Michael Oppenheimer

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Michael

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Oppenheimer

Feng, Kairui, and Michael Oppenheimer. (2025) 2025. “Reinforcement Learning-Based Adaptive Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation: An Application for Flood Risk Management”. PNAS Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences 122 (12). doi:10.1073/pnas.2402826122.

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Nix, Paul, and Michael Oppenheimer. (2025) 2025. “Quasi-Governmental Organization under Pressure: The Connecticut Green Bank’s Response to a Budget Shock"”. Environmental Policy and Governance 35 (4): 647-61. doi:10.1002/eet.2161.

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Xi, Dahzi, and Michael Oppenheimer. (2025) 2025. “Shifts of Future Tropical Cyclone Genesis Date in North Atlantic and North Pacific Basins: An Ensemble Modeling Investigation”. NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science. doi:10.1038/s41612-025-01077-x.

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Helgeson, Casey, and Michael Oppenheimer. (2025) 2025. “Exploratory Scoping of Place-Based Opportunities for Convergence Research”. Earth’s Future. doi:10.1029/2024EF004908.

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Kopp, Robert E., Michael Oppenheimer, Jessica O’Reilly, and et al. (2022) 2022. “Communicating Projection Uncertainty and Ambiguity in Sea-Level Assessment”. (Submitted) ESS Open Archive. doi:10.1002/essoar.10511663.1.

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Magnan, Alexandre K., Michael Oppenheimer, Matthias Garschagen, Maya Buchanan, and et al. (2022) 2022. “Sea Level Rise Risks and Societal Adaptation Benefits in Low-Lying Coastal Areas”. Scientific Reports 12 (10677).

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Allen, Myles, et al., and Michael Oppenheimer. (2022) 2022. “Indicate Separate Contributions of Long-Lived and Short-Lived Greenhouse Gases in Emission Targets”. Nature NJP Climate and Atmospheric Science 5 (5). doi:10.1038/s41612-021-00226-2.

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Xiao, Tingyin, Michael Oppenheimer, Xiaogang He, and Marina Mastrorillo. (2022) 2022. “Complex Climate and Network Effects on Internal Migration in South Africa Revealed by a Network Model”. Population and Environment 43: 289-318. doi:10.1007/s11111-021-00392-8.

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Lockwood, Joseph, Michael Oppenheimer, Ning Lin, Robert E. Kopp, Gabriel Vecchi, and Avantika Gori. (2022) 2022. “Correlation Between Sea-Level Rise and Aspects of Future Tropical Cyclone Activity in CMIP6 Models”. Earth’s Future 10 (4). doi:10.1029/2021EF002462.

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Rasmussen, D.J., Scott Kulp, Robert E. Kopp, Michael Oppenheimer, and Benjamin H. Strauss. (2022) 2022. “Popular Extreme Sea Level Metrics Can Better Communicate Impacts”. Climatic Change 170 (30). doi:10.1007/s10584-021-03288-6.

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Oppenheimer, Michael. 2021. “WHATEVER WORKS: THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD TOWARD CLIMATE ACTION”. NYU Environmental Law Journal 29 (29.1): 619-38. Publisher’s Version: WHATEVER WORKS: THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD TOWARD CLIMATE ACTION.

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Horton, Radley, Alex Sherbinin, David Wrathall, and Michael Oppenheimer. 2021. “Assessing Human Habitability and Migration”. Science. doi:DOI: 10.1126/science.abi8603.

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Choquette-Levy, Nicolas, Matthias Wildemeersch, Michael Oppenheimer, and Simon A. Levin. 2021. “Risk Transfer Policies and Climate-Induced Immobility Among Smallholder Farmers”. Nature Climate Change 11: 1046-54. doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01205-4.

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Schwartzman, Stephan, Ruben N. Lubowski, Stephen W. Pacala, Nathaniel Keohane, Suzi Kerr, Michael Oppenheimer, and Steven Hamburg. 2021. “Environmental Integrity of Emissions Reductions Depends on Scale and Systemic Changes, Not Sector of Origin”. Environmental Research Letters 16. doi:https:/ / doi.org/ 10.1088/ 1748-9326/ ac18e8.

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Rasmussen, D.J., Robert Kopp, Rachel Shwom, and Michael Oppenheimer. 2021. “The Political Complexity of Coastal Flood Risk Reduction: Lessons for Climate Adaptation Public Works in the U.S.”. Earth’s Future 9 (2). doi:10.1029/2020EF001575.

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Ocko, Ilissa B., Tianyi Sun, Drew Shindell, Michael Oppenheimer, Alexander N. Hristov, Stephen W. Pacala, Denise L. Mauzerall, Yangyang Xu, and Steven P. Hamburg. 2021. “ Acting Rapidly to Deploy Readily Available Methane Mitigation Measuresby Sector Can Immediately Slow Global Warming ”. Environmental Research Letters 16. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abf9c8.

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Rasmussen, D.J., Robert E. Kopp, Rachael Shwom, and Michael Oppenheimer. 2020. “The Political Complexity of Coastal Flood Risk Reduction: Lessons for Climate Adaptation Public Works in the U.S.”. Earth’s Future 9 (2). doi:10.1029/2020EF001575.

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Oppenheimer, Michael, Naomi Oreskes, Dale Jamieson, Keynyn Brysse, Jessica O’Reilly, Matthew Shindell, and Milena Wazeck. 2019. Discerning Experts: The Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

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Oppenheimer, Michael, and R. H. Boyle. 1990. Dead Heat: The Race Against The Greenhouse Effect. New York: Basic Books. doi:10.1177/027046769301300174.

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Turner, Will R., Bethany A. Bradley, Lyndon D. Estes, David G. Hole, Michael Oppenheimer, and David S. Wilcove. 2010. “Climate Change: Helping Nature Survive the Human Response”. Conservation Letters vol 3 (issue 5).

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Gerber, Stefan, Lars O. Hedin, Michael Oppenheimer, Steven W. Pacala, and Elena Shevliakova. 2010. “Nitrogen Cycling and Feedbacks in a Global Dynamic Land Model”. Global Biogeochemical Cycles vol. 24 (issue 1).

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Ntelekos, Alexandros, Michael Oppenheimer, James A. Smith, and Andrew J. Miller. 2010. “Urbanization, Climate Change and Flood Policy in the United States”. Climatic Change vol. 103: pp. 597-616.

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Oppenheimer, Michael. 2010. “Climatic Change Letters: A Modest Effort to Address a Gigantic Problem”. Climatic Change vol 100: pp.7-10.

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Searchinger, Timothy, Steven Hamburg, Jerry Melillo, William Chameides, Petr Havlik, Daniel M. Kammen, Gene E. Likens, et al. 2010. “Carbon Calculations to Consider—Response”. Science vol 327 (issue 5967): pp.781.

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Searchinger, Tim, Steven Hamburg, Jerry Melillo, William Chameides, Petr Havlik, Daniel M. Kammen, Gene E. Likens, et al. 2010. “Bioenergy: Counting on Incentives—Response”. Science vol 327 (issue 5970): pp.1200-1201.

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Backstrand, Karin, James Meadowcroft, and Michael Oppenheimer. 2011. “The Politics and Policy of Carbon Capture and Storage : Framing an Emergent Technology”. Global Environmental Change vol.21 (issue 2): pp. 275-281.

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Brysse, Keynyn, Naomi Oreskes, Jessica O’Reilly, and Michael Oppenheimer. 2012. “Climate Change Prediction: Erring on the Side of Least Drama?”. Global Environmental Change vol. 23 (issue 1): pp. 327-337.

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Estes, Lyndon D., Hein Beukes, Bethany A. Bradley, Stephanie R. Debats, Michael Oppenheimer, Alex C. Ruane, Roland Schulze, and Mark Tadross. 2013. “Projected Climate Impacts to South African Maize and Wheat Production in 2055: A Comparison of Empirical and Mechanistic Modeling Approaches”. Global Change Biology vol. 19 (issue 12).

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Oppenheimer, Michael, Bryce Rudyk, and R.B. Stewart. 2013. “Building a More Effective Global Climate Regime Through a Bottom-Up Approach”. Theoretical Inquiries in Law vol. 14 (issue 1 ): pp.273-306.

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Escarra, M.D., Loan T. Le, Nathan Urban, and Michael Oppenheimer. 2013. “Quantum Cascade Laser-Based Sensing for Carbon Sequestration Leakage Monitoring”. IEEE Sensors Journal vol. 13 (no.6): pp. 2348-2356.

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Estes, Lyndon D., Lydie-Line Paroz, Bethany A. Bradley, Jonathan M. H. Green, David G. Hole, Stephen Holness, Guy Ziv, Michael Oppenheimer, and Davis S. Wilcove. 2013. “Using Changes in Agricultural Utility to Quantify Future Climate‐Induced Risk to Conservation”. Conservation Biology vol. 28 (issue 2).

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Lloyd, Ian, and Michael Oppenheimer. 2014. “On the Design of an International Governance Framework for Geoengineering”. Global Environmental Politics vol. 14: pp.45-63.

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Cai, Ruohong, Danlin Yu, and Michael Oppenheimer. 2014. “Estimating the Spatially Varying Responses of Corn Yields to Weather Variations Using Geographically Weighted Panel Regression”. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics vol 39: pp. 230-252.

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Bohra-Mishra, Pratikshya, Michael Oppenheimer, and Solomon Hsiang. 2014. “Nonlinear Permanent Migration Response to Climatic Variations But Minimal Response to Disasters”. PNAS vol 111: pp.9780-9785.

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Keohane, Robert O., Melissa Lane, and Michael Oppenheimer. 2014. “The Ethics of Scientific Communication under Uncertainty”. Politics, Philosophy & Economics vol. 13 (issue 4): pp. 343- 368.

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Kopp, Robert E., Radley Horton, Christopher M. Little, Jerry Mitrovica, Michael Oppenheimer, D.J. Rasmussen, Benjamin H. Strauss, and Claudia Tebaldi. 2014. “Probabilistic 21st and 22nd Century Sea‐level Projections at a Global Network of Tide‐gauge Sites”. Earth’s Future vol.2 (issue 8).

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Cai, Ruohong, Neli Esipova, Michael Oppenheimer, and Shuaizhang Feng. 2014. “International Migration Desires Related to Subjective Well-Being”. IZA Journal of Development and Migration vol. 3.

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Oppenheimer, Michael. 2014. “Warming Goal: Still the Best Indicator”. Nature vol 514: pp.434.

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Little, Christopher, Radley Horton, Robert E. Kopp, and Michael Oppenheimer. 2015. “Uncertainty in Twenty-First-Century CMIP5 Sea Level Projections”. Journal of Climate vol. 28: pp. 838-852.

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Little, Christopher, Radley Horton, Robert E. Kopp, Michael Oppenheimer, Gabriel A. Vecchi, and Gabiele Villarini. 2015. “Joint Projections of US East Coast Sea Level and Storm Surge”. Nature Climate Change vol 5.

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Horton, Radley, Christopher Little, Vivien Gornitz, Daniel Bader, and Michael Oppenheimer. 2015. “New York City Panel on Climate Change 2015 Report Chapter 2: Sea Level Rise and Coastal Storms”. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

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Oppenheimer, Michael. 2015. “Adapting to Climate Change: Rising Sea Levels, Limiting Risks”. Social Research: An International Quarterly vol.82: pp. 673-680.

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Wagner, Gernot, Tomas Kåberger, Susanna Olai, Michael Oppenheimer, Katherine Rittenhouse, and Thomas Sterner. 2015. “Energy Policy: Push Renewables to Spur Carbon Pricing”. Nature vol 525 (issue 7567).

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Cai, Ruohong, Shuaizhang Feng, Michael Oppenheimer, and Mariola Pytlikova. 2016. “Climate Variability and International Migration: The Importance of the Agricultural Linkage”. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management vol.79: pp. 135-151.

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Oppenheimer, Michael, and JK Anttila-Hughes. 2016. “The Science of Climate Change”. The Future of Children vol.26: pp.11-30.

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Liu, Yonggang, Robert Hallberg, Olga Sergienko, Bonnie Samuels, Matthew Harrison, and Michael Oppenheimer. 2017. “Climate Response to the Meltwater Runoff from Greenland Ice Sheet: Evolving Sensitivity to Discharging Locations”. Climate Dynamics vol.51: pp. 1733-1751.

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Deng, Hang, Jefrey M. Bielicki, Michael Oppenheimer, Jeffrey P. Fitts, and Catherine A. Peters. 2017. “Leakage Risks of Geologic CO2 Storage and the Impacts on the Global Energy System and Climate Change Mitigation”. Climatic Change vol.144: pp.151-163.

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Kopp, Robert E., Robert M. DeConto, Daniel A. Bader, Carling C. Hay, Radley Horton, Scott Kulp, Michael Oppenheimer, David Pollard, and Benjamin H. Strauss. 2017. “Evolving Understanding of Antarctic Ice‐Sheet Physics and Ambiguity in Probabilistic Sea‐Level Projections”. Earth’s Future vol. 5 (12).

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Stewart, Richard, Michael Oppenheimer, and Bryce Rudyk. 2017. “Building Blocks: A Strategy for Near-Term Action Within the New Global Climate Framework”. Climatic Change vol. 144: pp.1-13.

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Schenkel, Benjamin, Ning Lin, Daniel Chavas, Michael Oppenheimer, and Alan Brammer. 2017. “Evaluating Outer Tropical Cyclone Size in Reanalysis Datasets Using QuikSCAT Data”. Journal of Climate vol.30: pp. 8745-8762.

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