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Michael Oppenheimer

Michael Oppenheimer is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs at Princeton University and the Director of the Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE). He has played a leading role at the interface of science and public policy, influencing the development of the US Clean Air Act and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Oppenheimer has also been a Contributing Author, Lead Author, or Coordinating Lead Author on each assessment report since the IPCC's first report. Oppenheimer is a prominent public figure and author of over 200 articles, including Discerning Experts and Dead Heat. Michael co-founded the Climate Action Network and serves on expert panels.

Michael Oppenheimer
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Table of content
  1. Education and Career
  2. Honors and Awards
  3. Research
  4. Publications

Education and Career

Oppenheimer received an S.B. in Chemistry from MIT in 1966. Michael acquired his Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from the University of Chicago in 1970 and pursued post-doctoral research at Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

After graduating from MIT, Michael worked as a teaching assistant at the University of Chicago. In 1971, he joined the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as an astrophysicist. From 1981 to 2002, Dr. Oppenheimer served as senior scientist and chief scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund. In 2002, he joined Princeton University as a Geosciences and International Affairs professor.

Honors and Awards

  • 2015 — Agassiz Visiting Lecturer, Dept. Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
  • 2014-15 — Pace Academy Visiting Fellow, Pace University
  • 2014 — Linacre Lecturer, Oxford University
  • 2010 — Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; First Stephen Schneider Memorial Lecturer, AGU; Heinz Award Winner
  • 2009-10 — Russell Sage Foundation Associate Scholar
  • 2007 — Participant in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007; New Species Award, African Rainforest Conservancy
  • 2005-06 — Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar
  • 2001 — Environmental Action Coalition Green Star Award
  • 2000 — League of Conservation Voters, Environmental Leadership Award
  • 1989-2001 — Streisand Chair in Environmental Studies, EDF
  • 1989 — Morrison Fellow, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • 1978-79 — John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow; Morrison Fellow, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • 1969-70 — Union Carbide Fellow, University of Chicago
  • 1969 — Danforth Tutor, University of Chicago

Research

Oppenheimer’s research aims to understand the potential for dangerous outcomes of climate change, such as ice sheets and sea level, and to assess linkages between climate change, crop yields, and cross-border migration.

Dr. Oppenheimer is a long-time participant in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and served as a Coordinating Lead Author of the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. He co-founded the Climate Action Network and contributed to the passage of the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act and the development of the Kyoto Protocol. He wrote about the limitations of the IPCC consensus approach in Science Magazine and discussed how the risk of collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet was assessed in IPCC reports in 2012. He and coauthors pursued the theme of treatment of uncertainty in assessments in subsequent papers, particularly “Climate change prediction: erring on the side of least drama?” (2013) and in the 2019 book “Discerning Experts: The Practice of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy.”

Publications

Dr. Oppenheimer is an author of numerous research articles and books dedicated to the problem of climate change. Check out the most complete list of his works below.

Books and Book Chapters

  • Oppenheimer, Michael et al. Discerning Experts: The Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy, University of Chicago Press, 2019.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Opening Commentary, America’s Climate Future.” In Economic Risks of Climate Change, edited by Houser et al., Columbia University Press, 2015.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “A building blocks strategy for global climate change.” In Towards a Workable and Effective Climate Regime, edited by S. Barrett, C. Carraro, and J. de Melo, Shamdasani Publishing Services Ltd., 2015, chapter 15, voxeu.org/content/towards-workable-and-effective-climate-regime.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, DR Morrow, and RA Kopp. “Political legitimacy in decisions about experiments in solar radiation management.” In Climate Change Geoengineering: Philosophical Perspectives, Legal Issues, and Governance Frameworks, edited by William C.G. Burns and Andrew Strauss, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Climate Change and World Cities.” In Rising Currents: Projects for New York’s Waterfront, MOMA, 2011.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. Guest Editor. Special Issue on Carbon Capture and Storage, Global Environmental Change, 2011.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Understanding the causes and implications of climate change.” In Climate Finance: Regulatory and Funding Strategies for Climate Change and Global Development, edited by R. Stewart, B. Kingsbury, and B. Rudyk, NYU Press, 2009, www.climatefinance.org.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “How Warm is Too Warm: Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change.” International Science School lecture series, University of Sydney, 2007.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael et al. “What is the economic value of information about climate thresholds?” Human-induced Climate Change: An Interdisciplinary Assessment, edited by Michael Schlesinger et al., Cambridge University Press, 2007.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Global Warming: The Psychology of Long Term Risk.” Climatic Change, vol. 77, nos. 1-2, 2006, special issue, edited by Michael Oppenheimer.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael and Jaeger, Carlo. “Emissions Pathways to Avoid Dangerous Climate Change: A Transatlantic View.” Options for Future Climate Policy: Transatlantic Perspectives, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, 2005.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael and Petsonk, Annie. “Global Warming: The Intersection of Long-Term Goals and Near-Term Policy.” Climate Policy for the 21st Century: Meeting the Long-Term Challenge of Global Warming, edited by Daniel Michel, Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University, 2003, pp. 79-112.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “The Atmosphere and the Future of the Biosphere: Points of Interactive Disturbance.” The Earth in Transition: Patterns and Processes of Biotic Impoverishment, Cambridge University Press, 1990, pp. 111-125.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael and Boyle, Robert H. Dead Heat: The Race Against The Greenhouse Effect. Basic Books, 1990.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Vulnerable Ecosystems.” Ozone Depletion: Health and Environmental Consequences, John Wiley & Sons, 1989, pp. 149-163.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Environmental Consequences and Policy Responses.” Climatic Change, vol. 15, 1989, special issue, edited by Michael Oppenheimer.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael and Dudek, Daniel J. “The Implications of Health and Environmental Effects for Policy.” Effects of Changes in Stratospheric Ozone and Global Climate, vol. 1, U.S. E.P.A., 1986.

Reports

  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Sea Level Rise and Implications for Low-Lying Islands, Coasts and Communities.” IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, edited by H.-O. Pörtner et al., In press, 2019. [Coordinating Lead Author]
  • IPCC. “Summary for Policymakers.” IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, edited by H.-O. Pörtner et al., In press, 2019. [Drafting Author]
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Emergent Risks and Key Vulnerabilities.” Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, edited by C.B. Field et al., Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 1039-1099.
  • IPCC. “Summary for Policymakers.” Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, And Vulnerability Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, edited by C.B. Field et al., Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 1-32. [Drafting Author]
  • IPCC. Synthesis Report of the Fifth Assessment, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Core Writing Team, 2014.
  • Lavell, A., M. Oppenheimer, C. Diop, J. Hess, R. Lempert, J. Li, R. Muir-Wood, and S. Myeong. “Climate change: new dimensions in disaster risk, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.” Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. Eds. C.B. Field, V. Barros, T.F. Stocker, D. Qin, D.J. Dokken, K.L. Ebi, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, G.-K. Plattner, S.K. Allen, M. Tignor, and P.M. Midgley. A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Cambridge University Press, 2012, pp. 25-64. [Coordinating Lead Author]
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation.” Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change. Summary for Policy Makers. 2011, [Drafting Team member].
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass, Report of the Panel on Alternative Liquid Transportation Fuels, National Research Council. National Academies Press, 2009.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Assessing Key Vulnerabilities and the Risks from Climate Change.” Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Eds. M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, P.J. van der Linden and C.E. Hanson. Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 779-810.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Technical Summary.” Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Eds. M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, P.J. van der Linden and C.E. Hanson. Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 23-78.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “IPCC, 2007: Summary for Policymakers.” Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Eds. M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, P.J. van der Linden and C.E. Hanson. Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 7-22.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Climate Variability and Change.” Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond. National Academy Press, 2007, Ch.9.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. Climate Change 2001: The Science of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Technical Summary [Lead Author] and Summary for Policymakers [Drafting Team]. Cambridge University Press, 2001.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. Climate Change 2001: The Science of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Chapter 11, “Changes in Sea Level.” Cambridge University Press, 2001.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. A Review of NASA’s Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft Project, National Research Council Panel Report. National Academy Press, 1998.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. The Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft Project: An Interim Review of Science and Progress, National Research Council Panel Report. National Academy Press, 1997.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group I to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Chapter 8, “Detection of Climate Change and Attribution of Causes,” and Technical Summary. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. Climate Change: the IPCC Scientific Assessment [First Assessment Report, Contributing Author, WGII Chapter 5]. Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Journal Articles

  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Climate change increases resource-constrained immobility.” Nature Climate Change, vol. 12, no. 3, 2022, pp. 223-227.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Popular extreme sea level metrics can better communicate impacts.” Climatic Change, vol. 170, no. 2, 2022, pp. 30. doi: 10.1007/s10584-021-03288-6.
  • Allen, Myles R., et al. “Indicate separate contributions of long-lived and short-lived greenhouse gases in emission Targets.” npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, vol. 5, no. 1, 2022, pp. 5. doi: 10.1038/s41612-021-00226-2.
  • Rasmussen, D. J., et al. “Coastal flood protection megaprojects in an era of sea-level rise: politically feasible strategies or Army Corps fantasies?” Submitted to J.Water Resources Plan.Manage, 2022.
  • Lockwood, Julie G., et al. “Correlation between sea-level rise and aspects of future tropical cyclone activity in CMIP6 models.” Earth’s Future, 2022, doi: 10.1029/2021EF002462.
  • Magnan, A. K., et al. “Sea-level rise risks and adaptation benefits in low-lying coastal areas.” Scientific Reports, 2022, doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-05241-3.
  • Xiao, Yi, et al. “Complex climate and network effects on internal migration in South Africa revealed by a network model.” Population & Environment, 2022, doi: 10.1007/s11111-021-00392-8.
  • Bamber, J. L., et al. “Ice sheet and climate processes driving the uncertainty in projections of future sea level rise: a structured expert judgement approach.” Submitted to Earth’s Future, 2022, doi: 10.1002/essoar.10510825.1.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Whatever works: the long and winding road toward climate action.” NYU Environmental Law Journal, vol. 29, 2021, pp. 619-638.
  • Bell, David M., et al. “Migration towards Bangladesh coastlines projected to increase with sea-level rise through 2100.” Environmental Research Letters, vol. 16, no. 2, 2021, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/abdc5b.
  • Chocquette-Levy, Gabrielle, et al. “Risk Transfer Policies Facilitate Smallholder Farmer Climate Adaptation.” Nature Climate Change, vol. 11, no. 1, 2021, pp. 49-54, doi: 10.1038/s41558-020-00952-0.
  • Desmet, Klaus, et al. “Evaluating the economic cost of coastal flooding.” American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, vol. 13, no. 2, 2021, pp. 444-486, doi: 10.1257/mac.20180366.
  • Horton, Radley, et al. “Assessing Habitability and Human Mobility.” Science, vol. 372, no. 6548, 2021, pp. 1279-1283, doi: 10.1126/science.abd4933.
  • Ocko, Ilissa B., et al. “Acting rapidly to deploy readily available methane mitigation measures by sector can immediately slow global warming.” Environmental Research Letters, vol. 16, no. 5, 2021, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/abf9c8.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Global multi-model projections of local urban climates.” Nature Climate Change, vol. 11, no. 3, 2021, pp. 208-212, doi: 10.1038/s41558-020-00958-8.
  • Rasmussen, Daniel J., et al. “The political complexity of coastal flood risk reduction: lessons for climate adaptation public works in the U.S.” Earth’s Future, vol. 9, no. 1, 2021, doi: 10.1029/2020EF001575.
  • Schwartzman, Samuel, et al. “Environmental integrity of emissions reductions depends on scale and systemic changes, not sector of origin.” Environmental Research Letters, vol. 16, no. 4, 2021, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac18e8.
  • Oppenheimer, M. (2020). As the world burns. Foreign Affairs, Nov/Dec. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2020-10-13/world-burns
  • Frederikse, T., et al. (2020). Antarctic Ice Sheet and emission scenario controls on 21st-century extreme sea-level changes. Nature Communications, 11, 1-11. https://rdcu.be/b0wGX
  • Gornitz, V., et al. (2020). Enhancing New York City’s Resilience to Sea Level Rise and Increased Coastal Flooding. Urban Climate, 33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100654
  • Benveniste, H., Oppenheimer, M., & Fleurbaey, M. (2020). Effect of Border Policy on Exposure and Vulnerability to Climate Change. PNAS, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2007597117
  • Raymond, C., et al. (2020). Understanding and managing connected extreme events. Nature Climate Change, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0790-4.
  • Rasmussen, D. J., et al. (2020). A flood damage allowance framework for coastal protection with deep uncertainty in sea-level rise. Earth’s Future, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001340
  • Oppenheimer, M., Buchanan, M., & Parris, A. (2019). Values, Bias, and Stressors Affect Intentions to Adapt to Coastal Flood Risk: A Case Study from New York City. Weather, Climate, and Society, 11, 809-821. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-18-0082.1
  • Baldwin, J. W., Duran, J. M., & Oppenheimer, M. (2019). Temporally Compound Heat Wave Events and Global Warming: An Emerging Hazard. Earth’s Future, 7. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EF000989
  • Bamber, J. L., Oppenheimer, M., Kopp, R. E., Aspinall, W. P., & Cooke, R. M. (2019). Ice sheet contributions to future sea level rise from structured expert judgment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(23), 11195-11200. https://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1817205116
  • Bell, A., Calvo-Hernandez, C., & Oppenheimer, M. (2019). Migration, Intensification, and Diversification as Adaptive Strategies. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling, 1, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.18174/sesmo.2019a16102
  • Wrathall, D. J., Suckale, J., Oppenheimer, M., & Hsiang, S. (2019). Meeting the looming policy challenge of sea-level change and human migration. Nature Climate Change, 9, 898–901 doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0640-4
  • Gornitz, V., Horton, R., Bader, D., Orton, P., Rosenzweig, C., & Solecki, W. (2019). New York Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report: Sea level rise. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1439, 71-94.
  • Orton, P., Colle, B., Georgas, N., Gornitz, V., Horton, R., Kopp, R. E., … & Zhang, K. (2019). New York Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report: Coastal flooding. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1439, 95-114.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Interactions between Urban Heat Islands and Heat Waves.” Environ. Res. Letters, vol. 13, no. 12, 2018, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa9f73.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Lifetime Evolution of Outer Tropical Cyclone Size and Structure as Diagnosed from Reanalysis and Climate Model Data.” JClim., vol. 31, no. 2, 2018, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0630.1.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Extreme sea level implications of 1.5 °C, 2.0 °C, and 2.5 °C temperature stabilization targets in the 21st and 22nd century.” Environ. Res. Letters, vol. 13, no. 6, 2018, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aaac87.
  • Figueres, Christiana, et al. “Emissions are still rising: ramp up the cuts.” Nature, vol. 564, no. 7734, 2018, pp. 27-30.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael et al. “Amplification of Flood Frequencies with Local Sea Level Rise and Emerging Flood Regimes.” Environmental Research Letters, vol. 12, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa6cb3.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael et al. “Building Blocks: A Strategy for Near-term Action within the New Global Climate Framework.” Climatic Change, vol. 144, 2017, pp. 1–13, DOI 10.1007/s10584-017-1932-1.
  • Deng, Hao et al. “Leakage Risks of Geologic CO2 Storage and the Impacts on the Global Energy System and Climate Mitigation.” Climatic Change, vol. 144, 2017, pp. 151–163, DOI 10.1007/s10584-017-2035-8.
  • Hsiang, Solomon et al. “Estimating Economic Damage from Climate Change in the United States.” Science, vol. 356, 2017, pp. 1362-1369, http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6345/1362.full.
  • Liu, Xingang et al. “Climate Response to the Meltwater Runoff from Greenland Ice Sheet: Evolving Sensitivity to Discharging Locations.” Climate Dynamics, vol. 49, 2017, pp. 3785–3802, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00382-017-3980-7.
  • O’Neill, Brian et al. “Key Risks of Climate Change: The IPCC Reasons for Concern.” Nature Climate Change, vol. 7, 2017, pp. 28-37, http://rdcu.be/ohnY.
  • Ocko, Ilissa et al. “Unmask Temporal Tradeoffs in Climate Policy Debates.” Science, vol. 356, 2017, pp. 492-93.
  • Revesz, Richard et al. “Social Cost of Carbon: Global Imperative.” Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, vol. 11, 2017, pp. 172–173, doi:10.1093/reep/rew022.
  • Schenkel, John et al. “Evaluating Tropical Cyclone Size in Reanalysis Datasets using QuikSCAT Data.” Journal of Climate, vol. 30, 2017, pp. 8745-62.
  • Vardy, Mark et al. “The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities.” Annual Review of Environment and Resources, vol. 42, 2017, pp. 55-75, http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-environ-102016-061053.
  • Xian, Siyuan et al. “Influence of Risk Factors and Past Events on Flood Resilience in Coastal Megacities: Comparative Analysis of NYC and Shanghai.” Science of the Total Environment, vol. 610–611, 2017, pp. 1251–1261, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.229.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, Chris M. Little, and Roger M. Cooke. “Expert Judgment and Uncertainty Quantification for Climate Change.” Nature Climate Change, vol. 6, 2016, pp. 445-451.
  • Cai, Rongsheng, et al. “Climate Variability and International Migration: The Importance of the Agricultural Linkage.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 79, 2016, pp. 135-151, doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2016.06.005.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and Jesse K. Anttila-Hughes. “The Science of Climate Change.” Future of Children, vol. 26, 2016, pp. 13-30.
  • Bohra-Mishra, Pratikshya, et al. “Climate Change and Migration in the Philippines.” Population and Environment, vol. 38, 2016, pp. 286–308, doi:10.1007/s11111-016-0265-9.
  • Hallegatte, Stephane, et al. “Mapping the climate change challenge.” Nature Climate Change, vol. 6, 2016, pp. 663-668.
  • Mastrorillo, Marina, et al. “The Influence of Climate Variability on Internal Migration Flows in South Africa.” Global Environmental Change, vol. 39, 2016, pp. 155-169.
  • Keohane, Robert O., and Michael Oppenheimer. “Beyond the Climate Dead End Through Pledge and Review?” Politics and Governance, vol. 4, 2016, pp. 142-151, doi: 10.17645/pag.v4i3.634.
  • Hallegatte, Stephane, et al. “Make climate-change assessments more relevant.” Nature, 2016, http://www.nature.com/news/make-climate-change-assessments-more-relevant-1.20155.
  • Buchanan, Maya, et al. “Allowances for evolving coastal flood risk under uncertain local sea-level rise.” Climatic Change, vol. 137, 2016, pp. 347-361.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and Richard B. Alley. “How high will the seas rise?” Science, vol. 354, 2016, pp. 1375-1377.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Adapting to Climate Change: Rising Seas, Limiting Risks.” Social Research 82 (2015): 673-680.
  • Hannam, Phillip, Zou Ji, Steven J. Davis, and Michael Oppenheimer. “Developing country finance in a post-2020 global climate agreement.” Nature Climate Change 5 (2015): 983–987. doi:10.1038/nclimate2731.
  • Little, Christopher M., Robert E. Kopp, Jerry X. Mitrovica, Michael Oppenheimer, and Stefan Rahmstorf. “Joint projections of US east coast sea level and storm surge.” Nature Climate Change 5 (2015): 1114-1121. DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2801.
  • Little, Christopher M., Robert E. Kopp, Michael Oppenheimer, Jennifer F. Bender, and Chia-Ying Lee. “Uncertainty in 21st century CMIP5 sea level projections.” Journal of Climate 28 (2015): 838-852. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00453.1.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and Christopher M. Little. “New York City Panel on Climate Change 2015 Report Chapter 2: Sea Level Rise and Coastal Storms.” Proceedings of the New York Academy of Sciences 36 (2015): 1336–1344. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12593.
  • Wagner, Gernot, Brian C. O’Neill, Michael Oppenheimer, and Massimo Tavoni. “Push renewables to spur carbon pricing.” Nature 525 (2015): 27-29.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and I.D. Lloyd. “On the Design of an International Governance Framework for Geoengineering.” Global Environmental Politics, vol. 14, no. 2, May 2014, doi:10.1162/GLEP_a_00228.
  • Estes, Lyndon, et al. “Using Changes in Agricultural Value to Quantify Future Climate-Induced Risk to Conservation.” Conservation Biology, 2014, doi:10.1111/cobi.12205.
  • Li, Dan, Elie Bou-Zeid, and Michael Oppenheimer. “The Effectiveness of Cool and Green Roofs as Urban Heat Island Mitigation Strategies.” Environmental Research Letters, vol. 9, no. 5, 2014, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/9/5/055002.
  • Cai, Ronghua, Fengyu Yu, and Michael Oppenheimer. “Estimating the Spatially Varying Responses of Corn Yields to Weather Variations Using Geographically Weighted Panel Regression.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 39, 2014, pp. 230-252.
  • Bohra-Mishra, Pratikshya, Michael Oppenheimer, and Solomon Hsiang. “Nonlinear permanent migration response to climatic variations but minimal response to disasters.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 27, no. 26, 2014, pp. 9780-9785, www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1317166111..
  • Keohane, Robert, Michael Lane, and Michael Oppenheimer. “The Ethics of Scientific Communication under Uncertainty.” Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, vol. 13, no. 2, 2014, pp. 1-26, doi:10.1177/1470594X14538570.
  • Kopp, Robert E., et al. “Probabilistic 21st and 22nd century sea-level projections at a global network of tide gauge sites.” Earth’s Future, vol. 2, no. 10, 2014, pp. 383-406, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014EF000239/abstract.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Warming goal: still the best indicator.” Nature, vol. 514, 2014, p. 434.
  • Revesz, Richard L., et al. “Improve economic models of climate change.” Nature, vol. 508, 2014, pp. 173-175.
  • Cai, Ronghua, et al. “International Migration Desires Related to Subjective Well-Being.” IZA Journal of Migration, vol. 3, no. 1, 2014, pp. 1-27, doi:10.1186/2193-9039-3-8, http://www.izajom.com/content/3/1/8.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Climate change prediction: erring on the side of least drama?” Global Environmental Change, vol. 23, 2013, pp. 327-337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.10.008.
  • Kopp, Robert E., et al. “A probabilistic assessment of sea level variations within the Last Interglacial stage.” Geophysical Journal International, vol. 193, 2013, pp. 711-716, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt029.
  • Estes, Lyndon, et al. “Projected climate impacts to South African maize and wheat production in 2055: A comparison of empirical and mechanistic modeling approaches.” Global Change Biology, 2013, doi: 10.1111/gcb.12325.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Building a More Effective Global Climate Regime through a Bottom-Up Approach.” Stanford Environmental Law Journal, vol. 32, 2013, pp. 341-392.
  • Escarra, Maria D., et al. “Quantum Cascade Laser-based Sensing for Carbon Sequestration Leakage Monitoring.” IEEE Sensors Journal, 2013, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2253731.
  • Estes, Lyndon, et al. “Comparing mechanistic and empirical model projections of crop suitability and productivity: Implications for ecological forecasting.” Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2013, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.12034/pdf.
  • Little, Christopher M., et al. “Probabilistic framework for assessing the ice sheet contribution to sea level change.” PNAS, vol. 110, 2013, pp. 3264-3269, http://www.pnas.org/content/110/9/3264.full.pdf+html.
  • Little, Christopher M., et al. “Upper bounds on twenty-first-century Antarctic ice loss assessed using a probabilistic framework.” Nature Climate Change, vol. 3, 2013, pp. 654-659, doi:10.1038/nclimate1845.
  • Kinzig, Ann, et al. “Norms and Abnormal Problems: Behaviors, Values, and Global Problems.” BioScience, vol. 63, 2013, pp. 164-175, http://www.jstor.org/stable/info/10.1525/bio.2013.63.3.5.
  • Stewart, Richard B., Michael Oppenheimer, and Bryce Rudyk. “A New Strategy for Global Climate Protection.” Climatic Change, vol. 120, 2013, pp. 1-12, doi: 10.1007/s10584-013-0790-8.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Predicting How Adaptation to Climate Change Could Affect Ecological Conservation: Secondary Impacts of Shifting Agricultural Suitability.” Diversity and Distributions, vol. 18, 2012, pp. 425-437. Wiley Online Library, doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00875.x.
  • O’Reilly, Jessica, Naomi Oreskes, and Michael Oppenheimer. “The Rapid Disintegration of Predictions: Climate Science, Bureaucratic Institutions, and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.” Social Studies of Science, vol. 42, 2012, pp. 709-731. Sage Journals, doi: 10.1177/0306312712448130.
  • Little, Christopher M., et al. “On the Coupled Response to Ice Shelf Basal Melting.” Journal of Glaciology, vol. 58, 2012, pp. 203-215. doi: 10.3189/2012JoG11J037.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Climate Change Impacts: Accounting for the Human Response.” Climatic Change, vol. 117, 2012, pp. 439-449. Springer Link, doi: 10.1007/s10584-012-0571-9.
  • Lin, Ning, et al. “Physically-based Assessment of Hurricane Surge Threat under Climate Change.” Nature Climate Change, vol. 2, 2012, pp. 462-467. doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1389.
  • Goldberg, Daniel, et al. “Simulation of Ocean-Land Ice Interactions through a Strongly Thermally-Forced Ice Shelf, Part 1: Model Description and Behavior.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, vol. 117, 2012, E06005. doi: 10.1029/ 2011JF002246.
  • Goldberg, Daniel, et al. “Simulation of Ocean-Land Ice Interactions through a Strongly Thermally-Forced Ice Shelf, Part 2: Sensitivity to External Forcings.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, vol. 117, 2012, E06006. doi: 10.1029/ 2011JF002247.
  • Feng, Song, and Michael Oppenheimer. “Applying Statistical Models of the Climate-Migration Relationship.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 109, 2012, E2915. PNAS, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1212226109.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Characterizing uncertainty in expert panel assessments.” WIREs Clim Change 2 (2011): 728–743. DOI: 10.1002/wcc.135.
  • Katsman, C. A., et al. “Exploring high-end scenarios for local sea level rise to develop flood protection strategies for a low-lying delta – the Netherlands as an example.” Climatic Change 109 (2011): 617-645. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0037-5.
  • Backstrand, K., Meadowcroft, J., and Oppenheimer, M. “The Politics and Policy of Carbon Capture and Storage: Framing an Emergent Technology.” Global Environmental Change 21 (2011): 275–281. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.03.008.
  • Yohe, G., and Oppenheimer, M. “Evaluation, Characterization, and Communication of Uncertainty by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.” Climatic Change 108 (2011): 629–639. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0176-8.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael et al. “Climate change: Helping Nature survive the human response.” Conservation Letters 3 (2010): 304-312. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00128.x.
  • Gerber, Stefan et al. “Nitrogen cycling and feedbacks in a global dynamic land model.” Global Biogeochem. Cycles 24 (2010): GB1001. doi:10.1029/2008GB003336.
  • Ntelekos, Athanasios A. et al. “Urbanization, climate change and flood policy in the United States.” Climatic Change 103 (2010): 597-616. doi: 10.1007/s10584-009-9789-6.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Climatic change letters: a modest effort to address a gigantic problem.” Climatic Change 100 (2010): 7-10. DOI 10.1007/s10584-010-9837-2 (editorial).
  • Searchinger, Timothy et al. “Carbon Calculations to Consider-Response.” Science 327 (2010): 781. DOI: 10.1126/science.327.5967.781-a (in Letters).
  • Searchinger, Timothy et al. “Bioenergy: Counting on Incentives-Response.” Science 327 (2010): 1200-1201. DOI: 10.1126/science.327.5970.1200-a (in Letters).
  • Feng, S. et al. “Linkages among climate change, crop yields and Mexico–US cross-border migration.” Proc Natl Acad Sci 107 (2010): 14257–14262. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1002632107.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Climate Change and Plant Invasions: Restoration Opportunities Ahead?” Global Change Biology, vol. 15, 2009, pp. 1511–1521, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01824.x.
  • Smith, J., et al. “Assessing Dangerous Climate Change through an Update of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ‘‘Reasons for Concern.’’” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 106, no. 11, 2009, pp. 4133-4137, http://www.pnas.org/content/106/11/4133.full.
  • Bradley, Bethany, et al. “Climate Change Increases Risk of Plant Invasion in the Eastern United States.” Biological Invasions, vol. 11, no. 9, 2009, doi: 10.1007/s10530-009-9597-y.
  • Little, Christopher M., et al. “Ice Shelf Morphology and the Efficiency of Basal Melting.” Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 114, 2009, C12007, doi:10.1029/2008JC005197.
  • Kopp, Robert E., et al. “Probabilistic Assessment of Sea Level During the Last Interglacial Stage.” Nature, vol. 462, 2009, pp. 863-867, doi:10.1038/nature08686.
  • Morrow, David, et al. “Toward Ethical Norms and Institutions for Geo-Engineering Research.” Environmental Research Letters, vol. 4, no. 4, 2009, pp. 1-8, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045106.
  • Turner, William R., et al. “A Force to Fight Global Warming.” Nature, vol. 462, 2009, pp. 278-9.
  • Searchinger, Timothy, et al. “Fixing a Critical Climate Accounting Error.” Science, vol. 326, 2009, pp. 527–528, DOI: 10.1126/science.1178797.
  • Schneider, Stephen H., and Michael Oppenheimer. “Climatic Change Letters Inaugural Editorial.” Climatic Change, vol. 97, no. 1-2, 2009, pp. 1–2, doi:10.1007/s10584-009-9751-7.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and Paul J. Crutzen. “Learning about ozone depletion.” Climatic Change 89 (2008): 143-154. DOI 10.1007/s10584-008-9400-6.
  • Cooper, M. P., Beevers, M. D., and Michael Oppenheimer. “The potential impacts of sea level rise on the coastal region of New Jersey, USA.” Climatic Change 90 (2008): 475-492. DOI 10.1007/s10584-008-9422-0.
  • Mignone, Bryan K. et al. “Atmospheric stabilization and the timing of carbon mitigation.” Climatic Change 88 (2008): 251-265. DOI 10.1007/s10584-007-9391-8.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Book Review: An outspoken scientist.” Nature Reports Climate Change (2008). doi:10.1038/climate.2008.3
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “A closer look at the IPCC report-Response.” Science 319 (2008): 410. (in Letters)
  • Tetlock, Philip, and Michael Oppenheimer. “The boundaries of the thinkable: environmentalism in the early twenty-first century.” Dedaelus 137 (2008): 59-70.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “A physical science perspective on disaster: through the prism of global warming.” Social Research 75 (2008): 659-668.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Negative learning.” Climatic Change 89 (2008): 155-172. DOI 10.1007/s10584-008-9405-1.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, S.D. Donner, and T.R. Knutson. “Model-based Assessment of the Role of Human-induced Climate Change in the 2005 Caribbean Coral Bleaching Event.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi:10.1073/pnas.0610122104, 2007.
  • Yang, C-J, and Michael Oppenheimer. “A “Manhattan Project” for Climate Change?” Climatic Change, vol. 80, no. 1, 2007, pp. 199-204, doi:10.1007/s10584-006-9202-7.
  • Naik, V., et al. “On the Sensitivity of Radiative Forcing from Biomass Burning Aerosols and Ozone to Location of Emissions.” Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 34, no. 3, 2007, doi:10.1029/2006GL028149.
  • Chameides, B., and Michael Oppenheimer. “Carbon Trading over Taxes.” Science, vol. 315, no. 5813, 2007, p. 1670.
  • Keller, K., et al. “The regrets of procrastination in climate policy.” Environmental Research Letters, vol. 2, no. 2, 2007, p. 024004, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/2/2/024004.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “The Limits of Consensus.” Science, vol. 317, no. 5844, 2007, pp. 1505-6.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and E. Nævdal. “The Economics of the Thermohaline Circulation – A Problem with Multiple Thresholds of Unknown Locations.” Resource and Energy Economics, vol. 29, no. 4, 2007, pp. 262-283.
  • Little, C.M., et al. “Towards a New Generation of Ice Sheet Models.” Eos, vol. 88, no. 51, 2007, pp. 578-9.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, Brian C. O’Neill, and Annie Petsonk. “Interim Targets and the Climate Treaty Regime.” Climate Policy, vol. 5, 2006, pp. 639-645.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael and Alexander Todorov. “Global Warming: The Psychology of Long Term Risk.” Climatic Change, vol. 77, 2006, pp. 1-6, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9086-6.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Science and Environmental Policy: The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations.” Social Research, vol. 73, 2006, pp. 881-890.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, C. Kunkel, and R. Hallberg. “Coral Reefs Reduce Tsunami Impact in Model Simulations.” Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 33, 2006, pp. L23612, doi:10.1029/2006GL027892.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael et al. “Learning and Climate Change.” Climate Policy, vol. 6, 2006, pp. 585-589.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and R.B. Alley. “Ice Sheets, Global Warming, and Article 2 of the UNFCCC.” Climatic Change, vol. 68, 2005, pp. 257-267.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Global Assessment of Coral Bleaching and Required Rates of Adaptation under Climate Change.” Global Change Biology, vol. 11, 2005, pp. 1-15, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.01073.x.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and A. Petsonk. “Article 2 of the UNFCCC: Historical Origins, Recent Interpretations.” Climatic Change, vol. 73, 2005, pp. 195-226.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Attribution of Regional Radiative Forcing Due to Tropospheric Ozone: A Step Toward Climate Credit for Reductions in Emissions of Ozone Precursors.” J. Geophys. Res., vol. 110, 2005, D24306, doi:10.1029/2005JD005908.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Avoiding Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference with the Climate System.” Climatic Change, vol. 73, 2005, pp. 227-238.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Defining Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference: The Role of Science, The Limits of Science.” Risk Analysis, vol. 25, 2005, pp. 1-9.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and Richard B. Alley. “The West Antarctic Ice Sheet and Long Term Climate Policy.” Climatic Change, vol. 64, 2004, pp. 1-10.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and Brian C. O’Neill. “Climate Change Impacts Sensitive to Path to Stabilization.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 101, 2004, pp. 16411–16416, doi:10.1073/pnas.0405522101.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Book Review: The Discovery of Global Warming.” Journal of Environmental History, vol. 9, 2004, pp. 327-8.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “The Influence of Climate on In-Stream Removal of Nitrogen.” Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 31, 2004, doi:10.1029/2004GL020477.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “On past temperatures and anomalous late-20th century warmth.” Eos 84 (2003): 256-258.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Response (to comments on, On past temperatures and anomalous late-20th century warmth, with 12 co-authors).” Eos 84 (2003): 473-474.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Book Review: Atmospheric Pollution: History, Science, and Regulation.” Physics Today 56 (2003): 65-66.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Book Review: The Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era.” Climatic Change, vol. 54, no. 4, 2002, pp. 497-505.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and Brian C. O’Neill. “Dangerous climate impacts and the Kyoto Protocol.” Science, vol. 296, no. 5575, 2002, pp. 1971-1972.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Counting the cost of deforestation.” Perspectives: Environmental Policy, Science, vol. 288, 2000, pp. 1763-1764.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Global warming and the stability of the West Antarctic ice sheet.” Nature, vol. 393, 1998, pp. 325.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael and Vedantham, Anu. “Long-term scenarios for aviation: demand and emissions of CO2 and NOX.” Energy Policy, vol. 26, 1998, pp. 625.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Measuring time in the greenhouse: an editorial essay.” Climatic Change, vol. 37, no. 3-4, 1997, pp. 491.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and F. N. Tubiello. “Impulse-response functions and anthropogenic CO2.” J. Geophysical Res. Lett., vol. 22, no. 4, 1995, pp. 413.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Comment on “The lifetime of excess atmospheric carbon dioxide” by Berrien Moore III and B. H. Braswell.” Global Biogeochemical Cycles, vol. 9, no. 2, 1995, pp. 167.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Reservoir timescales for anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere.” Tellus, vol. 46B, 1994, p. 378.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Pondering greenhouse policy.” Science (Letters), vol. 259, 1993, p. 1382.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and D. C. Fisher. “Atmospheric nitrate deposition and the Chesapeake Bay estuary.” Ambio, vol. 20, 1991, p. 102.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Carbon dioxide and temperature.” Nature, vol. 349, no. 6309, 1991, pp. 573.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Climate change and environmental pollution: physical and biological interactions.” Climatic Change, vol. 15, 1989, pp. 255.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Developing policies for responding to climate change.” Climatic Change, vol. 15, 1989, pp. 1-4.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and J. T. B. Tripp. “Restoration of the Chesapeake Bay: A Multi-State Institutional Challenge.” Maryland Law Review, vol. 47, 1988, pp. 425.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Stratospheric sulphate production and the photochemistry of the Antarctic circumpolar vortex.” Nature, vol. 328, 1987, pp. 702.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Acid deposition in the Western United States.” Science (Letters), vol. 233, 1986, pp. 10.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and C. Epstein. “Empirical relation between sulfur dioxide emissions and acid deposition derived from monthly data.” Nature, vol. 323, 1986, pp. 245.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “An analysis of the sulfur budget and interstate sulfur transport for Colorado.” Atmos. Environment, vol. 19, 1985, pp. 1439.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Acid deposition.” Science (Letters), vol. 227, 1985, pp. 1154.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Acid deposition, smelter emissions, and the linearity issue in the Western United States.” Science, vol. 229, 1985, pp. 859.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “The relationship of sulfur emissions to sulfate in precipitation III. Subregional budget analysis.” Atmos. Environment, vol. 18, no. 2, 1984, pp. 403.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “The relationship of sulfur emissions to sulfate in precipitation.” Atmos. Environment, vol. 17, no. 3, 1983, pp. 451.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “The relationship of sulfur emissions to sulfate in precipitation II. Gas phase processes.” Atmos. Environment, vol. 17, no. 7, 1983, pp. 1489.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Sulfur emissions.” Science (Letters), vol. 217, 1982, pp. 586.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “EUV flux variations during solar cycle 21 from AE-E He+ abundances.” J. Geophys. Res., vol. 86, 1981, pp. 825.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Ultraviolet absorption studies of H2O and other species in Comet Halley with space telescope.” Icarus, vol. 47, no. 3, 1981, pp. 441.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Molecular diagnostics of interstellar shocks.” Ap. J., vol. 236, 1980, pp. 182.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Sodium D-line emission in Comet West (1975n) and the sodium source in comets.” Ap. J., vol. 240, 1980, pp. 923.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Chemical reactions and the nature of comets.” Accounts of Chemical Research, vol. 13, no. 11, 1980, pp. 378.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and C. J. Downey. “The effect of solar cycle ultraviolet flux variations on cometary gas.” Ap. J. Lett., vol. 241, 1980, pp. L123.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Photoionization and Photoabsorption Cross Sections of Thermospheric Species: He, O, N2, and O2.” Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables, vol. 23, 1979, pp. 63.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “The Effect of Cosmic Ray Screening upon the Stability of Interstellar Clouds.” Astron. Astrophys, vol. 75, 1979, pp. 137.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “An Analysis of the Coma of Comet Bennett 1970 II.” Ap. J., vol. 225, 1978, pp. 1083.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “The EUV Flux Inferred from AE-C He+ Abundances.” Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 5, 1978, pp. 773.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Evidence for Shock Chemistry in Orion.” Ap. J. Lett., vol. 226, 1978, pp. L153.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Isentropic Instabilities in the Interstellar Gas.” Ap. J., vol. 211, 1977, pp. 400.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and A. Dalgarno. “Association Ionization and Interstellar TiO and TiO+.” Ap. J., vol. 212, 1977, pp. 683.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Daytime Chemistry of NO+ from Atmosphere Explorer-C Measurements.” J. Geophys. Res., vol. 82, 1977, pp. 191.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and K. Kirby-Docken. “Indirect Determinations of Molecular Oxygen Densities in the Daytime Thermosphere from Atmosphere Explorer-C Composition Measurements.” J. Geophys. Res., vol. 82, 1977, pp. 3503.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Comparison of Measured and Calculated Thermospheric Molecular Oxygen.” J. Geophys. Res., vol. 82, 1977, pp. 5243.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Ion Photochemistry of the Thermosphere from Atmosphere Explorer-C Measurements.” J. Geophys. Res., vol. 82, 1977, pp. 5485.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “An improved bound state method for calculating resonance eigenvectors and properties.” Phys. Rev., A13, 665, 1976.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael et al. “Recombination of NO+ in the ionosphere.” Geophys. Res. Lett., 3, 209, 1976.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael et al. “Molecular oxygen abundances in the thermosphere from the chemistry of the O2+ ion based on Atmosphere Explorer-C composition measurements.” J. Geophys. Res., 81, 4678, 1976.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael et al. “Ion chemistry of N2+ and the solar ultraviolet flux in the thermosphere.” J. Geophys. Res., 81, 3762, 1976.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael and Dalgarno, A. “The formation of CO and thermal balance in interstellar clouds.” Ap. J., 200, 419, 1975.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Comets and interstellar masers.” Nature, 254, 677, 1975.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Gas phase chemistry in comets.” Ap. J., 196, 251, 1975.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael et al. “A bound state expansion method for calculating resonance and non-resonance contributions to continuum processes: Theoretical development and application to the photoionization of helium.” Phys. Rev., A11, 909, 1975.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael et al. “The formation of CH+ in interstellar clouds.” Ap. J., 199, 633, 1975.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael et al. “Metastable 2P oxygen ions in the daytime thermosphere.” J. Geophys. Res., 80, 1026, 1975.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael et al. “A bound state method for phase shifts in elastic scattering of electrons from atoms and ions.” Chem. Phys. Lett., 32, 6, 1975.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “The chemistry of sulphur in interstellar clouds” with A. Dalgarno. Ap. J., vol. 187, 1974, pp. 231.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “The fractional ionization in dense interstellar clouds” with A. Dalgarno. Ap. J., vol. 192, 1974, pp. 29.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Chemical heating in diffuse interstellar clouds” with A. Dalgarno. Ap. J., vol. 192, 1974, pp. 597.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael and K. Docken. “Configuration mixing effects on molecular dipole transition moments”. Chem. Phys. Lett., vol. 29, 1974, pp. 349.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, A. Dalgarno, T. de Jong, and J. H. Black. “Hydrogen chloride in dense interstellar clouds”. Ap. J. Lett., vol. 192, 1974, pp. L37.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, R. S. Berry, and A. Dalgarno. “Chemiionization in interstellar clouds”. Ap. J. Lett., vol. 183, 1973, pp. L21.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, A. Dalgarno, and J. Black. “The formation of formaldehyde in interstellar clouds”. Nature, vol. 245, 1973, pp. 100.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Collision matrix elements near a pseudocrossing of potential energy curves”. J. Chem. Phys., vol. 57, 1972, pp. 3899.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael and C. Bottcher. “Non-resonant charge capture: Na+ + Li = Na + Li+”. J. Phys. B., vol. 5, 1972, pp. 492.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, H. Doyle, and G. W. F. Drake. “Eigenvalues of the 2p3p3P and 2p3d1,3D bound states of the helium isoelectronic sequence”. Phys. Rev., vol. A5, 1972, pp. 26.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, C. Bottcher, and A. Dalgarno. “The charge transfer spectrum of (LiNa)+”. Chem. Phys. Lett., vol. 15, 1972, pp. 24.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, A. Dalgarno, and H. T. Doyle. “The calculation of photoabsorption processes in helium”. Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 29, 1972, pp. 1051.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael and R. S. Berry. “Ultraviolet spectra of alkali halides in inert matrices”. J. Chem. Phys., vol. 54, 1971, pp. 5058.

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  • Oppenheimer, Michael, Naomi Oreskes, and Dale Jamieson. “Scientists Have Been Underestimating the Pace of Climate Change.” Scientific American, 19 August 2019.
  • Barrett, S., et al. “Rethinking Approaches to Climate Change Policy.” Social Science Research Center, 2017, https://s3.amazonaws.com/ssrc-cdn1/crmuploads/new_publication_3/%7B393FD942-01CE-E711-80C9-005056AB0BD9%7D.pdf.
  • Oreskes, Naomi, Dale Jamieson, and Michael Oppenheimer. “What Role for Scientists?” Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Nature, Our Responsibility, edited by P.S. Dasgupta, V Ramanathan, and M Sanchez Sorondo, Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Proceedings of a Joint Workshop, 2015, pp. 617-649.
  • Jamieson, Dale, Naomi Oreskes, and Michael Oppenheimer. “Science and Policy: Crossing the Boundary.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, vol. 71, 2015, pp. 53-58, DOI: 10.1177/0096340214563675, http://thebulletin.sagepub.com.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Plug Methane Leaks in the Booming Natural Gas Industry.” Scientific American, 4 April 2014.
  • NYC Panel on Climate Change, NYC Mayor’s Office. Climate Risk Information 2013, June 2013.
  • Feng, Shuaizhang, Michael Oppenheimer, and Wolfram Schlenker. “Climate Change, Crop Yields, and Internal Migration in the United States.” J Environ Econ Management, submitted to, 2012, NBER working paper 17734, http://www.nber.org/papers/w17734.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “What Roles Can Scientists Play in Public Discourse?” Eos, vol. 92, 2011, pp. 133-134.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Obituary: Stephen Henry Schneider.” Physics Today, vol. 64, no. 1, Jan. 2011, pp. 66-7.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. Report of the Ice Sheet Modeling Workshop, 8 January 2007.
  • Vellinga, Pier, et al. “Exploring High-End Climate Change Scenarios for Flood Protection of the Netherlands.” A Report to the Delta Committee of the Netherlands, September 2008.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and A. Petsonk. “Linked Regimes to Solve the Timing Problem for Global Warming.” Prepared for the conference on Nesting and Overlapping Institutions, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 24 February 2006.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and James D. Wang. “The Latest Myths and Facts on Global Warming.” Environmental Defense, 2005.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. “Future of Sea Level Rise and the New Jersey Coast: Assessing Potential Impacts and Opportunities.” 16 November 2005.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Reinvigorating the Kyoto System and Beyond: Maintaining the Fundamental Architecture, Meeting Long-Term Goals.” Prepared for Leaders’ Summit on Post-Kyoto Architecture: Toward an L20? With A. Petsonk, Council on Foreign Relations, 20-21 September 2004.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Climate Change: The Case for Long Term Targets.” Prepared for High-Level Transatlantic Dialogue on Climate Change, German Institute for International and Security Affairs and the Brookings Institution, 17 October 2003.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Global Climate Change.” Prepared for Old Rules and New Threats, Council on Foreign Relations, 19 September 2003.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Contributing author, Common Questions About Climate Change.” United Nations Environment Programme and World Meteorological Organization, 1999.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael and Michael Replogle. “Sustainability And Renewal of Civil Infrastructure: An Environmental Perspective.” Presented at a conference organized by the Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems, New York University, 1999.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, D. S. Wilcove, and M. J. Bean. “A Moment of Truth: Correcting the Scientific Errors in Gregg Easterbrook’s A Moment on the Earth, Part One.” Environmental Defense Fund, New York, 1996.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, L. Blum, et al. “A Moment of Truth: Correcting More Errors in Gregg Easterbrook’s A Moment on the Earth, Part Two.” Environmental Defense Fund, New York, 1996.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, L. Haimson, and D. Wilcove. “The Way Things Really Are: Debunking Rush Limbaugh on the Environment.” Environmental Defense Fund, New York, 1995.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Context, Connection, and Opportunity in Environmental Problem Solving.” Environment Magazine, vol. 10, 1995, pp. 2-3.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael and A. Vedantham. “Aircraft Emissions and the Global Atmosphere: Long-term Scenarios.” Environmental Defense Fund, New York, 1994.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. Global Lessons From The Ozone Hole. Environmental Defense Fund, New York, 1988.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. Polluted Coastal Waters: The Role of Acid Rain. Environmental Defense Fund, New York, 1988.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. Contributor to Developing Policies For Responding To Climatic Change. World Meteorological Organization, 1988.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. Thresholds for Acidification: A Framework for Policy and Research. Environmental Defense Fund, New York, 1986.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, et al. New York City’s Water Supply: Acid Deposition, Inorganic Pollution, and the Catskill Reservoirs. Environmental Defense Fund, New York, 1986.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “Is There Scientific Consensus on Acid Rain? Report of Ad Hoc Committee on Acid Rain: Science and Policy.” 1985.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. Reducing Acid Rain: The Scientific Basis for an Acid Rain Control Policy. Environmental Defense Fund, New York, 1984.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and R. Yuhnke. Safeguarding Acid-Sensitive Waters in the Intermountain West. Environmental Defense Fund, New York, 1984.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael, and L. Haimson. “The Comet Syndrome.” Natural History, vol. 89, 1980, pp. 54.
  • Oppenheimer, Michael. “What are comets made of?” Natural History, vol. 87, 1978, pp. 42.

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ChalkyPapers. (2024, January 14). Michael Oppenheimer. https://chalkypapers.com/famous-scientists/michael-oppenheimer/

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