Terry Root papers, circa 1970s-1990s

Summary

Creators:

Root, Terry

Extent:

3 Linear Feet

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Terry Root papers (SC1260). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Biographical / historical:

Terry Root is a Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and Professor, by courtesy, of Biology. Root earned a BS in mathematics and statistics from the University of New Mexico in 1975; an MA in Biology from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1982; and a PhD in Biology from Princeton University in 1987.

Terry L. Root primarily works on how wild animals and plants are changing with climate change, with a current focus on the possible mass extinction of species with warming. She actively works at making scientific information accessible to decision makers and the public. For example, she was a Lead Author for the Third (2001) and Fourth (2007) Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change and a Review Editor for the Fifth (2014) Assessment Report. In 2007 the IPCC was co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with Vice President Al Gore. In addition to other honors, Root was awarded the Spirit of Defenders Award for Science by the Defenders of Wildlife in 2010; in 1999 she was chosen as an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow; in 1992 as a Pew Scholar in Conservation and the Environment; and in 1990 as a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation.

Text excerpted from https://earth.stanford.edu/terry-root

Acquisition information:

This collection was given by Terry Root to Stanford University, Special Collections in 2015.

Physical location:

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Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Climatic changes.

Restrictions:

The materials in this collection are restricted for 75 years after date of creation and may be made available in 2050.

Terms of access:

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.

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Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Terry Root papers (SC1260). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, University Archives

Stanford University Archives, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US

Contact:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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