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David Archer
Professor, Department of the Geophysical Sciences and the College

Department of the Geophysical Sciences
5734 S. Ellis Ave.
HGS 419
Chicago, IL 60637 USA
Phone: 773-702-0823
E-mail: d-archer@uchicago.edu

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I have been a professor in the Department of The Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago since 1993. I have worked on a wide range of topics pertaining to the global carbon cycle and its relation to global climate, with special focus on ocean sedimentary processes such as CaCO3 dissolution and methane hydrate formation, and their impact on the evolution of atmospheric CO2.

I currently teach classes on global warming, environmental chemistry, and global geochemical cycles. I have written a textbook for non-science major undergraduates called Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast, published by Blackwell Press, and I am currently working on a book entitled From Here to Eternity: Global Warming in Geologic Time.

I am a contributing editor to the climate science blog site realclimate.org.

Education:

  • University of Washington, Ph.D., 1990