Don J. Easterbrook is

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Western Washington University Western Washington University (WWU or Western) is a public university in Bellingham, Washington. The northernmost university in the contiguous United States, WWU was founded in 1893 as the state-funded New Whatcom Normal School, succeeding a pri ...

Career

Easterbrook was educated at the

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, where he received the BSc in 1958, the MSc in 1959, and the PhD (Geology) in 1962. His doctoral dissertation was entitled ''Pleistocene Geology of the Northern Part of the Puget Lowland, Washington''. He was chairman of the Geology Department at Western Washington University for 12 years. Easterbrook has conducted geologic research in the North Cascade Range, Puget Lowland, Columbia Plateau, Rocky Mts., New Zealand Alps, Argentine Andes, and various other parts of the world. His research has been funded by the

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, U.S. Dept. of Interior, and several other governmental agencies.

Climate change

In 2006, Easterbrook claimed that, based on past trends, "the current warm cycle should end soon and global temperatures should cool slightly until about 2035", and "the total increase in global warming for the century should be ~0.3 °C, rather than the catastrophic warming of 3-6°C (4-11°F) predicted by the

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."The Cause of Global Warming and Predictions for the Coming Century
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ended in 1998." Easterbrook's claims have been contradicted by temperature data.

Scientific Societies

* President of the Quaternary Geology and

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Division of the

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* Chairman of the 1977 National Geological Society of America meeting * U.S. representative to the United Nations International Geological Correlation Program * Associate Editor of the Geological Society of America Bulletin for 15 years * Associate Editor of the Geomorphology International Journal * Director of Field Excursions for the 2003 International Quaternary Association Congress * Founder of the Pacific Coast Friends of the Pleistocene * Founding member of

American Quaternary Association The American Quaternary Association (AMQUA) is a professional organization of North American scientists devoted to studies of the quaternary geological period. They were founded in 1970 and their stated goals are to "foster cooperation and commun ...

Awards

* National award for ‘Distinguished Service to the Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division’, Geological Society of America * Lifetime Achievement Award, Northwest Geological SocietyUniversity of Washington

Publications

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References

External links

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