The effects of climate change on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Chief Economist
Membership on the Federal Advisory Committee for the Expert Review of Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.3

AGENCY:  Office of the Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

ACTION:  Notice of Advisory Committee Membership.

SUMMARY:  Notice is hereby given of membership on the Federal Advisory Committee for the Expert Review of Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.3 (CERSAP).  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the lead agency for Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.3 (SAP 4.3) titled, The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity.  CERSAP will provide advice to the Secretary of Agriculture on the conduct of this study.  The members of CERSAP have been designated by Secretary Mike Johanns to provide advice regarding the conduct of SAP 4.3.   

DATES:  CERSAP members will serve until the suspension of the CERSAP charter, upon final publication of SAP 4.3.

ADDRESSES:  Dr. William Hohenstein, Global Change Program Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 202-720-6698 or whohenst@oce.usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Dr. William Hohenstein, Global Change Program Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 202-720-6698 or whohenst@oce.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  CERSAP members and their affiliations are listed below: 

J. Roy Black, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics
Michigan State University

David Breshears, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Natural Resources
University of Arizona

Glenn Guntenspergen, Ph.D.
Scientist
U.S. Geological Survey

Brian Helmuth, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of South Carolina

Thomas Lovejoy, Ph.D. (CERSAP Chair)
President
The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment

Frank Mitloehner, Ph.D.
Air Quality Extension Specialist
Department of Animal Science
University of California, Davis

Harold Mooney, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Stanford University

Dennis Ojima, Ph.D.
Senior Scholar
The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment

Charles Rice, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Agronomy
Kansas State University

William Salas, Ph.D.
President and Chief Scientist
Applied Geosolutions, LLC

William Sommers, Ph.D.
Research Faculty
Center for Earth Observing and Space Research
George Mason University

Soroosh Sorooshian, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
University of California, Irvine

Eugene Takle, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Science
Department of Agronomy
Iowa State University

Carol Wessman, Ph.D.
Professor
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Colorado

CERSAP will provide expert peer review to SAP 4.3.  CERSAP will generate a list of comments and suggestions to increase the merit of SAP 4.3.  After SAP 4.3’s authors have responded to those comments, CERSAP will review those responses to ensure that their review comments have been adequately considered and addressed.

The duties of the CERSAP are solely advisory in nature.

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Keith Collins
Chief Economist