What is James Hansen?
{{Infobox Person | name = Dr. James Hansen | image = James Hansen.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|03|29}} | birth_place = [[Denison, Iowa|Denison]], [[Iowa]] | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality =[[USA]] | other_names = | known_for = | education = Physics, [[University of Iowa]] | employer = | occupation = former Head of [[NASA]] [[:en:Goddard Institute for Space Studies|Goddard Institute for Space Studies]] | title = Doctor | salary = | networth = | height = | weight = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = | website = [http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/ Dr. James E. Hansen] | footnotes = }} '''James E. Hansen''' (born March 29, 1941 in Denison, [[Iowa]]) headed the [[NASA]] Goddard Institute for Space Studies<ref>{{cite web | title=Goddard Institute for Space Studies|publisher=[[NASA]] | url=http://www.giss.nasa.gov/}}</ref> in [[New York City]], a part of the [[Goddard Space Flight Center]] in Greenbelt, [[Maryland]], Earth Sciences Division until early 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=Goddard Space Flight Center |website=[[Goddard Space Flight Center]] |url=http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/about/about_gsfc.html |access-date=2008-12-28 |archive-date=2009-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119033242/http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/about/about_gsfc.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at [[Columbia University]]. Hansen is best known for his research in the field of [[climatology]], his testimony on [[climate change]] to congressional committees in the 1980s that helped raise broad awareness of the [[global warming]] issue, and his continuing advoca