Timeline Exploration -- 2000 - Present
Timeline Exploration -- 2000 - Present
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Biographical Highlights
- 2000 Research involves use of the Parallel Climate Model (PCM) and the Community Climate System Model (CCSM) to study the impacts of climate change in the 21st century.
- 2002 Elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
- 2002 Appointed to the Science Advisory Panel of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and the National Academies of Science Coordinating Committee on Global Change.
- 2003 Elected to the American Philosophical Society.
- 2004 Received Reed College's prestigious Vollum Award for Distinguished Accomplishment in Science and Technology.
- 2005 [On the future of climate models] From Warren's book, Odyssey in Climate Modeling, Global Warming, and Advising Five Presidents.
"Over time, climate models will become Earth System Models as they bring in biological cycle processes such as the carbon and nitrogen cycles."
- 2006 Charles Franklin Brooks Award for decades of service to the AMS and as a representative of the atmospheric sciences community at the highest level of policymakers.
- 2010 Receives the National Medal of Science, the highest scientific honor bestowed by the U.S. President, for his fundamental contributions to the understanding of Earth's coupled climate system through numerical simulation, leadership in U.S. science policy, and inspiring mentorship of young people of all backgrounds and origins.
- 2012 Appears on a PBS special, "A Night with Warren Washington, an event organized by the ScienceMakers.
- 2013 Receives an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Massachusetts.
- 2013 Delivers the Bert Bolin lecture in Stockholm.
- 2013 Named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- 2014 Association of American Geographers’ Honorary Geographer Award
- 2014 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award, Oregon State University
- 2016 Distinguished Scholar Award, NCAR
- 2018 Warren Washington Legacy Symposium, Penn State University
- 2019 Awarded the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
Documents
- 2000 Letter of congratulations from Representative Mark Udall. (read)
- 2000 Appointment Affidavit and article regarding Warren's second term of service under U.S. President Bill Clinton on the National Science Board. (read)
- 2002 Remarks by Warren, NSB (National Science Board) Chair, to the Council of Scientific Society Presidents. (read)
- 2007 Article in UCAR's StaffNotes about the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. (read)
- 2007 Letter thanking Warren for his expertise, sent by then Senator Barack Obama for Warren's participation on the Climate Change Panel during the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference (September 26 - 29, 2007). (read)
Photographs, Figures, Posters
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Websites/Web Media
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2007 | Warren M. Washington Symposium: Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Scientific Policy, 2007. | Original URL | ||
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2008 | Warren receives the Bates College Honorary Degree and gives a commencement address. | Download | Original URL |
2010 | Warren M. Washington Symposium at the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 2010. | Original URL | ||
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2010 | Warren receives the National Medal of Science. | Download | Original URL |
Animations, Movies, Audio
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2005 | Warren and colleagues in climate change video. | View | video | |
2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Opening Remarks (Speaker: Jim Hurrell) | View | webcast | |
2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Warren's welcome. (Speaker: Warren Washington). | View | webcast | |
2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Warren Washington's Unique Contributions for the Development of NCAR General Circulation Model (GCM). (Speaker: Akira Kasahara). | View | webcast | |
2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Orbital Forcing of Monsoons: Climate Model Experiments from 1981-2007. (Speaker: John Kutzbach). | View | webcast | |
2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. IPCC and Paleoclimate: Global Change Paleoclimatology. (Speaker: Bette Otto-Bliesner). | View | webcast | |
2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Panel on the Evolution of Climate Modeling. (Speakers: Bette Otto-Bliesner, Akira Kasahara, John Kutzbach, Warren Washington). | View | webcast | |
2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Climate Change and Policy Implications. (Speaker: Ari Patrinos). | View | webcast | |
2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. A Tribute to Warren Washington: Geoengineering. (Speaker: Kevin Trenberth). | View | webcast | |
2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Climate Change Modeling: Past, Present, Future. (Speaker: Gerald Meehl). | View | webcast | |
2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Tribute to Dr. Warren Washington: The Lure of Computation and Modeling. (Speaker: John Drake). | View | webcast | |
2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. The Intersection of Science, Computational Science, and Information Technology: The Warren Washington Legacy. (Speaker: David C. Bader). | View | webcast | |
2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Urban Effects of Climate: Can We Learn Anything about Climate Change from Urban Climate Studies and Modeling? (Speaker: Marshall Shepherd). | View | webcast | |
2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Climate and Society: There Is Still More Work To Do (Speaker: Greg Jenkins). | View | webcast | |
2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Risk, Wealth, and Communications - Climate Policy Implications (Speaker: Jim Baker). | View | webcast | |
2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Finding Warren: Any Fingerprints? (Speaker: Stephen H. Schneider). | View | webcast | |
2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. A Model Scientist for Global Change (Speaker: Neil Lane). | View | webcast | |
2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Playing the Game: Making the Rules (Speaker: Shirley Malcom). | View | video | |
2010 | Warren Washington awarded the National Medal of Science. | View | video | |
2016 | Warren Washington presents his Distinguished Scholar Lecture. | View | video | |
2019 | Interview with Colorado Public Radio on climate change. | Listen | interview | |
2021 | Sculpture created to honor Dr. Washington. | View | video | |
2021 | Warren Washington awarded the 2021 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest. | View | video |