RIP, climate scientist
| 20 July, 2010 | Adie Chan |
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Stanford Prof Stephen Schneider, one of the world’s top climate scientists, died of a heart attack on a flight from a science meeting in Sweden at the age of 65.
Schneider often took the time to speak with our reporters about his passion, so he was no stranger to our pages — we wrote about his MacArthur award in 1992, his astute handling of the growing concerns over global warming, his championing of his colleagues, and the stress of working in such a scrutinized field.
As ScienceInsider wrote, Schneider had a “sad but fitting end” — tirelessly spreading the word about the importance of climate change.
You can share your thoughts about Schneider — and his recent autobiography, Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth’s Climate — here.
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I’m very sorry to see him gone. He was a light and a truly great man who cared.
Janeway died too young also. Let’s take better care of ourselves everyone. Our lifestyles are high stress, we don’t get exercise, we worry too much. Dying at 65 is way too young for a man like him.
Steve was a good friend and a great colleague. He was a brilliant scientist and an excellent communicator who tried very hard to clearly and objectively communicate climate science to the public and the decision makers. We need more scientists like him. I am proud to have known him and I feel privileged to have co-auth…ored a paper with him. He has been an enormous asset to humanity. May he rest in peace.
Cagan Sekercioglu
Center for Conservation Biology
Stanford University
Department of Biology
One might wonder whether his death has anything at all to do with the fact they have NOW found there to be “no increased adverse effects of flying” when up until NOW they have been researching the link between flying and heart attacks .. ?