Trailblazing Atmospheric Scientist Was ‘a Titan in the Scientific World’

Inside Climate News · By Phil McKenna · last updated February 10, 2026 – 12:03 AM

Harvard University researcher Michael McElroy made groundbreaking contributions to climate science and helped shape global environmental policy.

By Phil McKenna

More than half a century ago, at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland, Michael McElroy’s classmates had just finished an exceptionally difficult math exam and were ready to vent. But first they wanted to hear from the class’s star student.

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