A profile of award-winning climate scientist Kevin Trenberth | John Abraham
by John Abraham from Environment | The Guardian on (#2XK7N)
Kevin Trenberth - recent award winner - is one of the world's foremost climate scientists
The American Geophysical Union - the pre-eminent organization of Earth scientists - presents annual awards to celebrate the achievements of scientists. The awards, which are often named after famous historical scientists, reflect the contributions to science in the area of the award namesake. With the 2017 award winners just announced, it's appropriate to showcase one of the winners here.
The 2017 winner of the Roger Revelle medal is Dr. Kevin E. Trenberth. One of the most well-known scientists in the world, he is certainly the person most knowledgeable about climate change that I know.
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