Karsten Shein

I do the sciency stuff.

Marine climatologist with a passion for connecting people to nature and solving climate challenges through tech-driven citizen science.

PhD in climatology and physical geography from Michigan State University and a 25+ year career as a climate scientist and knowledge broker, first with NASA, then at university, and later at NOAA. Most recently director of the Midwestern Regional Climate Center at the University of Illinois.

Leading authority on climate data, author/editor of major climate assessments and vulnerability reports, lead negotiator of international environmental agreements, and inventor of a widely used metadata standard.

Award-winning author of more than 250 articles, research SCUBA diver with a love of the oceans and all outdoors, avid photographer, EDM geek, gamer, and dad.

Working with climate data, I saw the sizeable gaps in the global observing network, and knew that citizen science could help close those gaps and make a critical contribution to science, but only if done right. That's what 2 Degrees C is about.

February 2021