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Dr. Radley M. Horton

Professor of Climate, Columbia Climate School

Affiliated with: Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)

Columbia Climate School

Affiliated with: Undergraduate Special Concentration and Major in Sustainable Development

61 Route 9W
Oceanography Building
Rm 106B
Palisades, NY 10964

BIOGRAPHY:

Radley Horton is a Professor at Columbia University’s Climate School. His research focuses on climate extremes, tail risks, climate impacts, and adaptation. Radley was a Convening Lead Author for the Third National Climate Assessment. He currently is the Principal Investigator for the NOAA-Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments-funded Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast. He is also the Columbia University lead for the NSF Funded Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub (MACH) and the Department of Interior-funded Northeast Climate Science Center. Radley has served on numerous national and international task forces and committees, including the Climate Scenarios Task Force in support of the 2018 National Climate Assessment, and he often appears on national and international television, radio, and in print. Radley also teaches in Columbia University’s Sustainable Development department.

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PROJECTS

Only select projects listed below
Name Start Date End Date
A proposal to the Department of the Interior to Establish the Northeast Climate Science Center 3/1/12 12/31/18
A Research and Decision Support Framework to Evaluation Sea-Level Rise Impacts in the Northeastern US: Sea-Level Rise and Storm Surge Projections 8/1/12 7/31/13
Adaptation for Development and Conservation-Advanced Partnership - Center for Climate Systems Research (CCSR) & WWF 8/10/15 12/31/18
Climate Change Vulnerability Study – Climate Data 9/1/17 12/31/19
Climate Risk Information for Ecosystem-Based Adaptation 2/15/16 6/30/16
Climate Science Synthesis and Analysis to Support NPS Scenario Workshop 6/1/12 6/30/13
Conference: At What Point Managed Retreat? 6/19/19 6/21/19
Examining the mechanisms of species responses to climate change: Are there biological thresholds? 9/1/16 8/31/18
Facilitating regional and local decision-making for managing coastal wetlands and waterbird habitats 9/25/13 1/31/15
From precipitation thresholds identification to planning Helping communities plan and adapt to future extreme events 7/1/16 6/30/19
Integrating climate risk information for agricultural resilience and forest conservation in Paraguay 7/1/16 10/31/17
Integrating Climate Risk Information to WWF's Natural Capital Assessment in Myanmar 6/1/15 10/31/16
PREEVENTS Track 1: Meteorology and Impacts of Correlated Climate Extremes: New York, NY: May 28-31, 2019 4/1/19 3/31/21
Supporting Regional Implementation of Integrated Climate Resilience: Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN) 9/1/15 8/31/21
Temperature Projections to Support Impact Analysis on Infrastructure and Demand 10/15/14 12/31/15
Updated Climate Scenarios for New York State 10/1/13 6/30/14
Urban Climate Education Partnership 9/15/12 8/31/18
WWF's Asia's High Mountain's Project - Climate risk information, research and preparation for Nepal 10/12/14 2/28/15
The Law and Science of Climate Change Attribution 12/1/19 11/30/22
Climate Information Needs Assessment 1/1/20 5/31/20
Flexible Energy Technical Analysis 5/1/20 4/30/21
At What Point Managed Retreat? Resilience, Relocation and Climate Justice Conference 6/22/21 6/25/21

14 PUBLICATIONS ON COLUMBIA | ACADEMIC COMMONS

Only select publications listed below
Name Published Date
Contrasting impacts of dry versus humid heat on US corn and soybean yields 2023
Recent Increases in Exposure to Extreme Humid-Heat Events Disproportionately Affect Populated Regions 2021
The Law and Science of Climate Change Attribution 2020
Blue Water Trade-Offs With Vegetation in a CO2-Enriched Climate 2018
Evolution of 21st Century Sea Level Rise Projections 2018
Assessing ecosystem service provision under climate change to support conservation and development planning in Myanmar 2017
Evolving Understanding of Antarctic Ice‐Sheet Physics and Ambiguity in Probabilistic Sea‐Level Projections 2017
Influence of internal variability on population exposure to hydroclimatic changes 2017
Temperature and humidity based projections of a rapid rise in global heat stress exposure during the 21st century 2017
Towards More Comprehensive Projections of Urban Heat-Related Mortality: Estimates for New York City under Multiple Population, Adaptation, and Climate Scenarios 2017
Projections of temperature-attributable premature deaths in 209 U.S. cities using a cluster-based Poisson approach 2015
Heat-Related Mortality in a Warming Climate: Projections for 12 U.S. Cities 2014
Probabilistic 21st and 22nd century sea‐level projections at a global network of tide‐gauge sites 2014
Projected Heat-Related Mortality in the U.S. Urban Northeast 2013

CONTACT

rh142@columbia.edu

845-365-8496

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NETWORK AFFILIATION(S)

Environmental Justice and Climate Just Cities Network Coastal Resilience Network Climate Mobility Network

EXPERTISE

climate climate vulnerability extreme weather climate adaptation