Stefan Rahmstorf

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Stefan Rahmstorf
Born (1960-02-22) 22 February 1960 (age 52)
Nationality German
Fields Oceanography
Institutions Potsdam University
Alma mater Bangor University, Victoria University of Wellington

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 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]

In 1999 Rahmstorf was awarded the $1 million Centennial Fellowship Award of the US-based James S. McDonnell Foundation.[1] Rahmstorf is a member of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU).[1]

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[edit] Public role

Rahmstorf is actively contributing to the public discussion on climate science. He 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] He is a frequent contributor of articles on climate and climate change in the popular press, some of which are internationally syndicated via Project Syndicate.[5] He writes a regular column in the German environmental magazine Zeo2,[6] and has published the children's science book Wolken, Wind und Wetter (Clouds, Wind, and Weather) on weather and climate.[7][8] The book was selected as Environmental Book of the Month for January 2012 by the Deutsche Umweltstiftung.[9]

Rahmstorf has commented on climate change and climate policy on TV and radio.[10][11][12] He was portrayed as one of the worlds 10 leading climate scientists by the Financial Times in 2009.[13] 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.[14]

[edit] Selected publications

  • Rahmstorf, S., Zickfeld, K. (2005). "Thermohaline circulation changes: a question of risk assessment". Climatic Change 68: 241–7. doi:10.1007/s10584-005-4038-0. 
  • Rahmstorf, S., et al. (2004). "Cosmic rays, carbon dioxide and climate". Eos 85 (4): 38, 41. doi:10.1029/2004EO040002. 
  • Zickfeld, K., Slawig, T., Rahmstorf, S. (2004). "A low-order model for the response of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation to climate change". Ocean Dynamics 54: 8–26. doi:10.1007/s10236-003-0054-7. 
  • Rahmstorf, S. (2003). "Timing of abrupt climate change: a precise clock". Geophys. Res. Let. 30 (10): 1510. Bibcode 2003GeoRL..30j..17R. doi:10.1029/2003GL017115. 
  • Rahmstorf, S. (2003). "Thermohaline circulation: The current climate". Nature 421 (6924): 699. doi:10.1038/421699a. PMID 12610602. 
  • Rahmstorf, S. (2002). "Ocean circulation and climate during the past 120,000 years". Nature 419 (6903): 207–214. doi:10.1038/nature01090. PMID 12226675. 
  • Ganopolski, A., Rahmstorf, S. (2002). "Abrupt glacial climate changes due to stochastic resonance". Phys. Rev. Let. 88 (3): 038501. Bibcode 2002PhRvL..88c8501G. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.038501. 
  • Rahmstorf, S., Alley, R.B. (2002). "Stochastic resonance in glacial climate". Eos 83 (12): 129–135. doi:10.1029/2002EO000078. 
  • Ganopolski, A., Rahmstorf, S. (2001). "Simulation of rapid glacial climate changes in a coupled climate model". Nature 409 (6817): 153–8. doi:10.1038/35051500. PMID 11196631. 
  • Rahmstorf, S. (1999). "Shifting seas in the greenhouse?". Nature 399 (6736): 523–4. doi:10.1038/21066. 
  • Ganopolski, A., Rahmstorf, S., Petoukhov, V., Claussen, M. (1998). "Simulation of modern and glacial climates with a coupled global climate model". Nature 391 (6665): 351–6. doi:10.1038/34839. 
  • Rahmstorf, S. (1997). "Risk of sea-change in the Atlantic". Nature 388 (6645): 825–6. doi:10.1038/42127. 
  • Rahmstorf, S. (1995). "Bifurcations of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation in response to changes in the hydrological cycle". Nature 378 (6553): 145–9. doi:10.1038/378145a0. 
  • Rahmstorf, S. (1994). "Rapid climate transitions in a coupled ocean-atmosphere model". Nature 372 (6501): 82–5. doi:10.1038/372082a0. 

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~stefan/cv.html
  2. ^ "Top five science blogs". Nature 442 (9): 9. 2006. Bibcode 2006Natur.442....9.. doi:10.1038/442009a. PMID 16823420. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v442/n7098/full/442009a.html. 
  3. ^ Roston, Eric (April 17, 2008). "RealClimate". Time. http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1730759_1731034_1732032,00.html. Retrieved 8 January 2012. 
  4. ^ "KlimaLounge - Über das Blog". SciLogs. http://www.scilogs.de/wblogs/blog/klimalounge/content/about. Retrieved 8 January 2012. 
  5. ^ "Project Syndicate - Author's Bio". Project Syndicate. http://www.project-syndicate.org/contributor/1703. Retrieved 8 January 2012. 
  6. ^ "Zeo2 - Stefan Rahmstorf". http://www.zeozwei.de/?s=rahmstorf. Retrieved 8 January 2012. 
  7. ^ Rahmstorf, Stefan. "Buchtipp: Wolken, Wind & Wetter". http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~stefan/kinderuni.html. Retrieved 8 January 2012. 
  8. ^ "Stefan Rahmstorf "Wolken, Wind und Wetter" - Buchmesse 2011". Hessischer Rundfunk. September 29, 2011. http://www.hr-online.de/website/specials/buchmesse2011/index.jsp?rubrik=67983&key=standard_rezension_42618712. Retrieved 8 January 2012. 
  9. ^ "Umweltbuch des Monats Januar 2012: "Wolken, Wind & Wetter"". Deutsche Umweltstiftung. http://www.deutscheumweltstiftung.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=36&Itemid=215. Retrieved 13 January 2012. 
  10. ^ "Klimagipfel: "Die Zeit läuft davon"". Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen. December 12, 2011. http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/kanaluebersicht/aktuellste/446#/beitrag/video/1516616/Klimagipfel:-%22Die-Zeit-l%C3%A4uft-davon%22. Retrieved 8 January 2012. 
  11. ^ "Das Kyoto-Protokoll galt ja nur für die Industriestaaten". Deutschlandfunk. December 12, 2011. http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1626862/. Retrieved 8 January 2012. 
  12. ^ "Was dem Klima schadet". Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. November 28, 2011. http://www.inforadio.de/programm/schema/sendungen/wissenswerte/201111/166767.html. Retrieved 8 January 2012. 
  13. ^ de Castella, Tom (November 20, 2009). "Top climate scientists share their outlook". Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/f1d9f856-d4ad-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1is325gmr. Retrieved 8 January 2012. 
  14. ^ "Klimaschutz: Gore und UN-Klimarat mit Friedensnobelpreis ausgezeichnet". ARD. December 10, 2007. http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/video/video246668_bcId-_ply-internal_res-flash256_vChoice-video246668.html. Retrieved 8 January 2012. 

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