Mark Serreze
Mark Clifford Serreze | |
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| Born | 1960 |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geography, Climatology |
| Institutions | Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, National Snow and Ice Data Center |
| Thesis | Seasonal and interannual variations of sea ice motion in the Canada basin and their relationships with the Arctic atmospheric circulation (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Roger G. Barry |
Mark Clifford Serreze (born 1960) is an American geographer and the director (since 2009) of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), a project of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. In 2019, he was named a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography. Serreze is primarily known for his expertise in the Arctic sea ice decline that has occurred over the last few decades due to global warming, a topic about which he has expressed serious concern. He has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications.