Hans Oeschger Medal

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The Hans Oeschger Medal is an award bestowed by the European Geosciences Union (EGU) to recognise scientists who have made "outstanding achievements in ice research and/or short term climatic changes (past, present, future)." The award was established by the European Geophysical Society (EGS) in recognition of the scientific achievements of Professor Hans Oeschger. [1] It was awarded by the EGS in 2002 and 2003, and subsequently by the EGU.

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List of recipients

Source: European Geosciences Union

YearNameOrganisation / InstitutionAwarded for
2021 Sonia I. Seneviratne ETH Zurich [2]
2020 Kim M. Cobb [3]
2019Edward J. Brook Oregon State University "for producing greenhouse-gas records from polar ice cores in unprecedented resolution that permitted the precise north-south synchronisation of climate signals and the identification of past variations in great detail." [4]
2018Hubertus Fischer University of Bern "for his innovative development and use of analytical techniques to measure chemical compounds and gas concentrations and their isotopic compositions in polar ice cores." [5]
2017Denis-Didier Rousseau American Geophysical Union "in recognition of his pioneering work in continental climate reconstruction by developing new proxies and combining them with innovative climate-model simulations." [6]
2016Paul A. MayewskiClimate Change Institute"in recognition of his outstanding contribution to ice core and climate research and his seminal contribution to ice core chemistry." [7]
2015not awarded
2014 Sherilyn C. Fritz University of Nebraska-Lincoln "Outstanding contribution in reconstructing and understanding past periods of drought in North America, past hydrological changes in tropical and mid-latitude regions from lake sediments, and for her thorough approach to deciphering natural climate impact from human-induced landscape changes." [8]
2013 Miryam Bar-Matthews Geological Survey of Israel "Pioneering contribution and leadership in the field of terrestrial palaeoclimate change using high resolution cave speleothem records, and for her outstanding contribution to our understanding of the climatic and environmental context of human history and pre-history." [9]
2012 Michael E. Mann Pennsylvania State University "Significant contributions to understanding decadal-centennial scale climate change over the last two millennia and for pioneering techniques to synthesize patterns and northern hemispheric time series of past climate using proxy data reconstructions." [10]
2011 Robert J. Delmas LGGE Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement"Seminal contributions to ice core glaciochemistry and his pioneering research on reconstructing changes in the composition of the atmosphere." [11]
2010 Françoise Gasse CEREGE (Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement en Géosciences de l'Environnement)"Contribution[s] to the reconstruction of climate variability during the Holocene from continental archives and to a better understanding of climate mechanisms involved during this period." [12]
2009 Thomas Stocker University of Bern "Contributions to the understanding of the role of the oceans in past climate changes and for his involvement in ice core studies." [13]
2008 Dominique Raynaud Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE)"Contribution to the reconstruction of past atmospheric composition over the last 800,000 years from Antarctic ice cores and to the understanding of the link between greenhouse gases and climate." [14]
2007 Raymond S. Bradley University of Massachusetts Amherst "Contribution[s] to paleoclimate reconstruction from continental archives and for being instrumental in the multi-proxy approach leading to the quantification of climate change over the last millennium." [15]
2006 Bernhard Stauffer University of Bern "Contributions to ice core research, in particular for methodological developments, greenhouse gas measurements and ice chemistry." [16]
2005 Laurent Labeyrie "Contribution[s] to quaternary palaeoclimatology based on isotopic measurements on deep-sea cores and for his key rôle in the International Marine Global Change Study (IMAGES)." [17]
2004 John F. B. Mitchell Met Office "Pioneer research in using atmosphere-ocean general circulation models to understand natural and anthropogenic influences on climatic changes." [18]
2003 Sigfus Johnsen "For his outstanding contributions to ice core research through the modeling of water isotopes and their use for paleoclimate reconstruction." [19]
2002 Philip D. Jones Climatic Research Unit, UEA "For his remarkable contribution and sustained effort in reconstructing the climate of the last 250 years at the global and regional scales." [20]

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References

  1. ↑ "EGU - Awards & Medals - Hans Oeschger Medal". European Geosciences Union. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "EGU announces its 2021 awards and medals". EGU. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Kim M. Cobb". EGU. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Edward J. Brook". EGU. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Hubertus Fischer". EGU. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Denis-Didier Rousseau". EGU. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "Paul A. Mayewski". EGU. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "EGU – Awards & Medals – Hans Oeschger Medal – Sherilyn C. Fritz". Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "EGU – Awards & Medals – Hans Oeschger Medal – Miryam Bar-Matthews" . Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  10. ↑ "EGU – Awards & Medals – Hans Oeschger Medal – Michael Mann" . Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  11. ↑ "EGU – Awards & Medals – Hans Oeschger Medal – Robert Delmas" . Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  12. ↑ "EGU – Awards & Medals – Hans Oeschger Medal – Françoise Gasse" . Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  13. ↑ "EGU – Awards & Medals – Hans Oeschger Medal – Thomas Stocker" . Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  14. ↑ "EGU – Awards & Medals – Hans Oeschger Medal – Dominique Raynaud" . Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  15. ↑ "EGU – Awards & Medals – Hans Oeschger Medal – Raymond S. Bradley" . Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  16. ↑ "EGU – Awards & Medals – Hans Oeschger Medal – Bernhard Stauffer" . Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  17. ↑ "EGU – Awards & Medals – Hans Oeschger Medal – Laurent Labeyrie" . Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  18. ↑ "EGU – Awards & Medals – Hans Oeschger Medal – John Mitchell" . Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  19. ↑ "EGS Awards – Hans Oeschger Medal 2003". Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  20. ↑ "EGS Awards – Hans Oeschger Medal 2002". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
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