Jason Box
Jason Box | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Studying Greenland on field expeditions over the last 19 years, Dark Snow Project |
| Awards | He received a NASA grant "to support the installation and maintenance of Greenland time lapse cameras."[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Byrd Polar Research Center, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland |
Jason Box, PhD is professor in glaciology at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland and formerly a glaciologist at the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University.[2] He has made 23 expeditions to Greenland since 1994, was for five consecutive years (2008-2012) the lead author of the Greenland section of NOAA's annual State of the Climate report, was a contributing author to the IPCC AR4, and has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications.[3] He is also one of the members of the team doing field work for the Extreme Ice Survey.[4] He has gone on record saying that humanity has likely already set in motion 69 feet of sea level rise as a result of the burning of fossil fuels.[5] He has also protested against the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in 2011,[6] and also signed a letter to President Obama urging him not to approve it, which was sent earlier that year and was also signed by James Hansen and Peter Gleick, among others.
References
- ^ His bio at the Byrd Polar Research Center
- ^ His official website's biography page
- ^ A list of publications on his website
- ^ EIS Team
- ^ Mooney, Chris (Jan. 31, 2013). "Humans Have Already Set in Motion 69 Feet of Sea Level Rise". Mother Jones. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
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