Climos Announces Scientific Advisory Board
Top Scientists and Researchers Join the Battle to Address Climate Change
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, February 20, 2007 - Climos, a climate company
dedicated to leveraging natural processes to remove carbon from the
atmosphere, today announced the formation of the Climos Scientific
Advisory Board. This board includes some of the world's experts in
ocean, earth and climate science. They will assist Climos as the
company moves forward to help address global climate change.
Dr. Margaret Leinen, Climos chief science officer, said, "We have
brought together many of the best minds in the scientific community.
These distinguished scientists have extensive backgrounds in climate
and ocean research and technology, and will help Climos finalize our
scientific direction."
"Climos supports a comprehensive approach to addressing climate
change, beginning with aggressive greenhouse gas emissions reductions,
the use of renewable energies, and the exploration of all practical
methods of offsetting mankind's current carbon footprint," said Dan
Whaley, Climos founder and CEO.
Whaley will address the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco on the
topic of "Emissions Trading & Retail Products" at 9:30am this
Thursday, Feb. 22. More info at www.cleantech.com.
The members of the Scientific Advisory Board announced by Climos include: Dr. Rita R. Colwell
Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland College Park and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Former Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Jody W. Deming
Professor, University of Washington, School of Oceanography and Astrobiology
Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Robert B. Gagosian
President Emeritus, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Senior Science Advisor to the Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Dr. Timothy L. Killeen
Director, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
President, American Geophysical Union
Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy
President, H. John Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
Former Executive Vice President of the World Wildlife Fund-U.S. (WWF)
Dr. Deirdre Meldrum
Dean, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University
Director of the Center for EcoGenomics at ASU's Biodesign Institute
Biographies and photographs are available at www.climos.com. The first meeting of the Climos Scientific Advisory Board will be March 2007 in Washington, DC.
About Climos
Climos is a climate company dedicated to leveraging natural
processes to remove carbon from the atmosphere. Climos supports
aggressive emissions reductions and is participating in the emerging
carbon market as a way to help companies reduce their carbon footprints
and become carbon neutral. Founded in California's Silicon Valley by
entrepreneurs Dan Whaley and Richard Whilden, Climos scientific
research is overseen by Dr. Margaret Leinen, former Assistant Director
of Geosciences at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Climos is
guided by a Scientific Advisory Board that includes some of the world's
experts in ocean, earth and climate science.
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