Understanding Global Change is a guide to how human action and non-human processes interact to change the Earth’s environment and its habitability. This site is a project of the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP).
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Development and Contributors
The UCMP Project Team
- Charles Marshall, Principal Investigator, Author and Project Designer
- Jessica Bean, Principal Investigator, Principal Author, and Principal Project Designer
- Helina Chin, Graphic Design
- Trish Roque, Webmaster and Developer
with - Lucy Chang, Graphic Design
- Josh Frankel, Graphic Design
- Anna Thanukos, Editing
- Lisa White, Team Coordination
Project Advisor
Joe Levine, Organization for Tropical Research, co-author of Miller and Levine Biology (Pearson Education)
Primary Science Advisors
- David Ackerly, Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley, CA
- Ivano Aiello, Moss Landing Marine Lab, San Jose State University, CA
- Jeffrey Kiehl, UC Santa Cruz, CA, National Center for Atmospheric Research, CO
- Joe Levine, Organization for Tropical Research, co-author of Miller and Levine Biology (Pearson Education)
- David Lindberg, Integrative Biology and UCMP, UC Berkeley, CA
- Richard Norris, UC San Diego, SCRIPPS Institution of Oceanography, CA
Additional Authors
- Kristen Mitchell, Earth Systems scientist, Independent Consultant
- Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, children's science book author
with - Stephanie Keep, freelance author and editor
Undergraduate Student, Graduate Student, and Postdoctoral Collaborators
- Lucy Chang, Graduate Student, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley
- Sara El Shafie, Graduate Student, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley
- Jenny Hofmeister, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley
- Jenna Judge, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley
- Armita Manafzadeh, Undergraduate Student, UC Berkeley
- Anthony Menicucci, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Davis, UCMP
- Emily Orzechowski, Graduate Student, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley
- Sarah Tulga, Undergraduate Student, UC Berkeley
Design and Development of Instructional Materials and Professional Development Workshops
- Jennifer Taylor, CLEAN, CIRES, CU Boulder, CO
- Anne Gold, CLEAN, CIRES, CU Boulder, CO
- Abraham Lo, BSCS Science Learning, CO
- Betsy Mitchell, UC Berkeley, CA
- Aleeza Oshry, HHMI Biointeractive, MD
Website Production Assistance
Keith Carlson, Novim Foundation, CA
with
Yana Boychenko, independent programmer, Belarus
Project Evaluation
- Molly Stuhlsatz, BSCS Science Learning, CO
- Anna Switzer, BSCS Science Learning, CO
Education Advisors and Collaborators
- Heather Arnold, Novato High School, Novato, CA
- Kia Boose, Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore, MD
- Vanessa Brunsing, SunRidge School, Sebastopol, CA
- Beth Callaghan, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA
- Jim Clark, Arroyo High School, NextGen Science Innovations, San Lorenzo, CA
- Henriette Howett, De La Salle High School, Concord, CA
- Devin Jackson, Foothill Middle School, Walnut Creek, CA
- Samantha Johnson, Arroyo High School, NextGen Science Innovations, San Lorenzo, CA
- Janet Lee, Gilroy High School, Gilroy, CA
- Christina Lunde, Marin County Office of Education, CA
- Sarah Machado, Summit Public Schools, Half Moon Bay, CA
- Betsy Mitchell, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
- Mark Nielson, HHMI BioInteractive, MD
- Jen Pierce, Boise State University, Idaho Climate Literacy Education Engagement & Research (i-CLEER), ID
- Jennifer Stock, NOAA/Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, CA
- Clarissa Toupin, Arizona State University, Herberger Young Scholars Academy, Phoenix, AZ
- Nicole Veltre, Baltimore City Public Schools, MD
Spanish Language Translators
- Carmen Martinez Utrera
- Ixchel Gonzalez Ramirez, Ph.D. in progress, Dept. Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley, CA
- Alberto Ribas-Casasayas, Santa Clara University, CA
- Christopher Robledo, United Teachers Los Angeles, CA
Additional Consultants (supported by Novim Foundation)
- Bonnie Benjamin-Phariss, Independent Consultant
- Richard Hutton, Center for Environmental Communication and Education, UC Santa Barbara, CA
Collaborating Organizations and Partners
School Districts
- Arizona State University, Herberger Young Scholars Academy, AZ
- Baltimore City Public Schools, MD
- Boise School District, ID
- Marin County Office of Education, CA
- Prince George’s County Public Schools, MD
- San Francisco Unified School District, CA
Organizations
- California Science Project (in collaboration with the Bay Area Science Project at the Lawrence Hall of Science)
- Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN)
- HHMI BioInteractive
- Monterey Bay Aquarium
- National Geographic
- NextGen Science Innovations
- The Novim Group
Initial Conception
Initial Vision
Kevin Padian (UCMP) and Eugenie Scott (National Center for Science Education) initiated the idea for a new UCMP Understanding web resource on climate change, taking the idea to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Eugenie Scott (NCSE), Mark McCaffrey (NCSE), Judy Scotchmoor (UCMP), and Charles Marshall (UCMP) made a second visit to the Moore Foundation which led to a formal proposal. The focus on climate change was expanded to encompass the full suite of Earth system processes that climate change impinges on, from the environmental to the biological. We thank The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Grant #3416 to UCMP and NCSE) for embracing our vision, and for providing funding to initiate the project. We also thank Minda Berbeco (NCSE), for her central role in the first phase of the project.
Initial Science Advisory Board
- David Ackerly, Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley, CA
- Lekilia “Kiki” Jenkins, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, University of Washington, WA
- Jeffrey Kiehl, UC Santa Cruz, National Center for Atmospheric Research, CA
- Michael Mastrandrea, Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, CA
- Richard Norris, UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CA
- Rowan Sage, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Benjamin Santer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA
Initial Teaching Advisory Board
- Ivano Aiello, Moss Landing Marine Lab, San Jose State University, CA
- Andrea Aust, KQED
- Steven Babcock, Louisiana State University Laboratory School, Baton Rouge, LA
- Jennifer Collins, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
- Lauren Farrar, KQED
- Steve Getty, Quantitative Reasoning Center, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
- Barry Greenwald, Harding Senior High School, St. Paul, MN
- Chris Hedeen, Oregon City High School, Oregon City, Oregon
- Mark Loveland, WestEd, San Francisco, CA
- Jennifer Saltzman, School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, CA
- Sophie Warny, Geosciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
External Funding
- The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Grant #3416 to UCMP and NCSE)
- The Novim Group, with special thanks to:
- Michael Ditmore, Co-founder and Executive Director
- Jim Knight, Co-founder and Executive Vice President
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, BioInteractive
- California Science Project, with special thanks to:
- Maria Simani, Project Director, UC Riverside, CA
- Joanna Totino, Director, Bay Area Science Project, UC Berkeley, CA