James Hansen

For other people named James Hansen, see James Hansen (disambiguation).

James Hansen
Hansen in 2005
Born
James Edward Hansen

(1941-03-29) March 29, 1941 (age 83)
Denison, Iowa, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Iowa
Known for
Awards

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2016)

Tang Prize (2018)

Heinz Award in the Environment (2001)
Scientific career
FieldsAtmospheric physics
InstitutionsCurrently Columbia University;
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies 1967–2013
ThesisThe atmosphere of Venus : a dust insulation model (1967)
Doctoral advisorSatoshi Matsushima
Websitewww.columbia.edu/~jeh1

James Edward Hansen (born March 29, 1941) is an American adjunct professor directing the Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions[4] 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.[5][6][7] In recent years, he has become a climate activist to mitigate the effects of global warming, on a few occasions leading to his arrest.[8]

Hansen also proposed an alternative approach of global warming, where the 0.7°C global mean temperature increase of the last 100 years can essentially be explained by the effect of greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide (such as methane).[9]

  1. ^ Hansen, J.; Sato, M.; Ruedy, R. (1997). "Radiative forcing and climate response". Journal of Geophysical Research. 102 (D6): 6831. Bibcode:1997JGR...102.6831H. doi:10.1029/96JD03436.
  2. ^ Hansen, J. E.; Travis, L. D. (1974). "Light scattering in planetary atmospheres". Space Science Reviews. 16 (4): 527–610. Bibcode:1974SSRv...16..527H. doi:10.1007/BF00168069. S2CID 122043532.
  3. ^ Charlson, R. J.; Schwartz, S. E.; Hales, J. M.; Cess, R. D.; Coakley Jr, J. A.; Hansen, J. E.; Hofmann, D. J. (1992). "Climate forcing by anthropogenic aerosols". Science. 255 (5043): 423–30. Bibcode:1992Sci...255..423C. doi:10.1126/science.255.5043.423. PMID 17842894. S2CID 26740611.
  4. ^ "Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions Program home page". Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  5. ^ Kerr, R. A. (1989). "Hansen vs. The World on the Greenhouse Threat: Scientists like the attention the greenhouse effect is getting on Capitol Hill, but they shun the reputedly unscientific way their colleague James Hansen went about getting that attention". Science. 244 (4908): 1041–3. Bibcode:1989Sci...244.1041K. doi:10.1126/science.244.4908.1041. PMID 17741038.
  6. ^ James Hansen's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  7. ^ Rockström, J.; Steffen, W.; Noone, K.; Persson, Å.; Chapin Fs, F. S.; Lambin, E. F.; Lenton, T. M.; Scheffer, M.; Folke, C.; Schellnhuber, H. J.; Nykvist, B. R.; De Wit, C. A.; Hughes, T.; Van Der Leeuw, S.; Rodhe, H.; Sörlin, S.; Snyder, P. K.; Costanza, R.; Svedin, U.; Falkenmark, M.; Karlberg, L.; Corell, R. W.; Fabry, V. J.; Hansen, J.; Walker, B.; Liverman, D.; Richardson, K.; Crutzen, P.; Foley, J. A. (2009). "A safe operating space for humanity". Nature. 461 (7263): 472–475. Bibcode:2009Natur.461..472R. doi:10.1038/461472a. PMID 19779433. S2CID 205049746.
  8. ^ "Top NASA scientist arrested (again) in White House protest". Fox News. February 13, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  9. ^ Hansen, James; Sato, Makiko; Ruedy, Reto; Lacis, Andrew; Oinas, Valdar (August 29, 2000). "Global warming in the twenty-first century: An alternative scenario". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97 (18): 9875–9880. Bibcode:2000PNAS...97.9875H. doi:10.1073/pnas.170278997. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 27611. PMID 10944197.