Stephen Schneider
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Stephen Schneider 🇺🇸

Stephen Henry Schneider
Climatologist, Global Warming Pioneer, Stanford Professor
Born Feb 11, 1945 🇺🇸 New York City, United States
Passed Away Jul 19, 2010 London, United Kingdom
Lifespan 65 years old
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"We have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we might have. Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest."

Archival Overview

Pioneering American climate scientist and Stanford University professor who sounded the earliest public alarms on global warming and co-authored all four initial IPCC Assessment Reports.

Biographical Record

Stephen Henry Schneider earned his doctorate in mechanical engineering and plasma physics from Columbia University before joining the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. In 1976, he founded the interdisciplinary journal Climatic Change.

Schneider was among the first scientists to model greenhouse gas impacts and advocate for climate risk management. A lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since its inception, he shared in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the IPCC and Al Gore, passionately communicating science to the global public.

Key Life Milestones

1977

Founding of Climatic Change Journal

Established the premier interdisciplinary scientific journal devoted to atmospheric science and climate impacts.

2007

Nobel Peace Prize Contribution

Recognized as a leading author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its shared Nobel Peace Prize.

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Final Resting Place

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Cremated, private memorial
Stanford, United States
GPS: 37.4275, -122.1697
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