Michael E. Mann

American physicist and climatologist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1965 · age 60

Michael Evan Mann is an American climatologist and geophysicist. He is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, having stepped down from his administrative role as the director of the Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media in 2025.

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2023John Scott AwardAward2019Tyler Prize for Environmental AchievementAward2018Climate Communication PrizeAwardFellow of the Committee for Skeptical InquiryAward2017Stephen H. Schneider AwardAward2015Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAward2013Fellow of the American Meteorological SocietyAwardNational Conservation Achievement AwardAward2012Fellow of the American Geophysical UnionAwardHans Oeschger MedalAward1965Born28 December 1965

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The original northern hemisphere hockey stick graph of Mann et al. 1999, smoothed curve shown in blue with its uncertainty range in light blue, overlaid with green dots showing the 30-year global average of the PAGES 2k Consortium 2013 reconstruction. The red curve shows measured global mean temperature, according to HadCRUT4 data from 1850 to 2013.

The Madhouse Effect How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet Destroying Our Politics and Driving Us Crazy CSICon 2016

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Awards

John Scott Award2023

Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement2019

Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry2018

Climate Communication Prize2018

Stephen H. Schneider Award2017

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science2015

Fellow of the American Meteorological Society2013

National Conservation Achievement Award2013

Hans Oeschger Medal2012

Fellow of the American Geophysical Union2012

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Mann has contributed to the scientific understanding of historic climate change based on the temperature record of the past thousand years. He has pioneered techniques to find patterns in past climate change and to isolate climate signals from noisy data.

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