{"id":24145,"date":"2021-10-22T19:42:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T00:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/?p=24145"},"modified":"2021-10-22T19:42:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T00:42:38","slug":"tributes-to-geert-jan-van-oldenborgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/index.php\/archives\/2021\/10\/tributes-to-geert-jan-van-oldenborgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Tributes to Geert Jan van Oldenborgh"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As many of you will know, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh died on Oct 12, 2021, and in the last week a number of very touching tributes have appeared. Notably, a lovely obituary in the NY Tim<\/a>es by Henry Fountain, a segment on the BBC’s Inside Science<\/a> from Roland Pease, a piece on Bloomberg News<\/a> by Eric Roston and, of course, an appreciation from his colleagues at World Weather Attribution <\/a> (including Friederike Otto, the co-recipient of the TIME 100 award<\/a> to Geert earlier this year).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geert’s work had been featured often at RealClimate (notably the rapid attribution work for the Pacific North West heat wave earlier this year)<\/a>, and we have made frequent reference to Climate Explorer<\/a>, the tool he built to provide easier access to many sources of climate data. He also provided us with annual updates<\/a> for the comparison between a 1981 climate projection<\/a> to subsequent observations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Comparison of Hansen et al (1981) projections to GISTEMP observations (to 2019) (credit Geert Jan van Oldenborgh).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

He let us know earlier this year that this was likely the last update. Moge hij rusten in vrede. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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