What is Penny Whetton?
[[File:Penny Whetton.jpg|right|200px]] '''Penelope Whetton''' (5 January 1958 – 11 September 2019) was an Australian [[climatologist]]. She was an expert in regional climate change effects due to [[global warming]] and in the impacts of those changes. Her primary scientific focus was [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Marsa|first=Linda|title=The Continent Where Climate Went Haywire|url=http://discovermagazine.com/2011/dec/17-continent-where-climate-went-haywire#.UZYbmisY1D4|publisher=Discover Magazine|access-date=17 May 2013}}</ref> In 1989, she joined the Atmospheric Research division of [[Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation|CSIRO]] (later becoming [[CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research|CMAR]] CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research). She was one of the [[List of authors of Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis|lead authors]] of the [[Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis|Fourth Assessment Report]] of the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]]. Whetton was born in [[Melbourne]]. She was married to Senator [[Janet Rice]]. In 2003, she had [[sexual reassignment surgery]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Birnbauer|first=William|title=Gender changes, but a wife's love stays|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/gender-changes-but-a-wifes-love-stays/2007/09/08/1188783562207.html|publisher=The Age Company Ltd.|access-date=17 May 2013}}</ref> Whetton died on 11 September 2019 in [[Sisters Beach, Tasmania]] at the age of 61.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156789613597473&id=558837472|title=Janet Rice|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=2019-09-16}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Whetton, Penny}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Transgender women]] [[Category:Australian LGBT people]] [[Category:Australian environmentalists]] [[Category:LGBT scientists]] [[Category:Scientists from Melbourne]] {{bio-stub}}