Don Easterbrook

Don J. Easterbrook is professor emeritus of Geology at Western Washington University.

Career

Easterbrook was educated at the University of Washington, where he received the BSc in 1958, the MSc in 1959, and the PhD (Geology) in 1962. His doctoral dissertation was entitled Pleistocene Geology of the Northern Part of the Puget Lowland, Washington. He was chairman of the Geology Department at Western Washington University for 12 years.

Easterbrook has conducted geologic research in the North Cascade Range, Puget Lowland, Columbia Plateau, Rocky Mts., New Zealand Alps, Argentine Andes, and various other parts of the world. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Dept. of Interior, and several other governmental agencies.

Climate change

In 2006, Easterbrook claimed that, based on past trends, "the current warm cycle should end soon and global temperatures should cool slightly until about 2035", and "the total increase in global warming for the century should be ~0.3 °C, rather than the catastrophic warming of 3-6°C (4-11°F) predicted by the IPCC."[1] In 2013, he testified that "global warming ended in 1998."[2] Easterbrook's claims have been contradicted by temperature data.[3][4]

Scientific Societies

Awards
  • National award for ‘Distinguished Service to the Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division’, Geological Society of America[5]
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Northwest Geological Society[6]

Publications
  • Don J. Easterbrook (2011). Evidence-Based Climate Science, 1st ed. Elsevier. p. 416. ISBN 978-0-12-385956-3. Elsevier preview, Google preview

See also

References
  1. The Cause of Global Warming and Predictions for the Coming Century
  2. Kumar, Sheila V. (18 March 2016). "Climate Denial's Usual Suspects Support Challenge to Clean Power Plan". Inside Climate News.
  3. "Quotes by Don Easterbrook". Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  4. Graham Readfearn. "Checkmate: how do climate science deniers' predictions stack up?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  5. University of Washington.
  6. University of Washington.
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