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  • 2017 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Robert E. Kopp is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, and Ecology.

The main research topics in Kopp's work cover:

  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Kopp has contributed to numerous scholarly publications, frequently appearing in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Earth's Future, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Nature Climate Change, and Nature Communications.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Cenozoic sea-level and cryospheric evolution from deep-sea geochemical and continental margin records," 2020, Science Advances
  • "The Paris Climate Agreement and future sea-level rise from Antarctica," 2021, Nature
  • "Combined Modeling of US Fluvial, Pluvial, and Coastal Flood Hazard Under Current and Future Climates," 2020, Water Resources Research
  • "Global blue carbon accumulation in tidal wetlands increases with climate change," 2020, National Science Review
  • "Estimating a social cost of carbon for global energy consumption," 2021, Nature

The frequent collaborators in Kopp's research include:

  • Jiacan Yuan
  • Trevor Houser
  • Solomon Hsiang
  • Michael Greenstone
  • Benjamin P. Horton

Kopp has received recognition in the form of an award as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Estimating economic damage from climate change in the United States.

    Solomon Hsiang;Solomon Hsiang;Robert Kopp;Amir Jina;James Rising

  • Probabilistic 21st and 22nd Century Sea-Level Projections at a Global Network of Tide-Gauge Sites

    Robert E. Kopp;Radley M. Horton;Christopher M. Little;Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • Probabilistic assessment of sea level during the last interglacial stage

    Robert E. Kopp;Frederik J. Simons;Jerry X. Mitrovica;Adam C. Maloof

  • Cenozoic sea-level and cryospheric evolution from deep-sea geochemical and continental margin records.

    Kenneth G. Miller;James V. Browning;W. John Schmelz;Robert E. Kopp

  • The Paleoproterozoic snowball Earth: A climate disaster triggered by the evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis

    Robert E. Kopp;Joseph L. Kirschvink;Isaac A. Hilburn;Cody Z. Nash

  • Probabilistic reanalysis of twentieth-century sea-level rise

    Carling C. Hay;Carling C. Hay;Eric Morrow;Eric Morrow;Robert Evans Kopp;Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment.

    Jonathan L. Bamber;Michael Oppenheimer;Robert E. Kopp;Willy P. Aspinall

  • Global and Regional Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States

    William V. Sweet;Robert Kopp;Christopher P. Weaver;Jayantha Obeysekera

  • Temperature-driven global sea-level variability in the Common Era

    Robert Evans Kopp;Andrew C. Kemp;Klaus Bittermann;Benjamin Horton

  • The Paris Climate Agreement and future sea-level rise from Antarctica

    Robert M. DeConto;David Pollard;Richard B. Alley;Isabella Velicogna

  • Concepts and terminology for sea level: mean, variability and change, both local and global

    Jonathan M. Gregory;Jonathan M. Gregory;Stephen M. Griffies;Chris W. Hughes;Jason A. Lowe;Jason A. Lowe

  • IPCC reasons for concern regarding climate change risks

    Brian C. O'Neill;Michael Oppenheimer;Rachel Warren;Stephane Hallegatte

  • Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4), Volume I

    Donald J. Wuebbles;David W. Fahey;Kathy A. Hibbard;Jeff R. Arnold

  • The identification and biogeochemical interpretation of fossil magnetotactic bacteria

    Robert E. Kopp;Joseph L. Kirschvink

  • Combined Modeling of US Fluvial, Pluvial, and Coastal Flood Hazard Under Current and Future Climates

    Paul D. Bates;Niall Quinn;Christopher Sampson;Andrew Smith

  • Global blue carbon accumulation in tidal wetlands increases with climate change.

    Faming Wang;Faming Wang;Christian J Sanders;Christian J Sanders;Isaac R Santos;Isaac R Santos;Jianwu Tang

  • Estimating a social cost of carbon for global energy consumption

    Ashwin Rode;Tamma Carleton;Tamma Carleton;Michael Delgado;Michael Greenstone;Michael Greenstone

  • Evolving Understanding of Antarctic Ice-Sheet Physics and Ambiguity in Probabilistic Sea-Level Projections

    Robert E. Kopp;Robert M. DeConto;Daniel A. Bader;Carling C. Hay;Carling C. Hay;Carling C. Hay

  • Valuing the Global Mortality Consequences of Climate Change Accounting for Adaptation Costs and Benefits

    Tamma A. Carleton;Amir Jina;Michael T. Delgado;Michael Greenstone

  • Extreme sea levels at different global warming levels

    Claudia Tebaldi;Roshanka Ranasinghe;Roshanka Ranasinghe;Michalis Vousdoukas;D. J. Rasmussen

  • Exploring high-end scenarios for local sea level rise to develop flood protection strategies for a low-lying delta—the Netherlands as an example

    Caroline A. Katsman;A. Sterl;J. J. Beersma;H. W. van den Brink

  • Impact of climate change on New York City’s coastal flood hazard: Increasing flood heights from the preindustrial to 2300 CE

    Andra J. Garner;Michael E. Mann;Kerry A. Emanuel;Robert E. Kopp

  • Hurricane Sandy's flood frequency increasing from year 1800 to 2100.

    Ning Lin;Robert Evans Kopp;Benjamin Horton;Jeffrey P. Donnelly

  • Concepts and Terminology for Sea Level: Mean, Variability and Change, Both Local and Global (vol 40, pg 1251, 2019)

    Jonathan M Gregory;Stephen M Griffies;Chris W Hughes;Jason A Lowe

  • The Paleoproterozoic Snowball Earth : A climate disaster triggered by the evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis(Coevolution of Earth and Life, International Symposium on Origins of Life and Astrobiology)

    Joseph L. Kirschvink;Robert E. Kopp;Isaac A. Hilburn;Cody Z. Nash

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin P. Horton
Benjamin P. Horton City University of Hong Kong
Michael Oppenheimer
Michael Oppenheimer Princeton University
Solomon Hsiang
Solomon Hsiang University of California, Berkeley
Jerry X. Mitrovica
Jerry X. Mitrovica Harvard University
Radley M. Horton
Radley M. Horton Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Joseph L. Kirschvink
Joseph L. Kirschvink California Institute of Technology
Andrew C. Kemp
Andrew C. Kemp Tufts University
Simon E. Engelhart
Simon E. Engelhart Durham University
Kenneth G. Miller
Kenneth G. Miller Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
James V. Browning
James V. Browning Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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