Hans-Otto Pörtner

Hans-Otto Pörtner

Professor

Alfred-Wegener-Institue, Germany

Prof. Dr. Hans-Otto Pörtner has established theory and evidence on the effects of climate warming, ocean acidification, and hypoxia on marine animals and ecosystems. In October 2015 he was elected Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group II. He made a significant contribution to the 6th IPCC Assessment Report, by integrating findings across the natural and social sciences, concerning the impacts of climate change on ecosystems and human society as well as their adaptation under climate change. He is an elected member of the European Academy of Sciences, the German Advisory Council on Global Change and a Web of Science highly cited researcher 2018 onward.