Katharine Hayhoe
| Katharine Anne Scott Hayhoe | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 15, 1972 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Fields | Atmospheric science, political science |
| Institutions | Texas Tech University |
| Alma mater |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Toronto |
| Thesis | A modeling study of the role of methane in global climate change (1997) |
| Known for | Climate change policy, global climate models |
| Spouse | Andrew Farley |
| Children | 1 |
Katharine Anne Scott Hayhoe (born April 15, 1972) is an atmospheric scientist and associate professor of political science at Texas Tech University, where she is director of the Climate Science Center. She is also the CEO of the consulting firm ATMOS Research and Consulting.
Hayhoe is from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Hayhoe received a degree in physics and astronomy from the University of Toronto, and her masters' and PhD in atmospheric science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Hayhoe has worked at Texas Tech since 2005. She has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, and wrote the book A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith-Based Decisions together with her husband, Andrew Farley. She also co-authored some reports for the US Global Change Research Program, as well as some National Academy of Sciences reports, including the 3rd National Climate Assessment, released on May 6, 2014. Shortly after the report was released, Hayhoe said, "Climate change is here and now, and not in some distant time or place," adding that "The choices we're making today will have a significant impact on our future." She has also served as an expert reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Fourth Assessment Report.
Professor John Abraham has called her "perhaps the best communicator on climate change."Time magazine listed her among the 100 most influential people in 2014. Also in 2014, the American Geophysical Union awarded her its climate communications award. The first episode of the documentary TV series Years of Living Dangerously features her work and her communication with religious audiences in Texas.
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