Nature names NOAA’s Lubchenco Newsmaker of the Year
DEC 23, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024931
Nature : Nature‘s Newsmaker of the Year is Jane Lubchenco, the first woman to serve as the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Earlier this year she found herself at the center of the government’s response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, one of the biggest environmental disasters in US history. Despite a series of communication missteps, Lubchenco has been acknowledged as a strong leader during a difficult time. Nature‘s Richard Monastersky writes about Lubchenco’s actions during the oil spill and about her life and career leading up to it.
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