
Tyndall History of Global Environmental Change Lecture
Information on the Award
The Tyndall History of Global Environmental Change Lecture is presented annually and recognizes outstanding contributions to our understanding of global environmental change. It honors the life and work of physicist John Tyndall, who confirmed the importance of the greenhouse effect.

Lecturer Benefits
AGU is proud to recognize our section honorees. Recipients of the Tyndall History of Global Environmental Change Lecture will receive the following benefits with the honor:
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Lecture certificate
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Recognition in Eos
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Recognition at the AGU Fall Meeting during the lecture presentation year
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Complimentary meeting registration the year the lecture is presented
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Invitation to present at the AGU Fall Meeting during the lecture presentation year
Eligibility
To better understand eligibility for nominators, supporters and Global Environmental Change Award Committee members, review AGU’s Honors Conflict of Interest Policy.
Nominee Eligibility
- The nominee is not required to be an active AGU member.
- The following individuals are not eligible to be candidates for the award during their terms of service:
- AGU President;
- AGU President-elect;
- Council Leadership Team members;
- Honors and Recognition Committee members;
- Tyndall History of Global Environmental Change Lecture Committee members;
- All full-time AGU staff; and
- AGU Fellows.
Nominator Eligibility
- Nominators are not required to hold an active AGU membership.
- The following individuals are not eligible to be nominators for the award during their terms of service:
- AGU President;
- AGU President-elect;
- Council Leadership Team members;
- Honors and Recognition Committee members;
- Tyndall History of Global Environmental Change Lecture Committee members; and
- All full-time AGU staff.
Supporter Eligibility
- Individuals who write letters of support for the nominee are not required to be active AGU members.
- The following individuals are not eligible to be supporters for the award during their terms of service:
- AGU President;
- AGU President-elect;
- Council Leadership Team members;
- Honors and Recognition Committee members;
- Tyndall History of Global Environmental Change Lecture Committee members; and
- All full-time AGU staff.
Relationships to a Nominee
The following relationships need to be identified and communicated to the Award Committee but will not disqualify individuals from participating in the nomination or committee review process. These apply to committee members, nominators, and supporters:
- Current dean, departmental chair, supervisor, supervisee, laboratory director, an individual with whom one has a current business or financial relationship (e.g., business partner, employer, employee);
- Research collaborator or co-author within the last three years; and/or
- An individual working at the same institution or having accepted a position at the same institution.
Individuals with the following relationships are disqualified from participating in the award nomination process as a nominator or supporter:
- Family member, spouse, or partner.
- A previous graduate (Master’s or Ph.D.) and/or postdoctoral advisor, or postdoctoral fellow may not write a nomination letter but may write a supporting letter after five years of terminating their relationship with the nominee beginning on 1 January after the year the relationship was terminated.
- A former doctoral or graduate student, or a former postdoctoral fellow may not write a nomination letter for a former advisor but may write a supporting letter after five years of terminating their relationship with the nominee beginning on 1 January after the year the relationship was terminated.
Nomination Package
Your nomination package must contain a nomination letter, which should be no more than three pages in length per document.
- The letter should state how the nominee meets the selection criteria and include details about the nominee's record of producing cutting-edge science relevant to global environmental change and how the nominee's work complements that of John Tyndall.
- The letter should also detail the nominee's record as an engaging and effective speaker to a non-specialist audience.
- Nominator’s signature, name, title, institution, and contact information are required and letterhead is preferred.
Nominations must be submitted through the online platform by 12 April 2023 at 11:59 PM, ET. Nominations submitted after the deadline or outside of the online submission platform will not be accepted For questions about nomination requirements, please contact Andy Dessler, Global Environmental Change Section President.


Recipients

Ramalingam Saravanan

Daniel R Cayan

Michael D Dettinger
Video

Gordon B Bonan
Lecture Title:
Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Forests, Climate Change, and Our Future
Video

William Drew Collins

Inez Y Fung

James Rodger Fleming

Waleed Abdalati

Julie Brigham-Grette

Kelly T Redmond

William F Ruddiman

Raymond Pierrehumbert
