Berrien Moore III (November 12, 1941 – December 17, 2024) was an American mathematician and earth scientist who served as the director of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space at the University of New Hampshire[1] and the founding director of Climate Central.
[3] In June 2010, he accepted a set of linked positions at the University of Oklahoma: Vice President, Weather & Climate Programs, Director, National Weather Center, and Dean, College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences.
Moore was a coordinating lead author of the final chapter of the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an organisation that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
Among his other honors are the 2007 Dryden Lectureship in Research from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal.
Berrien Moore III died on December 17, 2024 in Norman, Oklahoma.