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Richard B. Alley

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American geologist, author, and academic

United States AcademicsBorn 1957 · age 69

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Richard Blane Alley is an American geologist and Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University.

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Awards 16

2025National Medal of Science

2017Wollaston Medal

2016Climate Communication Prize

2014Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship

2014BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

2014Foreign Member of the Royal Society

2011Heinz Award

2011Stephen H. Schneider Award

2010Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2009Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

2007Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

2007Roger Revelle Medal

2006Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal

2005Seligman Crystal

1991Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering

Fellow of the American Geophysical Union

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Stefan RahmstorfAlso won Climate Communication Prize Christopher FieldAlso won Roger Revelle Medal

Ilkka HanskiAlso won BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

Robert D. BullardAlso won Stephen H. Schneider Award

Charles R. BentleyAlso won Seligman Crystal Anne H. EhrlichAlso won Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

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Richard Blane Alley is an American geologist and Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University. He has authored more than 240 refereed scientific publications about the relationships between Earth's cryosphere and global climate change, and is recognized by the Institute for Scientific Information as a Highly Cited Researcher.

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