Ed Hawkins
Professor Of Climate Science
United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorEd Hawkins is a Professor of Climate Science at the University of Reading with a decade-plus career translating climate data into compelling, policy-relevant insights. He is best known for creating widely recognised visualisations such as the warming stripes and climate spiral, and served as an IPCC AR6 Lead Author while leading WeatherRescue.org to mobilise volunteers to digitise millions of historical weather records. Appointed MBE for services to climate science and communication, he combines rigorous research on changing extreme weather with an uncommon talent for public engagement and historical storytelling. Based in the UK, he blends academic leadership with hands-on data innovation to make complex climate signals accessible and actionable.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (33)
rescue10
data-files9
github-desktop9
typescript9
risk-assessment8
electron8
infrared7
git7
meteorology7
census7
github7
diagnostics6
earth6
hpc-applications6
grib6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ed-hawkins/rainfall-rescue
May 2020 - Jan 2023
Rainfall Rescue
Contributions:4 releases, 547 commits, 517 pushes in 2 years 9 months
rainfallrescue
ed-hawkins/climate-visuals
Oct 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:59 commits, 72 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 3 months
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