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Search every verified Thomas Stocker interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Thomas Stocker, a climate scientist and former co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I, received the 2024 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change, sharing it with four colleagues in polar ice core research. In his acceptance speech, Stocker described his contributions to two scientific achievements: measuring greenhouse gas concentrations from the EPICA Dome C ice core covering the past 800,000 years, which he said affirmed that today's CO2 concentration is over 50% higher than before the burning of fossil fuels; and formulating the thermal bipolar seesaw mechanism, which he explained describes how abrupt climate swings in the North Atlantic are transmitted to the Southern Ocean. He also noted his involvement in the Beyond EPICA project, which seeks to access ice that is 1.5 million years old. In interviews and public appearances, Stocker has stated that carbon dioxide concentrations today are 35% higher than at any point in the past 800,000 years and that warming is unprecedented in at least the last 2,000 years. He has said that polar ice cores reveal instabilities in the climate system that could lead to abrupt changes in the future due to human-caused perturbations. Stocker has called for urgent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to keep global mean warming well below 2 degrees Celsius, as outlined in the Paris Agreement, and has described the transition away from fossil fuels as a necessary "fourth industrial revolution." He has also spoken about his work as a coach and trainer in NLP and business consulting, having been self-employed in that field since the early 2000s.
“I'm honored and deeply humbled to receive the 2024 BBVA Foundation frontiers of knowledge award in the category of climate change.”
“This international collaborative work — field work under extreme conditions, assistance in the field and in the laboratories — celebrates our collaboration across institutions in Europe.”
“We have measured greenhouse gas concentrations on samples from the EPICA Dome C ice core that covers the past 800,000 years — the longest reconstruction of one of the most important greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, CO2.”
“This has led to the affirmation that today's CO2 concentration is over 50% higher than before the ever-increasing burning of fossil fuels.”
“Under the project Beyond EPICA (Oldest Ice) we seek to access ice that is 1.5 million years old.”
“Together with the late colleague I formulated the thermal bipolar seesaw, a mechanism that explains how abrupt climate swings in the North Atlantic region are transmitted across the equator to the Southern Ocean, mediated by the great ocean conveyor belt.”
“I have engaged for many years in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in various roles — as co-chair of Working Group I for the assessment that provided the scientific basis of the Paris Agreement.”
“As scientists we are also responsible for communicating our results to the public and enabling informed decisions regarding the future of our planet.”
“A deeper understanding of surprises in the climate system — carbon cycle, climate coupling and sea level rise — are all issues that without knowledge from polar cores would be left to speculation.”
“I'm honored and deeply humbled to receive the 2024 BBVA Foundation frontiers of knowledge award in the category of climate change. I'm sharing this prestigious Award with four of my dear colleagues in polar ice core research, the international collaborative work over many decades.”
“As a climate modeler, I'm particularly excited to share this award with my fellow laureates because it highlights the convergence of experimental work, field expeditions, and climate modeling to a comprehensive and unified science. This combination creates new knowledge that is fundamental to confront one of humanity's...”
“We have measured greenhouse gas concentrations on samples from the EPICA Dome C ice core that covers the past 800,000 years, the longest reconstruction of one of the most important greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, CO2. This has led to the affirmation that today's CO2 concentration is over 50% higher than before the...”
“As a modeler, my task is to think about mechanisms in the complex Earth system that explain the signals that we measure in the ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica. Together with the late Sigus Johnson, I formulated the thermal bipolar seesaw, a mechanism that explains how abrupt climate swings in the North Atlantic...”
“The temperature changes recorded in Antarctic ice cores and mediated by the great ocean conveyor belt are in lock step with CO2 variations during the last ice age. This demonstrates the tight climate-greenhouse gas coupling on time scales of several thousand years.”
“I have always been convinced that as scientists we are also responsible for communicating our results to the public and enabling informed decisions regarding the future of our planet. This is why I have engaged for many years in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in various roles, including as co-chair of Wo...”
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