Tyndall Petition
The petition puts faces to the scientific agreement on the significant risks of Earth’s changing climate. Explore the petition and credentials of each signatory below.
Why was the petition Started?
According to a Yale University study, over 90% of scientists agree climate change is being caused by people yet only about 50% of the general public believes there is scientific agreement. To bridge this gap, we started the Tyndall Petition to allow climate experts to easily and publicly voice their position on climate change. Scientists have many responsibilities and public outreach is not usually one of them.
Why is it called the Tyndall Petition?
It is named after John Tyndall, a British scientist that discovered the heat-trapping properties of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in 1859. He was also a skilled speaker and author, who specialized in sharing science with the public. Over his lifetime he gave hundreds of presentations and wrote over a dozen books in support of educating the public.
“There is overwhelming scientific evidence that people are warming the Earth beyond natural variability. This position is held by virtually all climate scientists, NASA, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the world’s most authoritative organization on climate change).
The question today is no longer if man-made climate change is happening, but how its challenges can be solved by human ingenuity. We must rapidly reduce our greenhouse gas emissions in order to minimize the significant risks of climate change, such as more extreme heat waves, prolonged droughts and severe floods. Our actions will have lasting impacts on generations to come.”
Who’s signed?
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Meet the Signatories
*Note: Website is highly preliminary & not all signatories have been uploaded
Browse by institution:
- All
- Alaska Department of Natural Resources
- American University
- Appalachian State University
- Arizona State University
- Bentley University
- Boston University
- Bridgewater State University
- Brown University
- California Institute of Technology
- City University of New York
- Colgate University
- College of William and Mary
- Colorado School of Mines
- Colorado State University
- Columbia University
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth College
- Desert Research Institute
- Duke University
- East Carolina University
- Eckerd College
- Florida International University
- Florida State University
- George Mason University
- Georgetown University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Gettysburg College
- Harvard University
- Indiana University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Lehigh University
- Lewis & Clark University
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Lyndon State College
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Metropolitan State University of Denver
- National Academy of Sciences
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- New York University
- North Carolina State University
- North Dakota State University
- Northeastern University
- Northern Arizona University
- Northwestern University
- Ohio State University
- Ohio University
- Old Dominion University
- Oregon Climate Change Research Institute
- Oregon State University
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Pennsylvania State University
- Princeton University
- Rutgers University
- San Francisco State University
- San Jose State University
- Santa Clara University
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Sierra Nevada Research Institute
- Sonoma State University
- Stanford University
- State University of New York at Plattsburgh
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- Suffolk County Community College
- Texas A&M University
- Texas Tech University
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
- University of Alaska
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
- University of Albany
- University of Arizona
- University of British Columbia
- University of Buffalo
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Merced
- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, San Diego
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- University of Central Florida
- University of Chicago
- University of Colorado, Boulder
- University of Delaware
- University of Georgia
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- University of Houston
- University of Idaho
- University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
- University of Iowa
- University of Maine
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- University of Massachusetts Boston
- University of Massachusetts Lowell
- University of Miami
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of Montana
- University of Montana Western
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- University of Nevada, Reno
- University of New Hampshire
- University of New Mexico
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- University of North Carolina, Charlotte
- University of North Florida
- University of North Georgia
- University of Northern Colorado
- University of Northern Iowa
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Oregon
- University of Puget Sound
- University of Redlands
- University of South Carolina
- University of Southern California
- University of St. Thomas
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Utah
- University of Vermont
- University of Victoria
- University of Virginia
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- University of Wyoming
- Utah State University
- Victoria University
- Washington State University
- Weber State University
- Wesleyan University
- Western Washington University
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
*Signatories sign on as individuals and not on behalf of their institutions.
How signatories are added
Each signatory is individually evaluated by our staff to ensure that they meet our standards as a climate expert. We prioritize those who conduct research, work at reputable institutions, and have highly relevant backgrounds. More→
Request to Sign
If you work in or specialize in climate science or a highly-related field, please email us at tyndallpetition@climatepedia.org from your work email with a curriculum vitae and a link to your work website for consideration.