Richard Somerville is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. His research emphasizes the role of clouds and cloud-radiation interactions in the climate system. With Samuel S. P. Shen, he co-authored Climate Mathematics: Theory and Applications (Cambridge University Press, 2019).
He is an internationally recognized climate scientist and an expert on communicating clearly to the public what scientists have learned about climate change. His interests include all aspects of climate, including climate science outreach and the interface between science and public policy.
Richard is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and the American Meteorological Society (AMS). He won an AMS award for his book, The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change. He won both the AGU Climate Communication Prize and the AGU Ambassador Award. The California Air Resources Board honored him in 2022 with a Haagen-Smit Award for a “lifetime of important contributions and achievements” in climate change science.
More information about Richard is at these websites:
• Personal website: https://richardsomerville.com/
• University website: https://rsomerville.
Outside of science: Richard gives lectures aboard cruise ships and enjoys chess online.
