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Home / News / EGU news / Obituary: Roland Schlich (1932–2016)
Later, in 1968, Schlich moved into the fields of marine geology and geophysics and launched a long-term research programme in the Southern Indian Ocean. He received a Doctor of Science from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) in 1974 with a thesis on the Structure, Age and Evolution of the Indian Ocean.
Home / Awards & medals / Plinius Medal / 2019 / Philip J. Ward
He co-established a network linking a vast number of scientists to address the challenge of multiple and concurrent hazards. In addition, he leads work packages and tasks in several EU funded international research projects, such as the IMPREX, eartH2Observe, and RISES-AM. Ward has been instrumental in developing a strong scientific and policy scientific community in the field of global risk across all natural hazards.
Home / Awards & medals / Plinius Medal / 2014 / Hermann M. Fritz
Hermann M. Fritz The 2014 Plinius Medal is awarded to Hermann M. Fritz for his outstanding laboratory- and field-research achievements in the generation and propagation of tsunamis. Hermann Fritz received his PhD degree in hydraulic engineering at ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in 2002 and, since 2003, has been an assistant and now associate professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, US.
Home / Awards & medals / Hans Oeschger Medal / 2011 / Robert Delmas
His studies of anthropogenic pollutants in ice cores have provided a clear picture of the effects of human activity on the global atmosphere. He also undertook pioneering studies of sulphur and nitrogen isotopes in ice cores, making important contributions to global bio-geochemistry.
Home / Awards & medals / Hannes Alfvén Medal / 2007 / Charles W. Carlson
Charles W. Carlson The 2007 Hannes Alfvén Medal is awarded to Charles W. Carlson for his pioneering work in developing novel diagnostic instruments and whole payloads leading to a major increase in our knowledge of the complexities of space and, in particular, auroral plasmas. Charles W. Carlson received his PhD in physics from the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) in 1974 and has been a Research Physicist and Senior Space Fellow at the Space Sciences Laboratory of the same university since then.
Home / Awards & medals / Christiaan Huygens Medal / 2025 / Francesco Soldovieri
Finally, his mentoring of the next generation of scientists is reflected in his supervision of graduate and doctoral students, who achieved successful careers in academia and industry.
Home / Education / Planet Press / Articles / Surprising findings from a hurricane in Texas
19 April 2018 In late August 2017, a very strong storm, called Hurricane Harvey, hit southeast Texas in the United States (US). One metre of rain fell in just 3 days as a result of the storm. It usually takes 10 months for that much rain to fall in Houston, a city in Texas that was very affected by Harvey.
Home / Awards & medals / Vening Meinesz Medal / 2009 / Susanna Zerbini
In recent years she works on the coordinated use of ensembles of superconducting gravimeters combined with GPS for the analysis of temporal changes in gravity and for the purpose of separation of tectonic movements from mass changes. Since 1987 Dr.
Home / Awards & medals / Milutin Milanković Medal / 2025 / Zhengyu Liu
Zhengyu Liu became interested in palaeoclimate in the mid-1990s, when he provided the first modeling insights into the emergence of the Green Sahara and the orbital-scale modulation of the African monsoon system. He was one of the first to show the role of the ocean in mid-Holocene simulations and how it affected monsoon characteristics, first in Africa and then globally.
Home / Awards & medals / Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards / 2019 / Roland Rohloff
The hydroxyl (OH) radical is one of the most important oxidants in the troposphere during daytime. OH-radicals are generated by photolysis. They oxidize various pollutants (e.g. VOCs, CO) and therefore work as self-cleaning agent of the atmosphere. The reactions can result either in the loss of the radical, or in the formation of a new radical (e.g.
