David Ho (oceanographer)

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David Ho
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University
Known for
  • Southern Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment
  • Bamboo Bike Project
  • Carbon Dioxide Removal
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Websitewww.columbia.edu/~dth2

David T. Ho is an American scientist who works as a Professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.[1] He is known for his work on air-sea gas transfer, mangrove carbon cycling, tracer oceanography, and ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR).[2][3] He is often quoted in the media on CDR[4][5] and climate change,[6][7] and was recommended by the New York Times as a climate scientist to follow on social media.[8]

Ho also created the Bamboo Bike Project, with John Mutter in 2006,[9] which has spurred growth in the number of groups and companies creating bamboo bicycles around the world.

Background

David Ho obtained his A.B., M.A., and M.Phil, all from Columbia University, and was awarded a Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences[10] from Columbia University in New York in 2001. After a short postdoc at Princeton University,[11] he returned to the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) of Columbia University and continued his research there until 2008, when he moved to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Ho was also Chief Scientist on the Southern Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment,[12] a multi-agency funded effort to study air-sea gas exchange in the Southern Ocean. He has published over 60 research papers.

In addition to being a professor at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Ho is also an Adjunct Senior Research Scientist in Geochemistry at Columbia University,[2] an invited professor in the Department of Geosciences at the École normale supérieure,[13] and co-founder and Director of Science at [C]Worthy,[14] a non-profit working on building the tools needed to ensure safe, effective ocean-based CDR.

Bamboo Bike Project

Ho started the Bamboo Bike Project together with earth science professor John Mutter, and bicycle maker Craig Calfee. They brought simple, low-cost bicycle designs primarily made of bamboo to Ghana, teaching local craftsmen to build them.[15] The aim was to contribute to poverty reduction by facilitating locally made affordable transportation. They planned to implement the project in African Millennium Villages, as part of the UN Millennium Development Goals.[16] In 2007 he received seed funding for the project from Columbia's Earth Institute.[17]

References

  1. ^ "David T Ho @ University of Hawaiʻi".
  2. ^ a b "David | Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory".
  3. ^ Ho, David T. (2023-04-04). "Carbon dioxide removal is not a current climate solution — we need to change the narrative". Nature. 616 (7955): 9. doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00953-x. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 37016122.
  4. ^ Meyer, Robinson. "Kelp Is Weirdly Great at Sucking Carbon Out of the Sky". The Atlantic.
  5. ^ Pontecorvo, Emily (2022-04-22). "Elon Musk-funded carbon removal prize announces 15 'milestone' winners". Grist. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  6. ^ "Debunking 3 Common Climate Change Myths". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  7. ^ Simon, Julia. "Climate solutions do exist. These 6 experts detail what they look like". NPR.
  8. ^ "How can I hear from climate scientists themselves?". The New York Times. 22 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Pedal Pushers Online | Grow Your Own Bike: Can a bike made from Bamboo end poverty in the world? Ask David Ho!". www.pedalpushersonline.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-31.
  10. ^ http://eesc.columbia.edu/ [bare URL]
  11. ^ "David Ho".
  12. ^ "SO-GasEx Cruise".
  13. ^ Ho, David; Bopp, Laurent. "It is not too late to look up". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  14. ^ "[C]Worthy — Team". cworthy.org. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  15. ^ "Pedals, Chutes & Leaves". Columbia Magazine. 2007. Archived from the original on 2021-04-04. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  16. ^ "Bamboo bikes". New Internationalist. 2008-11-02. Archived from the original on 2021-04-04. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  17. ^ "Seed Funding Competition Year 2006 - 2007 - the Earth Institute - Columbia University".

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