Dr. James E. Hansen
Columbia University
Earth Institute
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115 USA
E-mail: jeh1@columbia.edu
"Storms of My Grandchildren", by James Hansen
On the webpage "Updating the Climate Science: What Path is the Real World Following?", Drs. Makiko Sato and James Hansen update figures in the book Storms of My Grandchildren (see LA Times review) and present updated graphs and discussion of key quantities that help provide understanding of how climate change is developing and how effective or ineffective global actions are in affecting climate forcings and future climate change. A few errata in Storms are also provided.
Near Future Presentations
Recent Communications
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- July 17, 2014: Monarchs Return? First sighting of 2014. Uncertain prospects for recovery.
- July 2, 2014: The Wheels of Justice: Legal actions, multi-front strategy, young people & the end-game.
- June 19, 2014: Too Little, Too Late? Oops?: The status of climate action.
- Apr. 29, 2014: Young People's Day in Court: Part II: A change of plans & what young people must ask.
- Apr. 24, 2014: Energy and Climate: Oral testimony to U.S. Senate and Response to Senator Menendez' questions.
- Apr. 14, 2014: Young People's Day in Court: An historic case will be held is the U.S. Court of Appeals on May 2.
Recent Scholarly Publications
Hansen, J., P. Kharecha, M. Sato, V. Masson-Delmotte, et al., Assessing "Dangerous Climate Change": Required Reduction of Carbon Emissions to Protect Young People, Future Generations and Nature. PLOS ONE, 8, e81468.
Hansen, J., M. Sato, G. Russell, and P. Kharecha, 2013: Climate sensitivity, sea level, and atmospheric carbon dioxide. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 371, 20120294, doi:10.1098/rsta.2012.0294.
Other Recent Publications
Apr. 4, 2013: Keystone XL: The pipeline to disaster. Op-ed in the Los Angeles Times.
Recent Presentations
February 2014:
Symposium on a New Type of Major Power Relationship:
Presentation given at Counsellors Office of the State Council, Beijin, China on Feb. 24.
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December 2013:
Minimizing Irreversible Impacts of Human-Made Climate Change:
Presentation given at AGU Fall Meeting on Dec. 12.
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September 2012:
A New Age of Risk:
Presentation given at Columbia University on Sep. 22.
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Recent TV Appearance
in Recent News
- Nov. 3, 2013: "Top climate scientists ask environmentalists to support nuclear power in climate battle" [Washington Post, originally from Associated Press]
Recent Video
December 2012: Discussion at Climate One about Superstorm Sandy and Carbon Pricing.
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