Qualifications
BSc; MSc (Hons); PhD (McMaster).
Profile
Worked as a Theoretical Nuclear Physicist in Canada, the UK and New Zealand, but became progressively involved in atmospheric and climate change science from 1980 onward. Led research programs in NIWA covering atmospheric chemistry and the carbon cycle for 10 years and represented New Zealand on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Spent 5 years in Colorado managing the recent IPCC assessment of the physical science of climate change prior to that organization being awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Now responsible for establishing an interdisciplinary New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute hosted by Victoria University.
Research Interests
- Interdisciplinary aspects of climate change research
- The characterisation and communication of uncertainties in science
- Risk management in relation to climate change
- Scenarios for greenhouse gas emissions and climate change
- The global carbon cycle and its coupling to climate
- Atmospheric chemistry
Publications
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Moss, R.; Edmonds, J.; Hibbard, K.; Manning, M.; Rose, S.; van Vuuren, D.; Carter, T.; Emori, S.; Kainuma, M.; Kram, T.; Meehl, G.; Mitchell, J.; Nakicenovic, N.; Riahi, K.; Smith, S.; Stouffer, R.; Thomson, A.; Weyant, J.; Wilbanks, T. (2010). The Next Generation of Scenarios for Climate Change Research and Assessment, Nature, 463, 747-756
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Solomon, S.; Alley, R.; Gregory, J.; Lemke, P.; Manning, M. (2008). A Closer Look at the IPCC Report, Science, 319, 409-410
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Collins, W.; Colman, R.; Haywood, J.; Manning, M.R.; Mote, P. (2007). The physical science behind climate change. Scientific American 297: 64-71
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Solomon, S.; Qin, D.; Manning, M.; Chen, Z.; Marquis, M.; Averyt, K.; Tignor, M.; Miller, H.L. (2007). IPCC, 2007: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA
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Manning, M.R.; Lowe, D.C., L.D.; Moss, R.C.; Bodeker, G.E.; Allan, W. (2005). Short term variations in the oxidising power of the atmosphere. Nature 436: 1001-1004
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De Jager, D; Manning, M.; Kuijpers, L.; Andersen, S.O.; Ashford, P.; Atkins, P.; Campbell, N.; Clodic, D.; Devotta, S.; Godwin, D.; Harnisch, J.; Ko, M.; Kocchi, S.; Madronich, S.; Metz, B.; Meyer, L.; Moreira, J.R.; Owens, J.; Peixoto, R.; Pons, J.; Pyle, J., et al. (2005). Technical Summary. In: IPCC/TEAP Special Report: Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System. Cambridge University Press
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Scholes, M.C.; Matrai, P.A.; Andreae, M.O.; Smith, K.A.; Manning, M. (2003). Biosphere - Atmosphere Interactions. Atmospheric Chemistry in a Changing World. Eds G. Brasseur, R. Prinn and A. Pszenny. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.