David Reay
Encyclopedia
David S. Reay is a climate change
scientist, author, and senior lecturer in carbon management at the University of Edinburgh
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fluxes and land use
http://www.fcrn.org.uk/interviewSeries/interviews/archives/dreay/, including national and international research projects such as CarboEurope and NitroEurope, and research council-funded work through the UK's Natural Environment Research Council
. Reay's key peer reviewed publications include novel work on global carbon
sinks, the soil methane
sink, and nitrous oxide
emissions from aquatic systems. His work on nitrous oxide featured in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
's Fourth Assessment Report. In addition to his contributions to the understanding of greenhouse gas fluxes, Reay has written widely on climate change policy and society, particularly on individual and community action http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/homes/dreay/publications.html
, including the popular science books Climate Change Begins at Home published in 2005 by Macmillan
and shortlisted for the Times Higher Young Academic Author of the Year Award, and Your Planet Needs You! http://www.panmacmillan.com/Titles/displayPage.asp?PageTitle=Individual%20Title&BookID=402411 published in 2009 by Macmillan Children's Books. He is also lead editor of Greenhouse Gas Sinks http://www.cabi.org/bk_BookDisplay.asp?SubjectArea=&Subject=&PID=1993 published in 2007 by CABI and creator and editor of the climate change science website Greenhouse Gas Online http://www.ghgonline.org/. Publication list at University of Edinburgh http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/homes/dreay/publications.html.
Chevening programme Finance and Investment in a Low Carbon Economy.
He is very active in climate change knowledge exchange, both nationally and internationally http://www.rse.org.uk/schools/learning_resources/Climate%20Change%20web%20files/speaker_3.htmlhttp://www.sciencelive.org/component/option,com_mediadb/task,view/idstr,CUSP-CSF_06-Reay/Itemid,52http://www.rigb.org/contentControl?action=displayContent&id=00000001508http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/features/story.aspx?id=409, being a regular media commentator on climate change issues, advising on and appearing in the BBC's Can We Save Planet Earth Are We Changing Planet Earth?#Can We Save Planet Earth? film with Sir David Attenborough, and having provided expert evidence on climate change to select committees in the Westminster and Holyrood Parliaments.http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/homes/dreay/media.html. Knowledge exchange information, University of Edinburgh http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/homes/dreay/media.html.
Reay currently sits on the British Council
Scotland Advisory Committee as their climate change expert http://www.britishcouncil.org/scotland-news-new-advisory-committee.htm.
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
scientist, author, and senior lecturer in carbon management at the University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...
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Research
Reay's research focuses on greenhouse gasGreenhouse gas
A greenhouse gas is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect. The primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone...
fluxes and land use
Land use
Land use is the human use of land. Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as fields, pastures, and settlements. It has also been defined as "the arrangements, activities and inputs people undertake in a certain land cover...
http://www.fcrn.org.uk/interviewSeries/interviews/archives/dreay/, including national and international research projects such as CarboEurope and NitroEurope, and research council-funded work through the UK's Natural Environment Research Council
Natural Environment Research Council
The Natural Environment Research Council is a British research council that supports research, training and knowledge transfer activities in the environmental sciences.-History:...
. Reay's key peer reviewed publications include novel work on global carbon
Carbon
Carbon is the chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. As a member of group 14 on the periodic table, it is nonmetallic and tetravalent—making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds...
sinks, the soil methane
Methane
Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula . It is the simplest alkane, the principal component of natural gas, and probably the most abundant organic compound on earth. The relative abundance of methane makes it an attractive fuel...
sink, and nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas or sweet air, is a chemical compound with the formula . It is an oxide of nitrogen. At room temperature, it is a colorless non-flammable gas, with a slightly sweet odor and taste. It is used in surgery and dentistry for its anesthetic and analgesic...
emissions from aquatic systems. His work on nitrous oxide featured in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a scientific intergovernmental body which provides comprehensive assessments of current scientific, technical and socio-economic information worldwide about the risk of climate change caused by human activity, its potential environmental and...
's Fourth Assessment Report. In addition to his contributions to the understanding of greenhouse gas fluxes, Reay has written widely on climate change policy and society, particularly on individual and community action http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/homes/dreay/publications.html
Works
Reay has authored several books on climate changeClimate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
, including the popular science books Climate Change Begins at Home published in 2005 by Macmillan
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others.-History:...
and shortlisted for the Times Higher Young Academic Author of the Year Award, and Your Planet Needs You! http://www.panmacmillan.com/Titles/displayPage.asp?PageTitle=Individual%20Title&BookID=402411 published in 2009 by Macmillan Children's Books. He is also lead editor of Greenhouse Gas Sinks http://www.cabi.org/bk_BookDisplay.asp?SubjectArea=&Subject=&PID=1993 published in 2007 by CABI and creator and editor of the climate change science website Greenhouse Gas Online http://www.ghgonline.org/. Publication list at University of Edinburgh http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/homes/dreay/publications.html.
Educational work
Reay is programme director of the MSc in Carbon Management at the University of Edinburgh http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/msc/carbon-management and co-director of the Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeForeign and Commonwealth Office
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO is a British government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.The head of the FCO is the...
Chevening programme Finance and Investment in a Low Carbon Economy.
He is very active in climate change knowledge exchange, both nationally and internationally http://www.rse.org.uk/schools/learning_resources/Climate%20Change%20web%20files/speaker_3.htmlhttp://www.sciencelive.org/component/option,com_mediadb/task,view/idstr,CUSP-CSF_06-Reay/Itemid,52http://www.rigb.org/contentControl?action=displayContent&id=00000001508http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/features/story.aspx?id=409, being a regular media commentator on climate change issues, advising on and appearing in the BBC's Can We Save Planet Earth Are We Changing Planet Earth?#Can We Save Planet Earth? film with Sir David Attenborough, and having provided expert evidence on climate change to select committees in the Westminster and Holyrood Parliaments.http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/homes/dreay/media.html. Knowledge exchange information, University of Edinburgh http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/homes/dreay/media.html.
Reay currently sits on the British Council
British Council
The British Council is a United Kingdom-based organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales, and in Scotland...
Scotland Advisory Committee as their climate change expert http://www.britishcouncil.org/scotland-news-new-advisory-committee.htm.