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Dr. Margaret Leinen will discuss some of the interrelationships between the ocean, weather and climate and how ocean observing systems are contributing to our knowledge of all three. The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development offers the opportunity to further expand our understanding of the nexus of these three critical components of the Earth system.
Dr. Leinen is the Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Vice Chancellor for Marine Science of University of California at San Diego. She is an ocean biogeochemist and paleoceanographer whose research includes study of ocean carbon cycling and the role of the oceans in climate. Leinen is a member of the Executive Planning Group for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. During 2017 and 2018 Leinen was a US Department of State Science Envoy for the oceans to Latin America and the Pacific. She served as Assistant Director for Geosciences, U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) from 2000-2007. She has also served as the President of the American Geophysical Union, President of The Oceanography Society and Chair of the AAAS Section on Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Science and is a Fellow of all three societies and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Dr. Margaret Leinen will discuss some of the interrelationships between the ocean, weather and climate and how ocean observing systems are contributing to our knowledge of all three. The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development offers the opportunity to further expand our understanding of the nexus of these three critical components of the Earth system.
Dr. Leinen is the Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Vice Chancellor for Marine Science of University of California at San Diego. She is an ocean biogeochemist and paleoceanographer whose research includes study of ocean carbon cycling and the role of the oceans in climate. Leinen is a member of the Executive Planning Group for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. During 2017 and 2018 Leinen was a US Department of State Science Envoy for the oceans to Latin America and the Pacific. She served as Assistant Director for Geosciences, U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) from 2000-2007. She has also served as the President of the American Geophysical Union, President of The Oceanography Society and Chair of the AAAS Section on Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Science and is a Fellow of all three societies and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
