Veerabhadran Ramanathan(1944)
Earth SciencesVeerabhadran "Ram" Ramanathan holds the title of Professor Emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. He was Edward A. Frieman Endowed Presidential Chair in Climate Sustainability Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.
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Major Awards
437
Publications
67,074
Citations
112
h-index
251
i10-index
153.5
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#1
Scaling up enhanced rock weathering for equitable climate change mitigation
Communications Sustainability(2026)
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Inaugural Article: Atmospheric brown clouds: Impacts on South Asian climate and hydrological cycle
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(2005)
309
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Recent Publications
View all worksScaling up enhanced rock weathering for equitable climate change mitigation
Communications Sustainability2026
0citations
A mental health focus to amplify climate resilience actions
npj Climate Action2025
6citations
3,347citations
Open AccessInaugural Article: Atmospheric brown clouds: Impacts on South Asian climate and hydrological cycle
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2005
309citations
Carbon dioxide and climate.
Science1980
0citations
Open AccessTropospheric ozone and climate
Nature1979
203citations
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
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Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Annamalai University
Doctoral Advisor
Robert D. Cess
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and SciencesRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Top Publications
Identifying a Safe and Just Corridor for People and the Planet
Earth's Future2021141 citations
Radiative Heating of an Ice‐Free Arctic Ocean
Geophysical Research Letters201939 citations
Modelling human–natural systems interactions with implications for twenty-first-century warming
Nature Sustainability202123 citations
Earth's Energy Imbalance More Than Doubled in Recent Decades
AGU Advances202515 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
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Susan Solomon
Vetlesen Prize (2013)
Wallace Broecker
BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge (Climate Change) (2008)
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E.O. Wilson
Blue Planet Prize (1993)
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Johan Rockström
Tyler Prize (2022)
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Brian Walker
Blue Planet Prize (2022)
Carl Folke
Blue Planet Prize (2021)
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Pavan Sukhdev
Tyler Prize (2020)
Michael Mann
Tyler Prize (2019)
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