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Ross A. Virginia

Myers Family Professor
Professor of Environmental Studies
Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences and Earth Sciences
Director of the Institute of Arctic Studies, John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding
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Departments and Programs

  • Biological Sciences
  • Earth Sciences
  • Environmental Studies

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Contact Information

Email: ross.a.virginia@dartmouth.edu
Phone: 603 646-0192
Office: 6182 Steele Hall

Education

B.S. SUNY College; M.S. University of California at Davis; Ph.D. University of California at Davis

Areas of Expertise

Ecosystem ecology and terrestrial biogeochemical cycling; polar systems and environmental change; soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in polar and temperate deserts; relationships between ecology, environmental law, and policy

Selected Works

  • Barrett, J E, R A Virginia, et al., "Persistent Effects of a Discrete Climate Event on a Polar Desert Ecosystem," Global Change Biology, 14:10 (2008) 2249-2261.
  • Virginia, R A, K S Yalowitz, I Krupnik, "Introduction: Perceptions of Climate Change," Thin Ice: Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment, N. Stuckenberger (ed.), (2008) 12-15.
  • Barrett, J E, R A Virginia, A N Parsons, and D H Wall, "Potential Soil Organic Matter Turnover in Taylor Valley, Antarctica," Artic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 37 (2005) 108-117.
  • Chapin, F S III, M Berman, T V Callaghan, et al., "Polar Systems," in Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Current State and Trends. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Series, Vol. 1, R Hassan, R Scholes and N Ash (eds.), (2005) 717-743.
  • Doran, P T, J C Priscu, W B Lyons, et al., "Comment on 'El Nino Suppresses Antarctic Warming,'" N. Bertler et al., Geophysical Research Letters, 32:7 (2005) Article no. L07706.
  • Brooks, R O, R T Jones, and R A Virginia, Law and Ecology: The Rise of the Ecosystem Regime, (2002).

Current Projects

Integrative Graduate Education Research and Traineeship (IGERT): Polar Environmental Change; International Polar Year (IPY): Arctic Change: An Interdisciplinary Dialog Between the Academy, Northern Peoples, and Policy Makers; Long-Term Ecological Research; The Role of Resource Legacy on Contemporary Linkages between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes in a Cold Desert Ecosystem: The McMurdo Dry Valley LTER Program, Antarctica