Sonia Seneviratne
GermanyscientistFemale8.0Global Dominance: 0.01%Sonia Seneviratne is a prominent climate scientist at ETH Zurich and serves as vice-chair of the physical science working group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She is recognized for her research on the impacts of climate change and the limits to adaptation in a warming world, having highlighted the urgent need to reduce fossil fuel consumption to mitigate extreme temperatures and their consequences.
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Sonia Seneviratne is a climate researcher at ETH Zurich who discusses the warming trends in Europe.
News am Abend - Nachrichten vom 23. Juni 2026 - PolitikGermany· 2026-06-23
Sonia Seneviratne is a climate researcher from ETH Zurich who commented on the increasing intensity of heavy rainfall due to climate change.
Überschwemmungen in Südostasien: Anatomie einer Katastrophe - WissenGermany· 2025-12-12
Sonia Seneviratne led the research team that quantified the impact of individual companies on climate change.
Cientistas ligam ondas de calor às emissões de 160 empresas de combustíveis e cimento | Clima
Portugal· 2025-09-11
She is a professor at ETH Zurich and a member of the UN's climate panel (IPCC).
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Norway· 2025-08-08
Sonia Seneviratne is a climate scientist at the Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science.
Junho é o novo Julho? Porque é que o calor intenso do Verão está a chegar mais cedo | ClimaPortugal· 2025-06-26
Sonia Seneviratne, a climate scientist at ETH Zurich, warned that extreme temperatures will continue to become even more extreme and frequent if fossil fuel burning is not reduced.
Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface experienced record heat in 2024. See where and by how much – visualised | Climate crisis
United Kingdom· 2025-02-20