Both multifaceted and complex, climate change is the greatest challenge humankind has ever faced, and its impacts are distributed unequally. There exists immense expertise and interest in climate change-related work across the University of Washington.

In Fall Quarter of 2022, we sent out a call to gather UW faculty and researchers whose work was somehow related to climate change. We invited faculty and researchers to submit a one-minute video recording – a lightning talk – summarizing their work. This call was amplified by the event’s 18 co-sponsors. We received a total of 105 lightning talks across 16 different themes that came in from over 55 departments across the UW tri-campus.

Thanks to the following presenters (in the order of their videos) for submitting content related to Measuring & Understanding Climate Change:

Alexandra Anderson-Frey | Calvin Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College of the Environment.

Kyle Armour | Associate Professor, Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences, College of the Environment.

David Battisti | Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Tamaki Endowed Chair, Atmospheric Sciences,College of the Environment.

Cecilia Bitz | Professor, Atmospheric Sciences, College of the Environment.

Lauren Buckley | Professor, Department of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences.

Qiang Fu | Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College of the Environment.

Greg Hakim | Professor, Atmospheric Sciences, College of the Environment.

Allison Hyatt | Researcher, Carbon Leadership Forum, College of Built Environments.

Debbie Kelley | Director Regional Cabled Array & Professor, School of Oceanography, College of the Environment.

Orest Kawka | Project Scientist, OOI Regional Cabled Array, School of Oceanography, College of the Environment.

Wendi Ruef | Research Scientist, OOI Regional Cabled Array, School of Oceanography, College of the Environment.

Michael Vardaro | Research Scientist, School of Oceanography, College of the Environment.

Roger Marchand | Research Professor, Atmospheric Sciences, College of the Environment.

Jan Newton | Senior Principal Oceanography - Applied Physics Lab, Affiliate Professor - Oceanography and School of Marine & Environmental Affairs, Co-Director - Washington Ocean Acidification Center, College of the Environment.

Becca Neumann | Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Alexander J.Turner | Calvin Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College of the Environment.

Muyin Wang | Research Scientist/ Deputy Director, Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean & Ecosystem Studies, College of the Environment.