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Climate expert hired for Oregon research institute
Wednesday, January 07, 2009 | No comments posted.
CORVALLIS (AP) — Washington state climate scientist Philip Mote, who helped write major reports on global warming, will head an Oregon research institute focused on climate change.
Mote, Washington’s state climatologist, will lead the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute. The institute is at Oregon State University but is shared by the statewide university system.
Mote will be a professor in OSU’s College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.
Mote has led research on climate changes in the Pacific Northwest and was a lead author of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which received a Nobel Prize.
Mote, Washington’s state climatologist, will lead the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute. The institute is at Oregon State University but is shared by the statewide university system.
Mote will be a professor in OSU’s College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.
Mote has led research on climate changes in the Pacific Northwest and was a lead author of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which received a Nobel Prize.
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