James Hansen

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James Hansen is a prominent American climate scientist and former NASA researcher known for his early and influential warnings about global warming and advocacy for climate action.

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James E. Hansen 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf climate scientist
environmental activist
human
physicist
academicDegree PhD in Physics
advocates carbon fee and dividend policy
rapid reduction of fossil fuel emissions
stronger climate policy based on scientific evidence
awardReceived Blue Planet Prize
American Meteorological Society Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal
surface form: Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal

Heinz Award
surface form: Heinz Award for the Environment

Sophie Prize
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1941-03-29
doctoralAdvisor James A. Van Allen
surface form: James Van Allen
educatedAt University of Iowa
employer Columbia University
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
surface form: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
endTime 2013 (director of NASA GISS)
familyName Hansen
fieldOfWork atmospheric science
climatology
global warming
planetary science
givenName James
knownFor climate change advocacy
early warnings about global warming
research on climate sensitivity
research on planetary atmospheres
testimony on climate change to the United States Congress in 1988
movement climate justice movement
name James Hansen self-link
notableIdea dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system
notableWork 1988 testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Climate Change and Energy Policies
Storms of My Grandchildren
occupation author
climate activist
professor
scientist
placeOfBirth Denison, Iowa, United States
positionHeld Director of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
researchInterest global temperature change
greenhouse effect
paleoclimate
sea level rise
startTime 1981 (director of NASA GISS)
workInstitution Columbia University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Columbia University Earth Institute

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Heinz Award notableRecipient James Hansen
James Hansen name James Hansen self-link
Hansen hasNotableBearer James Hansen
Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest hasAwarded James Hansen
this entity surface form: James E. Hansen