Brenda Ekwurzel

Brenda Ekwurzel
Born1963[1]
Alma materSmith College
Scientific career
ThesisCirculation and mean residence times in the Arctic Ocean derived from tritium, helium, and oxygen-18 tracers (1998)

Brenda Ekwurzel (born 1963) is an American climate scientist. She is director of climate science for the Union of Concerned Scientists. She is an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow.

Biography

Ekwurzel received a B.S. in geology from Smith College in 1985.[2][3] In 1998 she received an M.S. from Rutgers University where she worked on the movement of sediment.[4] She went on to earn a Ph.D. from Columbia University / Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory(1988) where she tracked water masses in the Arctic.[5] Following her Ph.D. she was a postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.[6] She then moved to the University of Arizona.[2]

In 2019, she was a keynote speaker at the Weber State University Sustainability Summit.[7]

She testified before the United States Congress about climate change in 2019.[8][9] She has spoken about the National Climate Assessment with the media.[10][11]

Selected publications

  • Ekwurzel, B.; Boneham, J.; Dalton, M. W.; Heede, R.; Mera, R. J.; Allen, M. R.; Frumhoff, P. C. (2017). "The rise in global atmospheric CO2, surface temperature, and sea level from emissions traced to major carbon producers". Climatic Change. 144 (4): 579–590. doi:10.1007/s10584-017-1978-0. ISSN 0165-0009. S2CID 108287513.
  • Ekwurzel, Brenda; Schlosser, Peter; Mortlock, Richard A.; Fairbanks, Richard G.; Swift, James H. (2001-05-15). "River runoff, sea ice meltwater, and Pacific water distribution and mean residence times in the Arctic Ocean". Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 106 (C5): 9075–9092. doi:10.1029/1999JC000024.
  • Ekwurzel, Brenda; Schlosser, Peter; Smethie, William M.; Plummer, L. Niel; Busenberg, Eurybiades; Michel, Robert L.; Weppernig, Ralf; Stute, Martin (1994). "Dating of shallow groundwater: Comparison of the transient tracers 3 H/ 3 He, chlorofluorocarbons, and 85 Kr". Water Resources Research. 30 (6): 1693–1708. doi:10.1029/94WR00156.
  • Moore, Keara B.; Ekwurzel, Brenda; Esser, Bradley K.; Hudson, G. Bryant; Moran, Jean E. (2006-06-01). "Sources of groundwater nitrate revealed using residence time and isotope methods". Applied Geochemistry. 21 (6): 1016–1029. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.03.008. ISSN 0883-2927.

Awards and honors

In 2016 she was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Ekwurzel, Brenda, 1963-". id.loc.gov. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  2. ^ a b kgrover (2019-06-11). "Brenda Ekwurzel". United States Energy Association. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  3. ^ Macmillan, John (February 26, 2024). "Musings from the Medalists". Smith College. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  4. ^ Ekwurzel, Brenda (1988). The sediment dynamics of a mesotidal, mixed sand and gravel, bayside beach: Herring Cove, Cape Cod, MA (Thesis). OCLC 55160607.
  5. ^ Ekwurzel, Brenda (1998). Circulation and mean residence times in the Arctic Ocean derived from tritium, helium, and oxygen-18 tracers (Thesis). OCLC 40934869.
  6. ^ "Brenda Ekwurzel | Union of Concerned Scientists". www.ucsusa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  7. ^ Standard-Examiner, MEGAN OLSEN. "International experts in climate change solutions headline sustainability summit at Weber State". Standard-Examiner. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  8. ^ "Don't look now, but the House just woke up to the cost of climate inaction". Grist. 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  9. ^ "Tax bill seen as best bet for clean energy action". Daily Energy Insider. 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  10. ^ "What's Trump hiding in the climate report? That global warming's effects are here | Ken Kimmell and Brenda Ekwurzel". the Guardian. 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  11. ^ "Understanding The Impacts Of Climate Change". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  12. ^ "Historic Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2022-04-27.