25 Facts About Veerabhadran Ramanathan

Veerabhadran "Ram" Ramanathan was born on 24 November 1944 and holds the title of Professor Emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan was Edward A Frieman Endowed Presidential Chair in Climate Sustainability Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan is currently an adjunct professor in the Department of Global Development at Cornell University.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan has contributed to many areas of the atmospheric and climate sciences including developments to general circulation models, atmospheric chemistry, and radiative transfer.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan has been a part of major projects such as the Indian Ocean Experiment and the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment, and is known for his contributions to the areas of climate physics, Climate Change and atmospheric aerosols research.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan is the Chair of Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions education project of University of California.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan has received numerous awards, and is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan is a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, an organization established by the Vatican to promote scientific research and advise the Pope on scientific matters.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan was appointed as an ordinary member on October 7,2004, and serves on its council.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan admits that he "lost the habit of listening to my teachers and had to figure out things on my own".

Veerabhadran Ramanathan received his BE degree from Annamalai University, and ME degree from the Indian Institute of Science.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan has contributed to many areas of the atmospheric sciences.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan contributed to the early development of global circulation models and the detecting and attribution of climate change.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan's focus then shifted to the radiative effects of clouds on the climate.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan's work has shown that aerosols have a cooling effect on the surface of the planet, and at the top of the atmosphere, but the forcing at the top of the atmosphere was only one-third the magnitude as the surface forcing.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan is interested in the impact of climate change on agriculture in India.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan has written on avoiding dangerous anthropogenic climate change.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan writes that there are several tipping points in the climate system, and that they do not all occur at the same temperature threshold; the tipping point for the arctic summer sea ice is likely to be smaller than that for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

In March 2007, Veerabhadran Ramanathan wrote a white paper with Balakrishnan on a potential project that will reduce air pollution and global warming.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Meteorological Society and American Geophysical Union.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995.

Also, Veerabhadran Ramanathan has been bestowed with the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2015 in the Climate Change category for discovering that human-produced gases and pollutants other than CO2 have a huge power to alter the Earth's climate, and that by acting on them it is possible to make a short-term dent on the rate of global warming.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan received the prestigious Tang Prize for Sustainable Development in 2018.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan was awarded the 90th annual Mendel Medal by Villanova University in 2018 for his work on climate change.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.