Katharine Hayhoe
Canadian atmospheric scientist; Texas Tech professor and chief scientist of The Nature Conservancy; author of Saving Us.
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- Katharine Hayhoe is a Canadian atmospheric scientist, born in Toronto in 1972.
- She joined Texas Tech University in 2005, where she is a Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor and holds an endowed chair in public policy and public law in the political science department; in 2021 she also became chief scientist of The Nature Conservancy.
- She contributed to the second to fifth US National Climate Assessments.
- An evangelical Christian, she is known for communicating about climate change through her book Saving Us (2021), the PBS Digital Studios series Global Weirding and the weekly newsletter Talking Climate.
Key facts
- Born
- 15 April 1972, Toronto, Ontario1
- Education
- BSc physics and astronomy, University of Toronto (1994); MS and PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign1
- Texas Tech University
- From 2005; Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor and Political Science Endowed Chair in Public Policy and Public Law2
- The Nature Conservancy
- Chief scientist from 20211
- Book
- Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World (2021)2
- Recognition
- Time 100 (2014); UN Champion of the Earth (2019); American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2023)1
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