Tom Maycock
Climate Assessments, Science Writer and Editor, Communications
Phone: +1 828.271.4272
Email: tmaycock@ncics.org
Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6854-597X
Biography
Tom Maycock joined NCICS in October 2012, where he serves as science editor, writer, and production manager with with the Assessments Technical Support Unit (TSU). Since September 2014, he has also served as the NCICS Science Public Information Officer.
Mr. Maycock is currently providing editorial and project management support for multiple assessment projects, including the Sixth National Climate Assessment, the National Nature Assessment, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III contribution to the Seventh Assessment Report.
Mr. Maycock was an editor on the Third National Climate Assessment (2014), served as the TSU’s project and editorial lead for the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s Climate and Health Assessment (2016), was a lead editor on Volumes I and II of the Fourth National Climate Assessment (2017 and 2018, respectively), and the North Carolina Climate Science Report (2020). He was also the Science editor for the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C of Global Warming (2018) and the Working Group I contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (2021). Most recently, he was the Senior Science Editor for the Fifth National Climate Assessment, released in 2023.
Mr. Maycock holds a bachelor’s degree with a double major in physics and English literature from Northwestern University. He earned a Master of Liberal Arts and Science degree from the University of North Carolina Asheville in December 2018.
Prior to joining NCICS, Tom worked in the software industry, where he wrote, edited, and produced technical publications and provided software support for users in the fields of econometrics and time series analysis and forecasting. His background also includes significant information technology and web design experience.
Publications
Crimmins, A.R., A. D. Lamb, T.K. Maycock, and D.R. Easterling, 2024: Implementation of Federal Guidelines and Best Practices for Highly Influential Scientific Assessments in the Fifth National Climate Assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA, 21 pp. https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/downloads/NCA5_HISA_Implementation.pdf
Grade, A.M., A.R. Crimmins, S. Basile, M.R. Essig, L. Goldsmith, A.R. Lustig, T.K. Maycock, A. McCarrick, and A. Scheetz, 2023: Appendix 5. Glossary. In: Fifth National Climate Assessment. Crimmins, A.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, B.C. Stewart, and T.K. Maycock, Eds. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA. https://doi.org/10.7930/NCA5.2023.A5
USGCRP, 2023: Fifth National Climate Assessment. Crimmins, A.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, B.C. Stewart, and T.K. Maycock, Eds. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA. https://doi.org/10.7930/NCA5.2023
Arias, P.A., N. Bellouin, E. Coppola, R.G. Jones, G. Krinner, J. Marotzke, V. Naik, M.D. Palmer, G.-K. Plattner, J. Rogelj, M. Rojas, J. Sillmann, T. Storelvmo, P.W. Thorne, B. Trewin, K.A. Rao, B. Adhikary, R.P. Allan, K. Armour, G. Bala, R. Barimalala, S. Berger, J.G. Canadell, C. Cassou, A. Cherchi, W. Collins, W.D. Collins, S.L. Connors, S. Corti, F. Cruz, F.J. Dentener, C. Dereczynski, A.D. Luca, A. Diongue Niang, F.J. Doblas-Reyes, A. Dosio, H. Douville, F. Engelbrecht, V. Eyring, E. Fischer, P. Forster, B. Fox-Kemper, J.S. Fuglestvedt, J.C. Fyfe, N.P. Gillett, L. Goldfarb, I. Gorodetskaya, J.M. Gutierrez, R. Hamdi, E. Hawkins, H.T. Hewitt, P. Hope, A.S. Islam, C. Jones, D.S. Kaufman, R.E. Kopp, Y. Kosaka, J. Kossin, S. Krakovska, J.-Y. Lee, J. Li, T. Mauritsen, T.K. Maycock, M. Meinshausen, S.-K. Min, P.M.S. Monteiro, T. Ngo-Duc, F. Otto, I. Pinto, A. Pirani, K. Raghavan, R. Ranasinghe, A.C. Ruane, L. Ruiz, J.-B. Sallée, B.H. Samset, S. Sathyendranath, S.I. Seneviratne, A.A. Sörensson, S. Szopa, I. Takayabu, A.-M. Treguier, B. van den Hurk, R. Vautard, K.v. Schuckmann, S. Zaehle, X. Zhang, and K. Zickfeld, 2021: Technical Summary. In: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T.K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu, and B. Zhou, Eds. Cambridge University Press, In press. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/
IPCC, 2021: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T.K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu, and B. Zhou, Eds. Cambridge University Press, In press. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/
IPCC, 2021: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T.K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu, and B. Zhou, Eds. Cambridge University Press, In press. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/
Stevens, L.E., T.K. Maycock, and B.C. Stewart, 2021: Climate change in the human environment: Indicators and impacts from the Fourth National Climate Assessment. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 71 (10), 1210–1233. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2021.1942321
Szopa, S., V. Naik, B. Adhikary, P. Artaxo, T. Berntsen, W.D. Collins, S. Fuzzi, L. Gallardo, A.K. Scharr, Z. Klimont, H. Liao, N. Unger, and P. Zanis, 2021: Short-Lived Climate Forcers. In: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T.K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu, and B. Zhou, Eds. Cambridge University Press (Tom Maycock, contributing author). https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/
Dello, K., W. Robinson, K. Kunkel, J. Dissen, and T. Maycock, 2020: A Hotter, Wetter, and More Humid North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal, 81, 307. http://dx.doi.org/10.18043/ncm.81.5.307
Dzaugis, M., C. W. Avery, A. Crimmins, L. Dahlman, D. R. Easterling, R. Gaal, E. Greenhalgh, D. Herring, K. E. Kunkel, R. Lindsey, T. K. Maycock, R. Molar, D. R. Reidmiller, B. C. Stewart, and R. S. Vose, 2018: Frequently Asked Questions. Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II, D. R. Reidmiller, C. W. Avery, D. Easterling, K. Kunkel, K. L. M. Lewis, T. K. Maycock, and B. C. Stewart, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, 1444–1515. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/NCA4.2018.AP5
IPCC, 2018: Global Warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty [V. Masson-Delmotte, P. Zhai, H. O. Pörtner, D. Roberts, J. Skea, P.R. Shukla, A. Pirani, W. Moufouma-Okia, C. Péan, R. Pidcock, S. Connors, J. B. R. Matthews, Y. Chen, X. Zhou, M. I. Gomis, E. Lonnoy, T. Maycock, M. Tignor, T. Waterfield (eds.)]. In Press.
IPCC, 2018: Summary for Policymakers. In: Global warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty [V. Masson-Delmotte, P. Zhai, H. O. Pörtner, D. Roberts, J. Skea, P.R. Shukla, A. Pirani, W. Moufouma-Okia, C. Péan, R. Pidcock, S. Connors, J. B. R. Matthews, Y. Chen, X. Zhou, M. I. Gomis, E. Lonnoy, T. Maycock, M. Tignor, T. Waterfield (eds.)]. World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 32 pp.
Peng, G., J. L. Privette, C. Tilmes, S. Bristol, T. Maycock, J. J. Bates, S. Hausman, O. Brown, and E. J. Kearns, 2018: A Conceptual Enterprise Framework for Managing Scientific Data Stewardship. Data Science Journal, 17, 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2018-015
USGCRP, 2018: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II [Reidmiller, D.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, K.L.M. Lewis, T.K. Maycock, and B.C. Stewart (eds.)]. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA, 1515 pp. doi: 10.7930/NCA4.2018
USGCRP, 2018: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II: Report-in-Brief. D. R. Reidmiller, C. W. Avery, D. R. Easterling, K. E. Kunkel, K. L. M. Lewis, T. K. Maycock, and B. C. Stewart, Eds. U.S. Global Change Research Program, 186 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/NCA4.2018.RiB
USGCRP, 2017: Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume I. D. J. Wuebbles, D. W. Fahey, K. A. Hibbard, D. J. Dokken, B. C. Stewart, and T. K. Maycock, Eds., 470 pp., U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/J0J964J6
Peng, G., N. A. Ritchey, K. S. Casey, E. J. Kearns, J. L. Privette, D. Saunders, P. Jones, T. Maycock, and S. Ansari, 2016: Scientific stewardship in the Open Data and Big Data era - Roles and responsibilities of stewards and other major product stakeholders. D.-Lib Magazine, 22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1045/may2016-peng
Presentations
Essig, M., A.D. Lamb, T.K. Maycock, A. McCarrick, and C. Lemery, 2024: Editing the Fifth National Climate Assessment. 104th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Baltimore, MD, January 31, 2024.
Maycock, T. 2024: Sharing Science. Earth Systems Data Science in the Cloud. Asheville, NC, May 7, 2024.
Maycock, T. 2023: Climate Communication. UNC Asheville’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) The Science of Climate Change course. Asheville, NC, May 17, 2024.
Maycock, T., 2021: Climate Change and Communication. 2021 Carolinas Climate Resilience Conference, virtual, May 11, 2021.
Maycock, T. K., L. E. Stevens, K. M. Johnson, A. McCarrick, J. Allen, S. Veasey, and B. C. Stewart, 2021: Making Climate Change Assessments Accessible. Virtual. 2021 AMS Annual Meeting, January 13, 2021.
Maycock, T., R. Ward, and A. Lee, 2021: How the Sausage Gets Made: What Goes into Creating All These Climate Reports? What policies and infrastructure may change as a result? North Carolina Climate Education Network meeting, virtual, June 29, 2021.
Copley, L. and T. Maycock, 2020: Survey of Programs Related to Climate Science Fields at America’s HBCUs. Virtual. 2020 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. December 10, 2020.
Hammer, G., G. Peng, J. Fulford, T. Maycock, A. Anderson, T. Foreman, 2020: In Real Life: How Social Media Propelled One Study. Virtual. 2020 NOAA Environmental Data Workshop, August 21, 2020.
Peng, G., J. Privette, S. Hausman, E. Kearns, O. Brown, and T. Maycock, 2020: An Integrated Framework for Supporting Evidence-Based Institutional Research Data Management and Stewardship. Poster. Virtual. 2020 NOAA Environmental Data Management Workshop, August 19, 2020.
Stevens, L. E., K. M. Johnson, T. K. Maycock, A. McCarrick, J. Allen, S. Veasey, and B. C. Stewart, 2020: Accessibility Considerations in Climate Communication: Efforts and Lessons Learned from the Fourth National Climate Assessment. Virtual. 2020 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, December 7, 2020.
Maycock, T., 2019: An Introduction and Overview of NCA4. 4th National Climate Assessment Panel Series, The Collider, Asheville, NC, January 24, 2019.
Maycock, T., 2019: Adaptation and Resilience in NCA4. 4th National Climate Assessment Panel Series, The Collider, Asheville, NC, February 21, 2019.
Maycock, T., 2019: Climate Change in North Carolina (panel discussion). Get off the Grid Fest, Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC, August 10, 2019.
Maycock, T., S. Veasey, and G. Hammer, 2019: Poster Production Creation- A whole new approach. NCEI Seminar Series, National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Asheville, NC, October 1, 2019.
Peng, G., J. L. Privette, and T. Maycock, 2019: An Integrated Framework for Managing Scientific Data Stewardship Activities. Poster. Earth Science Information Partner (ESIP) Summer Meeting, Tacoma, WA, July 17, 2019.
Peng, G., J. L. Privette, E. J. Kearns, N. Ritchey, O. Brown, C. Tilmes, S. Bristol, H. K. Ramapriyan, and T. Maycock, 2019: A Holistic Framework for Supporting Evidence-Based Institutional Research Data Management. CODATA 2019 Conference, Beijing, China, September 19, 2019.
Maycock, T., 2018: Climate Change and Human Health, visiting East Tennessee State University faculty and graduate students, The Collider, Asheville, NC, February 16, 2018.
Matthews, K. V., G. Hammer, S. Osborne, J. Fulford, and T. Maycock, 2018: 6.3: Climate Science and Social Media: Success Reaching the Masses. American Meteorological Society 2018 Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, January 9, 2018.
Osborne, S., K. V. Matthews, G. Hammer, J. Fulford, H. McCullough, K. Boseo, A. Sallis, and T. Maycock, 2018: 6.2: Communicating Science on Social Media: Strategic Keys to Success. American Meteorological Society 2018 Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, January 9, 2018.
Matthews, K. V., D. S. Arndt, J. Crouch, J. F. Fox, G. Hammer, and T. Maycock, 2017: Communicating Climate with Media - Tactics and Strategies. American Meteorological Society 23rd Conference on Applied Climatology, Asheville, NC, June 28, 2017.
Maycock, T. and Runkle, J., 2016: Climate and Health. Asheville Museum of Science Beer City Science Pub Series, October 28, 2016, The Collider, Asheville, NC.
Maycock, T., 2015: Asheville, Climate, and Climate Change. Ardenwoods Senior Living Center, Arden, NC, November 16, 2015.
Maycock, T., 2015: Climate Change and the 2014 National Climate Assessment. Local book club. Omaha, NE, September 12, 2015.
Maycock, T., and J. Runkle, 2015: Climate and Health Assessment and related TSU activities. NCEI Branch Seminar, National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, North Carolina, July 28, 2015.
Peng, G., and T. Maycock, 2015: Increasing sharing, expanding user base, and estimating impact of your research data using service tools and social media - a use case study. Data Stories Blog, June 29, 2015. http://datastories.jiscinvolve.org/wp/?p=159