Michael Mann Appointed to Inaugural Advisory Board of the Outrider Foundation

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The Outrider Foundation, a nonprofit that supports multimedia storytelling about nuclear issues and climate change, recently announced that Michael Mann, Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, has been appointed to its first Advisory Board. The board includes climate and nuclear specialists, academics, bestselling authors, media strategists, and a diverse brain trust of security and policy experts.

“The Outrider Foundation does critically important work to ensure that key societal threats, be they environmental or security-related, don’t fly under the radar screen of our media," says Mann. "I couldn’t be more honored to serve on their board.”

Mann's research focuses on climate science and climate change. He was selected by Scientific American as one of the 50 leading visionaries in science and technology and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2020. He is co-founder of RealClimate.org and author of more than 200 peer-reviewed and edited publications, numerous op-eds and commentaries, and five books, including Dire Predictions, The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, The Madhouse Effect, The Tantrum that Saved the World, and The New Climate War. Mann is also Director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media (PCSSM).

“It’s an exciting time at Outrider, and I couldn’t be more grateful to this talented group of people,” said Robert K. Elder, president and CEO of Outrider Foundation. “They will be essential in helping to evolve the organization and shape its future and the impact we will make in the world.”

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