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Penny Whetton
Personal details
Born(1958-01-05)5 January 1958
Melbourne, Victoria
Died11 September 2019(2019-09-11) (aged 61)
Sisters Beach, Tasmania
NationalityAustralian
Spouse
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(m. 1986)​
ChildrenJohn Rice-Whetton
Leon Rice-Whetton
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
OccupationClimatologist

Penelope Whetton (5 January 1958 – 11 September 2019) was a climatologist and an expert in regional climate change projections due to global warming and in the impacts of those changes. Her primary scientific focus was Australia.[1]

Early life

Whetton was born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 5 January 1958. She held a Bachelor of Science (Honours), majoring in Physics, and an Honours year in Meteorology, from the University of Melbourne. She received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the same university in 1986.

Career

Whetton started her career in the late 1980s as a researcher in the Department of Geography at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria.[2]

In 1989, she joined the Atmospheric Research division of CSIRO (later becoming CMAR CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research). Whetton became a research leader in 1999 and a research program leader in 2009.[2] Whetton contributed as a Lead Author to the Fourth Assessment Report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.[3]

Whetton was an invited speaker at various climate change conferences such as the Aspen Global Change Institute,[4] Four Degrees Or More? Australia in a Hot World[5] at the University of Melbourne in 2011, and the Greenhouse 2011: The Science of Climate Change conference.[6]

Whetton published numerous scientific journal articles on climate change as well as a contribution to more popular publications.[7]

Personal life

Whetton lived in Footscray, Victoria, with her wife Janet Rice, a Greens Senator and former Mayor of Maribyrnong, and their two sons. In 2003, Whetton underwent gender affirmation surgery.[8][9]

Whetton died on 11 September 2019 in Sisters Beach, Tasmania.[10]

References

  1. ^ Marsa, Linda. "The Continent Where Climate Went Haywire". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Dr Penny Whetton: researching climate impact and risk". CSIRO. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Penny Whetton, wife of Senator Janet Rice, climate scientist and transgender woman, dies". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Future Changes in Climate Extremes: Toward an Assessment for the Australian Report". Aspen Global Change Institute. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Four Degrees or More: Australia In A Hot World". University of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Greenhouse 2011: The Science of Climate Change". CSIRO. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Australia's Dust Bowl and Global Warming: Earth Wind and Fire". The New York Times Company. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  8. ^ Birnbauer, William (9 September 2007). "Gender changes, but a wife's love stays". The Age Company Ltd. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  9. ^ I still love her, we can stay married: The Senator and her transgender wife, SBS, 6 February 2015
  10. ^ "Janet Rice". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
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