Patrick Gonzalez is a climate change scientist and forest ecologist. He conducts applied research on impacts of human-caused climate change and on ecosystem carbon solutions and works with national parks, policymakers, and local people to integrate climate change science into natural resource management. Patrick has conducted and published field research in Africa, Latin America, and the United States. He is coordinating lead author for the Southwest for the U.S. National Climate Assessment and is a lead author on three published and one forthcoming report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the organization awarded a share of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
Scientific Positions
Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, 2017-present UC Berkeley Gonzalez web page
Affiliate, Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity, University of California, Berkeley, California, 2017-present
Affiliate, Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, California, 2018-present
Principal Climate Change Scientist, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, U.S. National Park Service, Berkeley, California, 2015-present
Climate Change Scientist, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, U.S. National Park Service, Washington, DC, 2010-2015
Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, California, 2009-2010, 2015-2016
Climate Change Scientist, Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, 2003-2008
Desertification and Climate Change Advisor, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, DC, 2000-2003
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Diplomacy Fellow, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, 1998-2000
Post Doctoral Fellow in Natural Resource Management, Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1998
Fulbright Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, Louga, Sénégal, 1993-1994
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Energy and Resources, University of California, Berkeley, 1997
Master of Science (M.S.), Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 1987
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Natural Resources, Cornell University, 1986
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Gonzalez, P., F. Wang, M. Notaro, D.J. Vimont, and J.W. Williams. 2018. Disproportionate magnitude of climate change in United States national parks. Environmental Research Letters 13: 104001. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aade09. PDF File PDF Supplementary Information
Barnosky, A.D., E.A. Hadly, P. Gonzalez, J. Head, P.D. Polly, A.M. Lawing, J.T. Eronen, D.D. Ackerly, K. Alex, E. Biber, J. Blois, J. Brashares, G. Ceballos, E. Davis, G.P. Dietl, R. Dirzo, H. Doremus, M. Fortelius, H. Greene, J. Hellmann, T. Hickler, S.T. Jackson, M. Kemp, P.L. Koch, C. Kremen, E.L. Lindsey, C. Looy, C.R. Marshall, C. Mendenhall, A. Mulch, A.M. Mychajliw, C. Nowak, U. Ramakrishnan, J. Schnitzler, K.D. Shrestha, K. Solari, L. Stegner, M.A. Stegner, N.C. Stenseth, M.H. Wake, and Z. Zhang. 2017. Merging paleobiology with conservation biology to guide the future of terrestrial ecosystems. Science 355: 594. doi:10.1126/science.aah4787. PDF File
Early, R., B.A. Bradley, J.S. Dukes, J.J. Lawler, J.D. Olden, D.M. Blumenthal, P. Gonzalez, E.D. Grosholz, I. Ibañez, L.P. Miller, C.J.B. Sorte, and A.J. Tatem. 2016. Global threats from invasive alien species in the twenty-first century and national response capacities. Nature Communications 7: 12485. doi:10.1038/ncomms12485. PDF File PDF Supporting Information PDF North America and U.S. National Park System map
Gonzalez, P., J.J. Battles, B.M. Collins, T. Robards, and D.S. Saah. 2015. Aboveground live carbon stock changes of California wildland ecosystems, 2001-2010. Forest Ecology and Management 348: 68-77. PDF File PDF Supplementary Material
Betts, R.A., N. Golding, P. Gonzalez, J. Gornall, R. Kahana, G. Kay, L. Mitchell, and A. Wiltshire. 2015. Climate and land use change impacts on global terrestrial ecosystems and river flows in the HadGEM2-ES Earth system model using the representative concentration pathways. Biogeosciences 12: 1317-1338. PDF File
Lydersen, J.M., B.M. Collins, C.M. Ewell, A.L. Reiner, J.A. Fites, C.B. Dow, P. Gonzalez, D.S. Saah, and J.J. Battles. 2014. Using field data to assess model predictions of surface and ground fuel consumption by wildfire in coniferous forests of California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 119: 223–235. PDF File
Gonzalez, P., B. Kroll, and C.R. Vargas. 2014. Tropical rainforest biodiversity and aboveground carbon changes and uncertainties in the Selva Central, Peru. Forest Ecology and Management 312: 78-91. PDF File PDF Supplementary Material
Grimm, N.B., F.S. Chapin, B. Bierwagen, P. Gonzalez, P.M. Groffman, Y. Luo, F. Melton, K. Nadelhoffer, A. Pairis, P.A. Raymond, J. Schimel, and C.E. Williamson. 2013. The impacts of climate change on ecosystem structure and function. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 11: 474-482. PDF File PDF Supporting Material
Schwartz, M.W., J.J. Hellmann, J.M. McLachlan, D.F. Sax, J.O. Borevitz, J. Brennan, A.E. Camacho, G. Ceballos, J.R. Clark, H. Doremus, R. Early, J.R. Etterson, D. Fielder, J.L. Gill, P. Gonzalez, N. Green, L. Hannah, D.W. Jamieson, D. Javeline, B.A. Minteer, J. Odenbaugh, S. Polasky, D.M. Richardson, T.L. Root, H.D. Safford, O. Sala, S.H. Schneider, A.R. Thompson, J.W. Williams, M. Vellend, P. Vitt, and S. Zellmer. 2012. Managed relocation: Integrating the scientific, regulatory, and ethical challenges. BioScience 62: 732-743. PDF File
Haugo, R.D., S.A. Hall, E.M. Gray, P. Gonzalez, and J.D. Bakker. 2010. Influences of climate, fire, grazing, and logging on woody species composition along an elevation gradient in the eastern Cascades, Washington. Forest Ecology and Management 260: 2204-2213. PDF File Word Supplementary Data
Gonzalez, P., G.P. Asner, J.J. Battles, M.A. Lefsky, K.M. Waring, and M. Palace. 2010. Forest carbon densities and uncertainties from Lidar, QuickBird, and field measurements in California. Remote Sensing of Environment 114: 1561-1575. PDF File PDF Supplementary Data
Baker, D.J., G. Richards, A. Grainger, P. Gonzalez, S. Brown, R. DeFries, A. Held, J. Kellndorfer, P. Ndunda, D. Ojima, P.E. Skrovseth, C. Souza, and F. Stolle. 2010. Achieving forest carbon information with higher certainty: A five-part plan. Environmental Science and Policy 13: 249-260. PDF File
Allen, C.D., A.K. Macalady, H. Chenchouni, D. Bachelet, N. McDowell, M. Vennetier, T. Kitzberger, A. Rigling, D.D. Breshears, E.H. Hogg, P. Gonzalez, R. Fensham, Z. Zhang, J. Castro, N. Demidova, J.H. Lim, G. Allard, S.W. Running, A. Semerci, and N. Cobb. 2010. A global overview of drought and heat-induced forest mortality reveals emerging climate change risks. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 660-684. PDF File
Lawler, J.J., T.H. Tear, C. Pyke, M.R. Shaw, P. Gonzalez, P. Kareiva, L. Hansen, L. Hannah, K. Klausmeyer, A. Aldous, C. Bienz, and S. Pearsall. 2010. Resource management in a changing and uncertain climate. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8: 35-43. PDF File
Griffith, B., J.M. Scott, R. Adamcik, D. Ashe, B. Czech, R. Fischman, P. Gonzalez, J. Lawler, A.D. McGuire, and A. Pidgorna. 2009. Climate change adaptation for the US National Wildlife Refuge System. Environmental Management 44: 1043-1052. PDF File
Richardson, D.M., J.J. Hellmann, J.S. McLachlan, D.F. Sax, M.W. Schwartz, P. Gonzalez, E.J. Brennan, A. Camacho, T.L. Root, O.E. Sala, S.H. Schneider, D.M. Ashe, J.R. Clark, R. Early, J.R. Etterson, E.D. Fielder, J.L. Gill, B.A. Minteer, S. Polasky, H.D. Safford, A.R. Thompson, and M. Vellend. 2009. Multidimensional evaluation of managed relocation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 106: 9721-9724. PDF File PDF Supporting Information
Other Journal Articles
Gonzalez, P. 2011. Climate change impacts and carbon in U.S. national parks. Park Science 28(2): 10-15. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2011. Science for natural resource management under climate change. Issues in Science and Technology 27(4): 65-74. PDF File HTML Version
Gonzalez, P., B. Kroll, and C.R. Vargas. 2007. Análisis de la restauración forestal del carbono en el bosque húmedo tropical de selva central del Perú. Revista Forestal del Perú 30: 103-153. PDF File
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Reports
Niang, I., O.C. Ruppel, M.A. Abdrabo, A. Essel, C. Lennard, J. Padgham, and P. Urquhart. 2014. Africa. In Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. [P. Gonzalez one of 55 Contributing Authors.] PDF File (5 Mb)
Settele, J., R. Scholes, R.A. Betts, S. Bunn, P. Leadley, D. Nepstad, J.T. Overpeck, and M.A. Taboada. 2014. Terrestrial and inland water systems. In Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. [P. Gonzalez one of 30 Contributing Authors.] PDF File (10.4 Mb)
Pipatti, R., P. Munishi, P. Gonzalez, and P.M. Wade. 2013. Cross-cutting issues and reporting. In Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva, Switzerland. PDF File
Aalde, H., P. Gonzalez, M. Gytarsky, T. Krug, W.A. Kurz, S. Ogle, J. Raison, D. Schoene, N.H. Ravindranath, N.G. Elhassan, L.S. Heath, N. Higuchi, S. Kainja, M. Matsumoto, M.J.S. Sánchez, and Z. Somogyi. 2006. Forest Land. In Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Guidelines. Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Hayama, Japan. PDF File
Aalde, H., P. Gonzalez, M. Gytarsky, T. Krug, W.A. Kurz, R. Lasco, D.L. Martino, B.G. McConkey, S.M. Ogle, K. Paustian, J. Raison, N.H. Ravindranath, D. Schoene, P. Smith, Z. Somogyi, A. van Amstel, and L. Verchot. 2006. Generic methods applicable to multiple land use categories. In Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Guidelines. Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Hayama, Japan. PDF File
Desanker, P., C. Magadza, A. Allali, C. Basalirwa, M. Boko, G. Dieudonne, T.E. Downing, P.O. Dube, A. Githeko, M. Githendu, P. Gonzalez, D. Gwary, B. Jallow, J. Nwafor, and R. Scholes. 2001. Africa. In Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. PDF File
U.S. National Climate Assessment Reports
Gonzalez, P., G. Garfin, D. Breshears, K. Brooks, H. Brown, E. Elias, A. Gunasekara, N. Huntly, J. Maldonado, N. Mantua, H. Margolis, S. McAfee, E.R. Middleton, and B. Udall. in review. Southwest. In U.S. Global Change Research Program. Climate Change Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: The Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC. U.S. Government information
Garfin, G., G. Franco, H. Blanco, A. Comrie, P. Gonzalez, T. Piechota, R. Smyth, and R. Waskom. 2014. Southwest. In U.S. Global Change Research Program (Melillo, J.M., T.C. Richmond, and G.W. Yohe (Eds.)) Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC. PDF File
Book Chapters
Gonzalez, P. 2017. Climate change trends, impacts, and vulnerabilities in US national parks. In Beissinger, S.R., D.D. Ackerly, H. Doremus, and G.E. Machlis (eds.) Science, Conservation, and National Parks. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. PDF File University of Chicago Press web page
Gonzalez, P. 2013. Energy use, Human. In S.A. Levin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity (Second Edition). Academic Press, Waltham, MA. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2010. Impacts of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems and adaptation measures for natural resource management. In J. Dodson (Ed.) Changing Climates, Earth Systems and Society. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. PDF File
Scott, J.M., B. Griffith, R.S. Adamcik, D.M. Ashe, B. Czech, R.L. Fischman, P. Gonzalez, J.J. Lawler, A.D. McGuire, and A. Pidgorna. 2008. National Wildlife Refuges. In U.S. Climate Change Science Program. Preliminary review of adaptation options for climate-sensitive ecosystems and resources. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2007. Energy use, human. In S. Levin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity (Updated Edition). Elsevier Press, Oxford, UK. PDF File
Sampson, R.N., N. Bystriakova, S. Brown, P. Gonzalez, L.C. Irland, P. Kauppi, R. Sedjo, and I.D. Thompson. 2006. Timber, Fuel, and Fiber. In Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Current State and Trends. Island Press, Washington, DC. PDF File
Shvidenko, A., C.V. Barber, R. Persson, P. Gonzalez, R. Hassan, P. Lakyda, I. McCallum, S. Nilsson, J. Pulhin, B. van Rosenburg, and B. Scholes. 2006. Forest and Woodland Systems. In Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Current State and Trends. Island Press, Washington, DC. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2001. Energy use, human. In S. Levin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. PDF File
Doctoral Dissertation
Gonzalez, P. 1997. Dynamics of Biodiversity and Human Carrying Capacity in the Senegal Sahel. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, CA. Dissertation Chair John P. Holdren.
Technical Reports
Ackerly, D., J. Battles, V. Butsic, P. Gonzalez, M. Kelly, W. Silver, D. Saah, S. Di Tommaso, A. Mayer, D. Moanga, I. Schroeter, and B. Riordan. 2018. Land Acquisition and Ecosystem Carbon in Coastal California. California Fourth Climate Change Assessment report CCCA4-EXT-2018-003. Climate Readiness Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2017. Climate Change in Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA. National Park Service, Berkeley, CA. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. and W.B. Reiner. 2017. Climate Change in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, USA. National Park Service, Berkeley, CA. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2016. Climate Change in the National Parks of the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA. National Park Service, Berkeley, CA. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2016. Climate Change Trends, Vulnerabilities, and Hydrology in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, USA. National Park Service, Berkeley, CA. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2016. Climate Change Trends, Vulnerabilities, and Carbon in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. National Park Service, Berkeley, CA. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2015. Climate Change Trends, Vulnerabilities, and Ecosystem Carbon in Channel Islands National Park, California. National Park Service, Washington, DC. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2014. Climate Change Trends and Vulnerabilities in Acadia National Park, Maine. National Park Service, Washington, DC. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. and J.J. Battles. 2013. California Vegetation Carbon Changes and Uncertainties 2001-2008. Report to the California Air Resources Board. National Park Service, Washington, DC. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2013. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Lead Authors Meeting in Brazil. National Park Service, Washington, DC. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2013. Climate Change and Impacts for the National Parks of Washington, DC, USA. National Park Service, Washington, DC. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2012. Climate Change and Ecological Impacts at Yellowstone National Park, USA. National Park Service, Washington, DC. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2012. Historical and Projected Climate Change and Ecological Change at Isle Royale National Park. National Park Service, Washington, DC. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2012. Climate Change Trends and Vulnerability to Biome Shifts in the Southern Sierra Nevada. National Park Service, Washington, DC. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2012. Climate Change Trends for Resource Planning at Catoctin Mountain Park, Maryland. National Park Service, Washington, DC. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2012. Climate Change Trends and Impacts at Pinnacles National Monument, California. National Park Service, Washington, DC. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. and A. Marques. 2008. Forest Carbon Sequestration from Avoided Deforestation and Reforestation in Mata Atlântica (Atlantic Forest), Sul da Bahia, Brazil. Report to the U.S. Department of Energy. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. PDF File
Gonzalez, P., R.P. Neilson, K.S. McKelvey, J.M. Lenihan, and R.J. Drapek. 2007. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Habitat and Conservation Priority Areas fo Lynx Canadensis (Canada Lynx). Report to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. PDF File
Gonzalez, P., C.J. Tucker, and H. Sy. 2006. A Climate Change Threshold for Forest Dieback in the African Sahel. Case Study for “Understanding Ecological Thresholds in Global Change: Connecting Science to Decisions and Response,” meeting organized by the H. John Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment, Washington, DC. PDF File
Gonzalez, P., B. Kroll, and C.R. Vargas. 2006. Forest Restoration Carbon Analysis of Baseline Carbon Emissions and Removal in Tropical Rainforest at La Selva Central, Peru. Report to the U.S. Department of Energy. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. PDF File
Gonzalez, P., A. Lara, J. Gayoso, E. Neira, P. Romero, and L. Sotomayor. 2005. Comparison of Three Methods to Project Future Baseline Carbon Emissions in Temperate Rainforest, Curiñanco, Chile. Report to the U.S. Department of Energy. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2002. Proposed Plan for a Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) Program in Haiti. Report to the U.S. Agency for International Development. U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, DC. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 2002. Program to monitor impacts of desertification and climate change in Africa. Report to the U.S. Agency for International Development. U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, DC. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 1999. Contribution To USAID/Senegal Life-of-Strategic Objective Assessment of the Impact of Natural Resource Management Activities. U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 1992. New Directions and Old Lessons of Internationally-Financed Natural Resource Projects in Senegal. Report to the U.S. Agency for International Development. Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
Gonzalez, P. 1991. Inventaire des Réalisations Forestières au Département de Mbacké et Analyse des Taux de Survie. 1982-1990. Projet de Boisements Villageois Intégrés à Louga, Bakel, et Mbacké, Ministère du Développement Rural et de l’Hydraulique, Mbacké, Sénégal. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 1991. Ecology of the Réserve Sylvo-Pastorale de Mbégué and Cutting Rates in its Recently Cleared Western Half. Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 1988. Inventaire des Réalisations Forestières du PROBOVIL, 1983-1988. Projet de Boisements Villageois de Louga, Ministère de la Protection de la Nature, Louga, Sénégal. PDF File
Gonzalez, P. 1987. Sources of Toxic Organic Compounds to the Districts’ Water Reclamation and Water Treatment Plants. County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, Whittier, CA. PDF File
Conference Proceedings and Abstracts
Gonzalez, P., F. Eigenbrod, R. Early, F. Wang, M. Notaro, and J.W. Williams. 2016. Vulnerabilities of ecosystems across U.S. National Parks to biome shifts, wildfire changes, and invasive species due to climate change. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Abstract GC13I-08. HTML Version
Gonzalez, P. 2016. Climate change trends, impacts, and ecosystem carbon across U.S. national parks. American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, February 12, 2016. HTML Version
Gonzalez, P., R.P. Neilson, J.M. Lenihan, and R.J. Drapek. 2010. Extensive global vulnerability to vegetation shifts caused by climate change. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts 95: COS 2-4. HTML Version
Gonzalez, P., J.J. Battles, and K.M. Waring. 2009. Climate change and the detection of possible elevation shifts of forest species in the Sierra Nevada, California. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts 94: OOS 30-8. HTML Version
Gonzalez, P., K.S. McKelvey, R.P. Neilson, J.M. Lenihan, and R.J. Drapek. 2008. Snow thresholds and projected boreal forest shifts show vulnerability of Lynx canadensis (Canada Lynx) to climate change. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts 93: COS 4-5. HTML Version
McKelvey, K.S., J.P. Copeland, M.K. Schwartz, S.A. Cushman, P. Gonzalez, and K.B. Aubry. 2008. The impacts of climate change on snow dependent mammals. Northwestern Naturalist 89: 132. Link to PDF File
McKelvey, K.S., J.P. Copeland, M.K. Schwartz, and P. Gonzalez. 2008. The effect of climate change on wolverines. Northwestern Naturalist 89: 132. Link to PDF File
Gonzalez, P., C.J. Tucker, and H. Sy. 2007. A climate change threshold for forest dieback in the African Sahel. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 88(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B53E-03. HTML Version
Gonzalez, P., C.J. Tucker, and H. Sy. 2007. Climate-induced dieback of forest species and a shift of vegetation zones across West Africa. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts 92: OOS 42-8. HTML Version
Scott, J.M., R.S. Adamcik, D.M. Ashe, B. Czech, R.L. Fischman, P. Gonzalez, B. Griffith, J.J. Lawler, A.D. McGuire, and A. Pidgorna. 2007. Managing avian diversity in the face of global climate change: The case of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Cooper Ornithological Society, 77th Annual Meeting, Abstracts, p. 58.
Griffith, B., J.M. Scott, P. Gonzalez, and R.P. Neilson. 2007. Climate induced biome shifts and their implications for management of trust species of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Cooper Ornithological Society, 77th Annual Meeting, Abstracts, p. 41.
Shlisky, A., J. Waugh, P. Gonzalez, M. Gonzalez, M. Manta, H. Santoso, E. Alvarado, A.A. Nuruddin, D.A. Rodríguez-Trejo, R. Swaty, D. Schmidt, M. Kaufmann, R. Myers, A. Alencar, F. Kearns, D. Johnson, J. Smith, and D. Zollner. 2007. Fire, ecosystems and people: Threats and strategies for global biodiversity conservation. Proceedings of the Fourth International Wildland Fire Conference, TS3.
Sherrill, K., M. Lefsky, J. Battles, K. Waring, and P. Gonzalez. 2006. An error propagation analysis of estimates of aboveground biomass estimates from Lidar remote sensing. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 87, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B43D-07. HTML Version
Gonzalez, P. and A. Marques. 2006. Partial recovery of Mata Atlântica (Atlantic Forest) in Sul da Bahia, Brazil. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts 91: 138. HTML Version
Tucker, C.J., A. Anyamba, and P. Gonzalez. 2005. Monitoring of land degradation and desertification dynamics using coarse-scale satellite data. In A. Röder and J. Hill. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Processing in the Assessment and Monitoring of Land Degradation and Desertification. Universität Trier, Germany.
Gonzalez, P., R.P. Neilson, and R.J. Drapek. 2005. Climate change vegetation shifts across global ecoregions. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts 90: 228. HTML Version
Gonzalez, P., B. Kroll, and C.R. Vargas. 2004. Forest restoration carbon analysis in moist tropical forest at La Selva Central, Peru. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts 89: 182. HTML Version
Gonzalez, P., H. Sy, and C.J. Tucker. 2004. Local knowledge and remote sensing of forest biodiversity and forest carbon across the African Sahel. In A.M. Lykke, M.K. Due, M. Kristensen, and I. Nielsen (eds.) Proceedings from the 16th Danish Sahel Workshop. Sahel-Sudan Environmental Research Initiative, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Gonzalez, P. 2003. Advances in desertification monitoring and drought early warning. In United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Early Warning Systems. UNCCD, Bonn, Germany. PDF file of entire proceedings
Invited Presentations
Bay Area Open Space Council, California Air Resources Board, California Energy Commission, Canadian International Development Agency, Conservation Biology Institute, Counterpart International, Energy and Environmental Studies Institute, Environmental Defense, George Wright Society, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Heinz Center, Instituto de Estudos Sócio-Ambientais do Sul da Bahia (Brazil), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation, Kavli Frontiers of Science, Namibia Department of Environmental Affairs, National Academy of Sciences of the USA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Council for Science and the Environment, Nature Conservancy, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Peace Corps, ProNaturaleza (Peru), Science Magazine, Societé du Développement du Lac Tchad (Chad), Stanford University, U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Global Change Research Program, U.S. National Park Service, University of Arizona, University of California, Berkeley, University of Massachusetts, Boston, University of Notre Dame, Western States Land Commissioners Association, Woods Hole Research Center, World Wildlife Fund, Yuba Watershed Institute
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Service
Lead Author – Third Assessment Report 2001, National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Guidelines 2006, Supplement to the Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands 2013, Sixth Assessment Report 2021
Contributing Author – Fifth Assessment Report 2013
Expert Reviewer – Fourth Assessment Report 2007, Fifth Assessment Report 2013, Special Report on 1.5ºC Global Warming 2018, Special Report on Climate Change and Land 2019, Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate 2019
Participant – Regional Expert Meeting for Africa, 1999; Expert Meeting on IPCC Guidance on Estimating Emissions and Removals from Land Uses such as Agriculture and Forestry, 2008
Recipient – Certificate of Contribution to the Award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the IPCC
National Academy of Sciences of the USA Service
Lead Author – article in Issues in Science and Technology, 2011
Co-Author – article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 2009
Frontiers of Science symposia – speaker, Indonesian-American Kavli Frontiers of Science, Bogor, Indonesia, 2011; organizing committee, Indo-American Frontiers of Science, Agra, India, 2013
Speaker – Forum on Alerting America: Effective Risk Communication, 2002
Participant – The Presidents’ Circle, Annual Meeting, 2012, 2014; Workshop on Describing Socio-Economic Futures for Climate Change Research and Assessment, 2010; Summit on America’s Climate Choices, 2009; NASA Earth System Science at 20 Symposium, 2009; Workshop on Future Priorities for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, 2007
Academic Awards
Fulbright Scholar, U.S. Department of State, 1993
Regents Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1987
Environmental Engineering Fellowship, Stanford University, 1986
Cornell National Scholar, Cornell University, 1983
International Development Projects
Proyecto de Acción Climática de la Selva Central, Nature Conservancy, Peru, forest monitoring network and forest carbon project, 2003-2006
Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET), U.S. Agency for International Development, Africa, desertification and climate change advisor, 1999-2002
Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE), U.S. Agency for International Development, Gabon, deforestation field monitoring, 1998-1999
Biodiversity Support Program (BSP), U.S. Agency for International Development, monitoring and evaluation, 1998-1999
Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE), U.S. Agency for International Development, Zimbabwe, project evaluation, 1999
Senegal Reforestation Project, U.S. Agency for International Development, Sénégal, project evaluation, 1998
U.S. Agency for International Development, Sénégal, evaluation of natural resource management projects, 1992
Projet de Boisements Villageois Intégrés à Louga, Bakel, et Mbacké (PROBOVIL), United Nations Development Programme, Sénégal, project technical advisor, 1990-1991
Peace Corps, Sénégal, rural forestry and community-based natural resource management, 1988-1990
International Environmental Policy Experience
United States Government delegation, scientific advisor: Conference of the Parties (COP) to the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification (COP-2, Dakar, Sénégal, 1998; COP-3, Recife, Brazil, 1999; COP-4, Bonn, Germany, 2000); International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), World Parks Congress (Sydney, Australia, 2014)
Scientific presentations to U.S. Embassy staff and partners: Burkina Faso, Haiti, Ireland (2000-2012)
Individual scientific briefings to U.S. Ambassadors on desertification and climate change: Burkina Faso, Chad, Gabon, Mauritania, and Niger (1998-2001)
Scientific input into U.S. Agency for International Development strategic plans for global and country natural resource management programs (1998-2000)
Training presentations for participants in the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program: Australia, France, Iceland, Indonesia, Mexico, Romania, others (1999-2015)
Other Education
U.S. Decision Makers’ Course (OTS 99-8), Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica, 1999
St. Francis de Sales High School, Toledo, Ohio, Valedictorian, 1983
Public Media on Gonzalez Research
“Human-caused climate change severely exposes the U.S. national parks,” article by Patrick Gonzalez, photos by Patrick Gonzalez and Mike McMillan, The Conversation, September 24, 2018. HTML Version
“Study: National parks are getting hotter, drier. What’s the outlook for 2100?,” article by Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy News, September 24, 2018. HTML Version
“National parks bearing brunt of climate change, scientists find,” article by Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, September 24, 2018. HTML Version
“Berkeley ecologist selected as a lead author for IPCC report,” news announcement by Brett Israel, University of California, Berkeley, April 12, 2018. HTML Version
“Rock Creek Park could get more floods, poison ivy — study,” article by Brittany Patterson, E&E News Climatewire, November 3, 2017. PDF File HTML Version
“Conservation and Climate Change,” interview by Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Nature, Tumblr, April 21, 2017. HTML Version
“What Washington’s famous cherry blossoms can teach us about climate change,” article by Lauren Katz, Vox, March 10, 2017. HTML Version
“EcoFeature - Part 2 of Norm Holy’s Interview with Patrick Gonzalez, Principle Climate Change Scientist of the National Park Service,” radio interview by Norm Holy, WFHB public radio, Bloomington, Indiana, September 22, 2016. Audio File
“EcoFeature - Patrick Gonzalez, Principal Climate Change Scientist for the National Park Service; Pt. 1,” radio interview by Norm Holy, WFHB public radio, Bloomington, Indiana, September 15, 2016. Audio File
“Climate Change Is Slowly Killing Our Iconic National Parks – Can We Salvage What’s Left?” article by Adele Peters, Fast Company, September 6, 2016. HTML Version
“Melting Glaciers, Shifting Biomes, and Dying Trees in Our National Parks – Yet We Can Take Action on Climate Change, article by Patrick Gonzalez, photos by Patrick Gonzalez and others, The Conversation, September 1, 2016. HTML Version
“Report Says Coastal Parks Vulnerable to Climate Changes,” article by Anna Guth, Point Reyes Light, August 25, 2016. HTML Version
“Climate Change Scientist Walks the Walk,” profile by Elizabeth Shogren, High Country News, August 22, 2016. PDF File HTML Version
“Climate Change Looms Large over Obama’s Yosemite Visit,” article and photo by Elizabeth Shogren, High Country News, June 20, 2016. (One of several people featured) HTML Version
“Delaware Water Gap Showing Effects of Climate Change,” article by Bruce A. Scruton, New Jersey Herald, May 17, 2016. (One of several people featured) HTML Version
“Scientist Says Rising Temperatures Will Negatively Effect Local Birds, Hemlocks and Brook Trout,” article and photo by David Pierce, Pocono Record, May 16, 2016. HTML Version
“Adapting for the Future: National Parks and Climate Change Resilience,” short film by Benjamin Steger, February 12, 2016. (One of several people featured) Video version
“Climate Special: California forests have become net climate polluters, Alaska’s could be worse, and the oceans may swallow our cities soon . . . but there’s still hope,” interview by Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA public radio, Berkeley, CA, July 22, 2015. HTML Version and link to audio
“How Massive Wildfires Can Actually Warm the Planet,” article by Chris Mooney, Washington Post, May 14, 2015. HTML Version
“California Has the Country’s Most Ambitious Climate Goals. Will They Go Up in Smoke?” article by Tim McDonnell, Mother Jones, May 5, 2015. HTML Version
“California’s Forests Have Become Climate Polluters,” article by John Upton, Climate Central, April 29, 2015. HTML Version
“Carbon Emissions Higher in California Ecosystems Than Previously Thought, Study Finds,” article by Robert Patrick Van Tooke, Daily Californian, April 20, 2015. HTML Version
“Nine-Year Study Finds Wildfires Significant Greenhouse Gas Emission Culprit,” interview by Leslie Brinkley, KGO Radio, San Francisco, California, April 16, 2015. HTML Version and link to audio
“Wildfires Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Assumed in State Climate Targets,” press release by Sarah Yang, University of California, Berkeley, April 15, 2015. HTML Version
“Science for Parks, Parks for Science: The Next Century,” video by Steven M. Bumgardner, University of California, Berkeley, February 9, 2015. (One of several people featured) Video stream
“Envisioning the Future: Global Reflections on Climate Change in Protected Areas,” video by Regan Alsup, World Parks Congress, Sydney, Australia, November 18, 2014. (One of several people featured) Video stream
“Climate Change and Cherry Blossoms in Washington, D.C.,” video by Ron Bend, U.S. National Park Service, August 11, 2014. (One of several people featured) Video stream
“Scientists Pinpoint Areas Most Vulnerable to Climate Change and Habitat Loss,” article by Elspeth Dehnert, E&E News Climatewire, July 29, 2014. PDF File HTML Version
“National Park Service Sees Vegetation Shift,” interview by Andrew Bernier, KJZZ public radio, Phoenix, Arizona, July 28, 2014. HTML Version and link to audio
“Vegetation Shifting Up Slope and North as Climate Changes,” press release, U.S. National Park Service, Washington, DC, July, 28, 2014. HTML Version
“Panel Says Climate Change Makes Long-Term Outlook for Wildfires Grim,” article by Colton Gavin, photos by Jillian Idle, Cronkite News, April 2, 2014. HTML Version
“Climate Change Expert Warns of Impact at National Lakeshore,” article by Lauri Harvey Keagle, Northwest Indiana Times, November 28, 2012. HTML Version
“Possible Effects of Climate Change on National Lakeshore Studied,” article by Christin Nance Lazerus, Post-Tribune (Gary, Indiana), November 28, 2012. HTML Version
“Spotlight: Patrick Gonzalez,” profile by Ann Brody Guy, photos by Al Golub, Breakthroughs, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, Fall 2012. HTML Version
“Climate Change Killing Trees Across the Sahel, Says Study,” article by Busani Bafana, SciDev.Net, December 19, 2011. HTML Version
“Climate Change Killing Trees in Sahel – Study,” article by Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation, December 13, 2011. HTML Version
“Dead Trees in the Sahel,” article by Andy Soos, Environmental News Network (ENN), December 12, 2011. HTML Version
“African Trees Victims of Climate Change,” United Press International, December 12, 2011. HTML Version
“Discovering Ways to Help Vulnerable Ecosystems Adapt to Impacts of Climate Change,” National Academy of Sciences of the USA, Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, Bogor, Indonesia, July 9, 2011. Video stream
“Climate Challenge - North Cascades National Park,” television show by the National Park Foundation, Public Broadcasting Service, October 13, 2010. (One of many people filmed) Video stream
“Moving with the Times,” article by Gail Vines, photo by Patrick Gonzalez, Kew Magazine, Autumn, 2010. PDF File
“Trees Shift Upslope as Climate Warms Up,” article by David Perlman, San Francisco Chronicle, June 12, 2010. PDF File
“Scientists: Vegetation Zones Are Shifting,” article by Aaida Samad, Daily Californian, June 10, 2010.
“Study: Climate Change Altering Tahoe Forest,” article by Kyle Magin, The Union (Grass Valley, California), June 8, 2010. HTML Version
“Shift in Earth’s Vegetation,” interview by Melissa Culross, KCBS Radio, San Francisco, California, June 6, 2010.
“Climate Change Leading to Major Vegetation Shifts Around the World,” press release by Sarah Yang, University of California, Berkeley, June 4, 2010. HTML Version
“Forest Ecologist Patrick Gonzalez,” profile by Brenda Wilson, photos by Patrick Gonzalez, Cool Careers in Environmental Sciences, Sally Ride Science, San Diego, California, 2010.
“Climate Change and Species Distributions: How changing temperatures push living things to the edge,” press release by the Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC, August 4, 2008. HTML Version
“A World Vulnerable to Climate Change,” article and photos by Patrick Gonzalez, WorldView 21 (2): 5-7, Summer 2008. PDF File
“Global Warming,” interview by Ed Baxter, KGO radio, San Francisco, California, May 30, 2008.
“Turning Up the Heat on Climate Change,” article by Laura Brown, The Union (Grass Valley, California), December 4, 2007. HTML Version
“Up Close with Patrick Gonzalez,” profile by Courtney Leatherman, photos by Joshua Paul, Nature Conservancy 52 (2): 18-19, Summer 2007.
“The Dimb's Demise Tells of African Climate Change,” article by Heidi Vogt, Associated Press, April 1, 2007. HTML Version
“End of Trees,” article and photo by Patrick Gonzalez, WorldView 19 (2): 13-15, Summer 2006. PDF file
“Climate Change Studied,” article and photo by Dave Moller, The Union (Grass Valley, California), September 14, 2005. HTML Version
“Desertification: A Walk Through West Africa,” interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth, Public Radio International, September 18, 1998. HTML Transcript
Quotes: Associated Press, Boston Globe, Carbon Brief, CNN Online, Discover, E&E News, Guardian (UK), High Country News, Independent (UK), KVNF public radio (Paonia, Colorado), National Geographic News, Nature Reports Climate Change, Nautilus, New Jersey Herald, New Scientist, New York Times, San Francisco Weekly, Scientific American, Sierra Sun (Truckee, California), USA Today, Winnipeg Free Press, Wired.com, Yale Environment 360
Languages
English
Français
Wolof
Volunteer Service
Casey Trees, Washington, DC, urban tree inventory and planting
Cathedral of Saint Matthew, Washington, DC, lector
Cleveland Park Historical Society, Washington, DC, Board of Directors and urban tree planting
Friends of Albany Hill, Albany, CA, invasive species removal
Melvin Hazen Park volunteers, Washington, DC, invasive species removal
Parish of Saint Mary Magdalene, Berkeley, CA, lector
Peace Corps, Njóobéen Mbataar, Sénégal, community forestry
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