James Hansen

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Born 1941-03-29 Denison, Iowa, USA 7 credits BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 1 NASA Distinguished Service Medal 1 Edinburgh Medal 1 Sophie Prize 1

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Won 1 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award Award

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 1 won

2016 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award Won

NASA Distinguished Service Medal 1 won

2013 NASA Distinguished Service Medal Won

Edinburgh Medal 1 won

2012 Edinburgh Medal Won

Sophie Prize 1 won

2010 Sophie Prize Won

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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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