CREDITS

Scientific Steering Committee

Eugene Rasmusson (Chair), University of Maryland, College Park
Richard Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Ann Fisher, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Jerry Mahlman, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
Pieter Tans, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado
J. Michael Wallace, University of Washington, Seattle

These scientists guided the exhibition’s content. The National Academies also gratefully acknowledge the guidance provided by dozens of other scientists on specific aspects of the exhibition.

Design

Online version by S2N Media based on museum exhibit by Bowman Design Group,
A Hackley–Bowman Project.

Data Used in Visualizations

The items below were provided courtesy of the following groups and individuals.

• Climate models – National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
• Glacial topography – W. Richard Peltier, University of Toronto
• Global CO₂ emission rates – Energy Information Administration
• Sea level rise vulnerability data – James Titus, Environmental Protection Agency
• 20th-century temperature – NOAA National Climatic Data Center and University of East Anglia
• 1000-year Northern Hemisphere temperature – Michael Mann, University of Virginia
• 350,000-year Antarctic temperature and CO₂– Kurt Cuffey, University of California, Berkeley