Ramanathan, Veerabhadran

Ramanathan, Veerabhadran
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University of California-San Diego

For over 30 years, Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan has been conducting original research in Climate and Atmospheric Science. As Director of the Center for Clouds, Chemistry, and Climate at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, he conducts international field campaigns, develops umanned aircraft platforms for tracking brown cloud pollution worldwide, and educates and trains the next generation of scientists. His major focus now is on developing practical solutions for mitigating global climate change and slowing down the retreat of the Himalayan glaciers. Project Surya, a cook-stove project which attempts to eliminate climate warming pollutants from traditional biomass cooking, is his first climate mitigation project.

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Veerabhadran Ramanathan's website
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