Ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Life and career Turne ...

(fl. 1980s), ecologist specializing in forest fires * Julienne Stroeve, polar climate scientist working on the remote sensing of ice and snow * Carol Van Strum (born 1940), environmentalist fighting against the use of pesticides *

Betsy Weatherhead Elizabeth C. Weatherhead, more commonly known as Betsy Weatherhead, is an American climatologist, atmospheric scientist, government official, and professor. She was appointed in 2020 by United States president Donald Trump to head the National Cl ...

, former head of the

* Rebecca Woodgate, oceanographer working on ocean circulation in polar regions * Kakani Katija Young, bioengineer focusing on marine organisms *

Linda Zall Linda Zall is an environmental scientist who previously worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. While at the CIA she was responsible for establishing in 1992 a task force named Medea, which specialized in using spy satellite images to produce e ...

, environmental scientist specializing in satellite data * Joy Zedler (born 1943), restoration and wetland ecologist

Uganda

Vanessa Nakate Vanessa Nakate (born 15 November 1996) is a Ugandan climate justice activist. Early life Nakate grew up in the Ugandan capital, Kampala neighborhood. She grew up in Kampala and became a celebrity in December 2018 after becoming concerned abo ...

(born 1996), climate justice activist

Uruguay

Lucrecia Covelo Lucrecia Covelo de Zolessi (12 January 1920 - 9 March 2000) was a Uruguay, Uruguayan Entomology, entomologist, curator and film-maker, who taught at the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences at the University of the Republic (Uruguay), University of t ...

(1920–2000), entomologist and conservationish

Vanuatu

Litiana Kalsrap Litiana Kalsrap (born 1992) is a youth leader and climate activist from Vanuatu. In 2020 she was the youngest woman to contest a seat in the 2020 Vanuatu general election. In 2018 she was a recipient of a Queens Young Leader Award. Biography K ...

(born 1992), climate activist

Vietnam

* Hoang Thi Than, geological engineer and archaeologist

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