Cynthia Rosenzweig: Difference between revisions

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| thesis_title = Potential effects of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate change on thermal and water regimes affecting wheat and corn production in the Great Plains

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}}'''Cynthia E. Rosenzweig''' (''[[née]]'' Ropes<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.earth.columbia.edu/eidirectory/view/710|title=Dr. Cynthia Ropes Rosenzweig - Directory - The Earth Institute - Columbia University|website=www.earth.columbia.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-10-17}}</ref>) (born c. 1958) is an American agronomist and [[climatologist]] at [[NASA]] [[Goddard Institute for Space Studies]], located at [[Columbia University]], "who helped pioneer the study of climate change and agriculture."<ref name="gillis">Justin Gillis, [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/science/earth/05harvest.html "A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself"], ''[[New York Times]]'', June 5, 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Brumfiel |first1=G. |last2=Tollefson |first2=J. |last3=Hand |first3=E. |last4=Baker |first4=M. |last5=Cyranoski |first5=D. |last6=Shen |first6=H. |last7=Van Noorden |first7=R. |last8=Nosengo |first8=N. |last9=Butler |first9=D.

|last10=Fouchier |first10=R |year=2012 |title=366 days: ''Nature''{{'}}s 10 |journal=Nature |volume=492 |issue=7429 |pages=335–343 |bibcode= 2012Natur.492..335. |pmid=23257862 |doi=10.1038/492335a|display-authors=8 }}</ref> She has over 300 publications<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/54074194_Cynthia_Rosenzweig|title=Cynthia Rosenzweig's research works {{!}} Columbia University, NY (CU) and other places|website=ResearchGate|language=en|access-date=2018-10-17}}</ref>, over 80 peer-reviewed articles, has authored or edited eight books.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://heymancenter.org/people/cynthia-rosenzweig/|title=People {{!}} Cynthia Rosenzweig {{!}} The Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University|website=heymancenter.org|language=en|access-date=2018-10-17}}</ref> She has also served in many different organizations working to develop plans to manage climate change, at the global level with the [[IPCC]] as well as in New York City after Hurricane Sandy.

Rosenzweig attended [[Cook College]] (at Rutgers) earning a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[agricultural sciences]] in 1980, and Rosenzweig's focus on agriculture began in 1969, she and her future husband rented and operated a farm in Tuscany, Italy, picking grapes and olives and raising animals like goats, pigs, ducks, and geese.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|date=2012-12-19|title=366 days: Nature's 10|url=https://www.nature.com/news/366-days-nature-s-10-1.11997|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=492|issue=7429|pages=335–343|doi=10.1038/492335a|issn=0028-0836}}</ref> She decided to return to university to study agriculture, earning an MS in Soils and Crops from [[Rutgers University]] in 1983.<ref name="nasaprofile">[http://www.giss.nasa.gov/staff/crosenzweig.html "Cynthia Rosenzweig"] (profile), [[NASA GISS]] (last visited Aug. 15, 2012).</ref> During her Master's, she was hired by [[NASA]] [[Goddard Institute for Space Studies]] to study cropland using satellite data. She then earned her Ph.D. from the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] in Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences in 1991.<ref name="nasaprofile" />

She has continued working for NASA, where she has been the head of the Climate Impacts Group since 1993.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.giss.nasa.gov/staff/crosenzweig.html|title=NASA GISS: Cynthia Rosenzweig|last=|first=|date=|website=GISS Personnel Directory|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=October 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name="interview-2008">[https://web.archive.org/web/20111106182026/http://www.takeabite.cc/interview-with-dr-cynthia-rosenzweig/ "An Interview with Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig of NASA – Q&A with Anna Lappé"], ''Take a Bite Out of Climate Change'', Sept. 2008</ref> Her work with the [[IPCC Task Force]] on Data was recognized when the [[2007 Nobel Peace Prize]] was awarded jointly to [[Al Gore]] and the [[IPCC]].<ref>[http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/news/20071217/ "NASA Climate Change 'Peacemakers' Aided Nobel Effort"], NASA Press Release, Dec. 17, 2007.</ref>

She also currently serves as an adjunct professor at Barnard College.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barnard.edu/profiles/cynthia-rosenzweig|title=Cynthia Rosenzweig {{!}} Barnard College|website=barnard.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-10-17}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

== Community Engagement and Advocacy ==

While at NASA and Columbia's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Rosenzweig has pioneered the study of climate change's impact on agriculture and human cities.<ref name="gillis" /> She has been involved in numerous working groups attempting to assess and establish plans for managing climate change, including:

*Named as one of Nature’s 10: Ten People Who Mattered in 2012” by the journal Nature<ref name=":0" />