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Lonnie Thompson

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American paleoclimatologist

United StatesAcademicsBorn 1948 · age 78
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Lonnie Thompson is an American paleoclimatologist and university professor in the School of Earth Sciences at Ohio State University. He has achieved global recognition for his drilling and analysis of ice cores from ice caps and mountain glaciers in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world.

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Awards 7

2012Benjamin Franklin Medal
2008Dan David Prize
2007Seligman Crystal
2005Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
2005National Medal of Science
2002Vega Medal
2002Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences

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Lonnie Thompson is an American paleoclimatologist and university professor in the School of Earth Sciences at Ohio State University. He has achieved global recognition for his drilling and analysis of ice cores from ice caps and mountain glaciers in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. He and his wife, Ellen Mosley-Thompson, run the ice core paleoclimatology research group at the Byrd Polar Research Center.

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United States
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Academics
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Academic
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living
Dates
Born 1948 · age 78
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