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Member Since 1982
Stephen E. Schwartz
Adjunct Professor, Stony Brook University
Dr. Stephen E. Schwartz is Adjunct Professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University. His research interests center on the influence of energy related emissions on climate, with focus on the role of atmospheric aerosols, the budget and lifetime of anthropogenic CO2, Earth's energy budget, and Earth's climate sensitivity.
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Professional Experience
Stony Brook University
Adjunct Professor
2018 - Present
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Senior Scientist (Emeritus)
1975 - 2022
Education
University of California Berkeley
Doctorate
1968
Harvard University
Bachelors
1963
Stephen's AGU Research
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Decrease in Net Transfer Coefficient for Uptake of CO2 by the Global Ocean
CONSTRAINING GREENHOUSE GAS EXCHANGE PROCESSES USING REMOTE SENSING AND IN SITU OBSERVATIONS I ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 17 december 2025
Earth's Transient Climate Sensitivity Evaluated From AR6 Estimates of Total Forcing and Observed Time Series of Global Temperature Change
CLIMATE SENSITIVITY AND FEEDBACKS: ADVANCES AND NEW PARADIGMS III POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 16 december 2021
Lifetime of Excess Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
UPCOMING CLIMATE CHANGE: INSIGHTS INTO PREDICTIONS, CONSEQUENCES, EXTREME RISKS, MITIGATION, AND ADAPTATION III POSTER
global environmental change | 14 december 2021
The Suess Effect Revisited: It's not what you may think
ATMOSPHERIC GASES AND ISOTOPES AS PASSIVE TRACERS OF CLIMATIC PROCESSES I POSTERS
global environmental change | 09 december 2020
Bounding Global Aerosol Radiative Forcing of Climate Change
REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS
16 march 2020
Bounding aerosol radiative forcing of climate change
DIAGNOSING THE COMPONENTS OF RADIATIVE FORCING AND ADDRESSING ITS SOURCES OF INTERMODEL SPREAD POSTERS
atmospheric sciences | 11 december 2019
Stabilizing Carbon Dioxide
PROTECTING EARTH’S CLIMATE FOR THE NEXT CENTENNIAL II POSTERS
global environmental change | 11 december 2019
Deep insights from simple models
FALL MEETING 2018
13 december 2018
Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
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Global Environmental Change Nominations Canvassing Committee
2021 - 2022
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Global Environmental Change Nominations Canvassing Committee
2020 - 2021
Member
Joanne Simpson Medal Committee
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Honors & Awards
Stephen Schneider Lecture
Received December 2018
Union Fellow
Received January 2005
Citation
For outstanding contributions to the quantitative description of the atmospheric chemistry and physics of clouds and aerosols.
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