Changemaker
Todd Dawson
TL;DR
Todd Dawson is the UC Berkeley biologist who studies how plants and their environment act on each other, and who directs the university’s Center for Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry.
Todd Dawson is a professor at UC Berkeley and director of its Center for Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry. His faculty profile describes research into the interface between plants and their environments, with the goal of using that understanding to reduce the impacts now falling on the Earth’s living systems. In Giants Rising he speaks to how climate change is reaching the redwoods.
Todd Dawson is a UC Berkeley professor who studies the interface between plants and their environments, and who directs the university’s Center for Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry.
Why OGSP Recommends It
We recommend Todd Dawson’s work because his research helps explain how climate change affects redwoods at the level of the trees themselves. As a UC Berkeley professor of integrative biology and environmental science, he studies how plants respond to their surroundings. He also directs Berkeley’s Center for Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry. His perspective gives the film a scientific basis for showing how changing conditions may affect redwood forests.
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Key Takeaways
- His research sits at the meeting point of plant biology and environmental science.
- He directs UC Berkeley’s Center for Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry.
- The film’s own site describes his focus as including the impacts of climate change on redwoods.
- GOOD DOCS credits him in the film as a UC Berkeley professor of environmental science.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Todd Dawson study?
The interface between plants and their environments, with the stated goal of using that understanding to reduce the impacts falling on the Earth’s living systems.
Where does Todd Dawson teach?
UC Berkeley, in the Department of Integrative Biology and in Environmental Science, Policy and Management.
What is the Center for Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry?
It is a UC Berkeley research center that Todd Dawson directs.
What does he talk about in Giants Rising?
The film’s own site says his focus includes the impacts of climate change on redwoods.