Sobel's TEDx Talk - The Social Responsibility of a Climate Scientist

Professor Adam Sobel presented the talk, The Social Responsibility of a Climate Scientist, at TEDx Broadway on May 17, 2022. He reflected upon his purpose and identity as a climate scientist and examines the call to do the right thing for the planet, even when facts are blurred by politics and government.

Sobel, Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia Engineering and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, studies climate change and extreme weather events. He is the author of Storm Surge: Hurricane Sandy, Our Warming Planet, and the Extreme Weather of the Past and Future and numerous op-eds. He is also the creator and host of Deep Convection - a podcast cbout Climate, Science, and Life.