Beschreibung:
Roger Griffis is Climate Change Coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service. A marine ecologist by training, Roger has over 15 years experience designing and implementing policies and programs to conserve and manage ocean and coastal ecosystems. In his current position, Roger helps lead and coordination NOAA Fisheries Service efforts to assess, prepare for and respond to impacts of climate change on marine and coastal ecosystems, living marine resources and the communities that depend on them. He is manager of NOAA's Climate Regimes and Ecosystem Productivity Program (CREP) and helped lead development of the U.S. National Fish Wildlife and Plant Climate Adaptation Strategy.
Prepared for the 2013 National Climate Assessment and a landmark study in terms of its breadth and depth of coverage, Oceans and Marine Resources in a Changing Climate is the result of a collaboration among numerous local, state, federal, and nongovernmental agencies to develop a comprehensive, state of the art look at the effects of climate change on the oceans and marine ecosystems under U.S. jurisdiction.