MADECLEAR

Maryland and Delaware Climate Change Education Assessment and Research



Dan Leathers
Dan Leathers

Professor, Geography
University of Delaware

Climate Science Specialties: Geography, Earth Systems, Policy, Terrestrial Systems, Adaptation

Dan Leathers is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography and Environmental Science Program at the University of Delaware. He is the co-director of the Delaware Environmental Observing System and also the former Delaware State Climatologist. His research interests understanding the role of snow cover in the global climate system, the influence of land-surface changes (natural and human induced) on regional climates, environmental monitoring, environmental policy and resource management and sustainability of global systems, especially in the context of climate variation, climate change and land-surface surface changes.