Amanda Staudt

Dr. Staudt provides scientific expertise for NWF’s research, policy, and outreach activities on global warming.

While at NWF, she has focused on changes in extreme weather, sea-level rise in the Chesapeake Bay, and incorporating climate change adaptation in natural resources management. She authored a series of reports that connect the dots between extreme weather, climate change, impacts on communities and habitats, and available policy and management solutions. Her work has garnered widespread media attention, ranging from USA Today and NBC Nightly News to numerous smaller papers, television stations, and radio shows.

Prior to joining NWF, Dr. Staudt was a senior program officer at the National Academies, where she was a key liaison between the scientific community and the federal agencies that support climate change research. She helped author more than a dozen National Academies reports on topics including the U.S. strategy for supporting climate change research, past records of surface temperature, how climate and weather affect transportation, and best practices for effective global change assessments. She holds a Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences and an A.B. in environmental engineering and sciences from Harvard University.

Publications 

Global Warming and Extreme Weather

• More Extreme Weather: Implications for Public Health and Social Justice , September 2009.

• More Extreme Heat Waves: Global Warming’s Wake-Up Call , August 2009.

• Increased Flooding Risk: Global Warming’s Wake-Up Call for Riverfront Communities , July 2009.

• More Variable and Uncertain Water Supply: Global Warming’s Wake-Up Call for the Southeast United States , November 2008. 

• Increasing Vulnerability to Hurricanes: Global Warming’s Wake-Up Call for the U.S. Gulf and Southeastern Coasts , August 2008.

• Increased Risk of Catastrophic Wildfires: Global Warming’s Wake-Up Call for the Western United States , August 2008. 

• Heavy Rainfall and Increased Flooding Risk: Global Warming’s Wake-Up Call for the Central United States , July 2008.

Global Warming Science Updates

• New Science Demonstrates Need for Aggressive Cap on Carbon Pollution , March 2009.

• How Will Global Warming Affect Wildlife? Perspectives from the 2007 IPCC Report , June 2007.

Global Warming and Natural Resource Conservation

• Glick, P., A. Staudt, and B. Stein, A New Era for Conservation: Review of Climate Change Adaptation Literature, National Wildlife Federation , March 2009.

• Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Habitats of the Chesapeake Bay: A Summary, National Wildlife Federation , May 2008. 

• On the Edge: Protecting California’s Fish and Waterfowl from Global Warming, National Wildlife Federation , May 2008. 

• The Chesapeake Bay and Global Warming: A Paradise Lost for Hunters, Anglers, and Outdoor Enthusiasts? National Wildlife Federation , September 2007.

National Academies Reports

• Understanding and Responding to Global Climate Change: Highlights of National Academies Reports , National Academy of Sciences, first edition released in November, 2005; second edition released 2008.

• Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation: Special Report 290 , Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press, 2008.

• Analysis of Global Change Assessments: Lessons Learned , Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2007. 

• Strategic Guidance for the National Science Foundation’s Support of the Atmospheric Sciences , Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press, 2007. 

• Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 Years , Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press, 2006. 

• Radiative Forcing of Climate Change: Expanding the Concept and Addressing Uncertainties , Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press, 2005.

• Implementing Climate and Global Change Research: A Review of the Final U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan , Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press, 2004.

• Air Quality Management in the United States , Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press, 2004.

Other Peer-reviewed Papers

• Staudt, A., Recent Evolution of the Climate Change Dialogue in the United States, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, July 2008.

• Chameides, W., D. Greenbaum, R. Wassel, K. J. Holmes, K. Gustavson, and A. Staudt, Air Quality Management in the United States, EM. July, 2005.