Stefan Rahmstorf

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Stefan Rahmstorf (2013)

Stefan Rahmstorf (born February 22, 1960 in Karlsruhe ) is a German climate researcher . The main focus of his scientific work is oceanography and paleoclimatology . He is one of the lead authors of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published in 2007 , is counted among the most cited researchers in his field by Clarivate Analytics, is considered one of the world's leading oceanographers and deals with global warming and its consequences .

Professional background

Rahmstorf studied physics in Konstanz and Ulm as well as physical oceanography at the University of Wales, Bangor , as a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation . In 1990 he received his PhD in oceanography from Victoria University of Wellington . After further positions at the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute and the Kiel Institute for Oceanography , he has been working at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) since 1996 . There he mainly researches the interactions between oceans and global warming as well as natural climate changes . In 1998 he completed his habilitation at the University of Kiel . In 2000 he took over the professorship for ocean physics at the University of Potsdam , where he gives lectures on the topics of paleoclimatology and ocean circulation . He also offers online video lectures as part of the Virtual Academy Sustainability in the e-learning program of the University of Bremen .

Rahmstorf is a member of Academia Europæa and the scientific advisory board of National Geographic Germany . In 2010 he was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union . He was also a member of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) from 2004 to 2013 . In 2019 he was co-opted as a member of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin .

Rahmstorf is the author or co-author of around 100 scientific publications in international journals, including more than 30 in Nature , Science and PNAS . Its h-index is 71 (as of April 2020).

Act

After initial work on gravitational physics ( general theory of relativity ), Rahmstorf became internationally known in the 1990s through a series of studies on the stability of the North Atlantic Current, which provided an explanatory hypothesis for abrupt ice age climate changes in the northern hemisphere such as the Dansgaard-Oeschger events . In 1998 he was involved in the first successful ocean-atmosphere simulation of the climate at the height of the last ice age. In 1999 he published scenarios about possible future changes in currents in the North Atlantic as a result of global warming. In March 2015, Rahmstorf and his colleagues in climate research reported in the journal Nature Climate Change about new findings regarding a weakening of the North Atlantic Current. The hot water flow has slowed down by up to 30 percent in the past few decades, with the relatively weakest flow occurring in the early 1990s. There had not been such a decline in over 1000 years.

Since 2007 Rahmstorf has been researching changes in sea ​​levels in the past and the future. Since 2009, he has also been involved in several studies that substantiate the connection between extreme weather and climate change.

Rahmstorf is also publicly committed to the topic of global warming . He is a co-founder of the world-famous RealClimate blog, which was named one of the top 5 science blogs by Nature in 2006 and one of the 15 best environmental sites by Time Magazine in 2008. He is also a co-founder of the German climate blog KlimaLounge . The KlimaLounge won 3rd prize in the 2013 science blog of the year.

Rahmstorf has written four popular science books on weather, climate and seas, some of them with specialist colleagues, some of which have been translated into several languages. His latest book, clouds, wind and weather (DVA 2011), established in February 2012, the Germany radio - Leaderboard for young readers voted and the German Environmental Foundation for Environmental Book of the Year chosen.

Rahmstorf has made many comments on climate issues in the media. His climate-related articles, published in daily newspapers, are occasionally distributed internationally through Project Syndicate . He has written a regular column in the environmental magazine Zeo2 since the first edition. The award of the Environmental Media Prize to Rahmstorf 2007 was extensively recognized in the ARD Tagesthemen . The Financial Times named him a leading climatologist in 2009.

As a member of the WBGU , Rahmstorf was involved in several reports that sparked broad discussions, including on the seas (2006), bioenergy (2008) and the social contract for a great transformation (2011). The bioenergy report advised against promoting biofuels because of their inefficiency and their threat to food security , which contributed to the later U-turn of EU bioenergy policy. The University of Flensburg found that Rahmstorf was the German climate researcher with the most top publications in the specialist literature for the years 1994–2013.

Awards

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Contributions (selection)
  • Gregor Hagedorn , Peter Kalmus, Michael Mann, Sara Vicca, Joke Van den Berge, Jean-Pascal van Ypersele , Dominique Bourg, Jan Rotmans, Roope Kaaronen, Stefan Rahmstorf, Helga Kromp-Kolb , Gottfried Kirchengast , Reto Knutti, Sonia I. Seneviratne , Philippe Thalmann, Raven Cretney, Alison Green, Kevin Anderson, Martin Hedberg, Douglas Nilsson, Amita Kuttner, Katharine Hayhoe: Concerns of young protesters are justified. In: Science . Vol 364, Vol 364, 2019, doi : 10.1126 / science.aax3807 .
  • with Thomas F. Stocker : Thermohaline Circulation: Past Changes and Future Surprises? In: Will Steffen, Angelina Sanderson, Peter Tyson, Jill Jäger, Pamela Matson, Berrien Moore III, Frank Oldfield, Katherine Richardson, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber , BL Turner II, Robert J. Wasson: Global change and the earth system. A planet under pressure. Springer, Berlin et al. 2004, ISBN 3-540-40800-2 , pp. 240–241 ( PDF; 402kB )
  • with Frank Sirocko: Modes of Oceanic and Atmospheric Circulation during the Quaternary. In: Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Paul J. Crutzen , William C. Clark, Martin Claussen and Hermann Held (eds.): Earth System Analysis for Sustainability. The MIT Press, 2004, ISBN 0-262-19513-5 , pp. 129–142 ( PDF, 188 kB )
  • Global climate change: What can we learn from the past? In: Gerd Winter (Ed.): Multilevel Governance of Global Environmental Change. Perspectives from Science, Sociology and the Law. Cambridge University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-521-85261-7 , pp. 67-76.
  • The rise in sea level. In: Michael Müller , Ursula Fuentes and Harald Kohl (eds.): The UN World Climate Report. Reports of a resilient disaster. Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-462-03960-3 , pp. 190–194.
  • Anthropogenic Climate Change: Revisiting the Facts. In: Ernesto Zedillo (ed.): Global Warming: Looking Beyond Kyoto. Brookings Institution Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8157-9715-9 ( PDF; 467 kB )
Article (sole author in Nature and Science )
  • Rapid climate transitions in a coupled ocean-atmosphere model. In: Nature. Volume 372, 1994, pp. 82-85, doi : 10.1038 / 372082a0 ( PDF; 515 kB ).
  • Bifurcations of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation in response to changes in the hydrological cycle. In: Nature. Volume 378, 1995, pp. 145–149, doi : 10.1038 / 378145a0 ( PDF; 695 kB )
  • Risk of sea change in the Atlantic. In: Nature. Volume 388, 1997, pp. 825–826 ( PDF; 374 kB )
  • Shifting seas in the greenhouse? In: Nature. Volume 399, 1999, pp. 523-524, doi : 10.1038 / 21066 ( PDF; 201 kB )
  • Ocean circulation and climate during the past 120,000 years. In: Nature. Volume 419, 2002, pp. 207–214, doi : 10.1038 / nature01090 ( PDF; 332 kB )
  • Thermohaline circulation: The current climate . In: Nature. Volume 421, 2003, doi : 10.1038 / 421699a ( PDF; 99 kB )
  • A semi-empirical approach to projecting future sea-level rise. In: Science. Volume 315, 2007, pp. 368–370, doi : 10.1126 / science.1135456 ( PDF; 222 kB )
  • Response to Comments on “A Semi-Empirical Approach to Projecting Future Sea-Level Rise”. In: Science. Volume 317, 2007, p. 1866d ( PDF; 159 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about Stefan Rahmstorf at the Munzinger archive: Stefan Rahmstorf. In: Munzinger people. Munzinger Archive , November 21, 2018, accessed on November 22, 2018 .
  2. ↑ IPCC: Working Group I Contribution to the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis - List of Authors ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), 2007.
  3. ↑ Ten PIK researchers among the most influential scientists worldwide. Press release from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ Highly Cited Researchers 2018. Clarivate Analytics . Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  5. ^ Damian Carrington: Avoid Gulf stream disruption at all costs, scientists warn. In: TheGuardian.com , April 13, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  6. ↑ a b Rahmstorf's list of publications
  7. ^ Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes: Annual report 2017 , p. 86.
  8. ↑ Ute Kehse: Stefan Rahmstorf: Climatically correct. ( Memento from April 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Financial Times Deutschland . January 9, 2005. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  9. ↑ Virtual Academy Education Sustainable Development ( Memento from December 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ^ Academia Europaea Directory 2007 ( Memento of October 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ National Geographic Germany - Scientific Advisory Board ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ a b PIK: US Association of Geoscientists honors Stefan Rahmstorf , February 17, 2010.
  13. ↑ WBGU Advisory Board 2004–2008
  14. ↑ WBGU Advisory Board 2008–2013
  15. ↑ Stefan Rahmstorf. Google Scholar . Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  16. ^ B. Rose, S. Rahmstorf, H. Dehnen: Propagation of self-gravitating density waves in the deDonder gauge on a gravitational background field. In: General Relativity and Gravitation. November 1988, Vol. 20, Issue 11, pp. 1193-1201.
  17. ↑ Stefan Rahmstorf: Rapid climate transitions in a coupled ocean-atmosphere model. In: Nature. 372, pp. 82-85 (November 3, 1994), doi : 10.1038 / 372082a0
  18. ^ Stefan Rahmstorf: Bifurcations of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation in response to changes in the hydrological cycle. (PDF). In: Nature. 378, pp. 145-149 (1995).
  19. ^ Andrey Ganopolski, Stefan Rahmstorf, Vladimir Petoukhov, Martin Claussen: Simulation of modern and glacial climates with a coupled global model of intermediate complexity. In: Nature. 391, pp. 351-356 (January 22, 1998), doi : 10.1038 / 34839
  20. ^ Stefan Rahmstorf, Andrey Ganopolski: Long-Term Global Warming Scenarios Computed with an Efficient Coupled Climate Model. In: Climatic Change . October 1999, Volume 43, No. 2, pp. 353-367.
  21. ↑ In: Die Zeit , March 26, 2015, p. 35; Der Tagesspiegel , March 25, 2015, p. 22; tagesspiegel.de April 12, 2018: Gulf Stream is weakening - consequences are not foreseeable
  22. ^ Stefan Rahmstorf: A Semi-Empirical Approach to Projecting Future Sea-Level Rise. In: Science. January 19, 2007: Vol. 315, no. 5810, pp. 368-370, doi : 10.1126 / science.1135456
  23. ^ Martin Vermeer, Stefan Rahmstorf: Global sea level linked to global temperature. In: PNAS. Vol. 106, No. 51, 2009.
  24. ^ Stefan Rahmstorf, Dim Coumou: Increase of extreme events in a warming world. In: PNAS. 2011.
  25. ↑ Dim Coumou, Stefan Rahmstorf: A decade of weather extremes. In: Nature Climate Change . (2012) 2, pp. 491-496, doi : 10.1038 / nclimate1452
  26. ↑ a b Top five science blogs . In: Nature . tape 442 , no. 9 , 2006, p. 9 , doi : 10.1038 / 442009a , PMID 16823420 .
  27. ↑ Eric Roston: RealClimate. In: Time . April 17, 2008, accessed January 8, 2012 .
  28. ↑ KlimaLounge - About the blog. SciLogs, accessed January 8, 2012 .
  29. ↑ Science communicates | Prosit 2014 - The science blog of the year 2013 has been chosen. 2nd January 2014.
  30. ↑ Books for Young Readers. In: Deutschlandfunk . February 9, 2012, accessed February 8, 2013 .
  31. ↑ a b Environment Book of the Year 2012: "Clouds, Wind & Weather". Press release (secondary source!). German Environmental Foundation , September 25, 2012, accessed on January 6, 2019 .
  32. ↑ Stefan Rahmstorf: Book tip: Clouds, Wind & Weather. Retrieved January 8, 2012 .
  33. ^ Stefan Rahmstorf Clouds, Wind and Weather - Book Fair 2011. In: Hessischer Rundfunk . September 29, 2011, archived from the original on October 3, 2011 ; Retrieved January 8, 2012 .
  34. ↑ Video morgenmagazin: Climate Summit: "Time is running out" (12 December 2012)  in the ZDFmediathek , accessed on January 8, 2012. (offline)
  35. ↑ The Kyoto Protocol only applied to the industrialized countries. In: Deutschlandfunk . December 12, 2011, accessed January 8, 2012 .
  36. ↑ What harms the climate. In: Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg . November 28, 2011, archived from the original on February 6, 2013 ; Retrieved January 8, 2012 .
  37. ↑ The key message remains. Interview from February 16, 2010, nano , 3sat (video, 17:24 min, accessed October 7, 2012).
  38. ^ Project Syndicate - Author's Bio. Project Syndicate , accessed January 8, 2012 .
  39. ↑ Zeo2 - Stefan Rahmstorf. Retrieved January 8, 2012 .
  40. ↑ Climate protection: Gore and UN Climate Council awarded Nobel Peace Prize. In: ARD . December 10, 2007, accessed January 8, 2012 (video not available).
  41. ↑ Tom de Castella: Top climate scientists share their outlook. In: Financial Times . November 20, 2009, accessed January 8, 2012 .
  42. ↑ WBGU welcomes U-turn in EU bioenergy policy ( Memento from May 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Press release of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) dated October 1, 2012. Accessed February 8, 2013.
  43. ↑ Bernd Sommer: The ten most cited climate studies from Germany from 1994-2013 . University of Flensburg. March 13, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  44. ↑ the James S. McDonnell Foundation's website: Funded Grants
  45. ^ Bangor University: 2007 Honorary Fellows
  46. ↑ Deutsche Umwelthilfe: Prize Winner 2007
  47. ↑ scinexx: Award for competitive climate researcher: Stefan Rahmstorf receives media award from Deutsche Umwelthilfe , December 12, 2007.
  48. ↑ Eric Davidson, Samuel Mukasa: 2017 AGU Union Medal, Award, and Prize Recipients Announced . In: EOS. tape 98 , 2017, doi : 10.1029 / 2017EO078197 .
  49. ↑ Prize winners 2019 . Time knowledge . Retrieved March 30, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Rahmstorf, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German climate researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Constancy