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Jonathan T. Overpeck

Jonathan Overpeck
Samuel A. Graham Dean; William B. Stapp Collegiate Professor of Environmental Education; Professor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering; Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Dr. Jonathan Overpeck (“Peck”) is the Samuel A. Graham Dean of the School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) at the University of Michigan. He has served as dean of SEAS since 2017 and is the William B. Stapp Collegiate Professor of Environmental Education, as well as a Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, and a Professor of Climate and Space Science Engineering. 

An interdisciplinary climate scientist, Overpeck is an expert on climate change, climate-vegetation interactions, earth history, environmental science and sustainability. He has authored or co-authored over 230 publications that have been cited over 60,000 times. Overpeck advocates both scholarly and real-world impact, particularly the need for public higher education to emphasize both. He has also worked hard to strengthen the focus on inclusion, community impact, and justice in the study and practice of environmental work and sustainability. His time has been invested heavily in university, city and state efforts to help create a 21st-century economy that is robust, free of climate change, sustainable and just, and continues to push hard for innovative ways that universities and their partners can accelerate an end to the climate and other environmental crises that plague our planet.

Overpeck has worked with many students and collaborators whose research has spanned continents and a wide range of environmental topics and collaborations. His most significant contributions have been in the areas of climate-biosphere interactions, climate variability and abrupt climate change, monsoon dynamics, drought and hydroclimate, sea level rise, interdisciplinary climate assessment, climate and law, as well as climate engagement and adaptation. Of particular note are his contributions to a study that defined the now widely used term “megadrought” for the first time. He and his colleagues also highlighted the increasing role of temperature in driving more severe drought and the expanding “aridification” of North America which contributed to a growing realization that many regions of the globe are also experiencing ongoing aridification as the planet warms in response to human emissions of greenhouse gases. 

Overpeck’s climate-biosphere work spans his entire career. He was a pioneer in the study of abrupt earth system change, particularly in the study of abrupt changes or “tipping points” that have occurred, or could occur, in warm interglacial and future climates. He was a member of the first National Academy of Sciences study of abrupt change, and also co-led the first comprehensive investigation of the annually-laminated sediments of Cariaco Basin north of Venezuela, an effort that provided key constraints on abrupt glacial and deglacial change in the North Atlantic, the calendar-year calibration of radiocarbon ages, and climate variability over a wide range of time scales.

Overpeck was the founding director of the NOAA Paleoclimate Program and of the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology. He has served on many national and international scientific and advisory committees and boards in addition to briefing and testifying before Congress multiple times. Over the past 20 years, Overpeck’s work has increasingly focused on use-inspired research and assessments in collaboration with a wide variety of stakeholders in society. On the international level, he has been heavily involved in multiple assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has also participated in multiple national and regional-scale climate assessments and led/co-led two major long-term research and engagement projects aimed at bridging the natural sciences with the social sciences and providing resource managers and other stakeholders with the information needed for better science-based decision-making, including in the area of climate change adaptation. He has been part of multiple efforts aimed at improving understanding of climate science in society and in legal decision-making. In 2024, he was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

Publications

Overpeck, J.T. and Bonar, S.A. (2020). Southwestern fish and aquatic systems: the climate challenge. In: Standing between Life and Extinction: Ethics and Ecology of Conserving Aquatic Species in the American Southwest (D.L. Propst, J. E. Williams, K.R. Bestgen, and C.W. Hoagstrom, eds.) University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL pp. 137-152.

Loope, G., D. Thompson, J. Cole and  J.Overpeck, (2020). Is there a low-frequency bias in multiproxy reconstructions of tropical pacific SST variability? Quaternary Science Reviews 246, 106530

Loope, G. D. Thompson, and J. Overpeck, J. (2020). The spectrum of Asian Monsoon variability: A proxy system model approach to the hydroclimate scaling mismatch. Quaternary Science Reviews 240, 106362.

Overpeck, J.T. and B. Udall(2020). Climate change and the aridification of North America.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (22), 11856-11858.169.

Pendergrass, A.G., G.A. Meehl, R. Pulwarty, M. Hobbins, M. Hoell, A. AghaKouchak, C.J.W. Bonfils, A.J.E. Gallant, M. Hoerling, D. Hoffmann, L. Kaatz, F. Lehner, D. Llewellyn, P. Mote, R.B. Neale, J.T. Overpeck, A. Sheffield, K. Stahl, M. Svoboda, M.C. Wheeler, A.W. Wood, C.A. Woodhouse, C.A. (2020). Flash droughts present a new challenge for subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction. Nature Climate Change 10 (3), 191-199.

Routson, C.C., S.H.Arcusa, N.P. McKay and J.T. Overpeck. (2019). A 4,500‐Year‐Long Record of Southern Rocky Mountain Dust Deposition. Geophys. Res. Lett. 46: 8281-8288. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083255

Barr, C., J. Tibby, M.J. Leng, J. J. Tyler, A.C.G. Henderson, J.T. Overpeck, G.L. Simpson, J.E. Cole, S.J. Phipps, J.C. Marshall, G.B. McGregor, Q. Hua, and F.H. McRobie (2019). Holocene El Niño–Southern Oscillation variability reflected in subtropical Australian precipitation. Scientific Reports 9:1627-1636 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38626-3

Cook, B.R. and J.T.Overpeck (2018). Relationship-building between climate scientists and publics as an alternative to information transfer. WIREs Climate Change 2018;e570, https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.570

Garner, A.J., J.L. Weiss, A. Parris, R.E. Kopp, R.M. Horton, J.T. Overpeck, and B.P. Horton (2018) Evolution of 21st Century Sea-level Rise Projections. Earth’s Future 6: 1603–1615. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EF000991

Overpeck, J.T. and S.A. Bonar (2018). Southwestern fish and aquatic systems: the climate challenge. In: Standing between life and extinction: ethics and ecology of conserving aquatic species in the American Southwest (D.L. Propst, J. E. Williams, K.R. Bestgen, and C.W. Hoagstrom, eds.) University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL (Invited, in press).

Nolan, C., J.T. Overpeck, and 33 others (2018). Past and future global transformation of terrestrial ecosystems under climate change. Science (in press).

Yin, J, J.T. Overpeck, C. Peyser and R. Stouffer. (2018). Big Jump of Record Warm Global Mean Surface Temperature in 2014-2016 Related to Unusually Large Oceanic Heat Releases. Geophys. Res. Lett 10.1002/2017GL076500.

Stevenson, S., J.T. Overpeck, J. Fasullo, S. Coats, L. Parsons, T. Ault, B. Otto-Bliesner, G. Loope and J. Cole (2018). Climate Variability, Volcanic Forcing, and Last Millennium Hydroclimate Extremes. Journal of Climate 31: 4309-4327.

Parsons, L.A. S. Coats and J. T. Overpeck (2018. The continuum of drought in Southwestern North America. Journal of Climate (in press).

Parsons, L.A. S. LeRoy, J. T. Overpeck, M. Bush, G. M. Cárdenes-Sandí, and Scott Saleska (2018). The Threat of Multi-Year Drought in Amazonia. Water Resources Research (in press).

Garfin G., D. A. Falk, C. D. O’Connor, K. Jacobs, R. D. Sagarin, A. C. Haverland, A. Haworth, A. Baglee, J. Weiss, J. Overpeck, A. A. Zuñiga-Terán. (2018). A new mission: climate adaptation challenges and opportunities in the Department of Defense. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment (in press).

Parsons, L.A., G R. Loope, J. T. Overpeck, T. R. Ault, R, Stouffer and J. E. Cole (2017). Temperature and precipitation variance in CMIP5 simulations and paleoclimate records of the last millennium. Journal of Climate 30: 8885-8912.

Routson, C.C, T. M. Shanahan, J. T. Overpeck, and C. A. Woodhouse. (2017). The megadrought environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (in revision).

Dee, S.G., L.A. Parsons, G. Loope, T.R. Ault, J. Emile-Geay, and J.T. Overpeck. (2017). Improved spectral comparisons of paleoclimate models and observations via proxy system modeling: implications for multi-decadal variability. Earth and Planetary Science Letters: 476: 34-46.

Conroy, J.L, A.F. Collins, J.T. Overpeck, M.B. Bush, J.E. Cole, and D.J. Anderson (2015). A 400-year isotopic record of seabird response to eastern tropical Pacific productivity. Geo Geography and Environment 2, 137–147 doi: 10.1002/geo2.11

LaKind, J., J. Overpeck and 13 others. (2016). Exposure science in an age of rapidly changing climate: Challenges and opportunities. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology advance online publication 3 August 2016; doi: 10.1038/jes.2016.35

Routson, C.C., C.A. Woodhouse, J.T. Overpeck, J.L. Betancourt, N.P. McKay. (2016). Teleconnected Ocean Forcing of Western North American Droughts and Pluvials During the Last Millennium. Quaternary Science Reviews 146: 238-250.

Conroy, J.L., A.M. Hudson, J.T. Overpeck, K-b Liu, L. Wang and J.E. Cole. (2017). The primacy of multidecadal to centennial variability over late-Holocene forced change of the Asian Monsoon on the southern Tibetan Plateau. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 458: 337-348.

Routson CC, Overpeck JT, Woodhouse CA, Kenney WF (2016) Three Millennia of Southwestern North American Dustiness and Future Implications. PLoS ONE 11(2): e0149573. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149573.

Udall, B. and J. Overpeck (2017). The 21st Century Colorado River hot drought and implications for the future. Water Resources Research 10.1002/2016WR019638

Bush, M.B., Y.A. Correa-Metrio, C.H. McMichael, S. Sully, C.R. Shadik, T. Guilderson, M. Steinitz-Kannan, and J.T. Overpeck (2016). A 6900-year history of landscape modification by humans in lowland Amazonia. Quaternary Science Reviews 141: 52-64.

Research

2017-2020 – NSF “The Flavors of Southwest Hydroclimatic Extremes” $559,474 (PI with 3 others)

2013-2018 – NOAA/USAID “Integrating Climate Information and Decision Processes for Regional Resilience” $3,173,026 Senior personnel with several others – this is a new partnership with the International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia – focused on international climate adaptation)

2014-2018 – NSF “Collaborative Research: Understanding the Full Range of Amazon Drought and Impacts.” 4 years - $331,900 (PI with one other)

2013-2018 – NSF “EaSM 2 Collaborative Research on Quantifying and Conveying the Risk of Prolonged Drought in Coming Decades.”5 years - $1,362,189 (PI with 3 others).

Accolades

2024 - Elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences

2015 – Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union

2013 – Radical Center Award from the Quivira Coalition, NM – awarded to individuals “who have shown remarkable and enduring leadership in the difficult job of working in the radical center - the place where people are coming together to explore their common interests rather than argue their differences.”

2009 – Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

2009 – Leading Edge Researcher Award, U. Arizona Office of Economic Development

2008 – NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Outstanding Scientific Paper Award

2007 – Nobel Peace Prize – contributed in a leadership role as a Coordinating Lead Author of the Fourth Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

2007 – Shared winner of Atmospheric Science Librarians International’s Scientific and Technical Category for "high impact comprehensive publication" for Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis.

2005 – Bjerknes Lecturer, American Geophysical Union

2005 – John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship Award

2004 – Birbal Shani Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India Prof. T.M. Harris Medal for 2004 (awarded for best Indian co-authored paper in field in 2004)

2001 - Walter Orr Roberts 2001 Award, American Meteorological Society

1999 - US Department of Commerce Gold Medal 

1996 - US Department of Commerce Outstanding Performance Award

1995 - National Geophysical Data Center Director Award

1994 - US Department of Commerce Bronze Medal

Education

PHD in Geological Sciences, Brown University, Rhode Island
MSc in Geological Sciences, Brown University
BA in Geology (Honors), Hamilton College, New York

Affiliations

2014-2020 – Member, U.S. National Research Council, U.S. National Academy of Science, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate

2014-present – Founding Member, Colorado River Research Group (CRRG), an independent, scientific voice for the future of the Colorado River (http://www.coloradoriverresearchgroup.org)

2012-2020 – Member, U.S. National Research Council, U.S. National Academy of Science, Board on Environmental Change and Society

2011-present – Science Advisor, Climate Communication (climatecommunication.org)

In the News
Michigan Minds podcast: Reasons for hope amid grim climate news
April 29, 2025

Michigan Minds podcast: Reasons for hope amid grim climate news

Climate expert Jonathan Overpeck, dean of the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, does not sugarcoat things. The words “scary,” “depressing”...

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January 16, 2025

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2024 global temperature, climate assessment: SEAS experts available to comment

At noon Eastern time on Jan. 10, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will release their assessment of temperature and climate trends for 2024...

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January 9, 2025

The impact of Los Angeles wildfires: SEAS experts can comment

EXPERTS ADVISORY Multiple wildfires are burning across the Los Angeles area, taking lives, destroying property, affecting air quality and displacing thousands of people...

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November 11, 2024

COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan: U-M experts available to comment

EXPERTS ADVISORY Negotiators from nearly 200 countries have gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan for the two-week COP29 conference in an effort to advance global climate...

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Michigan Sustainability Community offers living‑learning experience

The new year will bring new opportunities when recruiting begins for more than 100 undergraduate students a year to participate in a program devoted to sustainable living...

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November 7, 2024

"The Great Lakes University"

U-M is a major convener of Great Lakes research thanks to its interdisciplinary efforts to address climate change and other problems. SEAS is a microcosm of that work because of its Great Lakes research centers and institutes; collaborations with other U-M units; and expansive partnerships with organizations within Ann Arbor, the region, and spanning the U.S., Canada and other countries. What this means, according to SEAS Dean Jonathan Overpeck, is that U-M is well-positioned to be “The Great Lakes University.”

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November 7, 2024

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In the Media
05/26/2025
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Great Lakes temperature extremes intensifying due to climate change. (Michigan Public)
05/15/2025
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Hurricane-ravaged city reaches crucial milestone on road to recovery — here's what's happening (The Cool Down)
05/12/2025
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Immediate steps key to Michigan’s resilience to climate change (WEMU)
05/12/2025
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Michigan's resilience to climate change hinges on immediate action, according to climate scientist (WEMU)
05/10/2025
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Hurricane-ravaged city reaches crucial milestone on road to recovery — here's what's happening (The Cool Down)
05/02/2025
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DTE Energy, other utilities wrestle with extreme weather, deregulation and rising costs (Detroit Free Press)
04/12/2025
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The lights are coming back on. How can utilities prepare for next time? (Michigan Advance)
04/07/2025
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Michigan needs rain, but not too much rain! (Michigan Public)
03/24/2025
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How climate change is affecting this key water cycle, triggering more extreme weather (PBS)
03/24/2025
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From deluges to drought: Climate change speeds up water cycle, triggers more extreme weather (Associated Press)
02/06/2025
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January 2025 was hottest January on record despite factors thought to make that less likely (CBS News)
01/29/2025
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Disaster-Ravaged Families Are Begging: Put Schools First (The New York Times)
01/15/2025
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SEAS hosts discussion about climate action in 2025 and beyond (The Michigan Daily)
01/13/2025
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L.A. wildfires could bring future change to Michigan (WEMU)
01/10/2025
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L.A. Fires Show the Reality of Living in a World with 1.5°C of Warming (Time)
12/08/2024
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Second-warmest November on record means that 2024 is likely to be Earth’s hottest year, report says (Associated Press)
12/02/2024
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What Trump’s expected withdrawal from global climate efforts means for the environment — and the economy
10/28/2024
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This Isn’t Your Grandparents’ Drought (Forbes)
10/08/2024
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Jonathan Overpeck: Aridification and a Drier Future for the Mississippi River Basin (Audacious Water With John Sabo Podcast)
09/05/2024
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Hottest summer on record could lead to the warmest year ever measured (ABC News)
08/01/2024
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Antarctic temperatures rise 10C above average in near record heatwave (The Guardian)
06/20/2024
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Why this week’s heat wave could be next summer’s normal (The Hill)
06/18/2024
Jonathan T. Overpeck
California Water Update: Snow Not Enough To Counter Losses, Study Warns (Newsweek)
06/18/2024
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Heat wave is a harbinger of what's to come if climate action stalls, experts say (Toledo Blade)
06/04/2024
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New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating (Associated Press)
05/07/2024
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From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere (Associated Press)
05/01/2024
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Six faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences (The University Record)
04/25/2024
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Study says it’s likely a warmer world made deadly Dubai downpours heavier (Associated Press)
04/11/2024
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Corporate climate plans are improving, but still ‘critically insufficient’ (Grist)
03/29/2024
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Where does Colorado River water go? Scientists have finally found out (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
03/19/2024
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UN weather agency issues 'red alert' on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023 (The Washington Post)
02/01/2024
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No-snow December followed by rainiest January on record (Detroit Free Press)
01/31/2024
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Issues of the Environment: 2023 was the warmest year on record and could set new record in 2024 (WEMU)
01/30/2024
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The West's scorching heat and festering water crisis are part of new problem, study says (Detroit Free Press)
01/24/2024
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Water-guzzling ‘hot drought’ in the West is unprecedented in at least 5 centuries, study suggests (CNN)
12/27/2023
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Issues of the Environment: Growing the clean energy jobs sector in Washtenaw County (WEMU)
12/14/2023
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Why COP28 is a gut check for the world’s fossil fuel habit (E&E News)
10/09/2023
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Heat, High Water, Hurricanes: Schools Are Not Ready for Climate Change (The New York Times)
09/29/2023
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After the Flood (Grist)
09/21/2023
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Water levels on the Mississippi River are plummeting for the second year in a row (CNN)
09/13/2023
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Earth is outside its ‘safe operating space for humanity’ on most key measurements, study says (ABC News)
08/15/2023
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Hawaii’s Wildfire Horror: A Drier World Will Only Get Deadlier (The Messenger)
08/14/2023
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How much water is left in the Colorado River? Scientists and officials are scrambling to find out (CNN)
07/28/2023
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Analysis: Detroit among most impacted cities in the country for the urban heat island effect (Bridge Detroit)
07/27/2023
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Biden to Announce Steps to Help Communities Deal With Extreme Heat (The New York Times)
07/25/2023
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Scientists Link Climate Change To July Heat Waves in Europe, China, and the U.S. (TIME)
07/24/2023
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How Long Can We Keep Living in Hotboxes Like Phoenix? (The Washington Post)
06/28/2023
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Michigan could become a climate safe haven (CBS Detroit)
06/27/2023
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Michigan's ex-chief environmental regulator lands UM climate job (Detroit News)
04/20/2023
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Leading climate scientists visit Hamilton as Morris Fellows, host lectures and workshops (The Spectator)
03/14/2023
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The paradox of the climate crisis: Former president of Ireland talks sustainability (The Michigan Daily)
01/12/2023
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Study: Exxon Mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s (Associated Press)
11/28/2022
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Rising sea levels could swamp the US coastline by 2050, NASA predicts (Live Science)
11/23/2022
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AS COP27 falls short, U.S. policies position Michigan to meet healthy climate goals, expert says (Michigan Advance)
11/11/2022
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Republicans tout benefits of fossil fuels at climate talks (ABC News)
09/20/2022
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Fuel firms should pay for climate harm, UN leaders told (Associated Press)
09/16/2022
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Warming, other factors worsened Pakistan floods, study finds (ABC News)
09/09/2022
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California: Drought, record heat, fires and now maybe floods (ABC News)
08/01/2022
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Chances of climate catastrophe are ignored, scientists say (Associated Press)
07/31/2022
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Kentucky grapples with effect of climate crisis as floods leave trail of devastation (The Guardian)
07/26/2022
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Energy & Environment — Summer scorcher (The Hill)
07/20/2022
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Small steps you can take to limit your emissions, help limit global warming (FOX 2 Detroit)
06/30/2022
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Extreme heat, drought will permanently scar California and its social fabric (The Los Angeles Times)
05/27/2022
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Michiganders should take tornadoes more seriously after Gaylord, experts say (The Detroit Free Press)
05/18/2022
Jonathan T. Overpeck
UN floats plan to boost renewables as climate worries mount (Associated Press)
05/06/2022
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Carbon dioxide has a minimal impact on tropical vegetation (earth.com)
04/22/2022
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AP PHOTOS: As world marks Earth Day, trash still big problem (Associated Press)
04/02/2022
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'A year after year disaster:' The American West could face a 'brutal' century under climate change (USA Today)
03/20/2022
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Michigan climate plan set to reach governor’s desk by Earth Day (MLive)
03/07/2022
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Sense of urgency grows for the Great Lakes region and other parts of the world on climate change (The Toledo Blade)
03/02/2022
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Putin’s war in Ukraine is being fueled by the world’s addiction to oil (Fortune)
03/02/2022
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'Milestone moment' reached in Line 5 tunnel permitting case (The Petoskey News-Review)
02/21/2022
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Line 5's impact on climate change being reviewed as part of tunnel decision (WCMU)
02/18/2022
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Line 5's impact on climate change being reviewed as part of tunnel decision (Michigan Radio)
02/15/2022
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The intense dry spell in the West is worst 'megadrought' in 1,200 years, new study says (USA Today)
02/14/2022
Jonathan T. Overpeck
New study finds Western U.S. megadrought is the worst in 1,200 years (The Week)
02/14/2022
Jonathan T. Overpeck
West megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years (Associated Press)
02/07/2022
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Report: Corporate climate pledges are weaker than they seem (ABC News)
01/14/2022
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Last Year’s Overall Climate Was Shaped by Warming-Driven Heat Extremes Around the Globe (Inside Climate News)
01/10/2022
Jonathan T. Overpeck
2021 was a deadly year for weather: 20 disasters killed more than 600 Americans (USA Today)
01/02/2022
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Climate change, new construction mean more ruinous fires (The Washington Post)
12/16/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
The U.S. set a new record for powerful wind gusts, with 55 in one day (NPR)
12/15/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
The Midwest Tornadoes, Climate Change, And The Future Of Extreme Weather (NPR)
11/14/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
‘Watered-down hope’: Experts wanted more from climate pact (Associated Press)
11/10/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
U-M Sustainability Clinic in Detroit to combat flooding, other climate change effects (Detroit Free Press)
11/10/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
University of Michigan aims to find solutions to climate change, Detroit flooding (Fox 2 Detroit)
11/10/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Sustainability Clinic in Detroit to help combat impacts of climate change (The University Record)
10/11/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
$11.1 Million Gift Helps University Of Michigan Put Emphasis On Environmental Justice (CBS Detroit)
10/11/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Gift Helps U-Michigan Put Emphasis on Environmental Justice (U.S. News & World Report)
10/11/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Gift helps U-Michigan put emphasis on environmental justice (Associated Press)
09/20/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
UN to world leaders: To curtail warming, you must do more (ABC News)
09/16/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
UN chief urges 'rapid' emission cuts to curb climate change (ABC News)
09/16/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Line 5 tunnel would worsen climate change impacts, opponents testify (MLive)
09/01/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
How sea-level rise is making hurricanes like Ida more destructive (Grist)
08/31/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Scientists detail role of climate change in Ida's intensity (The Hill)
08/24/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
High in the Colorado Rockies, scientists launch search for causes of western water woes (Science)
08/06/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
What role does climate change play in the West’s tinderbox conditions? Let us explain. (The New York Times)
08/04/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
'When will the megadrought end?' is the wrong question to ask (Mashable)
07/31/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Space photos show intense drying of California mountains (Mashable)
07/28/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Draw a line from Montana to Georgia. That’s where you’ll find extreme heat. (The New York Times)
07/20/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Floods in metro Detroit bear hallmarks of human-caused climate change, scientists say (Detroit Free Press)
07/16/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Flooding causing even more problems for Michiganders (WLNS)
07/13/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
These Scientists Linked June's Heat Wave to Climate Change in 9 Days. Their Work Could Revolutionize How We Talk About Climate (Time)
07/12/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Climate change is playing a role in the heat, drought and fires (The New York Times)
07/01/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
A Deadly Summer in the Pacific Northwest Augurs More Heat Waves, and More Deaths to Come (Inside Climate News)
06/29/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Detroit Is Not Built to Handle Climate Change (WDET 101.9)
06/23/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
A Shift on Climate for Some G.O.P. Leaders (The New York Times)
06/17/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Climate Change Batters the West Before Summer Even Begins (The New York Times)
06/16/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Forest Management Entails More Than Planting Trees (Nature World News)
05/29/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Mud cylinders reveal humans' impact on Earth began earlier than we thought (BBC News)
05/24/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
We can’t plant our way out of the climate crisis (Fast Company)
05/21/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
We can’t “plant our way” out of the climate crisis, researchers argue (ZME Science)
05/21/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Human Activity May Have Altered the Earth Much Earlier Than We Thought (Inverse)
05/20/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Humans have ‘stressed out’ Earth far longer, and more dramatically, than realized (National Geographic)
04/22/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Why The Intense U.S. Drought Is Now A Megadrought (Mashable)
03/23/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Because Hamiltonians Fight Climate Change: J. Overpeck ’79 (Hamilton College News)
03/18/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Greg Keoleian
University of Michigan’s carbon neutrality commission releases 'bold, visionary plan' (WDIV Click on Detroit)
02/17/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
3 biggest things Michigan can do to battle climate change (WDIV Click on Detroit)
02/16/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Four sustainability experts on how they’d spend Elon Musk’s $100 million climate commitment (Popular Science)
02/07/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
More than 140 missing after flash flood in northern India (NBC Nightly News)
02/03/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
What Michigan’s future could look like without action on climate change (WDIV Click on Detroit)
01/25/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
2 biggest impacts of climate change in Michigan right now (WDIV Click on Detroit)
01/13/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Drought-stricken Colorado River Basin could see additional 20% drop in water flow by 2050 (Yale Climate Connections)
01/12/2021
Jonathan T. Overpeck
How Climate Change is Driving Wildfire Trends (Climatrends)
09/22/2020
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Climate Disruption Is Now Locked In. The Next Moves Will Be Crucial (The New York Times)
09/09/2020
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Think 2020's disasters are wild? Experts see worse in future (Associated Press)
06/24/2020
Jonathan T. Overpeck
The Arctic is on fire: Siberian heat wave alarms scientists (The Washington Post)
09/01/2019
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Dean Overpeck for the AP: Fact-checking politicians on climate change
03/01/2019
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Dr. Jonathan Overpeck on ways to help solve climate change and how local students taking part in citizen science can make a difference
12/01/2018
Jonathan T. Overpeck
The Southwest Might Be in One of the Worst Mega-Droughts in History, Experts Say
11/01/2018
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Scientists: Wind, drought worsen fires, not bad management
09/01/2018
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Major transformation' ahead for Earth's ecosystems: study
06/01/2018
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Minnesota's renewable energy revolution
Jonathan T. Overpeck
America’s longest river was recently drier than during the Dust Bowl. And it’s bound to happen again
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