Sonia I. Seneviratne
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Sonia Isabelle Seneviratne (born on 5 June 1974 in Lausanne[1]) is a Swiss climate scientist, professor at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science of the ETH Zurich.[2] She is a specialist of extreme climate events.
Biography
Sonia Seneviratne studied
She worked as
Sonia Seneviratne is a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She was a lead author of the IPCC's Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C (2018)[3][4] and a coordinating lead author of the Sixth Assessment Report (2021).[5]
Honours
Sonia Seneviratne was included in Thomson Reuters's 2015 list of the most cited modern scientists.[6] She was the lead author on a 2014 article in Nature Climate Change that showed no pause in the increase of hot temperature extremes from 1997 to 2012.[2][7]
She is a Revelle Medal committee member.[8] In 2013, she received the James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union.[9] In 2014, she received a consolidator grant from the European Research Council.
References
- ^ Curriculum Vitae
- ^ a b "Investments in Renewable Energy Being Questioned Following Hiatus of Global Warming". International Business Times. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ Summary for Policymakers (PDF), Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), n.d., retrieved 8 October 2018,
"IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty
- Republic of Korea: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC). 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "IPCC Authors (beta)". apps.ipcc.ch. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Highly Cited Researchers 2015". Thomson Scientific.
- ^ "No global warming 'hiatus' for extreme heat days". CBC News. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Revelle Medal Committee – Leadership". agu.org.
- ^ "SONIA I. SENEVIRATNE 2013 James B. Macelwane Medal Winner". American Geophysical Union.