Michael Oppenheimer
Research
My current research interests are organized around nine topic areas:
- "Dangerous anthropogenic interference" with the climate system, with particular focus upon the behavior of the Earth's ice sheets in past, present, and future climates
Current Collaborators: Bob Kopp, Chris Little, Adam Maloof, Frederik Simons, Jerry Mitrovica, Anand Gnanadesikan, Olga Sergienko, Danny Goldberg
Recent Articles: Kopp et al (2009); Little et al (2009); Smith et al (2009);Katsman et al (2011)
- Decision making under uncertainty: science, science assessment, model error, and global change
Current Collaborators: Mort Webster, Brian O'Neill, Shardul Agrawala
Recent Articles: Oppenheimer et al (2007, 2008) ; Crutzen/Oppenheimer (2008);
O'Reilly et al (2010); Little et al (2011)
- Learning from science history: inside scientific assessments
Current collaborators: Naomi Oreskes, Keynyn Brysse, Jennifer O'Reilly
Recent Articles: O'Reilly et al (2010)
- Modeling the nitrogen cycle
Current Collaborators: Stefan Gerber, Lars Hedin, Stephen Pacala, Elena Shevliakova
Recent Articles: Gerber et al (2009)
- Climate Change and Ecosystems: Invasive Species, Coral Reefs
Collaborators: Bethany Bradley, David Wilcove, Simon Donner
Recent articles: Donner (05) (06) ; Bradley et al (2009a) (2009b); Turner et al (2009)
- Climate Change and South Africa: moving people, imperiled species
Current Collaborators: David Wilcove, Will, Turner, Lyndon Despard Estes
Recent articles: Turner et al (2009)
- Climate Change and Human Migration: modeling future patterns
Current Collaborators: Alan Krueger, Shuaizhang Feng, Ruohong Cai
Feng et al (2009)
- Emissions trading: designing the system
Collaborators: Michael Gillenwater, Jeff Domanski
Recent Articles: Yang/Oppenheimer; Charmides/Oppenheimer (2007)
- The ethical and psychological context of environmental policy
Current collaborators: Philip Tetlock, David Morrow, Bob Kopp
Recent Articles: Oppenheimer and Todorov (2006); Tetlock and Oppenheimer (2008); Morrow et al (2009) ; Lloyd and Oppenheimer (2011)