Christopher B. Field is an American scientist and

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er, who has contributed to the field of

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. The author of more than 200

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s, Field's research emphasizes impacts of climate change, from the

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to the global scale. His work includes major field experiments on responses of California grassland to multi-factor global change, integrative studies on the

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

, and assessments of impacts of climate change on agriculture. Field's work with models includes studies on the global distribution of carbon sources and sinks, and studies on environmental consequences of expanding

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Positions and accolades

Field is the founding director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology. Field received his PhD from Stanford University in 1981 and has been at the Carnegie Institution for Science since 1984. Field is also a Professor of

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditar ...

and Environmental Earth System Science at Stanford University, the Faculty Director of Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, and a member of the

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. He was a coordinating lead author for the fourth assessment report 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 ...

. Field has testified before House and Senate committees and has appeared on media from NPR's “Science Friday” to

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's “Your World Today.” In September 2008, Field was elected co-chair of Working Group 2 of the IPCC, along with Vicente Barros. In 2009, Field was one of ten recipients of the 15th Annual Heinz Award with special focus on the environment. Also Field received the 2013

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in Climate Change for discovering the importance of ecosystems and their effective management in the battle against climate change. Field's work has allowed to quantify the global climate impact of deforestation, agriculture and other changes in vegetation cover. And vice versa. It has helped predict how climate change will impact on land ecosystems. For 2022 he was awarded the

Japan Prize is awarded to people from all parts of the world whose "original and outstanding achievements in science and technology are recognized as having advanced the frontiers of knowledge and served the cause of peace and prosperity for mankind." The P ...

in the category "Biological Production, Ecology/Environment". Field currently serves as a co-chair of

's "Working Group II, impacts, adaptation, vulnerability." In February 2015, the US State Department announced his candidacy to be IPCC Chair.

Field Lab

Chris Field's lab at Carnegie Science focuses on ecological research from the ecosystem- to the global scale. Much of the work emphasizes understanding drivers and impacts of global environmental change on various ecosystems, including

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s and

ocean The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the wo ...

s. The Field Lab is also currently working on biomass energy production.

People

Former notable Ph.D. students that Chris Field advised are: * Christa Anderson, Ph.D. * Grayson Badgley, Ph.D. * Rebecca R. Hernandez, Ph.D. * Kelly McManus Chauvin, Ph.D. Former notable postdoctoral scholars that Chris Field advised are: * Katharine J. Mach, Ph.D. * Charlotte Stanton, Ph.D. * Peter Turner, Ph.D

References

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