James Black (climatologist)
James F. Black ( 1919 - 1988 ) was a climate researcher .
Black graduated with a Ph.D. from. He started his career at Standard Oil during World War II . For over 40 years until his retirement in 1988 he worked as a scientist in the Products Research Division of Exxon Research & Engineering, part of ExxonMobil .
From 1977 onwards, James Black informed his superiors about the expected effects of increasing CO 2 concentrations in the atmosphere. In 1978, in an internal letter to his executives, James Black predicted that CO 2 levels would double by 2075 and that fossil carbon compounds would burn up to a maximum in 2025. He estimated the temperature of the earth would rise by 2–3 ºC, at the poles significantly higher , from.
Web links
- Geoffrey Supran, Naomi Oreskes: Assessing ExxonMobil's climate change communications (1977–2014). (2017), Environmental Research Letters 12, DOI: 10.1088 / 1748-9326 / aa815f (link to the article as a PDF document)
- James Black 1977 presentation as PDF
Individual evidence
- ↑ My father warned Exxon about climate change in the 1970s. They didn't listen theguardian.com
- ↑ Shannon Hall: Exxon Knew about Climate Change almost 40 years ago. In: Scientific American, October 26, 2015, Retrieved December 1, 2019
- ↑ Claudia Black-Kalinsky: My father warned Exxon about climate change in the 1970s. They didn't listen. In: The Guardian, May 25, 2016, Retrieved December 1, 2019
- ↑ Guest contribution by Stefan Rahmstorf: A researcher predicted climate change as early as 1977 - unfortunately he worked at Exxon. Spiegel Online, accessed December 1, 2019 .
- ↑ James F. Black: The Greenhouse Effect ; Internal letter of June 6, 1978 (download PDF)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Black, James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Black, James F. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Climate researchers |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1919 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1988 |