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

Also available:
CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Products. Four-page background document (dated September 2007). In addition, it is available as a PDF file and can be ordered in hardcopy from the GCRIO Online Catalog

USDA has named those individuals who will serve on the Committee for the Expert Review of SAP 4.3 (CERSAP).  They are:

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

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 members will serve without compensation to review SAP 4.3 in accordance with OMB’s Information Quality Act and USDA’s Peer Review Implementation Guidelines.  Their service has been requested as a result of their expertise in the ecosystems and ecosystem services related to agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity, which comprise SAP 4.3.  CERSAP members will serve until the final publication of SAP 4.3.  For more information, please see:

1. Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.3 @ClimateScience.gov
2. Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.3 @UCAR.edu

Or contact Margaret Walsh, Ph.D., at mwalsh@oce.usda.gov or 202-720-9978.