Dr. James E. Hansen
Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions Program
Earth Institute
Columbia University
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.
Recent Communications
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- April 8, 2016: Historic Victory in Court.
- March 23, 2016: Dangerous Scientific Reticence: A discussion.
- March 22, 2016: Abbreviation of "Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms" with link to full paper.
- March 22, 2016: Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms: The Threat of Irreparable Harm (a video)
- March 9, 2016: Our Children's Right to a Viable Future: Op-Ed for Boston Globe
Selected Presentations
- February 29, 2012:
Why I Must Speak Out About Climate Change:
Presentation given at TED 2012 at Long Beach, California.
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+ TED video
+ YouTube video
Near Future Presentations
- April 7 (Thurs.): Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms: Evidence that 2°C Warming Is Dangerous KGL 123, Kline Geology Laboratory, 210 Whitney Avenue, 4:00-5:30 pm.
- April 21 (Thurs.): Energy and Climate Change: How Can Justice Be Achieved for Young People? Presentation given at Benedictine University.
Recent Presentations
- December 2015:
Climate Change and Energy: How Can Justice Be Achieved for Young People and Nature?:
Presentation given in Beijing, China on Dec. 22
+ Download PDF (5.0 MB) - February 2014:
Symposium on a New Type of Major Power Relationship:
Presentation given at Counsellors Office of the State Council, Beijing, China on Feb. 24.
+ Download PDF (4.1 MB) - 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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+ Download PPT (2.5 MB)
Recent TV Appearance
in Recent News
Recent Video
- March 2016: Video discussion for "Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms" (ACP)
- March 2016: Video abstract for "Regional Climate Change and National Responsibilities" (ERL)
Recent Scholarly Publications
- Hanesn, J., M. Sato, P. Hearty, R. Ruedy, et al., 2016: Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms: evidence from paleoclimate data, climate modeling, and modern observations that 2°C global warming could be dangerous Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 3761-3812. doi:10.5194/acp-16-3761-2016.
- Hansen, J. & M. Sato, 2016: Regional Climate Change and National Responsibilities Environ. Res. Lett. 11 034009 (9 pp.), doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034009.
- Hansen, J., 2015: Environment and Development Challenges: The Imperative of a Carbon Fee and Dividend. The Oxford Handbook of the Macroeconomics of Global Warming, Eds. Lucas Bernard and Willi Semmler, Chapter 26, doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199856978.013.0026.
- Nazarenko, L., G.A. Schmidt, R.L. Miller, N. Tausnev, et al, 2015: Future climate change under RCP emission scenarios with GISS ModelE2. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 7, no. 1, 244-267, doi:10.1002/2014MS000403.
Other Recent Publications
April 4, 2013: Keystone XL: The pipeline to disaster. Op-ed in the Los Angeles Times.
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