Bert Bolin

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Bert R. Bolin (born 15 March1925) is a Swedish meteorologist who served as Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change from 1988 to 1998.

Bolin completed his Ph.D. at Stockholm University in 1956, and was Professor of Meteorology there 1961-1990. He has been scientific director of the European Space Research Organisation (now known as European Space Agency).

Bert Biolin has received many awards and honors, including the Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal (1984), the highest atmospheric science award of the American Meteorological Society, for his work in climate research.

References

• Rodhe, H. (1991). Bert Bolin and his scientific career, Tellus 43AB (4), 3–7.

External links

• GEF's 1999 Global Environment Leadership Award
• Article by Nick Sundt
• Biography at the website of the Zayed International Prize.

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