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Alan Robock
(click here for Biographical Sketch and other photos)

B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1970

Meteorology, Advisor: Lyle H. Horn

S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974

Meteorology, Advisor: Norman A. Phillips

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977

Meteorology, Advisor: Edward N. Lorenz

Distinguished Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers University
14 College Farm Road
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8551

Phone: +1-848-932-5751

Fax: +1-732-932-8644

E-mail: robock@envsci.rutgers.edu

Co-Director, Rutgers Impact Studies of Climate Intervention (RISCI) lab
Member, Undergraduate Meteorology Program

Member, Graduate Program in Atmospheric Science

Member, Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences

Associate Editor, Reviews of Geophysics

Research Interests:
     Nuclear Winter
     Climate Intervention (Geoengineering) GeoMIP
     Volcanic Eruptions and Climate VolMIP

Postdoctoral Associate in Modeling the Agricultural Response to Climate Intervention. Apply Now.

Ph.D. Research Assistantships in Climate and Agricultural Modeling Available. Apply Now.

Latest Publications All Publications

Robock, Alan, and Owen Brian Toon, 2016: Let’s End the Peril of a Nuclear Winter, Op-ed, New York Times, February 11, 2016.

My Tweets My Huffington Post Blogs

Videos of talks and interviews about nuclear winter, geoengineering, global warming, and volcanic eruptions

My Trip To Antarctica

PowerPoint Presentations:

     Climatic Consequences of Nuclear Conflict (232 Mb)
     (revised March 16, 2020)

     Geoengineering (102 MB - for teaching)
(revised March 16, 2020)
You will also need the movie, CCM250yrWarmingOrtho_long.mpg (37 MB)

Volcanic Eruptions and Climate (221 MB - for teaching)
(revised April 26, 2019)
You will also need the movie, pin.AVI

Global Warming (180 MB - for teaching)
(revised October 27, 2019)
You will also need the movies, CCM250yrWarmingOrtho_long.mpg (37 MB) and CO2balloons.wmv (12 MB)

SkepticalScience.com (for the truth about global warming)

How To Ask a Professor for a Reference Letter

New York City Metropolitan Area Meteorology Web Sites

Atmospheric Science / Meteorology at Rutgers