Dr. Elsworth is an interdisciplinary climate scientist in the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA’s center for understanding our changing climate using advanced Earth system modeling tools. Her research focuses on the use of climate model ensembles and observational datasets to understand the impacts of climate change and variability on the ocean carbon cycle. She contributes to multiple NASA science teams including the Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) and the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2).
She earned her PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2022 where she lead research on the impacts of climate change and variability on ocean carbon, biogeochemistry, and ecology. In 2014, she received her MS from McGill University where she lead research isolating climate triggers for paleoclimate extremes using a combination of paleoclimate datasets and climate model simulations.
Her research experience includes three years as a Research Geoscientist at ExxonMobil's Research and Engineering Company where she collaborated on innovative technologies in the energy industry. She also has extensive scientific outreach experience as the Director of the Community Science Volunteer Network for the NSF-funded Marcellus Matters initiative.
Climate change, variability, and prediction
Ocean carbon, biogeochemistry, and ecology
Climate feedbacks and tipping points
Global carbon cycle
9/2022
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Present
Postdoctoral Research Associate | Climate Science
NASA Goddard Space Flight Scenter,
Greenbelt, MD
9/2018
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5/2022
Graduate Researcher | Climate Science
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder,
Boulder, CO
10/2015
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7/2018
Research Geoscientist | R&D
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company,
Annandale, NJ
11/2014
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10/2015
Community Science Coordinator | Citizen Science
Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University,
State College, PA
9/2012
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6/2014
Graduate Researcher | Climate Science
Earth System Dynamics Laboratory, McGill University,
Montréal, QC
9/2008
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7/2012
Laboratory Manager | Biogeochemistry
Microbial Geobiology and Biogeochemistry Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University,
State College, PA
PhD, University of Colorado Boulder, Geosciences (2022)
MS, McGill University, Geosciences (2014)
BS, Pennsylvania State University, Geosciences (2012)
Minor, University of Southampton, Marine Sciences (2010)
Refereed
Elsworth, G. W., N. S. Lovenduski, K. M. Krumhardt, T. M. Marchitto, and S. Schlunegger. 2022. "Anthropogenic climate change drives non-stationary phytoplankton variance."
(Submitted)
[10.5194/egusphere-2022-579]
Elsworth, G. W., N. S. Lovenduski, and K. A. McKinnon. 2021. "Alternate History: A Synthetic Ensemble of Ocean Chlorophyll Concentrations."
Global Biogeochemical Cycles,
35
(9):
[10.1029/2020gb006924]
Elsworth, G. W., N. S. Lovenduski, K. A. McKinnon, K. M. Krumhardt, and R. X. Brady. 2020. "Finding the Fingerprint of Anthropogenic Climate Change in Marine Phytoplankton Abundance."
Current Climate Change Reports,
6
(2):
37-46
[10.1007/s40641-020-00156-w]
Elsworth, G., E. Galbraith, G. Halverson, and S. Yang. 2017. "Enhanced weathering and CO2 drawdown caused by latest Eocene strengthening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation."
Nature Geoscience,
10
(3):
213-216
[10.1038/ngeo2888]
Dr. Elsworth is an interdisciplinary climate scientist in the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA’s center for understanding our changing climate using advanced Earth system modeling tools. Her research focuses on the use of climate model ensembles and observational datasets to understand the impacts of climate change and variability on the ocean carbon cycle. She contributes to multiple NASA science teams including the Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) and the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2).
She earned her PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2022 where she lead research on the impacts of climate change and variability on ocean carbon, biogeochemistry, and ecology. In 2014, she received her MS from McGill University where she lead research isolating climate triggers for paleoclimate extremes using a combination of paleoclimate datasets and climate model simulations.
Her research experience includes three years as a Research Geoscientist at ExxonMobil's Research and Engineering Company where she collaborated on innovative technologies in the energy industry. She also has extensive scientific outreach experience as the Director of the Community Science Volunteer Network for the NSF-funded Marcellus Matters initiative.
Refereed
Elsworth, G. W., N. S. Lovenduski, K. M. Krumhardt, T. M. Marchitto, and S. Schlunegger. 2022. "Anthropogenic climate change drives non-stationary phytoplankton variance."
(Submitted)
[10.5194/egusphere-2022-579]
Elsworth, G. W., N. S. Lovenduski, and K. A. McKinnon. 2021. "Alternate History: A Synthetic Ensemble of Ocean Chlorophyll Concentrations."
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
35
(9):
[10.1029/2020gb006924]
Elsworth, G. W., N. S. Lovenduski, K. A. McKinnon, K. M. Krumhardt, and R. X. Brady. 2020. "Finding the Fingerprint of Anthropogenic Climate Change in Marine Phytoplankton Abundance."
Current Climate Change Reports
6
(2):
37-46
[10.1007/s40641-020-00156-w]
Elsworth, G., E. Galbraith, G. Halverson, and S. Yang. 2017. "Enhanced weathering and CO2 drawdown caused by latest Eocene strengthening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation."
Nature Geoscience
10
(3):
213-216
[10.1038/ngeo2888]
