Eric Rignot

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Eric Rignot

Eric J. Rignot (* 1960 or 1961) is an American Earth system scientist . He is a professor at the University of California, Irvine .

Life

Rignot graduated from the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures with an engineering degree in 1985 . This was followed by master’s degrees in astronomy from the University of Paris VI Pierre and Marie Curie (1986) and electrical engineering (1987) and aerospace engineering (1988) from the University of Southern California , where he also worked as a research assistant during this time. In 1991 he completed his doctoral degree in electrical engineering there. From 1988 he worked in various roles at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Since 2007 he has been Professor of Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine .

In 2018 Rignot was elected to the National Academy of Sciences .

Act

Rignot works to understand the interactions between ice and climate , in particular to determine the reaction of the ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland to global warming in the coming century and the consequent rise in global sea levels . In a study from 2014 he was able to show that the ice melt in the Amundsen Sea has passed a “point of no return” and will therefore progress inexorably (cf. tipping elements in the Earth system ). A study by Rignot and colleagues in 2019 attracted attention, in which it was possible to use satellite measurements to show that the rate of loss of the Antarctic ice has accelerated dramatically over the past four decades, while the snow supply has remained relatively constant; the melting of the ice was therefore faster than previously assumed and now also affected the previously relatively stable East Antarctica. The complete melting of the Antarctic ice sheet would raise the sea level by about 60 meters.

Rignot was involved in the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC .

The Rignot Glacier was named after him.

Publications (selection)

credentials

  1. ↑ Most Influential 2015: Eric Rignot. In: Orange County Register. December 20, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2019 (American English).
  2. ↑ Rignot is a member of the National Academy of Sciences . Since membership is only available to US citizens , this provides proof of US citizenship.
  3. ↑ a b Eric Rignot. University of California, Irvine, accessed January 25, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e Dr. Eric J Rignot. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, accessed January 25, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Eric Rignot. Retrieved January 26, 2019 .
  6. ↑ NASA-UCI Study Indicates Loss of West Antarctic Glaciers Appears Unstoppable. NASA, accessed January 25, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Eric Rignot et al. (2019). Four decades of Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance from 1979–2017. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 116 (4), 1095-1103. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1812883116
personal data
SURNAME Rignot, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rignot, Eric J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American earth system scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century