James Hansen
March 29, 1941 (83 years old) in Denison, Iowa, USA
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.
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- 2024 ยทValve Turnersas
- 2019 ยทClimate Change: The Factsas Self
- 2016 ยทSea Blind, the Price of Shipping Our Stuffas Himself
- 2013 ยทGreedy Lying Bastardsas Self (archive footage)
- 2010 ยทCool Itas Self - Director, NASA Institute for Space Studies
- 2007 ยทEverything's Coolas Self (archive footage)