Valérie Masson-Delmotte
Valérie Masson-Delmotte (born October 29, 1971 ) is a French paleoclimatologist .
Life
Masson-Delmotte graduated from the École Centrale Paris as an engineer and master's degree in fluid physics in 1993 , where she completed her doctorate in fluid physics in 1996. She is married and has two children.
Act
Masson-Delmotte's work focuses on a. on the change in the climate, the water cycle and the sea level as well as in particular on the documentation of climatic variability in the past on the basis of natural archives (ice cores, tree annual rings) and isotope analyzes; their target areas are Greenland, Antarctica, Tibet and Europe.
Masson-Delmotte takes part in the public debate on the climate crisis . She stated: “During the 20th century, the global sea level rose by about 15 centimeters. It is currently increasing twice as fast. And the pace will increase. ”She also points out the consequences of the climate crisis for people:“ Today, 500 million people live in areas with increasing parched soil and desertification. They in particular are suffering more and more from climate change. "
Masson-Delmotte was one of the authors of the Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
For 2020 Masson-Delmotte was awarded the Milutin Milankovic Medal of the European Geosciences Union .
Publications (selection)
- Masson-Delmotte, V. et al. (2005). GRIP deuterium excess reveals rapid and orbital-scale changes in Greenland moisture origin. Science, 309 (5731), 118-121. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1108575
- Masson-Delmotte, V. et al. (2008). A review of Antarctic surface snow isotopic composition: Observations, atmospheric circulation, and isotopic modeling. Journal of Climate, 21 (13), 3359-3387. https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JCLI2139.1
- Masson-Delmotte, V. et al. (2010). Abrupt change of Antarctic moisture origin at the end of Termination II. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107 (27), 12091-12094. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0914536107
credentials
- ↑ a b c d e f Curriculum Vitae: Alérie Masson-Delmotte. IPCC, accessed October 8, 2019 .
- ↑ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/klima-ipcc-101.html
- ↑ https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/sonderbericht-des-weltklimarates-gegenwaertige-landendung.676.de.html?dram:article_id=455873
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SURNAME | Masson-Delmotte, Valérie |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French paleoclimatologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1971 |