Joan Kleypas Explained

Joan Ann Kleypas
Birth Date:July 20, 1957
Birth Place:Jefferson County, Texas
Alma Mater:James Cook University
Thesis Title:Geological development of fringing reefs in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Thesis Year:1991
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Joan Ann ("Joanie") Kleypas is a marine scientist known for her work on the impact of ocean acidification and climate change on coral reefs, and for advancing solutions to environmental problems caused by climate change.

Education and career

Kleypas has a B.S. in Marine Biology from Lamar University (1979), an M.S. in Marine Science from the University of South Carolina (1981),[1] and a Ph.D. from James Cook University (1991).[2] Kleypas is currently a Senior Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.[3] [4]

In her work on ocean acidification, Kleypas has led national meetings on the topic,[5] worked with groups on publications from the National Academy of Sciences on ocean acidification,[6] [7] and contributed to sections of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.[8] [9] Kleypas has briefed members of the House of Representatives on the impact of ocean acidification on marine life,[10] [11] and has testified before multiple United States' government committees including the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans (2007),[12] the House of Representatives Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (2008),[13] [14] and the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment (2008).[15] In addition to her research on ocean acidification and coral reefs, Kleypas actively presents actions that are needed to save coral reefs[16] and the conditions that would improve the ability of coral reefs to survive.[17] These actions led Mother Jones to highlight her in 2012 as one of the women defending ecosystems on the planet.[18]

Kleypas uses multiple venues to engage the general public including serving as a scientific advisor for the Netflix movie, Chasing Coral,[19] [20] [21] and founding a coral reef restoration project in Costa Rica[22] [23] Kleypas is one of the scientists highlighted in Nancy Baron's book, Escape from the Ivory Tower,[24] which describes how scientists can share their research with the general public.[25]

Research

Kleypas' early research used sea surface temperature measured with satellites to define water circulation patterns in the Great Barrier Reef.[26] She used modeling to estimate the extent of the reef habitat since the Last Glacial Maximum[27] and under future climate scenarios.[28] This research includes defining the environmental limits on where coral reefs can exist which has implications for the response of coral reefs to future climate change.[29] Kleypas also examines how the physiology of some reef organisms will limit their ability to expand their geographic range.[30]

In 1999, Kleypas published a paper in Science ("Geochemical consequences of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide on reefs"[31]) which was the first to indicate that increases in carbon dioxide in the ocean will reduce the ability of coral reefs to build new carbonate skeletons. This research was a key component in discussions[32] [33] [34] on how the ocean, especially coral reefs, will respond to future climate change.

In 2008, Kleypas's research revealed that the western Pacific warm pool is warming less than other parts of the global ocean and corals there are experiencing fewer bleaching events,[35] research that was covered in the press because it was a piece of potential good news with respect to the state of coral reefs in the Pacific.[36] [37]

Selected publications

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Kleypas . Joan Ann . 1980 . Migration and feeding of predatory fish in an intertidal creek, with special reference to the silver perch (Bairdiella chrysuraL.) . M.S. . University of South Carolina . (OCoLC)7214527 .
  2. Kleypas. Joan Ann. 1991. Geological development of fringing reefs in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Ph.D.. James Cook University of North Queensland. Department of Marine Biology.
  3. Web site: CGD People Joanie Kleypas. 2021-06-06. www.cgd.ucar.edu.
  4. Web site: Climate Communication Joan Kleypas. 2021-06-06. en-US.
  5. Web site: July 22, 2011. Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program Ocean Acidification Principal Investigators' Meeting.
  6. Web site: 2010. Ocean acidification: A national strategy to meet the challenges of a changing ocean. 2021-06-08. www.nationalacademies.org.
  7. Web site: Interviews with report authors.
  8. Web site: 2013. Observations: Ocean.
  9. Web site: 2014. Emergent Risks and Key Vulnerabilities.
  10. News: Eilperin. Juliet. 2006-07-05. Growing Acidity of Oceans May Kill Corals. The Washington Post. en-US. 2021-06-07. 0190-8286.
  11. Web site: Kleypas CV.
  12. Web site: April 17, 2007. WILDLIFE AND OCEANS IN A CHANGING CLIMATE. 2021-06-08. U.S. House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
  13. Web site: April 29, 2008. RISING TIDES, RISING TEMPERATURES: GLOBAL WARMING'S IMPACTS ON THE OCEANS. 2021-06-08. U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
  14. 2008. Climate impact on oceans examined. Issues in Science and Technology. 24. 4. 19. 43314679. 0748-5492.
  15. Web site: June 5, 2008. The Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. 2021-06-08. U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. en.
  16. Dodge. Richard E.. Birkeland. Charles. Hatziolos. Marea. Kleypas. Joan. Palumbi. Stephen R.. Hoegh-Guldberg. Ove. Van Woesik. Rob. Ogden. John C.. Aronson. Richard B.. Causey. Billy D.. Staub. Francis. 2008. A Call to Action for Coral Reefs. Science. 322. 5899. 189–190. 10.1126/science.322.5899.189b. 20144978. 18845729. 206582551. 0036-8075.
  17. Kleypas. Joan. Allemand. Denis. Anthony. Ken. Baker. Andrew C.. Beck. Michael W.. Hale. Lynne Zeitlin. Hilmi. Nathalie. Hoegh-Guldberg. Ove. Hughes. Terry. Kaufman. Les. Kayanne. Hajime. 2021-05-01. Designing a blueprint for coral reef survival. Biological Conservation. en. 257. 109107. 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109107. 0006-3207. Rinkevich. Baruch. Steneck. Robert S.. Voolstra. Christian R.. Wachenfeld. David. Gattuso. Palumbi. Jean-Pierre. Stephen. Peter. Mumby. McLeod. Alexandre K.. Magnan. Richmond. Robert H.. Elizabeth. 234864697 . free.
  18. Web site: Whitty. Julia. April 2012. Keystone Ladies. 2021-06-07. Mother Jones. en-US.
  19. Web site: Team (TO BE RETIRED). 2021-06-07. Chasing Coral. en-US. 2021-06-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20210607015844/https://www.chasingcoral.com/the-team/. dead.
  20. Web site: Our Team. 2021-06-07. Raising Coral Costa Rica. en-US.
  21. Web site: Joanie Kleypas. 2021-06-07. IMDb.
  22. Web site: Joanie Kleypas staff.ucar.edu. 2021-06-07. staff.ucar.edu.
  23. Web site: Papp. Ashleigh F.. Rebuilding The Coral Reefs of Golfo Dulce. 2021-06-07. UCSC Science Notes. en-US.
  24. Book: Baron, Nancy. Escape from the ivory tower : a guide to making your science matter. 2010. Island Press. 978-1-59726-965-0. Washington. 692204508.
  25. Web site: 2017-02-06. Speaking for the Data. 2021-06-07. American Scientist. en.
  26. KLEYPAS. J. A.. BURRAGE. D. M.. 1994-07-10. Satellite observations of circulation in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 15. 10. 2051–2063. 10.1080/01431169408954227. 1994IJRS...15.2051K. 0143-1161.
  27. Kleypas. J. A.. 1997. Modeled estimates of global reef habitat and carbonate production since the Last Glacial Maximum. Paleoceanography. en. 12. 4. 533–545. 10.1029/97PA01134. 1997PalOc..12..533K. 1944-9186. free.
  28. Guinotte. J. M.. Buddemeier. R. W.. Kleypas. J. A.. 2003-12-01. Future coral reef habitat marginality: temporal and spatial effects of climate change in the Pacific basin. Coral Reefs. 22. 4. 551–558. 10.1007/s00338-003-0331-4. 28110519. 0722-4028.
  29. KLEYPAS. JOAN A.. MCMANUS. JOHN W.. MEÑEZ. LAMBERT A. B.. 1999. Environmental Limits to Coral Reef Development: Where Do We Draw the Line?. American Zoologist. 39. 1. 146–159. 10.1093/icb/39.1.146. 0003-1569. free.
  30. Kleypas. Joan. 2015. Invisible barriers to dispersal: Physiological properties constrain future range expansions of marine organisms. Science. 348. 6239. 1086–1087. 10.1126/science.aab4122. 24747664. 26045419. 43417444. 0036-8075.
  31. Kleypas. J. A.. 1999-04-02. Geochemical Consequences of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on Coral Reefs. Science. 284. 5411. 118–120. 10.1126/science.284.5411.118. 10102806. 1999Sci...284..118K.
  32. News: Eilperin. Juliet. 2012-09-30. Ocean acidification emerges as new climate threat. en-US. Washington Post. 2021-06-07. 0190-8286.
  33. Strickland. Eliza. July 30, 2008. In a More Acidic Ocean, Coral Reef "Skeletons" May Crumble. 2021-06-10. Discover Magazine. en.
  34. Web site: Lebwohl. Beth. 2012-06-08. Joan Kleypas speaks about ocean acidification Earth EarthSky. 2021-06-07. earthsky.org. en-US.
  35. Kleypas . Joan A. . Danabasoglu . Gokhan . Lough . Janice M. . Janice Lough . 2008 . Potential role of the ocean thermostat in determining regional differences in coral reef bleaching events . Geophysical Research Letters . en . 35 . 3 . L03613 . 2008GeoRL..35.3613K . 10.1029/2007GL032257 . 1944-8007 . free.
  36. News: Revkin. Andrew C.. February 7, 2008. Climate roundup: Tornados, coral, drought. New York Times.
  37. C.. E.. 2008. Some Corals Buffered from Warming. Science News. 173. 10. 158. 20465295. 0036-8423.
  38. Web site: Joanie Kleypas. 2021-06-07. www.nasonline.org.
  39. Web site: FELLOWS (By Name). 2021-06-06. Earth Leadership. en.
  40. Web site: Rachel Carson Lecture AGU. 2021-06-06. www.agu.org.
  41. Web site: The Heinz Awards :: Joan Kleypas. 2021-06-06. www.heinzawards.net.
  42. Web site: Elected Fellows American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2021-06-06. www.aaas.org. en.
  43. Web site: 2020 Awards. 11 March 2020.

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