Claude Lorius

1932 - 2023

Country of citizenship: France

Languages spoken, written or signed: French

Educated at: University of Franche-Comté

Occupation: glaciologist, climatologist, researcher

Award received: CNRS Gold medal, Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, Balzan Prize, Humboldt Prize, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal, Blue Planet Prize, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Prix de l'Etat, Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science, Seligman Crystal, Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit

Official website: www.claude-lorius.com

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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. Source: Wikipedia (en)