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.

James Hansen

Acting Born March 29, 1941 Denison, Iowa, USA

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.

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Fuck la planète : le choix du réchauffement

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Climate Change: The Facts

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Greedy Lying Bastards

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Everything's Cool

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Valve Turners

Cool It

Self - Director, NASA Institute for Space Studies

The New Fire

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Sea Blind, the Price of Shipping Our Stuff

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