Clara Deser

Clara Deser is an American climate science researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Clara Deser
Scientific career
InstitutionsNational Center for Atmospheric Research
Doctoral advisorMike Wallace[1]

Early and personal life

Clara Deser was born to a theoretical physicist and as a kid loved mathematics and map making. In her spare time she likes to hike, cook, and play the piano.[1]

Research

In 2016 Clara Deser had partnered with Benjamin Sanderson and used two existing sets of model simulations to investigate what future summers might look like. By using those models they predicted that the summers from 2061 to 2080 will be the hottest on record if the carbon emissions will continue to rise.[2]

In 2018 she praised James Hansen's prediction on global temperature forecast calling it "incredible" and "astounding".[3] She also believes that not all weather variability is man-made global warming. Instead, when dealing with small regions over small time-scales, she believes that much of the observed warming can be due to local variability.[4]

Honors

2017: Bjerknes Lecture, American Geophysical Union

References
  1. "Clara Deser: Observing the Natural World". Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  2. National Science Foundation (June 13, 2016). "Future summers could be hotter than any on record". Phys.org. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  3. "30 years later, former NASA scientist wishes he hadn't been right about climate change". CBC News. Associated Press. June 18, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  4. Seth Borenstein; Nicky Forster (June 18, 2018). "AP: Lehigh Valley area temperatures have increased most in state last 30 years". The Morning Call. Retrieved December 22, 2018.


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