The University of Arizona has again contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, with paleoclimatologist Jessica Tierney helping pen much of the section on drought and aridity.
By Mikayla Mace Kelley, University Communications
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, has released the first of three climate reports expected in the coming months, and a University of Arizona faculty member is a lead author, continuing the university’s tradition of contributing to the global, informational resource.
Department of Geosciences associate professor Jessica Tierney is one of about 20 U.S. authors on the IPCC Working Group 1 contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report, which provides the latest assessment of scientific knowledge about the warming of the planet as well as projections for future warming and its impacts on the climate system. Tierney helped write much of the Working Group 1 report, including the sections on drought and aridity in the water cycle chapter. The other two reports will come out in December and March.