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Senior Policy Fellow
Phone: (202) 737-9006, ext. 433
Fax: (202) 737-9050
Paul Higgins is a Senior Policy Fellow at the American Meteorological Society. He examines and develops societal options for addressing the risks posed by human caused climate change. As part of these efforts, he recently initiated a web commentary project focused on climate policy. He also oversees the AMS-UCAR Congressional Science Fellowship Program.
From 2005-2006 Paul was a Congressional Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). During his fellowship year, he analyzed climate policy in the office of Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH). While there he developed provisions to encourage international cooperation and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in ways that broadly benefit a wide range of stakeholders.
Paul’s scientific research examines the causes and consequences of global climate change. He received Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from Stanford University and was a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow at the University of California. He is a former fellow of the Department of Energy’s Global Change Education Program.
Recent publications:
Higgins, P.A.T. Biodiversity loss under existing land use and climate change: an illustration using northern South America. Global Ecology and Biogeography. In Press.
Higgins, P.A.T. Toward an optimal approach for transportation and health. Environmental Conservation. In Press.
Higgins, P.A.T., and Harte, J. 2006. Biophysical and biogeochemical responses to climate change depend on dispersal and migration. BioScience. 56(5):407-417.
Higgins, P.A.T., Chan, K.M.A., and Porder, S. 2006. Bridge over a philosophical divide. Evidence & Policy. 2(2):251-257.
Higgins, P.A.T. 2005. Exercise based transportation reduces obesity, oil dependence, and carbon emissions. Environmental Conservation. 32(3):197-202.
Higgins, P.A.T., and Schneider, S.H. 2005. Long-term potential ecosystem responses to greenhouse gas induced thermohaline circulation collapse. Global Change Biology. 11(5):699-709.
Higgins, P.A.T., and Higgins, M. 2005. A healthy reduction in oil consumption and carbon emissions. Energy Policy. 33(1):1-4.
Higgins, P.A.T. 2004. Biogeochemical and biophysical responses of the land surface to a sustained thermohaline circulation weakening. Journal of Climate. 17(21):4135-4142.
Higgins, P.A.T., and Vellinga, M. 2004. Ecosystem responses to abrupt climate change: teleconnections, scale, and the hydrological cycle. Climatic Change. 64(1-2):127-142
Higgins, P.A.T., Masterandrea, M.D., Schneider, S.H. 2002. Dynamics of climate and ecosystem coupling: abrupt changes and multiple equilibria. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London series B-Biological Sciences. 357(1421):647-655.
Higgins, P.A.T., Jackson, R.B., desRosier, J.M., Field, C.B. 2002. Root production and demography in a California annual grassland under elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide. Global Change Biology. 8(9):841-850.
Higgins, P.A.T. 2005. Climate Change: Complexity, Chaos and Order. In: Understanding Change: Models Methodologies and Metaphors. Andreas Wimmer and Reinhart Koessler (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Chan, K.M.A., Higgins, P.A.T., and Porder S. 2005. Protecting science from abuse requires a broader form of outreach. PLoS Biology. 3(7):e218.
Higgins, P.A.T. March 30, 2005. (LTR) Junk Economics. The Washington Times.
Higgins, P.A.T. 2004. (LTR) The Bush Administration and climate change. Science. 306:2041.
Porder, S., Chan, K.M.A, and Higgins, P.A.T. 2004. (LTR) Scientists must conquer reluctance to speak out. Nature. 431:1036.
Porder, S., Chan, K.M.A, and Higgins, P.A.T. April 04, 2004. (OP-ED) Science and policy—it’s an issue of trust. San Francisco Chronicle.
Chan, K.M.A., Porder, S., Higgins, P.A.T., and Kramer, S.B. 2004. (LTR) Concern is more than just ruffled feathers. Nature. 428(6980):255.
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Paul A. T. Higgins, PhD 