Peter Doran

Peter Doran, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. [ [http://tigger.uic.edu/~pdoran/home.htm Professor Doran's web page] ]

Doran was the lead author of a research paper about Antarctic temperatures that was published in the journal "Nature" in January 2002. Because he and his colleagues found that some parts of Antarctica had cooled between 1986 and 2000, his paper has been frequently cited by opponents of the global warming theory, such as Ann Coulter and Michael Crichton. In an opinion piece in the July 27 2006 "New York Times", Doran characterized this as a "misinterpretation" and stated, "I have never thought such a thing ... I would like to remove my name from the list of scientists who dispute global warming." [Doran, Peter. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/27/opinion/27doran.html Cold, Hard Facts] . New York Times 27 July, 2006.]

Both an Antarctic stream and glacier were named for Doran by the U.S. Geological Survey to commemorate his many significant research contributions conducted on the continent. He enjoys discussing his stream and glacier when lecturing his doting students at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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* [http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/transcripts_021602_science.html Scientists Cry Foul!] interview of Doran on On the Media, a National Public Radio program, February 16, 2002
* [http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/antarctic-cooling-global-warming/ Antarctic cooling, global warming?] RealClimate, December 3, 2004
* [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v415/n6871/abs/nature710.html Antarctic climate cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response] Doran, et al. in the journal "Nature" January 31, 2002