Robert Warren Howarth is an American biogeochemist and environmental scientist. Howarth is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University. [1] In 2023, The New Yorker cited Howarth as "one of the world’s premier methane scientists." [2] In 2011, Time named him one of that year's "people who mattered," for his research criticizing the presentation of natural gas as a "bridge-fuel" in the transition to renewable energy. [3] [4]
Howarth studied oceanography at Amherst College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1974, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, earning a Doctor of Philosophy in 1979. [1]
References
- ^ a b "Robert Warren Howarth". Cornell Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ McKibben, Bill (2023-10-31). "A Smoking Gun for Biden's Big Climate Decision?". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ Walsh, Bryan (2011-12-14). "People Who Mattered: Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Ingraffea, Robert Howarth". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ Zeller Jr., Tom (April 11, 2011). "Studies Say Natural Gas Has Its Own Environmental Problems". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095.
Robert Warren Howarth is an American biogeochemist and environmental scientist. Howarth is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University. [1] In 2023, The New Yorker cited Howarth as "one of the world’s premier methane scientists." [2] In 2011, Time named him one of that year's "people who mattered," for his research criticizing the presentation of natural gas as a "bridge-fuel" in the transition to renewable energy. [3] [4]
Howarth studied oceanography at Amherst College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1974, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, earning a Doctor of Philosophy in 1979. [1]
References
- ^ a b "Robert Warren Howarth". Cornell Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ McKibben, Bill (2023-10-31). "A Smoking Gun for Biden's Big Climate Decision?". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ Walsh, Bryan (2011-12-14). "People Who Mattered: Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Ingraffea, Robert Howarth". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ Zeller Jr., Tom (April 11, 2011). "Studies Say Natural Gas Has Its Own Environmental Problems". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095.