Terry Root - Climate Chage Part II - Stanford Woods Institute

Dr. Terry L. Root, Professor Emerita at Stanford University, continues her discussion of Climate Change. Root earned her undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of New Mexico, her master’s degree in Biology from the University of Colorado and her doctorate in Biology from Princeton University. She was a professor at the University of Michigan for 15 years before moving to Stanford University for  another 15 years. She was a lead author of the 4th Assessment Report for the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change that in 2007 was co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with Vice President Al Gore. She also participated in other Assessment Reports in 2001 & 2014. Root was awarded the Spirit of Defenders Award for Science by Defenders of Wildlife in 2010, and Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016 for the conservation organization Point Blue. She served on the National Audubon Board of Directors from 2010 to 2019 and currently serves on the board of Defenders of Wildlife, Birds Caribbean, and is on numerous science advisory boards, including the American Wind and Wildlife Institute. She has been engaged in climate change studies for most of her career and talks with us here about that issue and its impacts on wildlife. 

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