Michael B. McElroy

 Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies
 

• Harvard University Center for the Environment
• Future of Energy at Harvard
• Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences
• School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• Environmental Science and Public Policy Program

Research Interests

Chemistry of the atmosphere and oceans, including interactions with the biosphere; evolution of planetary atmospheres; global carbon cycle

Environmental Courses

EPS 5: Introduction to Environmental Science: Atmosphere, Ocean, and Biosphere
EPS 334: Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry
ES 367,368: Environmental Science
ESPP 90n: China's Energy Economy: Perspectives from the Past; Challenges for the Future

Related Publications

Ethanol from biomass: can it substitute for gasoline? (2006)
A 3-D model analysis of the slowdown and interannual variability in the methane growth rate from 1988 to 1997. (2004)
Estimating the Distribution of Terrestrial CO2 Sources and Sinks from Atmospheric Measurements. (2003)
The Atmospheric Environment: Effects of Human Activity (Book, 2002)
On the contribution of anthropogenic Cl to the increase in δ13/C of atmospheric methane. (2002)