June 30, 2016
NOAA names Michael Prather to climate assessment panel
![Michael Prather](https://news.uci.edu/files/2015/01/14008359662_de48ec0642_k.jpg)
Michael Prather, UCI professor of Earth system science, has been appointed to the Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment by the National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration. The panel provides input on climate assessment activities to NOAA, which relays the information to the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy. Prather’s term lasts one year.