Ken Caldeira is a climate scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science, where his job is “to make important scientific discoveries.” He investigates issues related to climate, carbon, and energy systems. His primary tools are climate and the carbon cycle models, although he does field work related to ocean acidification. Caldeira is also a contributing author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change AR5 report "Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis." Professor Caldeira has a wide-spectrum approach to analyzing the world’s climate systems.
Caldeira received his B.A. from Rutgers College and both his M.S. (1988) and Ph.D. (1991) in atmospheric sciences from New York University.
Recordings
Sea Changes: Why Oceans Play a Bigger Role in Climate Change Than You Think
May 10, 2019
Global temperatures would be soaring even higher were it not for a powerful heat-trapping ally: oceans. From regulating the temperature of the...
Geo-Engineering Climate Solutions
April 20, 2018
In an emergency, we’re told to “break the glass” and reach for the fire extinguisher. Some would argue we’re in the midst of a climate...
Remaking the Planet
February 28, 2016
Geoengineering may sound like science fiction, but there are many who believe we can — and should — be taking drastic measures to cool our...
C1 Revue: Climate Control
June 30, 2016
When talking about the natural world, we often refer to the beauty that we see around us. But what do we smell, touch, taste – and most...
REWIND: Remaking the Planet
June 5, 2016
Geoengineering may sound like science fiction, but there are many who believe we can — and should — be taking drastic measures to cool our...
Hacking the Climate
May 8, 2015
Spray painting the sky to deflect sunlight and cool the earth sounds like science fiction. But could geoengineering buy us time against global...