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Cynthia Rosenzweig

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Cynthia E. Rosenzweig, born around 1958, is an American agronomist and climatologist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University who helped pioneer the study of climate change and agriculture. She is an adjunct senior research scientist at the Columbia Climate School, has authored or edited eight books and more than 80 peer reviewed articles, and has served with organizations including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and New York City's post Hurricane Sandy planning efforts. She was named a 2022 World Food Prize laureate.

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Birth Year
1958 1
Nationality
American 1
Defining Contribution
Helped pioneer the study of climate change and agriculture, developing crop models used to project how rising temperatures, shifting rainfall and higher carbon dioxide levels will affect global food production. 1
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    (born c. 1958) is an American agronomist and climatologist at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, located at Columbia University
  • Lead section; climate change and agriculture research
    who helped pioneer the study of climate change and agriculture.
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