Rhodes Whitmore Fairbridge (21 May 1914–November 8 2006) was an Australian geologist and expert on climate change.
Born in Pinjarra, Western Australia, Fairbridge graduated from Queen’s University in Ontario and earned his master’s degree from Oxford. In 1941, he earned a doctorate in geology from the University of Western Australia.
He taught at Columbia University from 1955 until his 1982 retirement. While there, he was supervising editor for the "Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences". In the early 1960s, he developed the so-called Fairbridge Curve[October 15, 2003 Classification of Coasts. "Journal of Coastal Research" pp. 155–165] , a record of changes in sea levels over the last 10,000 years. ][ [http://www.crawfordperspectives.com/Fairbridge-ClimateandKeplerianPlanetaryDynamics.htm The “Solar Jerk”, The King-Hele Cycle, and the Challenge to Climate Science] ] ]Fairbridge died in Amagansett, New York of a brain tumor. [Pearce, Jeremy ( November 27, 2006). Rhodes W. Fairbridge, 92, Early Expert on Climate Change, Dies. "New York Times"] [cite web | url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/earth-scientists-early-climate-change-indicator-lives-on/2007/01/05/1167777275417.html| title=Earth scientist's early climate change indicator lives on| date=6 January, 2007] ]Bibliography
* "The Encyclopedia of Oceanography" edited (Reinhold Pub. Co., 1966)
* "The Encyclopedia of Geochemistry and Environmental Sciences" edited (Reinhold Pub. Corp., 1967)
* "The Encyclopedia of Geomorphology" edited (Reinhold Book Corp., c1968)
* "Climate : History, Periodicity, and Predictability" (Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1987)
* "The Encyclopedia of Climatology" edited with John E. Oliver (Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1987)
* "The Physiographic Regions of Australia" co-written with J. Gentilli (University of Western Australia, 19--)
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*Citation |last= Mackey | first = Richard |author-link= |last2= |first2= | author2-link = |title= Rhodes Fairbridge and the idea that the solar system regulates the Earth’s climate |journal= Journal of Coastal Research |volume= SI 50 (Proceedings of the 9th International Coastal Symposium) |issue= | pages = 955 - 968 |date= |year= |url= http://www.griffith.edu.au/conference/ics2007/pdf/ICS176.pdf |doi= |id = ISSN 0749.0208
*cite web |title= Earth scientist's early climate change indicator lives on |publisher= The Sydney Morning Herald Obituaries (January 6, 2007) |url= http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/earth-scientists-early-climate-change-indicator-lives-on/2007/01/05/1167777275417.html |accessdate= 2007-09-22
