Dr Hansen. You are a Maverick and as the planet keeps warming up, your legacy of trying everything in your power to stop it, is assured. The significant increase in adults acknowledging human induced Global warming, especially from wealthy developed countries, is because of the persistence & veracity of scientists like yourself. Thank you. Sadly, climatic lag effects, government inertia & aerosol masking make Global recognition too late. The mess that we are leaving for the younger generation being born today is frightening.
keep writing: James Hansen became a maverick after pre-trumpian reaction to his 1988 Congressional testimony- DIY Hospice on a Heating Planet blog- From Climate Uncensored on Substack today: "The 1980s were difficult for the group of young scientists that I led at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, as we battled continual attempts to move us to Maryland and refusal of NASA to upgrade our decrepit (1967) computer. Yet we were https://cityofangels25.blogspot.com/2026/01/james-hansen-1988-rumpian-maverick.html
In a conversation in the early 80's my sister mentioned in passing how strange the winter had been in Wisconsin, with no snow. Much as you are true to science and like to torture the data, I seem to have a deep internal reckoning, and I simply thought "we're screwed". I was married in 1988, the year you brought the truth to the public, and my wedding took a break in the middle for everyone to go swimming. In New Hampshire the summer was a steady progression of 90+ degree days.
Here I can now read the story of climate disaster as it was revealed to you. My deepest reckoning has not changed. We're screwed. But it is a singular honor to live in a time when some people could find the proof of our failure, and never stop telling it.
Dr Hansen. You are a Maverick and as the planet keeps warming up, your legacy of trying everything in your power to stop it, is assured. The significant increase in adults acknowledging human induced Global warming, especially from wealthy developed countries, is because of the persistence & veracity of scientists like yourself. Thank you. Sadly, climatic lag effects, government inertia & aerosol masking make Global recognition too late. The mess that we are leaving for the younger generation being born today is frightening.
can't wait for the movie version, what a story you have to tell
keep writing: James Hansen became a maverick after pre-trumpian reaction to his 1988 Congressional testimony- DIY Hospice on a Heating Planet blog- From Climate Uncensored on Substack today: "The 1980s were difficult for the group of young scientists that I led at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, as we battled continual attempts to move us to Maryland and refusal of NASA to upgrade our decrepit (1967) computer. Yet we were https://cityofangels25.blogspot.com/2026/01/james-hansen-1988-rumpian-maverick.html
James Hansen Carl Sagan AI Google prompt result:
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Dr Hansen,
I saw Carl Sagan's name mentioned in the previous post. Am trying to connect the pale blue dots.. wouldn't he be on your list of mavericks?
In a conversation in the early 80's my sister mentioned in passing how strange the winter had been in Wisconsin, with no snow. Much as you are true to science and like to torture the data, I seem to have a deep internal reckoning, and I simply thought "we're screwed". I was married in 1988, the year you brought the truth to the public, and my wedding took a break in the middle for everyone to go swimming. In New Hampshire the summer was a steady progression of 90+ degree days.
Here I can now read the story of climate disaster as it was revealed to you. My deepest reckoning has not changed. We're screwed. But it is a singular honor to live in a time when some people could find the proof of our failure, and never stop telling it.
Dr Hansen,
I call you a Lone Ranger. Those that dispute you are Tontos.
Dr Hansen,
You definitely are a maverick. And with your Iowa history and climate heralding I would class you as a bulltipper. You stop the bs.