By Joe Romm
July 19, 2010Prof. Stephen Schneider, one of the truly important voices in climate science of our time, has died. For over three decades, he had been researching and speaking out on the need to sharply and quickly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Schneider served as a consultant to Federal Agencies and White House staff in the Nixon, Carter, Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama administrations…..
Schneider was the founder and editor of the journal Climatic Change and authored or co-authored over 450 scientific papers and other publications. He was a Coordinating Lead Author in Working Group II IPCC TAR and was engaged as a co-anchor of the Key Vulnerabilities Cross-Cutting Theme for the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) at the time of his death.
Schneider managed this urgent message even while consistently focusing on the uncertainties inherent in the science — he understood that the uncertainties made the case stronger, not weaker, particularly since most of the uncertainty is on the high end of climate sensitivity and impacts. And he managed this even while he battled and beat a rare cancer.” …
Monday, July 19, 2010
Remembering Stephen Schneider
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