Richard Alley

Richard Alley
Richard Alley in 2014, portrait via the Royal Society
Born
Richard Blane Alley

(1957-08-18) 18 August 1957 (age 67)
Alma mater
Known for
AwardsForMemRS[1] 2014 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Heinz Award with special focus on the Environment (2011)
Roger Revelle Medal (2007)
AGU Fellow (2000)[2]
Scientific career
InstitutionsPennsylvania State University
ThesisTransformations in polar firn (1987)
Doctoral advisorCharles R. Bentley[3]
Websitewww.geosc.psu.edu/academic-faculty/alley-richard

Richard Blane Alley (born 18 August 1957)[6] is an American geologist and Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University.[7] He has authored more than 240 refereed scientific publications about the relationships between Earth's cryosphere and global climate change,[3] and is recognized by the Institute for Scientific Information as a Highly Cited Researcher.[8][9][10][11]

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  2. ^ "Newly elected fellows of AGU for 2000". Eos Transactions. 81 (8): 79. 2000. Bibcode:2000EOSTr..81...79.. doi:10.1029/00EO00055.
  3. ^ a b "Citation for Richard Alley" (PDF). Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
  4. ^ Severinghaus, J. P.; Sowers, T.; Brook, E. J.; Alley, R. B.; Bender, M. L. (1998). "Timing of abrupt climate change at the end of the Younger Dryas interval from thermally fractionated gases in polar ice". Nature. 391 (6663): 141. Bibcode:1998Natur.391..141S. doi:10.1038/34346. S2CID 4426618.
  5. ^ "NASA People". NASA. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
  6. ^ Alexander E. Gates: Earth Scientists from A to Z, Facts on File, 2003
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  8. ^ "Alley, Richard B." Institute for Scientific Information. Archived from the original on 19 May 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
  9. ^ Richard Alley publications, in Google Scholar
  10. ^ Alley, R. B.; Mayewski, P. A.; Sowers, T.; Stuiver, M.; Taylor, K. C.; Clark, P. U. (1997). "Holocene climatic instability: A prominent, widespread event 8200 yr ago". Geology. 25 (6): 483. Bibcode:1997Geo....25..483A. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0483:HCIAPW>2.3.CO;2. S2CID 55608759.
  11. ^ Alley, R. B.; Marotzke, J.; Nordhaus, W. D.; Overpeck, J. T.; Peteet, D. M.; Pielke Jr, R. A.; Pierrehumbert, R. T.; Rhines, P. B.; Stocker, T. F.; Talley, L. D.; Wallace, J. M. (Mar 2003). "Abrupt Climate Change" (PDF). Science. 299 (5615): 2005–2010. Bibcode:2003Sci...299.2005A. doi:10.1126/science.1081056. PMID 12663908. S2CID 19455675. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-12.