Topic: James Hansen
Quotes
The whole approach is so fundamentally wrong that it is better to reassess the situation
Top climate scientist wants Copenhagen to fail Dec 09, 2009
The fundamental problem is that fossil fuels are the cheapest form of energy
Scientist hopes warming summit will fail Dec 03, 2009
I would rather it not happen if people accept that as being the right track because it's a disaster track
Top climate scientist wants Copenhagen to fail Dec 09, 2009
When we average temperature ... to minimize that variability, we find global warming is continuing unabated
Last decade warmest on record Jan 22, 2010
Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity
Expert: Australia like drug dealer of coal Mar 04, 2010
James E. Hansen (born March 29, 1941) heads the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City, a part of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, Earth Sciences Division. He has held this position since 1981. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University.
After graduate school, Hansen continued his work with radiative transfer models and attempting to understand the Venusian atmosphere. This naturally led to the same computer codes being used to understand the Earth's atmosphere. He used these codes to study the effects that aerosols and trace gases have on the climate. Hansen has also contributed to the further understanding of the Earth's climate through the development and use of global climate models.
Hansen is best known for his research in the field of climatology, his testimony on climate change to congressional committees in 1988 that helped raise broad awareness of global warming, and his advocacy of action to limit the impacts of climate change.
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