Mark Clifford Serreze | |
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Born | 1960 |
Alma mater | University of Colorado Boulder |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geography, Climatology |
Institutions | Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, National Snow and Ice Data Center |
Thesis | Seasonal and interannual variations of sea ice motion in the Canada basin and their relationships with the Arctic atmospheric circulation (1989) |
Doctoral advisor | Roger G. Barry |
Mark Clifford Serreze (born 1960) is an American geographer and the director (since 2009[1]) of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), a project of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. In 2019, he was named a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography.[2] Serreze is primarily known for his expertise in the Arctic sea ice decline that has occurred over the last few decades due to global warming, a topic about which he has expressed serious concern.[3] He has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications.