Claude Lorius
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Claude Lorius (27 February 1932 – 21 March 2023) was a French glaciologist. He was director emeritus of research at CNRS. He was the director of the Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement in Grenoble from 1983 to 1988.
Lorius took part in more than 20 polar expeditions, mostly to Antarctica, and helped organise many international collaborations, notably the Vostok Station ice core. He was instrumental in the discovery and interpretation of the palaeo-atmosphere information within ice cores.
Lorius died on 21 March 2023, at the age of 91.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
AwardsEdit
- Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur, 2020
- Bower Medal and Prize, Franklin Institute, 2017, 2017
- Commandeur of the Légion d'honneur, 2009
- Blue Planet Prize, 2008
- Vernadsky medal of the EGU, 2006 <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- CNRS Gold medal, 2002
- Balzan Prize 2001 for climatology
- Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, 1996
- Officer of the Légion d'honneur, 1998
- Member of the French Academy of Sciences, 1994
- Italgas Prize, 1994
- Belgica Medal, 1989
- Humboldt Prize, 1988
BibliographyEdit
- Template:Cite book (originally released in 1987 written by Bertrand Imbert, Claude Lorius is the co-author of the revised edition released in 2007) Template:ISBN
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- L'Antarctique, (1997) with Roger Gendrin, coll. « Dominos », éditions Flammarion, Template:ISBN
- 365 jours sous les glaces de l'antarctique (tr. "365 days on the ice of Antarctica"), (2008) with Roland Schlich et Djamel Tahi, éditions Glénat Template:ISBN
- Lorius, Claude; Carpentier, Laurent (2011). Voyage dans l'anthropocène: cette nouvelle ère dont nous sommes les héros. (in French). Paris: Actes Sud Template:ISBN
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- Mémoires sauvées des glaces (tr. "Memories saved from the ice"), (2016) story collected by Djamel Tahi, Flammarion editions, Template:ISBN
See alsoEdit
- Ice and the Sky, a documentary film about Lorius' work in Antarctica
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- – biography in French or English
- Claude Lorius International Balzan Prize Foundation
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