The Coldest March author Susan Solomon was profiled as today’s New York Times featured “Scientist at Work,” for her unusual choice to leave her job in cutting-edge atmospheric research to run a global climate review for the United Nations.

Dr. Solomon, who was honored with the National Medal of Science in 1999, left her position as a senior scientist at for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colorado in 2002. Along with Qin Dahe, head of the Chinese meteorological agency, she was charged with drafting the fourth report of advances in climate science since 1990.

The final 20-page summary, released last Friday in Paris, involved approval by 113 governments. Although the report demonstrated with over 90% certainty that humans have become the main force in driving global warming, it has been criticized by some for being too optimistic about the future. Dr. Solomon said at a news conference that it is not her role to convey urgency to policy-makers, because science is one input to societal choice.

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