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Member Since 1992
Peter C. Griffith
Chief Support Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Member, Open Science Prize Committee
Dr. Griffith is the founding director of NASA’s Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Office, supporting the North American Carbon Program, a component of the U.S. Global Change Research Program; the Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment; and the NASA Carbon Monitoring System. He is a passionate public speaker about the human impacts on the carbon cycle and their implications for ecosystems and climate.
Professional Experience
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Chief Support Scientist
2000 - Present
Education
University of Georgia
Doctorate
1988
Publications
Carbon Budget of Tidal Wetlands, Estuaries, and Shelf Waters of Eastern North America

Carbon cycling in the coastal zone affects global carbon budgets and is critical for understanding the urgent issues of hypoxia, acidification, and...

March 11, 2018
Net ecosystem production and organic carbon balance of U.S. East Coast estuaries: A synthesis approa...

Net ecosystem production (NEP) and the overall organic carbon budget for the estuaries along the East Coast of the United States are estimated. We ...

January 27, 2015
AGU Abstracts
Prohibition of US Government Expenditures on Refreshments Impedes Collaboration and Scientific Advancement
AGU 2024
education | 13 december 2024
Libby K. Larson, Scott J. Goetz, Peter C. Griffith...
Meeting in person is crucial for scientific progress, and the provision of refreshments can support and enhance social interactions and idea generatio...
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Field Safety Insights from a Decade of the NASA ABoVE Field Campaign
AGU 2024
union sessions | 13 december 2024
Elizabeth E. Hoy, Peter C. Griffith, Libby K. Lars...
The Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment is a NASA Terrestrial Ecology Program field campaign being conducted in Alaska and western Canada. It is a ...
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Airborne Monitoring of Arctic Ecosystem Change 2017 – 2024
AGU 2024
biogeosciences | 10 december 2024
Charles E. Miller, Peter C. Griffith, Scott J. Goe...
Arctic amplification has accelerated change in the northern high latitudes, leading to the borealization of the tundra and rapid transformation of per...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Open Science Prize Committee
2021 - 2023
Member
Biogeosciences DEI Steering Committe and DEI Working Group
2020 - 2022
Member
Governance
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