Joan Kleypas

Kleypas has a B.S. in Marine Biology from Lamar University (1979), an M.S. in Marine Science from the University of South Carolina (1981),{{cite thesis |last=Kleypas |first=Joan Ann |date=1980 |title= Migration and feeding of predatory fish in an intertidal creek, with special reference to the silver perch (Bairdiella chrysuraL.) |type=M.S. |chapter= |institution=University of South Carolina |docket= |oclc=(OCoLC)7214527 |url= |access-date=}} and a Ph.D. from James Cook University (1991).{{cite thesis|last=Kleypas|first=Joan Ann|date=1991|title=Geological development of fringing reefs in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia|type=Ph.D.|chapter=|institution=James Cook University of North Queensland. Department of Marine Biology|docket=|oclc=|url=|access-date=}} Kleypas is currently a Senior Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.{{Cite web|title=CGD People {{!}} Joanie Kleypas|url=https://www.cgd.ucar.edu/staff/kleypas/|access-date=2021-06-06|website=www.cgd.ucar.edu}}{{Cite web|title=Climate Communication {{!}} Joan Kleypas|url=https://www.climatecommunication.org/who-we-are/advisors/joan-kleypas/|access-date=2021-06-06|language=en-US}}

In her work on ocean acidification, Kleypas has worked at an environmental consulting firm,{{Cite web |title=Joan Kleypas - Ocean Scientist {{!}} Center for Science Education |url=https://scied.ucar.edu/students/careers/profiles/joan-kleypas |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=scied.ucar.edu}} led national meetings on the topic,{{Cite web|date=July 22, 2011|title=Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program Ocean Acidification Principal Investigators' Meeting|url=https://www.us-ocb.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2017/04/OCB_OA_PIwkshp2011_90204.pdf}} worked with groups on publications from the National Academy of Sciences on ocean acidification,{{Cite web|date=2010|title=Ocean acidification: A national strategy to meet the challenges of a changing ocean|url=https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/development-of-an-integrated-science-strategy-for-ocean-acidification-monitoring-research-and-impacts-assessment|access-date=2021-06-08|website=www.nationalacademies.org}}{{Cite web|title=Interviews with report authors|url=https://www.nap.edu/resource/12904/Interviews%20with%20Report%20Authors%20-%20ocean%20acidification.pdf}} and contributed to sections of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.{{Cite web|date=2013|title=Observations: Ocean|url=https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/WG1AR5_Chapter03_FINAL.pdf}}{{Cite web|date=2014|title=Emergent Risks and Key Vulnerabilities|url=https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/WGIIAR5-Chap19_FINAL.pdf}} Kleypas has briefed members of the House of Representatives on the impact of ocean acidification on marine life,{{Cite news|last=Eilperin|first=Juliet|date=2006-07-05|title=Growing Acidity of Oceans May Kill Corals|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en-US|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/04/AR2006070400772.html|access-date=2021-06-07|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web|title=Kleypas CV|url=https://www.cgd.ucar.edu/staff/kleypas/cv.pdf}} and has testified before multiple United States' government committees including the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans (2007),{{Cite web|date=April 17, 2007|title=WILDLIFE AND OCEANS IN A CHANGING CLIMATE|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-110hhrg34670/html/CHRG-110hhrg34670.htm|access-date=2021-06-08|website=U.S. House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans}} the House of Representatives Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (2008),{{Cite web|date=April 29, 2008|title=RISING TIDES, RISING TEMPERATURES: GLOBAL WARMING'S IMPACTS ON THE OCEANS|url=https://www.congress.gov/event/110th-congress/house-event/LC8940/text|access-date=2021-06-08|website=U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming}}{{Cite journal|date=2008|title=Climate impact on oceans examined|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43314679|journal=Issues in Science and Technology|volume=24|issue=4|pages=19|jstor=43314679|issn=0748-5492}} and the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment (2008).{{Cite web|date=June 5, 2008|title=The Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act {{!}} House Committee on Science, Space and Technology|url=https://science.house.gov/hearings/the-federal-ocean-acidification-research-and-monitoring-act|access-date=2021-06-08|website=U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment|language=en}} In addition to her research on ocean acidification and coral reefs, Kleypas actively presents actions that are needed to save coral reefs{{Cite journal|last1=Dodge|first1=Richard E.|last2=Birkeland|first2=Charles|last3=Hatziolos|first3=Marea|last4=Kleypas|first4=Joan|last5=Palumbi|first5=Stephen R.|last6=Hoegh-Guldberg|first6=Ove|last7=Van Woesik|first7=Rob|last8=Ogden|first8=John C.|last9=Aronson|first9=Richard B.|last10=Causey|first10=Billy D.|last11=Staub|first11=Francis|date=2008|title=A Call to Action for Coral Reefs|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20144978|journal=Science|volume=322|issue=5899|pages=189–190|doi=10.1126/science.322.5899.189b|jstor=20144978|pmid=18845729|s2cid=206582551|issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription}} and the conditions that would improve the ability of coral reefs to survive.{{Cite journal|last1=Kleypas|first1=Joan|last2=Allemand|first2=Denis|last3=Anthony|first3=Ken|last4=Baker|first4=Andrew C.|last5=Beck|first5=Michael W.|last6=Hale|first6=Lynne Zeitlin|last7=Hilmi|first7=Nathalie|last8=Hoegh-Guldberg|first8=Ove|last9=Hughes|first9=Terry|last10=Kaufman|first10=Les|last11=Kayanne|first11=Hajime|date=2021-05-01|title=Designing a blueprint for coral reef survival|journal=Biological Conservation|language=en|volume=257|pages=109107|doi=10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109107|issn=0006-3207|last17=Rinkevich|first17=Baruch|last18=Steneck|first18=Robert S.|last19=Voolstra|first19=Christian R.|last20=Wachenfeld|first20=David|last21=Gattuso|last15=Palumbi|first21=Jean-Pierre|first15=Stephen|first14=Peter|last14=Mumby|last13=McLeod|first12=Alexandre K.|last12=Magnan|last16=Richmond|first16=Robert H.|first13=Elizabeth|s2cid=234864697 |doi-access=free}} These actions led Mother Jones to highlight her in 2012 as one of the women defending ecosystems on the planet.{{Cite web|last=Whitty|first=Julia|date=April 2012|title=Keystone Ladies|url=https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/04/women-defend-environment-ecosystems-jane-goodall-wangari-maathai/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Mother Jones|language=en-US}}

Kleypas uses multiple venues to engage the general public including serving as a scientific advisor for the Netflix movie, Chasing Coral,{{Cite web|title=Team (TO BE RETIRED)|url=https://www.chasingcoral.com/the-team/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Chasing Coral|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607015844/https://www.chasingcoral.com/the-team/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=Our Team|url=https://www.raisingcoral.org/mentor-team|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Raising Coral Costa Rica|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Joanie Kleypas|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm8768987/bio|access-date=2021-06-07|website=IMDb}} and founding a coral reef restoration project in Costa Rica{{Cite web|title=Joanie Kleypas {{!}} staff.ucar.edu|url=https://staff.ucar.edu/users/kleypas|access-date=2021-06-07|website=staff.ucar.edu}}{{Cite web|last=Papp|first=Ashleigh F.|title=Rebuilding The Coral Reefs of Golfo Dulce|url=https://ucscsciencenotes.com/feature/rebuilding-the-coral-reefs-of-golfo-dulce/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=UCSC Science Notes|language=en-US}} Kleypas is one of the scientists highlighted in Nancy Baron's book, Escape from the Ivory Tower,{{Cite book|last=Baron|first=Nancy|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/692204508|title=Escape from the ivory tower : a guide to making your science matter|date=2010|publisher=Island Press|isbn=978-1-59726-965-0|location=Washington|oclc=692204508}} which describes how scientists can share their research with the general public.{{Cite web|date=2017-02-06|title=Speaking for the Data|url=https://www.americanscientist.org/article/speaking-for-the-data|access-date=2021-06-07|website=American Scientist|language=en}}

Kleypas' early research used sea surface temperature measured with satellites to define water circulation patterns in the Great Barrier Reef.{{Cite journal|last1=KLEYPAS|first1=J. A.|last2=BURRAGE|first2=D. M.|date=1994-07-10|title=Satellite observations of circulation in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/01431169408954227|journal=International Journal of Remote Sensing|volume=15|issue=10|pages=2051–2063|doi=10.1080/01431169408954227|bibcode=1994IJRS...15.2051K|issn=0143-1161|url-access=subscription}} She used modeling to estimate the extent of the reef habitat since the Last Glacial Maximum{{Cite journal|last=Kleypas|first=J. A.|date=1997|title=Modeled estimates of global reef habitat and carbonate production since the Last Glacial Maximum|journal=Paleoceanography|language=en|volume=12|issue=4|pages=533–545|doi=10.1029/97PA01134|bibcode=1997PalOc..12..533K|issn=1944-9186|doi-access=free}} and under future climate scenarios.{{Cite journal|last1=Guinotte|first1=J. M.|last2=Buddemeier|first2=R. W.|last3=Kleypas|first3=J. A.|date=2003-12-01|title=Future coral reef habitat marginality: temporal and spatial effects of climate change in the Pacific basin|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00338-003-0331-4|journal=Coral Reefs|volume=22|issue=4|pages=551–558|doi=10.1007/s00338-003-0331-4|s2cid=28110519|issn=0722-4028|url-access=subscription}} This research includes defining the environmental limits on where coral reefs can exist which has implications for the response of coral reefs to future climate change.{{Cite journal|last1=KLEYPAS|first1=JOAN A.|last2=MCMANUS|first2=JOHN W.|last3=MEÑEZ|first3=LAMBERT A. B.|date=1999|title=Environmental Limits to Coral Reef Development: Where Do We Draw the Line?|journal=American Zoologist|volume=39|issue=1|pages=146–159|doi=10.1093/icb/39.1.146|issn=0003-1569|doi-access=free}} Kleypas also examines how the physiology of some reef organisms will limit their ability to expand their geographic range.{{Cite journal|last=Kleypas|first=Joan|date=2015|title=Invisible barriers to dispersal: Physiological properties constrain future range expansions of marine organisms|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24747664|journal=Science|volume=348|issue=6239|pages=1086–1087|doi=10.1126/science.aab4122|jstor=24747664|pmid=26045419|s2cid=43417444|issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription}}

In 1999, Kleypas published a paper in Science ("Geochemical consequences of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide on reefs"{{Cite journal|last=Kleypas|first=J. A.|date=1999-04-02|title=Geochemical Consequences of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on Coral Reefs|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.284.5411.118|journal=Science|volume=284|issue=5411|pages=118–120|doi=10.1126/science.284.5411.118|pmid=10102806|bibcode=1999Sci...284..118K|url-access=subscription}}) which was the first to indicate that increases in carbon dioxide in the ocean will reduce the ability of coral reefs to build new carbonate skeletons. This research was a key component in discussions{{Cite news|last=Eilperin|first=Juliet|date=2012-09-30|title=Ocean acidification emerges as new climate threat|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ocean-acidification-emerges-as-new-climate-threat/2012/09/30/8457e6e8-08b8-11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_story.html|access-date=2021-06-07|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite magazine|last=Strickland|first=Eliza|date=July 30, 2008|title=In a More Acidic Ocean, Coral Reef "Skeletons" May Crumble|url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/in-a-more-acidic-ocean-coral-reef-skeletons-may-crumble|access-date=2021-06-10|magazine=Discover Magazine|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Lebwohl|first=Beth|date=2012-06-08|title=Joan Kleypas speaks about ocean acidification {{!}} Earth {{!}} EarthSky|url=https://earthsky.org/earth/joan-kleypas-on-ocean-acidification/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=earthsky.org|language=en-US}} on how the ocean, especially coral reefs, will respond to future climate change.

In 2008, Kleypas's research revealed that the western Pacific warm pool is warming less than other parts of the global ocean and corals there are experiencing fewer bleaching events,{{Cite journal |last1=Kleypas |first1=Joan A. |last2=Danabasoglu |first2=Gokhan |last3=Lough |first3=Janice M. |author-link3=Janice Lough |date=2008 |title=Potential role of the ocean thermostat in determining regional differences in coral reef bleaching events |journal=Geophysical Research Letters |language=en |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=L03613 |bibcode=2008GeoRL..35.3613K |doi=10.1029/2007GL032257 |issn=1944-8007 |doi-access=free}} research that was covered in the press because it was a piece of potential good news with respect to the state of coral reefs in the Pacific.{{Cite news|last=Revkin|first=Andrew C.|date=February 7, 2008|title=Climate roundup: Tornados, coral, drought|work=New York Times|url=https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/climate-roundup-tornadoes-coral-drought/}}{{Cite journal|last=C.|first=E.|date=2008|title=Some Corals Buffered from Warming|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20465295|journal=Science News|volume=173|issue=10|pages=158|jstor=20465295|issn=0036-8423}}

• {{Cite journal|last=Kleypas|first=J. A.|date=1999-04-02|title=Geochemical Consequences of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on Coral Reefs|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.284.5411.118|journal=Science|volume=284|issue=5411|pages=118–120|doi=10.1126/science.284.5411.118|pmid=10102806|bibcode=1999Sci...284..118K|url-access=subscription}}
• {{Cite journal|last1=Kleypas|first1=Joan A.|last2=Yates|first2=Kimberly K.|author-link2=Kimberly Yates|date=2009|title=Coral Reefs and Ocean Acidification|journal=Oceanography|volume=22|issue=4|pages=108–117|doi=10.5670/oceanog.2009.101|jstor=24861028|issn=1042-8275|doi-access=free}}
• {{Cite journal|last1=Doney|first1=Scott C.|last2=Fabry|first2=Victoria J.|last3=Feely|first3=Richard A.|last4=Kleypas|first4=Joan A.|date=2009-01-01|title=Ocean Acidification: The Other CO2 Problem|url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163834|journal=Annual Review of Marine Science|volume=1|issue=1|pages=169–192|doi=10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163834|pmid=21141034|bibcode=2009ARMS....1..169D|issn=1941-1405|url-access=subscription}}

• Kavli Frontiers of Science (2007){{Cite web|title=Joanie Kleypas|url=http://www.nasonline.org/programs/kavli-frontiers-of-science/frontiers-alumni/alumni-directory/joanie-kleypas.html|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.nasonline.org}}
• Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow (2008){{Cite web|title=FELLOWS (By Name)|url=https://www.earthleadership.org/fellows-name|access-date=2021-06-06|website=Earth Leadership|language=en}}
• Rachel Carson Lecture, American Geophysical Union (2009){{Cite web|title=Rachel Carson Lecture {{!}} AGU|url=https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/Section-Awards/Carson-Lecture|access-date=2021-06-06|website=www.agu.org}}
• Heinz Award for the Environment (2011){{Cite web|title=The Heinz Awards :: Joan Kleypas|url=http://www.heinzawards.net/recipients/joan-kleypas|access-date=2021-06-06|website=www.heinzawards.net}}
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2019){{Cite web|title=Elected Fellows {{!}} American Association for the Advancement of Science|url=https://www.aaas.org/fellows/listing|access-date=2021-06-06|website=www.aaas.org|language=en}}
• Eminence in Research award from the International Coral Reef Society (2020){{Cite web|title=2020 Awards|date=11 March 2020|url=http://coralreefs.org/2020-awards-announcement/}}

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