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# Syun-Ichi Akasofu

(1930)   Earth Scientist   United States

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Syun-Ichi Akasofu is an earth scientist from the United States, best known for *Polar and magnetospheric substorms*.

## Quick Facts About Syun-Ichi Akasofu

Born December 4, 1930

Nationality United States

Profession Earth Scientist

Notable works Polar and magnetospheric substorms

## About Syun-Ichi Akasofu

Syun-Ichi Akasofu is the founding director of the International Arctic Research Center of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), serving in that position from the center's establishment in 1998 until January 2007. Previously he had been director of the university's Geophysical Institute from 1986.

## Awards & Honors

Chapman Medal John Adam Fleming Medal Fellow of the American Geophysical Union

##  Quotes by Syun-Ichi Akasofu

> [Although I am not a climatologist, it has been interesting to observe climatology from the point of view of an arctic scientist.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/syun-ichi-akasofu/although-i-am-not-a-climatologist-it-has-been-interesting-to-observe/)

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[Arctic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arctic/)

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> [...it is quite obvious that the temperature change during the last 100 years or so includes significant natural changes, both the linear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/syun-ichi-akasofu/it-is-quite-obvious-that-the-temperature-change-during-the-last-100/)

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[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

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> [CO2 emissions have been increasing, but the rise in air temperature stopped around 2001. Climate change is due in large part to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/syun-ichi-akasofu/co2-emissions-have-been-increasing-but-the-rise-in-air-temperature/)

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[Air](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/air/)

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