James Hansen

Birthday: 3/29/1941
Place of birth: Denison, Iowa, USA
Fame for: Acting
Also known as: James Edward Hansen
Social networks: Facebook

Biography

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.