Professor Sir Nicholas Shackleton, emeritus professor at the Department of Earth Sciences at the University, will receive the 2005 Blue Planet Prize.
Professor Sir Nicholas Shackleton, emeritus professor at the Department of Earth Sciences at the University, will receive the 2005 Blue Planet Prize.
Generally thought to have pioneered the astronomical calibration of the geological time scale and a leader in the international Deep-Sea Drilling Programme, Professor Shackleton is best known for demonstrating the link between changes in the Earth-Sun orbital system and changes in climate during the past million years. His research is of outmost importance in modelling as well as predicting future global change.
With an impressive list of professional affiliations and awards, Professor Shackleton was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1998. His is also a Fellow of the Royal Society, a Foreign Associate of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and a 2004 recipient of the coveted Vetlesen Prize by the Columbia University and the Vetlesen Foundation, to name a few.
Each year the Blue Planet Prize, by the Asahi Glass Foundation of Japan, recognizes two individuals or organisations whose achievements have contributed to the resolution of global environmental problems. Each price recipient receives $460,000.
The award ceremony will take place in Tokyo on 19 October with the commemorative lectures by the prize recipients to be held at the United Nations University in Tokyo on 20 October.
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