Roberta Hamme Explained

Roberta Hamme
Website:https://web.uvic.ca/~rhamme/
Alma Mater:Phd and MSc at University of Washington and BA at Pomona College

Roberta C. Hamme is a Canadian chemical oceanographer at the University of Victoria. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Ocean Carbon Dynamics (Tier 2).[1] [2]

Education, research and career

She did her Phd and MSc at University of Washington and BA at Pomona College.[3]

Previously, Hamme's research demonstrated that the 2008 eruption of the Kasatochi island volcano resulted in one of the largest phyotoplankton blooms observed in the subarctic North Pacific, covering between 1.5 and 2 million square kilometres of ocean.[4] [5] [6] [7] Hamme also noted that this phytoplankton bloom had a minor impact on carbon dioxide absorption levels as it absorbed only 0.01 petagrams of carbon.[8] [9] Researchers later linked this bloom to an increase in the sockeye salmon population in British Columbia.[10]

Hamme is now an associate professor in the School of Earth and Ocean Science at the University of Victoria, where her lab studies air-sea exchange.[11] She is leading a team of Canadian researchers who have received $540,000 in funding from the Advancing Climate Change Science in Canada initiative to investigate the role of the ocean in slowing down the effects of climate change, including measuring carbon dioxide absorption levels and predicting future changes in Canadian oceans.[12]

Hamme's research has been cited over 1,000 times, and has an h-index and i10-index of 16 and 23 respectively.[13] She was appointed as a Canada Research Chair in Ocean Carbon Dynamics (Tier 2) in 2014, which was renewed in 2019.[14] [15]

Selected bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canada Research Chairs. Government of Canada. Industry Canada. 2012-11-29. www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca. 2020-01-02.
  2. Web site: Minister announces more money for researchers, including at UVic. Watts. Richard. Times Colonist. 14 June 2019 . 2020-01-02.
  3. Web site: Roberta C. Hamme: Oceanographer. web.uvic.ca. 2020-02-09.
  4. Hamme. Roberta C.. Webley. Peter W.. Crawford. William R.. Whitney. Frank A.. DeGrandpre. Michael D.. Emerson. Steven R.. Eriksen. Charles C.. Giesbrecht. Karina E.. Gower. Jim F. R.. Kavanaugh. Maria T.. Peña. M. Angelica. 2010. Volcanic ash fuels anomalous plankton bloom in subarctic northeast Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters. en. 37. 19. n/a. 10.1029/2010GL044629. 1944-8007. 2010GeoRL..3719604H. free.
  5. Jones. Nicola. 2010-10-29. Sparks fly over theory that volcano caused salmon boom. Nature. en. news.2010.572. 10.1038/news.2010.572. 0028-0836.
  6. News: Volcanic eruption led to B.C. salmon boom: scientist. CBC News. 25 October 2010. CBC News. 2 January 2020.
  7. Web site: How Volcanoes Feed Plankton. Berardelli. Phil. 2010-10-06. AAAS. en. 2020-01-02.
  8. News: Effects of volcanic eruption dash promising global warming theory. 2020-01-02.
  9. News: Greatest risk of ocean experiment is that it will spawn more. Moore. Dene. 2012-10-25. Canada.com. 2020-01-02.
  10. Larkin. Kate. 2010-09-03. Canada sees shock salmon glut. Nature. en. news.2010.449. 10.1038/news.2010.449. 0028-0836.
  11. Web site: Pan-Canadian research team led by UVic investigates ocean's role in slowing climate change. 2019-07-11. Victoria News. en-US. 2020-01-02.
  12. Web site: University of Victoria to lead study on climate change impact in oceans . Vancouver Sun. Zak . Vescera . 2019-07-15. en. 2020-01-02.
  13. Web site: Roberta Hamme - Google Scholar Citations. scholar.google.ca. 2020-01-02.
  14. Web site: UVic pronounces three new Canada Research chairs. 2019-06-14. Victoria News. en-US. 2020-01-02.
  15. Web site: 3 Canada Research Chairs for UVic - University of Victoria. UVic.ca. 14 June 2019 . en. 2020-01-02.

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