Claude Lorius (27 February 1932 – 21 March 2023) was a French glaciologist. He was director emeritus of research at CNRS. He was the director of the Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement in Grenoble from 1983 to 1988.
Lorius took part in more than 20 polar expeditions, mostly to Antarctica, and helped organise many international collaborations, notably the Vostok Station ice core. He was instrumental in the discovery and interpretation of the palaeo-atmosphere information within ice cores.
Lorius died on 21 March 2023, at the age of 91.
Awards Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur, 2020 Bower Medal and Prize, Franklin Institute, 2017, 2017 Commandeur of the Légion d'honneur, 2009 Blue Planet Prize, 2008 Vernadsky medal of the EGU, 2006 CNRS Gold medal, 2002 Balzan Prize 2001 for climatology Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, 1996 Officer of the Légion d'honneur, 1998 Member of the French Academy of Sciences, 1994 Italgas Prize, 1994 Belgica Medal, 1989 Humboldt Prize, 1988
Bibliography
(originally released in 1987 written by Bertrand Imbert, Claude Lorius is the co-author of the revised edition released in 2007) U.S. edition – UK edition – L'Antarctique, (1997) with Roger Gendrin, coll. « Dominos », éditions Flammarion, 365 jours sous les glaces de l'antarctique (tr. "365 days on the ice of Antarctica"), (2008) with Roland Schlich et Djamel Tahi, éditions Glénat Lorius, Claude; Carpentier, Laurent (2011). Voyage dans l'anthropocène: cette nouvelle ère dont nous sommes les héros. (in French). Paris: Actes Sud
Mémoires sauvées des glaces (tr. "Memories saved from the ice"), (2016) story collected by Djamel Tahi, Flammarion editions,
See also Ice and the Sky, a documentary film about Lorius' work in Antarctica
References
External links – biography in French or English Claude Lorius International Balzan Prize Foundation