Richard Alley
Richard Alley | |
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Richard Alley in 2014, portrait via the Royal Society | |
| Born | Richard Blane Alley 18 August 1957 |
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| Awards | ForMemRS 2014 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award Heinz Award with special focus on the Environment (2011) Roger Revelle Medal (2007) AGU Fellow (2000) |
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| Institutions | Pennsylvania State University |
| Thesis | Transformations in polar firn (1987) |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles R. Bentley |
| Website | www |
Richard Blane Alley (born 18 August 1957) is an American geologist and Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University. He has authored more than 240 refereed scientific publications about the relationships between Earth's cryosphere and global climate change, and is recognized by the Institute for Scientific Information as a Highly Cited Researcher.