List of earth sciences awards explained

This list of earth sciences awards is an index to articles on notable awards for earth sciences, or natural science related to the planet Earth. It includes awards for meteorology, oceanography and paleontology, but excludes awards for environmental science, geography, geology and geophysics, which are covered by separate lists.

General

Country Award Sponsor Description
Australia Research in the Earth sciences by women researchers up to 10 years post PhD[1]
United States Early-career scientist for a single outstanding contribution to geochemistry or cosmochemistry[2]
United States Program for pre-college school students to work towards a solution to mitigate global warming and help envision the future of renewable energy[3]
India Outstanding geophysicist/geologist whose age does not exceed 40 years
United States Excellence in publications, explorations, discoveries or research in the natural sciences[4]
United States Publication or body of publications that have significantly advanced the science of hydrogeology or a closely related field[5]
Chile Natural sciences[6]
United States Outstanding contributions that advance or promote scientific research in fields such as oceanography, climatology and other planetary sciences[7]
United Kingdom Outstanding scientific contribution to glaciology so that the subject is now enriched[8]

Meteorology

Country Award Sponsor Description
Netherlands Individual who has made significant contributions to meteorology[9]
United States Individual atmospheric scientists[10]
United States Most outstanding operational weather squadron for the entire Air Force
Russia Outstanding work in cosmology and gravity[11] [12]
Switzerland Outstanding contributions in the field of meteorology and, since 1971, the field of operational hydrology[13]
United States Highly significant research or development achievement in the atmospheric or hydrologic sciences[14]
United States Weather forecasting competition among colleges in North America. Replaced by the WxChallenge
Canada Residents of Canada for services rendered to meteorology[15] [16] [17]
Germany German Meteorological Society Outstanding scientific and organizational contributions to the objectives of the DMG
United States Outstanding contributions to the scientific knowledge of interactions between the oceans and the atmosphere[18]
United Kingdom Distinguished work in the field of meteorological science[19]
Europe Distinguished research in atmospheric sciences[20]
United Kingdom Scientist who has distinguished himself in the field of experimental meteorology[21]
United States Weather forecasting competition among colleges in North America

Oceanography

Country Award Sponsor Description
(international) A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement AwardAssociation for the Sciences of Limnology and OceanographyMajor, long-term, achievements in limnology and oceanography[22]
United States Original contribution in the science of oceanography[23] [24]
United States Innovative coastal/nearshore research[25]
United States Oceanography[26]
(international) Mid-career scientist for excellence in any aspect of limnology or oceanography[27] [28] [29]
United States Historical Diving Society (United States) Recognition of contribution made to the advancement of our knowledge of the ocean
United States Contribution made to the advancement of our knowledge of the nature and consequences of light in the ocean[30]
United States Outstanding contributions to the advancement of the understanding of the dynamics and physics of the ocean
United StatesMary Sears Women Pioneers in OceanographyWoods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionLifetime achievement and impact[31]
United States Walter Munk Medal (formerly Walter Munk Award) Distinguished research in oceanography related to sound and the sea[32] [33]
(international) Yentsch-Schindler Award Association for the Sciences of Limnology and OceanographyOutstanding contributions by an early career scientist to aquatic sciences

Paleontology

Country Award Sponsor Description
United States Person under 40 whose work reflects excellence and promise in the science of paleontology[34]
United Kingdom Those who have made a significant contribution to the science by means of a substantial body of research[35]
United States Excellence in publications, explorations, discoveries or research in the natural sciences
United States Person whose eminence is based on advancement of knowledge in paleontology[36]
United Kingdom Palaeontographical Society Medal Sustained and important series of contributions to the taxonomic and systematic palaeontology of Great Britain and Ireland, especially those which address problems of palaeogeography, palaeoecology and phylogeny
United States Persons who have made significant contributions in the field which have promoted the science of stratigraphy by research in paleontology and evolution and the use of fossils for interpretations of paleoecology[37]
United States Sustained and outstanding scholarly excellence and service to the discipline of vertebrate paleontology[38] [39]
United States Individual achievement in advancing knowledge of Cambrian or Precambrian life and its history[40]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dorothy Hill Medal . Australian Academy of Science . 28 November 2018.
  2. Web site: F.W. Clarke Award. Geochemical Society. 29 November 2016.
  3. Web site: Digital Media and Learning Competition 6.
  4. June 2007. The Four Awards Bestowed by The Academy of Natural Sciences and Their Recipients. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . 156 . 1 . 403–404 . 10.1635/0097-3157(2007)156[403:TFABBT]2.0.CO;2. 198160356 .
  5. Meyer. Gerald. Oscar E. Meinzer — father of modern groundwater hydrology in the United States. Hydrogeology Journal. 17 November 2012. 3. 2. 76–78. 10.1007/s10040-995-0005-0. 128468128 .
  6. Web site: Ley 19169: Establece normas sobre otorgamiento de Premios Nacionales . Law 19169: Establishes Rules on Granting National Prizes . . es . 26 September 1992 . 8 December 2017 . Library of the National Congress of Chile.
  7. Web site: Roger Revelle Prize. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. 22 December 2014.
  8. Web site: The Seligman Crystal. Awards by the Society. International Glaciological Society (igsoc.org). 18 September 2011. 19 June 2010.
  9. Web site: Buys Ballot Medal — KNAW. www.knaw.nl. en. 2017-10-03.
  10. Web site: The Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal. American Meteorological Society. 27 September 2019.
  11. Web site: КОНКУРСЫ. doc. Russian Academy of Sciences. ru. COMPETITIONS. Академия наук СССР объявила конкурс на соискание премии им. А. А. Фридмана в размере 2000 руб., присуждаемой советским ученым за лучшие научные работы в области метеорологии. [The Academy of Sciences of the USSR announced a competition for the A. A. Friedman Prize in the amount of 2000 rubles, awarded to Soviet scientists for the best scientific work in the field of meteorology.]. 1974. 25 September 2018.
  12. Web site: Постановление Президиума Российская Академии Наук от 23 февраля 1993 г. №47, О золотых медалях и премиях имени выдающихся ученых, присуждаемых Российской академией наук. Russian Academy of Sciences. 23 February 1993. ru. Decree of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences of February 23, 1993 No. 47, On gold medals and prizes named after outstanding scientists awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences. 25 September 2018.
  13. Web site: International Meteorological Organization (IMO) Prize. World Meteorological Organization. World Meteorolical Association (WMO). 29 May 2018.
  14. http://www2.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/about-ams/ams-awards-fellows-and-honorary-members/awards/awards-list/the-jule-g-charney-award/ Jule G. Charney Award
  15. Web site: fr, en . Non-CMOS Awards / Honneurs pas SCMO . https://web.archive.org/web/20160420201622/http://cmosarchives.ca/noncmosawards.html . April 20, 2016. 2015 . . November 10, 2018. .
  16. Nature. Patterson Medal in Meteorology. 158. November 2, 1946. 4018 . 10.1038/158614a0. January 15, 2020. 614. free.
  17. Weather. Royal Meteorological Society. Patterson Medal in Meteorology. 2. 2. February 1947. 10.1002/j.1477-8696.1947.tb00709.x. 40.
  18. Web site: The Sverdrup Gold Medal. American Meteorological Society. 27 September 2019.
  19. Web site: Symons Gold Medal. Royal Metereological Society. 23 November 2015.
  20. Web site: Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal . European Geosciences Union. 29 May 2022.
  21. Web site: Gaskell Memorial medal 1994. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. 22 November 2015.
  22. Web site: ASLO Awards. 2021-05-04. ASLO. en-US.
  23. Book: True, Frederick . 31 December 1913 . A History of the First Half-Century of the National Academy of Sciences: 1863-1913 . National Academies Press . 0309581656.
  24. Web site: Awards - Alexander Agassiz Medal. National Academy of Sciences. 20 January 2010.
  25. Web site: B.H. Ketchum Award Recipients - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. WHOI. en-US. 2019-11-06.
  26. Web site: Award Recipients - Henry Bryant Bigelow Medal in Oceanography. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. November 29, 2016.
  27. Anonymous . 1982 . G. Evelyn Hutchinson Medal Announcement and Call for Nominations . Limnology and Oceanography . 27 . 6 . 1175 . 10.4319/lo.1982.27.6.1175 .
  28. Web site: Dead Scientist of the Week: G. Evelyn Hutchinson. 2011-01-30.
  29. G. Evelyn Hutchinson Medal Award. Limnology and Oceanography. November 1991. 36. 7. 1503–1505. 10.4319/lo.1991.36.7.1503. 0024-3590. free.
  30. Web site: The Jerlov Award. Oceanography Society. 23 November 2015.
  31. Web site: Awards & Recognition - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 2021-05-04. www.whoi.edu/. en-US.
  32. Web site: The Walter Munk Award. Oceanography Society. 23 November 2015.
  33. Web site: Walter Munk Medal. The Oceanography Society. 10 February 2020.
  34. Web site: Grants and Awards . Paleontological Society . 2 April 2017 .
  35. Web site: Lapworth Medal. The Palaeontological Association. 29 May 2016.
  36. Paleontology Society awards page http://paleosoc.org/grants-and-awards/
  37. Web site: Raymond C. Moore Medal for Paleontology. Society for Sedimentary Geology. 19 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20170704015527/http://www.sepm.org/pages.aspx?pageid=72. 4 July 2017. dead.
  38. Web site: Romer-Simpson Medal. Society for Vertebrate Paleontology. 21 May 2014.
  39. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/news/clemens_romer06.php Bill Clemens awarded the Romer-Simpson Medal for his contributions to vertebrate paleontology
  40. Web site: The Stanley Miller Medal is scheduled for presentation in 2016. NAS. 21 June 2015.

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