Member Since 1982
Steve E. Schwartz
Adjunct Professor, Stony Brook University
Member, Global Environmental Change Nominations Canvassing Committee
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.
Professional Experience
Stony Brook University
Adjunct Professor
2024 - Present
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Senior Scientist (Emeritus)
1975 - 2022
Education
University of California Berkeley
Doctorate
1968
Harvard University
Bachelors
1963
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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Publications
Bounding Global Aerosol Radiative Forcing of Climate Change
March 16, 2020
Earth's Climate Sensitivity: Apparent Inconsistencies in Rec...
December 08, 2014
AGU Abstracts
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
Stephen E. Schwartz
Earth's transient climate sensitivity Str is the rapid change, plateauing at ~5 yr, in global mean surface temperature GMST per change in forcing (e.g...
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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
Stephen E. Schwartz
The lifetime of excess atmospheric CO2 (above preindustrial) xCO2 governs the future consequences of present xCO2 and those of future CO2 emissions. R...
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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
Stephen E. Schwartz
The Suess effect is commonly characterized as a dilution, or even a decrease, of atmospheric 14CO2 due to emission of 14C-free CO2 from fossil fuel co...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
Member
Global Environmental Change Nominations Canvassing Committee
2021 - 2022
Member
Global Environmental Change Nominations Canvassing Committee
2020 - 2021
Member
Joanne Simpson Medal Committee
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