Scripps Institution of Oceanography

I’m thrilled to report that I have an interview scheduled with one of the most eminent climatologists on our planet: Veerabhadran Ramanathan at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. I’ll be driving down later this month for a meeting that I’m sure will be among the most memorable moments in my life.

For four decades, Dr. Ramanathan has led innovative research projects involving global climate dynamics, air pollution, and climate mitigation. From a brief summary of his work, it is clear that Ramanathan was among the very first to prove the greenhouse effect of CFCs and numerous other man-made gases, correctly forecasting in 1980 that the global warming due to carbon dioxide would be detectable by the year 2000.

Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be doing a great deal of reading to prepare me for this interview, and I look forward to publishing a report on the results.