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Retired Rear Admiral Titley and Climate Change

The following is from Dr. David Titley's bio:

Dr. Titley is a nationally known expert in the field of climate, the Arctic, and National Security.  He served as a naval officer for 32 years and rose to the rank of Rear Admiral.  Dr. Titley’s career included duties as Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy, and Deputy Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance.  While serving in the Pentagon, Dr. Titley initiated and led the US Navy’s Task Force on Climate Change.  After retiring from the Navy, Dr. Titley served as the Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Operations, the Chief Operating Officer position at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Dr. Titley has spoken across the country and throughout the world on the importance of climate change as it relates to National Security.  The Department of Defense requested he present on their behalf at both Congressional Hearings and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meetings from 2009 to 2011. 

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Dr. Titley is a member of the Hoover Institution's Arctic Security Initiative, and serves on the Advisory Boards of the Center for Climate and Security, the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, and the Association of Climate Change Officers.  He is a member of the National Academies of Science committee on Geoengineering and the Center for Naval Analysis' Military Advisory Board.

In 2009 Dr. Titley was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and in 2011 was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

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[Currently, Dr. Titley is a] Senior Scientist in the Department of Meteorology at the Pennsylvania State University, and founding Director of Penn State’s Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk.  The Center will help organizations and citizens prosper and succeed in today's and tomorrow's weather and climate environment by taking advantage of all the skill in weather and climate forecasts.

You get the idea.  He's a highly experience military man who knows his stuff.  Why am I talking about him?  Because he will be appearing twice before St. Louis audiences in the near future.  The first is tonight, September 20, on KSDK's special on climate change (more info here).  The second is at Maryville University on October 3, when Dr. Titley will Skype in to join a panel discussion with two local scientists, Dr. Fishman of SLU and Dr. Krakos of Maryville.  Everyone is invited to this event -- come and ask all the questions you want.  Full details are here.


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