Rahmstorf is a co-founder of the blogRealClimate, which has been described byNature as one of the top-5 science blogs in 2006,[2] and included among the 15 best environmental websites byTime in 2008.[3] He also co-founded the German blogKlimaLounge.[4]KlimaLounge won the 3rd prize of the science blog award of 2013.[5] He is a frequent contributor of articles on climate and climate change/global warming in the popular press, some of which are internationally syndicated viaProject Syndicate.[6] He writes a regular column in the German environmental magazineZeo2,[7] and has published the children's science bookWolken, Wind und Wetter (Clouds, Wind, and Weather) on weather and climate.[8][9] The book was selected asEnvironmental Book of the Month for January 2012 by theDeutsche Umweltstiftung.[10] In addition, it was later votedEnvironmental Book of the Year 2012.[11]
Rahmstorf has commented on climate change and climate policy on TV and radio.[12][13][14] He was portrayed as one of the world's 10 leading climate scientists by theFinancial Times in 2009.[15] TheARD presented a portrait of Rahmstorf in their prime news magazineTagesthemen when he received theDeutscher Umweltmedienpreis (German Environmental Media Award) in 2007.[16]
TheUniversity of Flensburg found that among all climate scientists from Germany, Rahmstorf published the largest number of studies which ranked amongst the most-cited in the scientific literature during the years 1994–2013.[17] Rahmstorf was a member of the GermanAdvisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) from 2004 till 2013.[18]
Alfred Wegener Medal, 2024, awarded by the European Geosciences Unionto honour a scientist who has achieved exceptional international standing in atmospheric, hydrological or ocean sciences
Climate Communication Prize of the American Geophysical Union (2017).[19]
German Environmental Media Award (Deutscher Umweltmedienpreis), for his work on scientific accurate reporting anthropogenic climate change and impacts (2007)[23]
Ganopolski, A., Rahmstorf, S., Petoukhov, V., Claussen, M. (1998). "Simulation of modern and glacial climates with a coupled global climate model".Nature.391 (6665):351–6.Bibcode:1998Natur.391..351G.doi:10.1038/34839.S2CID4384039.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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