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Sign the Petition: Kick Climate Deniers out of Science Museums

Burgess COMMENTARY
Yes ... please do this. Rich climate deniers don't deserve a place at the table, but there is also a collective responsibility for all of us to consume a lot less and do everything less unsustainably than we have been doing up to now
Peter Burgess

Sign the Petition: Kick Climate Deniers out of Science Museums
January 25, 2018

The Mercer Family Foundation, led by Rebekah Mercer, has sunk millions of dollars into Breitbart, climate-denying politicians, and a host of climate denial organizations such as Heartland Institute, Co2 Coalition and the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide.

Rebekah Mercer sits on the board of one of our nation’s largest and most respected natural history museums, while she bankrolls groups that deny climate science.

More than 200 top climate and Earth scientists have signed a letter* urging the museum to cut ties to Mercer. Add your voice to theirs:

Sign this petition to the American Museum of Natural History: It’s time to get science deniers out of science museums. Kick Mercer off the board!
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Open Letter from Scientists to the American Museum of Natural History January 25, 2018

If you are a scientist who would like to add your name to this open letter you can do so here.

If you are a not a scientist you can sign a petition here.

The American Museum of Natural History in New York (AMNH) is a treasured and influential institution. Museums must be protected as sites that build understanding, help the public make meaning, and serve the common good. We are concerned that the vital role of science education institutions will be eroded by a loss of public trust if museums are associated with individuals and organizations known for rejecting climate science, opposing environmental regulation and clean energy initiatives, and blocking efforts to reduce pollutants and greenhouse gases.

Rebekah Mercer and the Mercer Family Foundation, political kingmakers and the financiers behind Breitbart News, have given tens of millions of dollars to a list of organizations who attack climate science and policy solutions. This includes ringleaders of climate denial such as the Heartland Institute, which garnered $5.9 million from the Mercers from 2008-2016. While on the Trump Administration Transition Team, Rebekah Mercer nominated climate denier Arthur Robinson, board member of Heartland Institute, for consideration as a National Science Advisor. Newly disclosed 2016 tax documents show grants to Heartland Institute for $800,000, the CO2 Coalition for $150,000 and the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide for $125,000. All of those organizations maintain that carbon dioxide pollution is beneficial for ecosystems, agriculture and humanity, a position in clear conflict with the international scientific consensus on climate change.

The renewed attention to Mercer Family Foundation chair Rebekah Mercer, who sits on the AMNH Board of Trustees (since 2013), spurs us to reissue a statement that scientists first co-signed in 2015:

“When some of the biggest contributors to climate change and funders of misinformation on climate science sponsor exhibitions in museums of science and natural history, they undermine public confidence in the validity of the institutions responsible for transmitting scientific knowledge.”

Since that original letter, we have seen welcome changes as many museums updated their policies related to fossil fuel financial interests; the American Museum of Natural History increased its focus on climate change concerns and global sustainability in its investments and business plans. But given the prior AMNH funding and board membership associated with Exxon Corporation and David Koch, the prominence of Rebekah Mercer and the Mercer Family Foundation as current AMNH donors and on the Board of Trustees can prompt skepticism and hunts for signs of corruption, no matter the quality of the museum priorities and exhibits overall.

Last week thousands of people shared a Twitter comment by environmental economist Jonah Busch, PhD, who pointed out misleading information on climate science in an Exxon-funded exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. To its credit, the AMNH’s response was swift: it committed to updating the outdated information to reflect the best available science. But the initial online public anger showed that trust in the museum is undermined by the museum’s association with climate science opponents.

The most important asset any museum has is its credibility. This can be damaged by ties to donors and board members who are publicly known for investing in climate science obfuscation and opposing environmental solutions.

We ask the American Museum of Natural History, and all public science museums, to end ties to anti-science propagandists and funders of climate science misinformation, and to have Rebekah Mercer leave the American Museum of Natural History Board of Trustees.

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This letter was initiated by The Natural History Museum, a nonprofit traveling museum that partners with scientists, major public museums, educators, artists, and community organizations.

The views represented in this letter are those of the individual signatories and not the institutions they are affiliated with. Institutions are listed simply for identification purposes.

1. James Powell, Geochemist; Former President of the Franklin Institute Science Museum and former President and Director of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum

2. Eric Chivian, founder and Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, co-founder of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985

3. Kevin Trenberth, climate scientist, Lead Author 2001 and 2007 IPCC report

4. Jason Box, Climatologist, Professor of Glaciology at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland; Co-author of 2007 IPCC report

5. James E. Hansen, Columbia University Earth Institute, former head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies 6. Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Earth System Science Center, Penn State University 7. George Woodwell, Ecologist; Founder and Director Emeritus, Woods Hole Research Center 8. Michael MacCracken, Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs, Climate Institute and former Executive Director, Office of the U.S. Global Change Research Program 9. Robert W. Corell, climate scientist, Global Science Associates, IPCC report contributor and Head of US Office for the Global Energy Assessment. 10. Jerry Melillo, Ecologist, Distinguished Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory, Chair of US National Climate Assessments 2001, 2009, 2014

11. Reto Ruedy, NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies 12. Calvin B. DeWitt, Environmental Scientist, Co-founder of the Evangelical Environmental Network, President of the Academy of Evangelical Scientists and Ethicists, and Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison 13. Katharine Hayhoe, Professor, Department of Political Science, Texas Tech University; Director of the Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University 14. Richard C. J. Somerville, climate scientist, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego 15. Stefan Rahmstorf, Professor of Physics of the Oceans, Potsdam University; Head of Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research 16. Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University 17. James J. McCarthy, Professor of Oceanography, Harvard University; Former Co-Chair, IPCC Working Group II; Former President, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Chair emeritus, Union of Concerned Scientists 18. Edward Maibach, University Professor, Department of Communication; Director, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University 19. Richard Gammon, Professor Emeritus, Chemistry/Oceanography/Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington 20. Dr. Kerry A. Emanuel, Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Atmospheric Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

21. Dr. Peter U. Clark, Distinguished Professor, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University 22. Alan Robock, Distinguished Professor of Climate Science, Rutgers University 23. Dr. Charles Greene, Professor, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University 24. Richard Heede, Director, carbon geographer, Climate Accountability Institute 25. Cecilia Bitz, Director Program on Climate Change, University of Washington 26. Shaun Lovejoy, Professor of Physics, McGill University, Canada; Formerly at the Climate Diagnostics Centre of NOAA 27. Dr Simon L Lewis, Reader, Global Change Science, at University College London and University of Leeds 28. James Booth, Assistant Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, City College of New York Earth and Environmental Sciences, Graduate Center, City University of New York; Affiliated Scientist NASA GISS 29. Robert N. Proctor, Professor of the History of Science, Stanford University 30. Sarah Kornbluth, Biologist; Field Associate, American Museum of Natural History

31. Dr. Harry Dowsett, geologist and paleoclimatologist, Editor and Board Member at Micropaleontology Press 32. Ploy Achakulwisut, Climate change & Public health Postdoctoral Scientist, The George Washington University 33. Geoffrey Supran, Post Doctoral Fellow in the Institute for Data, Systems, & Society at MIT and in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University 34. Sandra Steingraber, biologist; Distinguished Scholar in Residence Ithaca College, co-founder Concerned Health Professionals of New York 35. Dr. Reese Halter, Distinguished Conservation Biologist, MUSE School, CA 36. Judith S. Weis, Professor Emerita, Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University 37. Henry Pollack, Professor emeritus, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan 38. David J. Burdige, Professor and Eminent Scholar of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University 39. Alan Mix, Distinguished Professor of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University 40. S R Dickman, emeritus Professor of Geophysics, Binghamton University

41. Terrence Gerlach, Geochemist-Volcanologist, Former Chief of Volcano Emissions Project, U.S. Geological Survey 42. Julia Bradley-Cook, PhD, Arctic ecologist 43. Priya Shukla, Ocean Acidification Technician, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis 44. Claudio Cassardo, PhD, Professor of Atmospheric Physics, Climate Physics and Meteorology, Department of Physics, University of Torino, Italy 45. John E. Roemer, Elizabeth S. & A. Varick Stout Professor of Political Science & Economics, Yale University 46. Bonnie Spanier, PhD, Health, Emerita U. at Albany SUNY 47. Mark Mason, PhD, paleontologist, UC Berkeley 48. Michelle Bamberger, MS, DVM, veterinarian 49. Erika Crispo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Pace University 50. Jed Fuhrman, McCullough-Crosby Chair of Marine Biology, University of Southern California

51. Britta Voss, PhD, Earth sciences 52. M. Elizabeth Sanders, professor of government 53. Eri Saikawa, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University 54. Andrea Ford, Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology at the University of Chicago 55. Jane Zelikova, Research Scientist, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, co-founder of 500 Women Scientists 56. Megan Munkacsy, Oyster Researcher 57. Nicole M. Baran, Ph.D., NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology 58. Greg Laden, Paleoanthropologist, Independent Scholar, Science Writer and Blogger 59. Dr. Nicholas R. White, Independent Industrial Scientist, Albion Beams, Inc. 60. Brad Johnson, Science writer; MS geosciences, MIT

61. Karla Shoup, BS, REHS, Southern Nevada Health District 62. Elise Gornish, Ecology 63. Joy Buongiorno Altom, PhD candidate, University of Tennessee 64. Dr. Cindy Shellito, Professor of Meteorology, University of Northern Colorado 65. Aradhna Tripati, Professor, UCLA 66. Allan Stewart-Oaten, Emeritus Prof of Mathematical Biology, UC Santa Barbara 67. Kristen DeAngelis, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst 68. Justin C. Burton, Assistant Professor of Physics, Emory University 69. Robert Ulrich, PhD Student in Geochemistry, UCLA 70. Uriel Kitron, Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University 71. Melissa Barlett, PhD, Assistant Professor in Natural Sciences, Mohawk Valley Community College 72. Dr. Elise Pendall, University of Wyoming 73. Brenda J Buck, Professor of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas 74. Scott Vlaun. Executive Director, Center for an Ecology-Based Economy 75. Daniel H. McIntosh, Norman Royall Distinguished Professor, U Missouri-Kansas City 76. Benjamin Franta, PhD. PhD student, history of science, Stanford University. Associate, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. 77. Annalisa Alvrus, Ph.D., Residential Faculty, Biological Anthropology, Mesa Community College, Mesa AZ 78. Erica Frank, MD, MPH; Professor and Research Chair, University of British Columbia 79. Berry Brosi, PhD, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, Emory University 80. Kenneth G. Strothkamp, Ph.D., Chemistry Department, Portland State University

81. Scott A Mandia, Asst. Chair & Professor of Physical Sciences, Suffolk County Community College 82. Timon McPhearson, Urban Systems Lab, The New School, New York City 83. Dr. John C. Armstrong, Professor of Physics, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 84. Paul A. Selden, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Paleontological Institute, University of Kansas 85. John E. Sohl, Ph.D., Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor, Atmospheric Physics, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 86. Jonathan Oppenheim, Professor of Quantum Theory, University College London; Royal Society Research Fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics 87. Neal B. Keating, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Museum Studies/Public History, Department of Anthropology, The College at Brockport, SUNY 88. Valentino Piana, Director, Economics Web Institute 89. Sarah Batterman, PhD, Ecology, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds 90. Dr. Melissa Duhaime, Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan

91. David Shalloway, Greater Philadelphia Professor in Biological Sciences, Cornell University 92. Lawrence Licklider PhD, Chemistry, UC Riverside. 93. Jonathan King, Prof. of Molecular Biology, MIT, Cambridge MA 94. Lucky Tran, PhD, Biologist & Science Communicator, Columbia University 95. Jacqueline Giovanniello, PhD Candidate, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 96. Simona Giunta, PhD, CEO @ Know Science, The Rockefeller University 97. Simone Weinmann, Research Technician, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 98. Andrea Alfano, content developer and communicator at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 99. Carolina Henriques, Neuroscience, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 100. Matthew Moss, Bioinformatician, Cold Spring Harbor Labs

101. Mona Mehdy, Associate Professor, Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, Austin 102. Julianne Warren, Ph.D. Ecology, author Aldo Leopold’s Odyssey, Tenth Anniversary Edition 103. Simone S. Whitecloud, PhD; Research Ecologist, Army Corps of Engineers 104. B. B. Cael, Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 105. Molly Hammell, PhD; Assistant Professor, Biology, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 106. Dr. Timothy A. Livengood, planetary scientist, University of Maryland 107. Dr. Bruce Monger, Dept. Earth and Atmos. Sciences, Cornell University 108. John H. Gardiner IV, structural biology technician, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 109. Gretchen Goldman, Environmental Engineering PhD 110. Brenda Anderson, Assoc Prof., Stony Brook University

111. Shawna M. McBride, PhD; Neuroscience, University of Wyoming 112. Jennifer Fehrenbacher, Asst. Prof., College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University 113. John Olson, PhD; Geophysics, MIT 114. Peter Little, Professor of Anthropology, Emory University 115. Robert R. Janes; Museologist; Co-Chair, Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice 116. Loren Cassin Sackett, PhD; Evolutionary Biology, University of South Florida 117. Emma Loveday, PhD, Infectious Disease, Montana State University 118. Judith Hubbard, Geologist; Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 119. Larry Hothem, senior physical scientist 120. Dr. James Collins; School of Oceanography, University of Washington

121. David Thomson, Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Colorado 122. Sam Inglis, MSc, Glaciology 123. M Bryson Brown, Philosopher of Science, University of Lethbridge, AB Canada 124. Leehi Yona, MESc Candidate, Yale University 125. Hank Patton, Founder, Little White Salmon Biodiversity Reserve 126. Elaine Livingston, MS Chemistry UC Berkeley, MAT Math Binghamton University, Retired Science and Math Secondary Teacher 127. David K. Adams, Atmospheric Scientist, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 128. Raymond S Bradley, Distinguished Professor, Director, Climate System Research Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 129. Neil Tangri, Stanford University 130. Dr. Dagomar Degroot, Environmental Historian, Georgetown University

131. Michael C. B. Ashley, Professor of Physics, University of New South Wales 132. Dee Randolph, Certified Professional Geologist 133. Jose L. Jimenez, Professor of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder 134. Jens Mühle, Dr. rer. nat., University of California, San Diego 135. Anastasia Yanchilina, Postdoctoral Fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 136. Professor John Geissman, Emeritus, Geophysics, U New Mexico 137. Steven C Sherwood, ARC Laureate Professor, University of New South Wales 138. Gebreanenya Gebru Kidane, Environment and Natural resource management 139. Dr. Georg Feulner, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research 140. Jürg Luterbacher, Professor for Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate Change, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Germany, Lead author IPCC AR 5, WG1

141. Nathan Phillips, Professor of Earth & Environment, Boston University 142. John Marsham, University of Leeds, UK 143. Graciela Raga, Senior Scientist in Atmospheric Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico 144. Dr. Jean-Louis Fellous, Executive Director, Committee on Space Research 145. Michiel van den Broeke, Professor of Polar Meteorology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands 146. Dr. Ronald J. Parry, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 147. Melissa Stults, PhD., Climate and Sustainability Specialist 148. John J. Cullen, Professor Emeritus, Oceanography, Dalhousie University 149. MaryJo Stanley, Public Health Nurse 150. Robert G. Middleton, Consulting Geologist, former AMNH curatorial staff (1974-75)

151. William M. White, Professor of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University 152. Ann Pearson, Professor of Environmental Sciences, Harvard College Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University 153. Erwan Monier, Principal Research Scientist, Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 154. David Goodrich, former Director, Global Climate Observing System 155. R Hubert, Northern Arizona University 156. Dr. David Hastings, Professor of Marine Science, Eckerd College 157. Marie Venner, Chair, National Academy of Sciences and Engineering Transportation Research Board Subcommittee on Climate Change, Energy and Sustainability (AF0001) 158. Dr. Joel A. Huberman, Professor (retired), Roswell Park Cancer Institute and SUNY Buffalo 159. Robert Howarth, Earth system scientist and the David R. Atkinson Professor of Ecology at Cornell University 160. Mara Freilich, MIT-WHOI Joint Program

161. Dr. Radley Horton, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory 162. Michael A Rawlins, Extension Associate Professor, Associate Director, Climate System Research Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst University 163. Stephen P. Kunz, Senior Ecologist, Schmid & Company, Inc., Media, PA 164. Peter Mayes Ph.D Climatologist, NJDEP 165. John Crusius, Ph.D., Chemical Oceanographer 166. Stephen Mulkey, Ecologist, President Emeritus Unity College 167. Joseph Pedlosky, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 168. Daniel Kane, Ph.D. student, Yale University 169. Donald H. Campbell, Geologist (retired), Campbell Petrographics 170. Ted K. Raab, Arctic Ecologist, Stanford University

171. Dr. Raymond Smith, Prof Emeritus UCSB 172. Julia Monk, PhD Candidate, Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Yale University 173. Seth Schultz, Director of Science & Innovation, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group; Co-Chair of the Coalition for Urban Transitions, Co-Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee for the Cities IPCC Conference 174. Megan Sullivan, PhD Student, Yale School of Forestry 175. Raymond Johnson PhD Director, Institute of Climate Studies USA 176. Carl R. Carnein, Assoc. Prof. of Geology, Emeritus, Lock Haven Univ. of PA 177. Leila M. V. Carvalho, Profesor Meteorology and Climate Sciences, UC Santa Barbara 178. Michael Sandstrom, PhD Student, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory 179. Dr. Leonard S. Sklar, Professor of Geology, San Francisco State University 180. Donna Sueper, Aerosol Researcher, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

181. Johnse Ostman, Hydrologist, USGS 182. Becky Alexander, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington 183. Tom Hill, physicist, Rice University 184. Meinrat O. Andreae, Prof. Dr., Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and Scripps Institution of Oceanography 185. Dr Jean-Michel Campin, Oceanography and Climate researcher, MIT 186. Richard Hogen, M.S., Aerospace Engineer 187. Anne R. Kapuscinski, Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of Sustainability Science, Dartmouth College, Board Chair of Union of Concerned Scientists, Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation 188. Susan Mazur-Stommen, Anthropologist and Founder of Indicia Consulting, Adjunct Lecturer in the Environmental Studies Program at the Welch Graduate Center, Goucher College 189. Colleen Baublitz, Ph.D. student in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 190. Hillary Streit, lab technician, University of Michigan

191. David W. Martin, University of Wisconsin-Madison 192. Michael Friedman, Assistant Professor of Biology, AICASA, did doctoral thesis in AMNH Sackler Laboratory for Comparative Genomics 193. Mary Beck, Professor of Geology, Valencia College 194. Kristel Sanchez, Ph.D. student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan 195. Sebastian Essink, MIT-WHOI Joint Program 196. Karen Saunders, forest ecology & paleoecologist, Phd student in Environmental Studies, Antioch University New England 197. Eleanor Browne, Asst. Prof. of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder 198. Peter A Sampou, Ph.D. Biogeochemistry/Ocean0graphy 199. Mary Burak, Ph.D. student, Yale University 200. Stacy Brodzik, Software Engineer, University of Washington

201. Kenneth Mitchell, PhD Astronomy 202. Carl Baker, Research Scientist, University of Washington 203. David S. Gordon, Genome Sciences, University of Washington 204. Susan Lentz, PhD, Biology Instructor 205. Lowell Iporac, Ph.D Student, Florida International University 206. Chelsea Pagan, PhD Student, University of Washington 207. Gerson Aguirre, PhD, Biotechnology, Genus PLC, 208. Julie Huang, Ph.D., Director of Research Administration, Cell Biology, a Harvard Medical School 209. Mark A. Koppel, Ph.D., Professsor Emeritus of Psychology, Montclair State University 210. Latifa Jackson, Ph.D. Biomedical Science, Howard University

211. Kim Withers, Ph.D., Naturalist, TAMUCC 212. Jennifer Colby, PhD, Cancer Research 213. Diane Wagner, Biology and Earth Science Teacher 214. Dr. Twila Moon, global ice scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center, CU 215. Michelle Newmark, Senior Technical Analyst 216. John Varner, Acupuncturist, Amherst, MA 217. Laurel J. Standley, Ph.D., Environmental Chemist 218. Shawna Murray M.D., Psychiatry 219. Laura Hess, Associate Researcher, Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara 220. Dr Gayatri Gowrishankar, Stanford University

221. John Tacinelli, Geology Instructor, Rochester Community and Technical College 222. Shirley E Clark, Ph.D., P.E., D. WRE, Professor of Environmental Engineering, Penn State Harrisburg 223. Chandler Davis, emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Toronto 224. Shannon Rowell-Garvon, MSc Biology 225. John S. Garavelli, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, University of Delaware 226. Charles Baugh, geoscience, JUSD 227. Zoya Vallari, PhD Physics, Stony Brook University 228. Alesia King, M.S., Anthropology Instructor, The Ohio State University 229. Valerie Gartner, PhD Student, Duke University Program in Genetics & Genomics 230. Geoffrey Kidd, Ph.D., Biochemistry

231. Laura J. Mauro, PhD Associate Professor University of Minnesota 232. Bernard Lohr, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County 233. Stuart Newman, Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College 234. Animesh Ray, Ph.D., Professor, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, Claremont, CA 235. John A. Van Couvering, PhD Geology, Editor in Chief, Micropaleontology Press 236. Erin M. Gibbons, PhD chemistry, MSEE, Adjunct Professor, Seattle Central College 237. Andrea Lund, PhD Candidate, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University 238. Charles Jagoe, Distinguished Professor, School of the Environment, Florida A&M University 239. Allison Jack, PhD Plant Pathology 240. Albyn Jones, Professor of Statistics (emeritus), Reed College

241. Karen A. Salamy, M.S. Marine Science 242. Henry A. Hespenheide, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biolgy, UCLA 243. Annika Andersson, Waterbird Biologist 244. Mellissa Marcus, MS Biology- Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Unaffiliated 245. Martin A. Ivanov, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany 246. Karen Hogan, ecologist, The Evergreen State College 247. Amber Kerr, Ph.D. Energy and Resources, UC Berkeley 248. Sophie Haslett, Atmospheric Scientist, University of Manchester 249. Thomas P. Pearsall, Ph. D. , Engineering Physics, fellow APS, fellow IEEE, 250. Ko van Huissteden, associate professor and permafrost researcher, Amsterdam

251. Andrew Blain, Professor of Observational Astronomy, University of Leicester, UK 252. Janine Illian, PhD, senior lecturer in statistics, St Andrews University, Scotland UK 253. Daniele Armaleo, Associate Professor of the Practice of Biology, Duke University 254. James S. Clark, Distinguished Professor of Environment, Duke University 255. E. Ann Clark, Associate Professor (ret), Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, ON 256. Dennis W McCracken, Biology Lecturer, University of North Carolina at Pembroke 257. Jessica Theodor, Assoc. Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Calgary 258. Rocco Gangle, Professor of Philosophy, Endicott College 259. Julie Craves, Rouge River Bird Observatory, University of Michigan-Dearborn 260. Will Wilson, Assoc. Prof Biology, Duke Univ

261. Enid Schildkrout, Ph.D., Curator Emerita, Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History 262. Joelle van der Walt, PhD Scientific Director, non-profit 263. Dr. Linda Sohl, paleoclimatologist, Columbia University 264. Mary Sabulski Feigman, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 265. Judith Soukup, PhD, retired physicist 266. Charles B. Eastman, Mammalian Systematics and Anatomy 267. Susan E Burger, MHS, PhD, IBCLC nutritional scientist and long term AMNH member 268. Logan Myler, Ph.D. student, Cancer Biologist, The University of Texas at Austin 269. Tanya Johnson, Ph.D., Biochemist, The University of Texas at Austin 270. Noreene M. Ignelzi, Marine Educator, The San Juan Nature Institute

271. Sarah A. Green, Professor of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University 272. Ritika Arora, MD Diagnostic Radiology 273. Nadia Johnson, Ph.D. candidate, Pennsylvania State University 274. Alex Keller, MS Biological & Physical Sciences, BS Environmental Sciences; PhD Candidate in biomedical science, University of Virginia 275. Dr. Paul R. Estrada, Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Chair, Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute 276. Moira Lawson, Ph.D., MPH, Associate Professor of Food Science (ret), University of Copenhagen 277. Angela Zito, PhD. Anthropologist, NYU 278. Mag. Brian Witt, Environmental and Behavioral Economist, Technische Universität Wien 279. Anna Bowling, Science Outreach & Education, Indiana University 280. Steven Bedrick, Ph. D., Computer Science, Oregon Health & Science University

281. Joop Arends, Ph.D, Neuroscientist (retired), Washington University in St. Louis 282. Maran Little, Zooarchaeology Researcher 283. Rebekah Ward, Microbiologist 284. Adam Sobel, Professor, Dept. of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University 285. David Hofmann, Ph.D., Physics, Emory University 286. Michael Gasser, Emer. Assoc. Prof., Computer Science and Cognitive Science, Indiana University 287. J. Timothy Londergan, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Indiana University 288. Roger L. Albin, Professor of Neurology, University of Michigan 289. James I. Kirkland Ph.D. P.G., Paleontologist, Utah Geological Survey 290. Marion Cherry, Wildlife Biologist, retired, USDA Forest Service, Gallatin National Forest

291. Travis Knowles, Assoc. Prof., Francis Marion Univ. and Director, Wildsumaco Biological Station, Ecuador 292. Arnav Ravi Mariwala, M.S. Candidate Geophysics, B.S. Physics, Stanford University 293. Dr. Thomas C. Shirley, Professor Emeritus of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi; Professor Emeritus of Marine Biology, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks 294. Michael Harris, Professor of Mathematics, Columbia University 295. Rachel Linzer, PhD, Forest Pathology 296. John M. Doherty, PhD Candidate, Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong 297. Richard Martin, Anthropologist, Oregon State University 298. Chris Monroe, archaeology, Cornell University 299. Duane L. Bindschadler, Ph.D., Geological Sci. 300. Gene O. Graham, MD

301. Cynthia Annett, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Kansas State University 302. Jean G. Boal, professor of Biology, Millersville University of Pennsylvania 303. Darlene McGriff, Biologist, retired, California Department of Fish and Wildlife 304.Eric M. Nelson, Ph.D., Biotechnology Business Advisor, Chapel Hill, NC 305. Michael Oppenheimer, professor of geosciences and international affairs, Princeton University 306. Richard E. Cook, PhD, Economics 307. Robert DeJean, Landscape Architect/Planner 308. David Kotelchuck, Env. and Occ. Health, Prof. Emeritus, Hunter College 309. Dr. Amélie Kirchgaessner, FRMetS, British Antarctic Survey 310. Jennifer Crosbie Senior Chemist, Quality Contol Analytical

311. Laurel N Hays, DVM, DACVS 312. Aleksandr Milshteyn, Ph.D., Biophysics 313. William Anderegg, Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Utah 314. Paolo Suating, BSc, AMRSC; PhD Student, Tulane University 315. Wills Flowers, Entomology, Professor Emeritus, Florida A&M University 316. F. Zeb Page, Geologist, Oberlin College 317. Kim J. Landsbergen Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science, Antioch College 318. Tullis C. Onstott, Professor of Geosciences Princeton University 319. Roseina Woods, PhD, Molecular Palaeontology 320. Carolyn Waldron, MS, MA, Medical Editor and Resident Research Coordinator, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai West, NYC

321. Gunter P. Wagner, Alison Richard Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University 322. Stephen C. Stearns, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University 323. Paul Turner, Elihu Professor of Ecology & Evolution and Interim Dean of Science, Yale University 324. Scott L Zeger, Professor of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 325. Jess Phoenix, Volcanologist & Founder of Blueprint Earth 326. Michael L. Bender, Senior Scholar and Professor emeritus of Geosciences, Princeton University 327. John A. Cigliano, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Director of Environmental Conservation, Cedar Crest College 328. Rainer Bleck, Sr. Research Associate, Columbia U. 329. Neepa Maitra, Professor of Physics, Hunter College of the City University of New York 330. Walter Yerk, PhD candidate, Environmental Engineering, Drexel University

331. Joel L. Davis, Ph.D., Neuroscientist, Office of Naval Research (Retired) 332. Nicolas Van Oostende, Associate Research Scholar of Geosciences, Princeton University 333. Anna Trugman, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Utah Department of Biology 334. Andrew Marsh, Solar Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz 335. Robert M. Key, PhD, Research Oceanographer, Princeton University 336. Ted Reid, Ph.D. (Chemistry/Biochemistry) Professor Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center 337. James Hanken, Director, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 338. Paul Ruscher, Fellow, American Meteorological Society and Science Dean, Lane Community College 339. Emery Berger, Professor of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst 340. Kelly Murray, PhD student in Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University

341. Barrie K. Gilbert, PhD., Senior Scientist Emeritus, Utah State University 342. Paul S. Heckbert, former professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University 343. Joel Neville Anderson, PhD Candidate, Visual and Cultural Studies, University of Rochester 344. Shimon C. Anisfeld, Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies 345. Emily Fox-Kales, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, Northeastern University 346. Thomas Detwyler, PhD, Emeritus Prrofessor of Environmental Geography, Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 347. Gebhard Wagener, Professor of Anesthesiology at Columbia University Medical Center 348. Erin Emott, Biologist, FSU 349. Paul Roscoe, PhD Anthropology 350. Professor, Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science/Courant, New York University

351. Thomas Graedel, Professor Emeritus of Industrial Ecology, Yale University 352. Peder Anker, Associate Professor of History of Science, New York University 353. Anton Seimon, Research Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University 354. Amanda Lynch, Lindemann Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society 355. Jacquelyn Gill, Assistant Professor of Paleoecology, University of Maine Climate Change Institute 356. David Kanter, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, New York University 357. Christine Bloecker, Scientific Analyst at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 358. Carol Skinner, Ph.D, Ecology, Associate Professor, (retired), Edinboro University of Pennsylvania 359. Jennifer Jacquet, Department of Environmental Studies, New York University 360. Tony Liss, Dean of Science and Professor of Physics, The City College of New York

361. Gordon Berry, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Notre Dame 362. Deepika Slawek, MD, MPH, Physician 363. Peter Bergold, Professor of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neurology, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center 364. Sonali McDermid, climate scientist and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, NYU 365. Deborah Flores BA Zoology, MA Biology, MD 366. Carl E. Schoonover, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Neuroscience, Columbia University 367. Kathleen Pryer, Professor of Biology, Duke University 368. Rob Wallace, PhD, Evolutionary Biologist, Institute for Global Studies, University of Minnesota 369. David Mutchler, Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 370. Peter Johnson, PhD, Agricultural Science, University of Tasmania

371. Abby Schwarz, Ph.D., Marine Biologist, retired, Langara College, Vancouver, Canada 372. Meredith Nichols, M.S., Programmer Contractor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 373. Douglas Pollock, Civil Industrial Engineer, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile 374. Chair of Department of Geological Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 375. A.Z. Andis, Ph.D. student, Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University 376. Sandra Spencer, Ph.D., Bioanalytical Chemist, University of Washington, Seattle 377. Tricia Polon, M.Ed, M.A., Natural and Environmental Sciences, Museum Studies, Retired Zookeeper 378. Alfred M. Moyle, Ph.D., Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Penn State University 379. Robert Kopp, climate scientist, Director of the Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University 380. Tobias Gerken, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Montana State University – Land Resources and Environmental Sciences

381. Szymon Suckewer, Prof.Emeritus and Senior Scholar, School of Eng. and Appl. Science, Princeton University 382. Mark Chopping, Ph.D., Remote Sensing, Earth & Environmental Studies, Montclair State University 383. G J Sanders Ph.D Mining and Mineral Processing Engineer, Retired, Australia 384. Frank L. Madarasz, Ph.D., Condense Matter Theory, Ret. 385. Bernardo Reis, Ph.D. – Research Associate – The Rockefeller University 386. Lilian Nogueira, PhD 387. Wylie Boone, PhD 388. James Edwards, former Executive Director, Encyclopedia of Life 389. Alan Harris, planetary scientist, Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retired 390. Edward Spevak, Ph.D., Curator of Invertebrates and Director-WildCare Institute Center for Native Pollinator Conservation, Saint Louis Zoo, Adjunct Asst Professor Environmental Biology University of Missouri-St Louis

391. Jennifer Calkins, Ph D Biological Science 392. Meinhard Stalder, PhD, Physicist 393. Robert B. Dunbar, W.M. Keck Professor of Earth Science, Stanford University 394. Dr. Joseph Goebbels; Public Relations Manager; RPM A.D. 395. Leila Carvalho, Professor Atmospheric Sciences, UC Santa Barbara 396. Albert Gold, PhD, Physics, Associate Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard, Retired 397. Jayde Lovell, New York Hall of Science 398. L.K. Tuominen, PhD, Botanist 399. Joel Jean, Executive Director of MIT GridEdge Solar research program, Postdoctoral Associate at MIT 400. Maryam Zaringhalam, Molecular Biologist

401. Kelly Fleming, PhD chemical engineering, AAAS 402. Dr. Trisha L. Andrew, Associate Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst 403. Alison Takemura, PhD, Microbiology, MIT 404. Patrick Brown, PhD Physics 405. Adam Smith, former Professor for Economics, Glasgow University 406. Hermann Helmholtz, former Professor for Physiology, distinguished member of the Prussian Academy of Science 407. John Redlats, PhD Student 408. Carl von Linde, inventor & Director of the Cryogenic Research Institute, TU Munich, Germany 409. Theodor Scherz, PhD student, geography 410.Conor Dempsey, PhD candidate in Neuroscience, Columbia University

411. Elise M. Myers, S.M., M.A., PhD student in Oceanography, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory/Columbia University 412. Gordon Fitch, PhD Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan 413. Marianne Hirsch, Ph.D. 414. John Pemberton, PhD, Professor in Anthropology, Columbia University 415. Paul Garrett, Professor of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 416. William Messing Professor of Mathematics University of Minnesota 417. Shamus Khan, Professor and Chair, Sociology, Columbia University 418. Eileen Gillooly, PhD 419. Victor Reiner, Mathematics Professor, Univ. of Minnesota 420. Martha Howell, Miriam Champion Professor History, Columbia University

421. D. Max Moerman, Professor, Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures, Barnard College, Columbia University 422. Gray Tuttle, PhD East Asian Studies, Columbia 423. Tom Kalin, Professor, Columbia University, School of the Arts, Film 424. Hans Othmer, PhD, Professor of Mathematics 425. Dr. Nancy Klein 426. Richard McGehee, Professor, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota 427. Takaya Uchida, PhD candidate, Physical Oceanography 428. James Watt, Engineer, Partner & Founder of Boulton & Watt Inc. 429. Samuel Reyher, Professor of Mathematics, Chritiania-Albertina University, Kiel 430. Evangelista Torricelli, Physicist, University of Florence, Citta Libera Firenze

431. Jeffrey Fagan, Professor of Law and Epidemiology, Columbia University 432. Claire Grube, PhD, biochemistry, Editor & Co-founder of “wastewater treatment today” 433. Daniel Dixon, Research Assistant Professor of Climate Science 434. Selso Villegas, PhD, Director, Tohono O’odham Nation Water Resources Department, AZ