Marika Holland is a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research known for her work on modeling sea ice and its role in the global climate.
[2] Following her Ph.D. Holland was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Victoria until 1999 when she joined the staff at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
[9] Holland's work on future sea ice predict an ice-free Arctic Ocean by 2040,[10] research that was broadly covered in the news.
[16] Holland has been a contributing author on the third,[17] fourth,[18] and fifth[19] assessment reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
In 2020 Holland was named an elected fellow of the American Geophysical Union who cited her "for sustained contributions in polar research and climate modeling".