American Meteorological Society gives top honors to Dr. James E. Hansen

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NASA climate scientist James E. Hansen has been chosen by his peers to receive the 2009 Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the American Meteorological Society (AMS).

Jim Hansen is performing a tremendous job at communicating our science to the public and, more importantly, to policymakers and decision-makers,โ€ said Franco Einaudi, director of the Earth Sciences Division at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

โ€œThe debate about global change is often emotional and controversial, and Jim has had the courage to stand up and say what others did not want to hear,โ€ Einaudi added. โ€œHe has acquired a credibility that very few scientists have. His success is due in part to his personality, in part to his scientific achievements, and in part to his refusing to sit on the sidelines of theย debate.โ€

As Andrew Revkin notes on his DotEarthย Blog:

โ€œWhatever one thinks of James E. Hansenโ€™s mix of climate science and policy advocacy (just explore comments here for a cross-section of views), itโ€™s hard not to take note when the countryโ€™s largest organization of weather specialists, the American Meteorological Society, gives this veteran climatologist its top honor.โ€


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