Tessa M. Hill

Tessa Michelle Hill is an American marine geochemist and oceanographer. She is a professor at the University of California, Davis, and a resident professor at its Bodega Marine Laboratory. She is a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, and in 2016 was named a Leshner Public Engagement Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In that year she also received the US Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

Tessa Michelle Hill
Hill in 2016
Born
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Known forocean acidification, methane cycle in the ocean, climate change and the ocean, outreach to the public and K-12
AwardsNational Science Foundation CAREER Awards
US Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers PECASE
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Davis
Doctoral advisorJames P. Kennett
Websitebml.ucdavis.edu/research/faculty/tessa-hill

Her research and wider public influence focuses on the effects of climate change on the global ocean, including ocean acidification.

Early life and education

Hill was born in Tacoma,Washington, U.S. and raised in the Pacific Northwest, where she attended Stadium High School. She gained a Bachelor in Science degree in marine science from Eckerd College.[1] After graduating she studied marine micropaleontology and climate change at UC Santa Barbara. After receiving her Ph.D. in 2004 she was given a University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC Davis for two years, before joining its faculty of the Earth and Planetary Sciences department.[2][3]

Research areas

Hill's research includes methane in the ocean (methane in hydrocarbon seeps, and clathrate dissociation), changing ocean oxygenation and the effects of a warmer more acidic ocean on bivalves, coral, and foraminifera.

Methane in the Ocean

Early in her career, Hill investigated the role of oceanic methane sources in modifying environments at the sea floor and releasing methane to the water column and atmosphere.[4][5] This work utilized modern methane seep environments to investigate the biological and chemical responses to methane. It included reconstructing past intervals of methane and hydrocarbon seepage on the California margin.

Ocean acidification

At Bodega Marine Laboratory (near Bodega Head), Hill and colleagues studied the effect of ocean acidification in the natural laboratory of the California continental margin.[6] Here, upwelling of carbon dioxide-rich water seasonally decreases the pH in local marine environments. One theory about this region is that local fauna would be well adapted to acidic (low pH) water. Hill and colleagues have shown that acidic waters have an adverse impact on growth characteristics of the protozoan zooplankton foraminifera,[7] oysters,[8] and mussels.[9] Oysters and mussels play an important role as foundation species in marine ecosystems, and zooplankton are an important source of food for many organisms. These findings indicate that ocean acidification may have a significant impact on California marine ecosystems.

Hill has been a contributing author to several governmental reports on ocean acidification and climate impacts, including the West Coast Ocean Acidification & Hypoxia Panel,[10][11] Indicators of Climate Change in California,[12] and the Fourth Climate Assessment for California.[13]

Past climate change and the ocean

Hill has utilized records of climate to understand how temperature, productivity, and oxygen changes in the past have influenced ocean ecosystems. Hill utilizes deep sea corals to reconstruct changes in the ocean through hundreds of years.[14][15] Hill uses microfossils in sediment cores to understand how the ocean has changed over thousands of years, including dramatic temperature and oxygen[16][17] changes associated with the transition from Earth's most recent glaciation to the modern, warmer climate.

Awards and honors

Tessa Hill earned a US National Science Foundation CAREER award in 2013 for her research on marine ecosystem shifts due to climate change, and her work to integrate climate science into K-12 education.

In 2014 she was elected Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences.[18] She was named a Leshner Public Engagement Fellow[19] of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2016.

Also in 2016, Hill received the US Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The PECASE citation reads:[20]

For her transdisciplinary research that places modern ocean acidification and ocean oxygenation into a long-term Earth-system context, and for training and outreach to K-12 teachers and students that offers them a better understanding of ocean science and climate change through inquiry-based learning.

Public engagement on scientific research

Outreach

In May 2017, Hill was invited to give the Rosenburg Institute Public Forum lecture[21] at San Francisco State University and in May 2018 she gave the Riser Lecture[22] at Northeastern University.

As part of a program supported by the National Science Foundation, Hill leads a program that trains future K-12 teachers in ocean, environmental and climate science. This program has supported curriculum development and research experiences for students in the Math and Science Teaching Program at UC Davis.[23]

Hill serves on the Advisory Council for Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary,[24] the Board of Trustees[25] for the California Academy of Sciences and the Board of Trustees[26] for the Society for Science and the Public.

Media

Tessa Hill's research has been featured in print and radio media on topics concerning climate science, deep sea corals, and ocean acidification. These include a New York Times opinion article,[27] a radio interview on Science Friday,[28] and an interview about the impacts of ocean acidification on shellfish on US National Public Radio (NPR).[29] In addition, she has been profiled in a program featuring climate scientists on NPR.[30]

An interview on corals appeared in Al Jazeera America.[31] Hill published an Op Ed in the Santa Rosa, CA Press Democrat on the role of federal science funding in supporting innovation in the United States.[32] She was profiled as a Scientist-to-Watch in The Scientist magazine,[33] and is a regular contributor of essays and blogs[34][35][36] including for the Union of Concerned Scientists.[37]

Selected works
  • Benthic foraminifera of the Holocene transgressive west-central Florida inner shelf:  paleoenvironmental implications.  Marine Geology, v. 200, p. 263-272. Hill, T.M., Brooks, G.R., Duncan, D.S., Medioli, F.S. (2003).
  • High-resolution records of methane hydrate dissociation:  ODP Site 893, Santa Barbara Basin. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, v.223 (1-2), p. 127-140. Hill, T.M., Kennett, J.P., Spero, H.J. (2004).  
  • Isotopic evidence of methane-derived carbon into living foraminifera from modern methane seeps, Hydrate Ridge, OR. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 68 (22), p. 4619-4627. Hill, T.M., Kennett, J.P., Valentine D.L. (2004).  
  • Effects of carbon dioxide sequestration on California margin deep-sea foraminiferal assemblages. Marine Micropaleontology, v. 72, p. 165-175. Ricketts, E.R., Kennett, J.P., Hill, T.M., Barry, J.P. (2009).
  • Temperature and vital effect controls on Bamboo Coral (Isididae) isotope geochemistry: A test of the “lines method”. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, dos 10.1029/2010GC003443. Hill, T.M., Spero, H.J., Guilderson, T.P., LaVigne, M., Clague, D., Macalello, S., Jang, N. (2011).
  • Glacial and deglacial sea floor methane emissions from pockmarks on the northern flank of the Storegga Slide complex. Geo-Marine Letters, dos: 10.1007/s00367-011-0258-7. Hill, T.M., Critser, R.B., Paull, C.K. (2011).
  • Bamboo coral Ba/Ca: Calibration of a new deep ocean refractory nutrient proxy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 312: 506–515. LaVigne, M., Hill, T.M., Spero, H.J., Guilderson, T.P. (2011).
  • High-resolution climate “windows” from Santa Barbara Basin: Investigations of Quaternary rapid change.  Paleoceanography. v. 28, 1–14, doi: 10.1002/palo.20022. White, S.M., Hill, T.M., Kennett, J.P., Behl. R. (2013).
  • Effects of increased pCO2 and geographic origin on purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) calcite elemental composition. Biogeosciences. v. 10, p. 3465-3477, dos: 10.5194/bg-10-3465-2013. LaVigne, M., Hill, T.M., Sanford, E., Gaylord, B., Russell A., Lenz, E., Young, M., Hosfelt, J. (2013).
  • Vertical oxygen minimum zone oscillation during the last 20 ka in Santa Barbara Basin: A benthic foraminiferal perspective. Paleoceanography. v. 29, 1–14. dos: 10.1002/PA002483. Moffitt, S., Hill, T.M., Ohkushi, K., Kennett, J.P., Behl, R. (2014).
  • Nighttime dissolution in a temperate coastal ocean ecosystem increases under acidification. Scientific Reports, dos: 10.1038/srep22984. *Kwiatowski, L., Gaylord, B.P., Hill, T., Hosfelt, J.D., Kroeker, K.J., Nebuchina, Y., Ninokawa, A., Russell, A.D., Rivest, E.B., Sesboue, M., Caldeira, K. (2016).
  • Ocean acidification alters the response of intertidal snails to a key sea star predator. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 20160890. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.0890. Jellison, B.M., Ninokawa, A.T., Hill, T.M., Sanford, E., Gaylord, B. (2016).
  • Reproducibility of Ba/Ca variations recorded by northeast Pacific bamboo corals. Paleoceanography, v. 32 (9), 966–979. Serrato Marks, G., LaVigne, M., Hill, T.M., Sauthoff, W., Guilderson, T.P., Roark, E.B., Dunbar, R.B., Horner, T.J. (2017).

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  4. Hill, T.M; Kennett, J.P; Spero, H.J (2003). "Foraminifera as indicators of methane-rich environments: A study of modern methane seeps in Santa Barbara Channel, California". Marine Micropaleontology. 49 (1–2): 123–138. Bibcode:2003MarMP..49..123H. doi:10.1016/s0377-8398(03)00032-x. ISSN 0377-8398.
  5. Hill, T. M.; Kennett, J. P.; Valentine, D. L.; Yang, Z.; Reddy, C. M.; Nelson, R. K.; Behl, R. J.; Robert, C.; Beaufort, L. (2006-09-12). "Climatically driven emissions of hydrocarbons from marine sediments during deglaciation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103 (37): 13570–13574. Bibcode:2006PNAS..10313570H. doi:10.1073/pnas.0601304103. PMC 1564264. PMID 16945904.
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  7. Davis, Catherine V.; Rivest, Emily B.; Hill, Tessa M.; Gaylord, Brian; Russell, Ann D.; Sanford, Eric (2017-05-22). "Ocean acidification compromises a planktic calcifier with implications for global carbon cycling". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 2225. Bibcode:2017NatSR...7.2225D. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-01530-9. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5440396. PMID 28533519.
  8. Hettinger, Annaliese; Sanford, Eric; Hill, Tessa M.; Russell, Ann D.; Sato, Kirk N. S.; Hoey, Jennifer; Forsch, Margaux; Page, Heather N.; Gaylord, Brian (2012). "Persistent carry-over effects of planktonic exposure to ocean acidification in the Olympia oyster". Ecology. 93 (12): 2758–2768. doi:10.1890/12-0567.1. ISSN 0012-9658. PMID 23431605.
  9. Gaylord, Brian; Hill, Tessa M.; Sanford, Eric; Lenz, Elizabeth A.; Jacobs, Lisa A.; Sato, Kirk N.; Russell, Ann D.; Hettinger, Annaliese (2011-08-01). "Functional impacts of ocean acidification in an ecologically critical foundation species". Journal of Experimental Biology. 214 (15): 2586–2594. doi:10.1242/jeb.055939. ISSN 0022-0949. PMID 21753053.
  10. Chan, F., Boehm, A.B., Barth, J.A., Chornesky, E.A., Dickson, A.G., Feely, R.A., Hales, B., Hill, T.M., Hofmann, G., Ianson, D., Klinger, T., Largier, J., Newton, J., Pedersen, T.F., Somero, G.N., Sutula, M., Wakefield, W.W., Waldbusser, G.G., Weisberg, S.B., and Whiteman (2016). The West Coast Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel: Major Findings, Recommendations, and Actions. Oakland, California: California Ocean Science Trust.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  12. "Indicators of Climate Change in California".
  13. "Fourth Climate Assessment for California".
  14. Hill, T. M.; LaVigne, M.; Spero, H. J.; Guilderson, T.; Gaylord, B.; Clague, D. (2012-07-04). "Variations in seawater Sr/Ca recorded in deep-sea bamboo corals". Paleoceanography. 27 (3): n/a. Bibcode:2012PalOc..27.3202H. doi:10.1029/2011pa002260. ISSN 0883-8305.
  15. Hill, T. M.; Myrvold, C. R.; Spero, H. J.; Guilderson, T. P. (2014-07-22). "Evidence for benthic–pelagic food web coupling and carbon export from California margin bamboo coral archives". Biogeosciences. 11 (14): 3845–3854. Bibcode:2014BGeo...11.3845H. doi:10.5194/bg-11-3845-2014. ISSN 1726-4189.
  16. Hill, T.M.; Kennett, J.P.; Pak, D.K.; Behl, R.J.; Robert, C.; Beaufort, L. (2006). "Pre-Bølling warming in Santa Barbara Basin, California: surface and intermediate water records of early deglacial warmth". Quaternary Science Reviews. 25 (21–22): 2835–2845. Bibcode:2006QSRv...25.2835H. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.03.012. ISSN 0277-3791.
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