Dr. James E. Hansen

Hansen JE, Kharecha P, Sato M, et al. 2025: Global warming has accelerated: are the United Nations and the public well-informed? , Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 67(1), 6–44, doi: 10.1080/00139157.2025.2434494
Hansen JE, Sato M, Simons L, et al. 2023: Global warming in the pipeline, Oxford Open Climate Change, 3, Issue 1, kgad008.
Li J, Carlson BE, Yung YL, et al. 2022: Scattering and Absorbing Aerosols in the Climate System, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 3, 363–379.
Hansen JE. 2021: Foreword: Uncensored science is crucial for global conservation, In DellaSala DA (ed). Conservation Science and Advocacy for a Planet in Peril. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2021,451 pp.
Beerling DJ, Kantzas EP, Lomas MR, et al. 2020: Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands, Nature 583 , 242-248, doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2448-9.
Rye CD, Marshall J, Kelley M, et al. 2020: Antarctic Glacial Melt as a Driver of Recent Southern Ocean Climate Trends, Geophysical Research Letters 47, 11, doi: 10.1029/2019GL086892.
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April 11, 2022: Nuclear power must be part of New York's energy solution, Commentary in Albany Times Union.
September 8, 2021: A carbon tax is key to addressing the climate crisis -- and carbon dividends could get Congress to support one, Op-ed with Jonathan Marshall in the Boston Globe.
June 1, 2021: Biden should impose a carbon fee immediately, Op-ed with Daniel M. Galpern in the Boston Globe.
September 9, 2020: A socially and environmentally just way to fight climate change, Op-ed with Daniel H. Miller in the Boston Globe.
October 10, 2019: Fueling the next Rim fire, Op-ed with Chad Hanson in LA Times.

October 2018: Aerosol Effects on Climate & Human Health: Urgent Research Needs Presentation in Xi'an, China at AGU-CAS Meeting.
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November 2017: Young People's Burden: Averting Climate Disaster Presentation in Bonn, Germany, at COP-23.
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March 2017: How Can Young People Take Charge of Their Future? Video taken at Williams College, MA on March 8
December 2015: Climate Change and Energy: How Can Justice Be Achieved for Young People and Nature? Presentation given in Beijing, China on Dec. 22.
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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.
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February 2012: Why I Must Speak Out About Climate Change. Presentation given at TED 2012 at Long Beach, California.
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November 5, 2025: Yle (Finland) — Jenni Frilander, World-renowned climate scientist to Yle: Climate change will not stop at what is thought, but much worse is coming (article in Finnish; web browsers provide automatic translation). See video.
February 4, 2025: The Guardian — Damian Carrington, Climate change target of 2°C is dead, says renowned climate scientist.
February 4, 2025: Inside Climate News — Bob Berwyn, Hansen-led research documents global warming acceleration.
November 2, 2023: The Guardian — Oliver Milman, Global heating is accelerating, warns scientist who sounded climate alarm in the 80s.
November 2, 2023: Washington Post — Kasha Patel and Shannon Osaka, Famed climate scientist has a new, dire prediction.
October 7, 2023: New York Times — Nadja Popovich and Adam Pearce, It's Not Your Imagination. Summers Are Getting Hotter.
June 20, 2022: Washington Post — Eugene Robinson, To stop climate change, regulate carbon as a toxic substance.
June 16, 2022: The Guardian — Fiona Harvey, Greenhouse gases must be legally phased out, US scientists argue.

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