Jere H. Lipps

[2] After graduating from Eagle Rock High School he attended the University of California, Los Angeles, earning a B.A.

[3] After receiving his Ph.D. Lipps moved to the University of California, Davis and began his career in the Department of Geology.

Lipps's research concerns the evolutionary biology and ecology of marine organisms, protists in particular.

As of 2017[update], he is participating in studies concerning the biology and molecular phylogeny of coral reefs (Papua New Guinea, Enewetak Atoll, French Polynesia) and California foraminifera with the aim of better understanding the fossil record of these forms and ecosystems.

On the Antarctic Peninsula, he and his team used dry suits to dive in icy waters, frequently encountering aggressive leopard seals.

Jere studied and taught about astrobiology, publishing papers on the possibility of past and present life on Mars and Europa as well as icy bodies in the Universe anywhere.

It is affecting us all—from little things like changing growing seasons (even seed packages we buy have been revised to show the warmer trends) to big ones like more hurricanes and tornados, [sic] dying reefs and species, biodiversity declines, sea level rise, and many others.

Some humans on those low atolls you saw in the Pacific Ocean have been forced to move already because of rising sea level caused by melting ice.