James E. Hansen
1941
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
educated at: University of Iowa
occupation: physicist, university teacher, astrophysicist, environmentalist, climatologist
award received: Sophie Prize, Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal, AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility, Blue Planet Prize, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, Nierenberg Prize, Dan David Prize, Leo Szilard Lectureship Award, Sierra Club John Muir Award, Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Award, Heinz Award, Roger Revelle Medal, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Nevada Medal
influenced by: James A. Van Allen
official website: www.columbia.edu/~jeh1
James Edward Hansen (born March 29, 1941) is an American adjunct professor directing the Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is best known for his research in climatology, his 1988 Congressional testimony on climate change that helped raise broad awareness of global warming, and his advocacy of action to avoid dangerous climate change. In recent years, he has become a climate activist to mitigate the effects of global warming, on a few occasions leading to his arrest. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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