Stefan Rahmstorf Explained

Stefan Rahmstorf
Birth Date:22 February 1960
Birth Place:Karlsruhe, Germany
Nationality:German
Fields:Oceanography
Workplaces:Potsdam University
Thesis Title:An oceanic mixing model : application to global climate and to the New Zealand West Coast
Thesis Url:https://tewaharoa.victoria.ac.nz/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma99153344002386&context=L&vid=64VUW_INST:VUWNUI&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&tab=all&lang=en
Thesis Year:1990

Stefan Rahmstorf (born 22 February 1960) is a German oceanographer and climatologist. Since 2000, he has been a Professor of Physics of the Oceans at Potsdam University. He studied physical oceanography at Bangor University and received his Ph.D. in oceanography from Victoria University of Wellington (1990). His work focuses on the role of ocean currents in climate change.[1] He was one of the lead authors of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.[1]

Public role

Rahmstorf is a co-founder of the blog Real Climate, which has been described by Nature as one of the top-5 science blogs in 2006,[2] and included among the 15 best environmental websites by Time in 2008.[3] He also co-founded the German blog KlimaLounge.[4] KlimaLounge won the 3rd prize of the science blog award of 2013.[5] He is a frequent contributor of articles on climate and climate change/global warming in the popular press, some of which are internationally syndicated via Project Syndicate.[6] He writes a regular column in the German environmental magazine Zeo2,[7] and has published the children's science book Wolken, Wind und Wetter (Clouds, Wind, and Weather) on weather and climate.[8] [9] The book was selected as Environmental Book of the Month for January 2012 by the Deutsche Umweltstiftung.[10] In addition, it was later voted Environmental Book of the Year 2012.[11]

Rahmstorf has commented on climate change and climate policy on TV and radio.[12] [13] [14] He was portrayed as one of the world's 10 leading climate scientists by the Financial Times in 2009.[15] The ARD presented a portrait of Rahmstorf in their prime news magazine Tagesthemen when he received the Deutscher Umweltmedienpreis (German Environmental Media Award) in 2007.[16]

Work

The University of Flensburg found that among all climate scientists from Germany, Rahmstorf published the largest number of studies which ranked amongst the most-cited in the scientific literature during the years 1994–2013.[17] Rahmstorf was a member of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) from 2004 till 2013.[18]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

An overview of Rahmstorf's publications can be found at his Google Scholar profile.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~stefan/cv.html Stefan Rahmstorf | Curriculum Vitae
  2. Top five science blogs . . 2006 . 442 . 16823420 . 9 . 10.1038/442009a . 9 . 2006Natur.442....9. . free.
  3. News: Roston. Eric. RealClimate. https://web.archive.org/web/20080421181440/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1730759_1731034_1732032,00.html. dead. 21 April 2008. 8 January 2012. Time. 17 April 2008.
  4. Web site: KlimaLounge - Über das Blog. SciLogs. 8 January 2012.
  5. Wissenschaft kommuniziert | Prosit 2014 – Der Wissenschafts-Blog des Jahres 2013 ist gewählt, 2. Januar 2014
  6. Web site: Project Syndicate - Author's Bio. Project Syndicate. 8 January 2014.
  7. Web site: Zeo2 - Stefan Rahmstorf. 8 January 2012.
  8. Web site: Rahmstorf. Stefan. Buchtipp: Wolken, Wind & Wetter. 8 January 2012.
  9. News: Stefan Rahmstorf "Wolken, Wind und Wetter" - Buchmesse 2011. https://archive.today/20111003015840/http://www.hr-online.de/website/specials/buchmesse2011/index.jsp?rubrik=67983&key=standard_rezension_42618712. dead. 3 October 2011. 8 January 2012. Hessischer Rundfunk. 29 September 2011.
  10. Web site: Umweltbuch des Monats Januar 2012: "Wolken, Wind & Wetter". Deutsche Umweltstiftung. 13 January 2012.
  11. Web site: Umweltbuch des Jahres 2012: "Wolken, Wind & Wetter". https://archive.today/20140110122819/http://www.deutscheumweltstiftung.de/index.php/pressearchiv/377-umweltbuch-des-jahres-2012-qwolken-wind-a-wetterq. dead. 10 January 2014. Deutsche Umweltstiftung. 10 January 2014.
  12. News: Klimagipfel: "Die Zeit läuft davon". 8 January 2012. Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen. 12 December 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120101044549/http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/kanaluebersicht/aktuellste/446#/beitrag/video/1516616/Klimagipfel:-%22Die-Zeit-l%C3%A4uft-davon%22. 1 January 2012.
  13. News: Das Kyoto-Protokoll galt ja nur für die Industriestaaten. 8 January 2012. Deutschlandfunk. 12 December 2011.
  14. News: Was dem Klima schadet. https://archive.today/20130206174509/http://www.inforadio.de/programm/schema/sendungen/wissenswerte/201111/166767.html. dead. 6 February 2013. 8 January 2012. Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. 28 November 2011.
  15. News: de Castella. Tom. Top climate scientists share their outlook. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/EnLKB . 11 December 2022 . subscription . live. 8 January 2012. Financial Times. 20 November 2009.
  16. News: Klimaschutz: Gore und UN-Klimarat mit Friedensnobelpreis ausgezeichnet. 8 January 2012. ARD. 10 December 2007.
  17. Web site: Die zehn meistzitierten Klimastudien aus Deutschland der Jahre 1994-2013. Bernd Sommer. Universität Flensburg. 13 March 2014.
  18. News: WBGU Advisory Council on Global Change. 10 January 2014.
  19. 2017 AGU Union Medal, Award, and Prize Recipients Announced. 2017. AGU.
  20. Web site: Stefan Rahmstorf elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. 17 February 2010. PIK.
  21. Schiermeier . Quirin . Tollefson . Jeff . a Nobel cause . Nature News . 12 October 2007 . 10.1038/news.2007.164 . 20 May 2015.
  22. Web site: Rahmstorf speech, University of Wales award ceremony. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/Twya6HcGmVY . 2021-12-13 . live. 19 July 2007. YouTube.
  23. Web site: German Environmental Aid 2007 media award goes to Stefan Rahmstorf. 10 December 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518080025/http://www.wbgu.de/en/press-appointments/press-releases/2007-12-10-v2-press-release/. 18 May 2015.
  24. Currents of Change. 1999. James S. McDonnell Foundation.

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