# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/veerabhadran-ramanathan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:43:09.546Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/veerabhadran-ramanathan"
name: "Veerabhadran Ramanathan"
slug: "veerabhadran-ramanathan"
description: "Veerabhadran \"Ram\" Ramanathan  holds the title of Professor Emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. He was Edward A. Frieman Endowed Presidential Chair in Climate Sustainability Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. He is also currently an adjunct professor in the Department of Global Development at Cornell University.\nHe has contributed to many areas of the atmospheric and climate sciences including developments to general circulation models, atmospheric chemistry, and radiative transfer. He has been a part of major projects such as the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) and the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE), and is known for his contributions to the areas of climate physics, Climate Change and atmospheric aerosols research. He is now the Chair of Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions education project of University of California. He has received numerous awards, and is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences. He has spoken about the topic of global warming, and written that \"the effect of greenhouse gases on global warming is, in my opinion, the most important environmental issue facing the world today.\""
tagline: "Indian climate scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Veerabhadran_Ramanathan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1944-11-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump