Friederike Otto
Friederike Elly Luise Otto (born 1982) is a German climatologist who as of January 2021 was Associate Director of the Environmental Change Institute (ECI) at the University of Oxford.[1][2] Her research focuses on how extreme weather conditions can result from external climate drivers.[3] A recognized expert in the field of attribution research, she examines the extent to which man-made developments are likely to be responsible for events such as the extreme summer of 2019, and their repercussions on global warming.[4] As a result of these interests, she has become a member of the international project World Weather Attribution. [5][6][7]
Biography
Born in Kiel, Germany, in 1992, Friederike Elly Luise Otto graduated in physics from the University of Potsdam before earning a PhD in philosophy of science from the Free University of Berlin in 2012.[3] She has worked at the ECI since 2011 when she began to investigate the impact of weather events on climate change.[8] In her role as co-leader of World Weather Attribution, she has been able to influence the international development of climate change strategies.[1][9] In connection with Hurricane Harvey in 2017, she concluded that it caused between 12% and 22% of additional rainfall to fall on Houston. She has also maintained that there is little doubt Hurricane Laura in 2020 was the result of climate change effects.[10][11] She believes that such attribution reports will help to persuade governments to adopt measures aimed at creating more carbon-neutral communities.[12]
Otto's 2019 book Wütendes Wetter, published in English as Angry Weather, became a best seller and received positive reviews.[13][14]
Publications
- Angry weather – In search of the culprits for heatwaves, floods and storms. Ullstein Berlin, 2019. ISBN 978-3-5500-5092-3 [15][14]
References
- ^ a b "Dr Friederike Otto". eci. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Otto, Friederike Elly Luise (1982-....)" (in French). Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Friederike Otto". Climate Strategies. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Friederike Otto verstärkt Beirat" (in German). klimafakten.de. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ Post, The Jakarta. "2020 weather disasters boosted by climate change: Report". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ^ Vaughan, Adam. "Friederike Otto interview: Can we sue oil giants for extreme weather?". New Scientist. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ^ "Siberia's lengthy heatwave a result of climate change, scientists say". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ^ "Dr Friederike Otto". Oxford Martin School. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ^ "About World Weather Attribution". World Weather Attribution. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Hurricane Laura and the California Fires Are Part of the Same Crisis". Claims Journal. 2020-08-27. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ^ "Yes, you can blame climate change for extreme weather". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ^ "Supercomputers, simulations, and the new science of extreme weather attribution". www.digitaltrends.com. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Eine Physikerin erklärt die Folgen der Erderwärmung" (in German). Deutschlandfunk. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Book review: Environmental scientists discover a key, new tool in climate change science". vancouversun. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ^ "Angry Weather: the science of blaming droughts, hurricanes and wildfires on climate change | CBC Radio". CBC. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
External links
- Friederike Otto explains The Attribution Question on YouTube
- Interview with Friederike Otto , Times Higher Education (THE)
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