{"id":6995,"date":"2010-07-19T13:15:46","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T21:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/?p=6995"},"modified":"2010-07-19T13:15:46","modified_gmt":"2010-07-19T21:15:46","slug":"noted-stanford-climatologist-dead-at-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2010\/07\/19\/noted-stanford-climatologist-dead-at-65\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Science Loses a Bright Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shock spread through the climate science community today with the news<\/a> that Stanford’s Stephen Schneider<\/a> has died.<\/p>\n

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Steve Schneider was a fearless advocate of climate action (Photo: Stanford University)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Schneider reportedly suffered a heart attack on a flight from Stockholm to London. Schneider founded a scientific journal on the subject of climate change and was a vocal advocate of the need for policy action, to respond to the threat posed by global warming.<\/p>\n

A release issued by\u00a0 Stanford today reads, in part:<\/p>\n

“Steve, more than anything, whether you agreed with him or not, forced us to confront this real possibility of climate change,” said his colleague at Stanford’s Woods Institute for the Environment, Jeff Koseff.<\/p>\n

Schneider was influential in the public debate over climate change and wrote a book, Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth’s Climate, <\/em>about his experiences. He also wrote a book about his battle with leukemia, Patient from Hell<\/em>.<\/p>\n

He had been a White House consultant in the Nixon, Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama administrations.”<\/p>\n

Schneider last appeared on KQED’s air just after the UN climate talks ended in last December, with what many considered a whimper. His disappointment was palpable as he spoke with Forum<\/em> host Dave Iverson<\/a> over a tenuous cell phone connection from Copenhagen (Schneider joins the program about 30 minutes in). He also made Forum<\/em> appearances in programs in 2007<\/a> and 2004<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On his widely read Dot Earth blog for the New York Times, Andrew Revkin offers a personal perspective<\/a> on Schneider, his work, and his bigger-than-life personality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steve Schneider was one of California’s best known climate researchers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[550],"coauthors":[],"series":[],"affiliates":[],"programs":[],"collections":[],"interests":[],"class_list":["post-6995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thescience","tag-stanford"],"acf":{"template_type":"standard","featured_image_type":"standard","is_audio_post":false},"yoast_head":"\nClimate Science Loses a Bright Light | Climate Watch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2010\/07\/19\/noted-stanford-climatologist-dead-at-65\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Climate Science Loses a Bright Light | Climate Watch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Steve Schneider was one of California's best known climate researchers.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2010\/07\/19\/noted-stanford-climatologist-dead-at-65\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Climate Watch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-07-19T21:15:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2010\/07\/Schneider_20100501_260x260.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Craig Miller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@voxterra\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Craig Miller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2010\/07\/19\/noted-stanford-climatologist-dead-at-65\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2010\/07\/19\/noted-stanford-climatologist-dead-at-65\/\",\"name\":\"Climate Science Loses a Bright Light | Climate Watch\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-07-19T21:15:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-07-19T21:15:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/#\/schema\/person\/f7222c517400a6c4b0336fca3652c323\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2010\/07\/19\/noted-stanford-climatologist-dead-at-65\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2010\/07\/19\/noted-stanford-climatologist-dead-at-65\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2010\/07\/19\/noted-stanford-climatologist-dead-at-65\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Climate Science Loses a Bright Light\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/\",\"name\":\"Climate Watch\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/#\/schema\/person\/f7222c517400a6c4b0336fca3652c323\",\"name\":\"Craig Miller\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/dd8f4f4f978df3faac9db4c510939ea0\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b91661df645e001a9cafe0861fa685f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b91661df645e001a9cafe0861fa685f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Craig Miller\"},\"description\":\"Craig is a former KQED Science editor, specializing in weather, climate, water & energy issues, with a little seismology thrown in just to shake things up. 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