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Biography
James Hansen is an American adjunct professor directing the Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions of the Earth Institute 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 climate change, on a few occasions leading to his arrest.
Awards & recognition
- BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award · 2016
- NASA Distinguished Service Medal · 2013
- Edinburgh Medal · 2012
- Blue Planet Prize · 2010
- Sophie Prize · 2010
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- Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal · 2009
- Nevada Medal · 2008
- Nierenberg Prize · 2008
- Sierra Club John Muir Award · 2008
- AAAS Award — Scientific Freedom and Responsibility · 2007
- Dan David Prize · 2007
- Leo Szilard Lectureship Award · 2007
- Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Award · 2006
- Heinz Award · 2001
- Roger Revelle Medal · 2001
