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James E. Hansen

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American climatologist (1941-)

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James Edward Hansen is an American climatologist. He is an adjunct professor directing the Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions at Columbia University.

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2016BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
2013NASA Distinguished Service Medal
2012Edinburgh Medal
2010Sophie Prize
2010Blue Planet Prize
2009Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal
2008Nierenberg Prize
2008Sierra Club John Muir Award
2008Nevada Medal
2007AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility
2007Dan David Prize
2007Leo Szilard Lectureship Award
2006Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Award
2001Heinz Award
2001Roger Revelle Medal

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James Edward Hansen is an American climatologist. He is an adjunct professor directing the Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions 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.

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Born 1941 · age 85
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