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Lonnie Thompson is a glaciologist and Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at The Ohio State University. He has achieved global recognition for drilling ice cores from mountain glaciers and ice caps in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. He and his wife, Ellen Mosely-Thompson, run the ice core paleoclimatology research group at the Byrd Polar Research Center. *
Lonnie obtained his undergraduate degree from Marshall University, where he majored in geology. He subsequently attended The Ohio State University where he received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.
Achievements
In 2001, Thompson was featured among eighteen scientists and researchers as "America's Best" by CNN and Time Magazine.
In 2002, Thompson was awarded the Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Lonnie was elected to the National Academy of Science in 2005.*
In November, 2005 he was featured in a "Rolling Stone" article on those fighting global climate change. *
Also in 2005, Lonnie was awarded the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, an honor often regarded as the environmental science equivalent to the Nobel Prize. *
Publications
Lonnie Thompson has gone on dozens of field research expeditions; has been awarded 53 research grants from the NSF, NASA, NOAA and NGS; and has over 165 publications. An abbreviated list of expeditions, grants, and publications can be found in Lonnie's C.V. (PDF).
Some notable publications include:
- "Tropical glacier and ice core evidence of climate change on annual to millennial time scales" Thompson, L. G., E. Mosley-Thompson, M. E. Davis, P.-N. Lin, K. Henderson and T. A. Mashiotta. 2003. Climatic Change, 59, 137-155
- "Kilimanjaro Ice Core Records: Evidence of Holocene Climate Change in Tropical Africa", Lonnie G. Thompson (PI), etc.. Science 18 October 2002: Vol. 298. no. 5593, pp. 589 - 593 DOI: 10.1126/science.1073198
- "Ice core evidence for climate change in the Tropics: implications for our future". 2000. Lonnie G. Thompson. Quaternary Science Reviews 19: 19-35.
- Science 20 June 1997: Vol. 276. no. 5320, pp. 1821 - 1825 DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5320.1821 "Tropical Climate Instability: The Last Glacial Cycle from a Qinghai-Tibetan Ice Core"; L. G. Thompson, T. Yao, M. E. Davis, K. A. Henderson, E. Mosley-Thompson, P.-N. Lin, J. Beer, H.-A. Synal, J. Cole-Dai, J. F. Bolzan
References
- Mark Bowen (2005). Thin Ice. ISBN 0805064435 - a history of Thompson's career and adventures. See also Thin Ice: Website.
External links
- Ice Core Paleoclimatology Research Group, Lonnie's and Ellen's research group at OSU.
- Lonnie's web page at Byrd Polar
- Ellen's web page at Byrd Polar
- Lonnie Thompson's Department of Geological Sciences faculty home page
- Ellen Mosely-Thompson's Department of Geography faculty home page
- Lonnie Thompson, biography from the Encyclopedia of World Biography
- "Deciphering the ice: scientist drills into tropical glaciers for clues to Earth's climate changes" from CNN/Time.
- "Tropical Glacier Retreat" from RealClimate
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