# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stefan-rahmstorf
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:48:53.475Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stefan-rahmstorf"
name: "Stefan Rahmstorf"
slug: "stefan-rahmstorf"
description: "Stefan Rahmstorf is a German oceanographer and climatologist. Since 2000, he has been a Professor of Physics of the Oceans at Potsdam University. He studied physical oceanography at Bangor University and received his Ph.D. in oceanography from Victoria University of Wellington (1990). His work focuses on the role of ocean currents in climate change. He was one of the lead authors of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report."
tagline: "German oceanographer and climatologist"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1960-02-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     70
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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  - platform:  "IMDB"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump