Environment News Service: Outspoken climate scientist James Hansen, director of NASA`s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, is retiring as director of the cutting-edge Earth climate research lab to devote more time to climate activism and scientific inquiry.
In an email to the "New York Times" Monday, Hansen wrote that he is stepping down "so that I can spend full time on science, drawing attention to the implications for young people, and making clear what science says needs to be done."
Dr. James Hansen with other...