
Radley M. Horton
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Professor of Climate; Provost's Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar,
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Affiliated with: Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Columbia Climate School -
Affiliated with: Undergraduate Special Concentration and Major in Sustainable Development
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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-Climate Adaptation Partnerships-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 Adaptation 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/is developing graduate courses on climate risk assessment.
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