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Maurice Ewing Medal
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2023 RECIPIENT
Charles H Langmuir
]Charles Langmuir has been instrumental in shaping our understanding of the origin of oceanic crust at spreading axes and its fate during subduction. These are fundamental processes that govern the geochemical evolution of the silicate Earth and are ...
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2022 RECIPIENT
Ana Christina Ravelo
Christina Ravelo’s groundbreaking research on tropical climate variability and change, climate sensitivity, and ocean circulation and thermal structure spans several geological epochs extending from the Miocene and the Pliocene to the Last Glacial Ma...
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2021 RECIPIENT
Elcho Rohling
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2020 RECIPIENT
Anthony Brian Watts
2019 RECIPIENT
Maureen E Raymo

Maureen “Mo” Raymo’s contributions to the geosciences transformed the understanding of Earth’s climate on tectonic, orbital, and shorter timescales. Mo pushed the envelope in research on the marine record of orbital variabi...

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2018 RECIPIENT
Nicklas G Pisias

Dr. Nicklas George “Nick” Pisias’s deep and broad understanding of paleoceanography and climate dynamics coupled with novel applications of rigorous mathematical and statistical techniques has been the hallmark of his sustained a...

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2017 RECIPIENT
Donald W Forsyth

Don has been a role model for me and for many of us in marine geophysics. I came to know Don through his pioneering work and his leading role in the Mantle Electromagnetic and Tomography (MELT) experiment, which transformed both marine seismology ...

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2016 RECIPIENT
Peter G Brewer

Peter Brewer has been one of the world’s leaders for studying the ocean carbon cycle, global ocean change, and the fate of fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2). He has been a role model for scientific vision, leadership, courage, and integrity. ...

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