Obama picks URI climate change expert as analyst

[Kadie]

Obama picks URI climate change expert as analyst
By Ray Henry
Associated Press Writer / July 17, 2009

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—A University of Rhode Island scientist starting a new job at the White House says global climate change is among the most important issues facing the country since it affects national security, the economy and even food supplies.

Kate Moran, associate dean of URI's Graduate School of Oceanography, will start a new two-year job Monday as a senior policy analyst for President Barack Obama's Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Moran's research has focused on climate change, and she says scientists should be more comfortable joining policy debates.

In 2004, Moran led a research team that drilled first-of-its-kind core samples from the Arctic sea floor. It showed the North Pole was once warm -- 74 degrees Fahrenheit -- about 55 million years ago.


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http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2009/07/17/obama_picks_uri_climate_change_expert_as_analyst/



Kate Moran, associate dean of the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography, poses for a portrait in Narragansett, R.I., Friday July 17, 2009. Moran will begin working Monday as a senior policy analyst for President Obama's Office of Science Technology and Policy. Her job will be to provide advice on issues relating to the oceans, the Arctic and climate change.
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

[crickets]

1. Finally, a president who bothers to talk to real scientists. K&R -nt

[rucky]

2. I know it's a horrible, but when i saw her photo...

I said to myself "THAT'S the kind of person I want to see advising Obama!"

[Wednesdays]

3. K&R

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