In 2008, Jonathan Overpeck delivered an engaging address to the inaugural WaterSmart Innovations Conference & Expo. His sobering presentation expanded the understanding of how climate change would influence the dynamics of water supply and virtually every other aspect of the terrestrial environment.
This Nobel Prize-winning scientist is joining the WSI Conference & Expo again for the 13th WSI event on October 6–7 in Las Vegas. In addition to addressing this summer’s headline-grabbing climate impacts, Overpeck will discuss impacts that have yet to manifest themselves and how we can better prepare to meet these ever-accelerating climate challenges.
As an interdisciplinary climate scientist, Overpeck works on a broad range of topics relating to how climate and paleoclimate dynamics affect the world we live in, including climate-vegetation interaction, conservation biology, legal issues related to climate change, environmental communication, and environmental education.
Overpeck has led climate research programs on five continents, focused on understanding climate variability and the dynamics and risks associated with drought and megadrought. Overpeck has written more than 220 published works on climate and the environmental sciences, served as a Working Group 1 Coordinating Lead Author for the Nobel Prize-winning IPCC 4th Assessment (2007), and also as a Working Group 2 Lead Author for the IPCC 5th Assessment (2014). Other awards include the US Department of Commerce Gold and Bronze Medals, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Walter Orr Roberts award of the American Meteorological Society, and the Quivira Coalition’s Radical Center Award for his work with rural ranchers and land managers.
He has appeared and testified before Congress multiple times and is a Fellow of American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. You can follow “Peck” as he tweets about climate-related issues at @GreatLakesPeck.
The 13th WSI is slated for October 6–7 at the South Point Hotel and Conference Center in Las Vegas. Visit the WSI website for more information about what else is in store at this year’s event and to register, and check out Twitter and Facebook for regular conference news and updates.
Source: WaterSmart Innovations
