Richard Alley

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Alley
Occupation	Glaciologist
Date Of Birth	Aug 18, 1957(1957-08-18)
Age	67
Country	United States
Birth City	Ohio
Horoscope	Leo

Richard Alley Biography

Richard Alley is one of the most popular and richest Glaciologist who was born on August 18, 1957 in Ohio, United States. Richard Blane Alley, born 18 August 1957, is an American geologist. He is also the Evan Pugh Professor in Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University. He is a refereed scientist who has published more than 240 publications on the relationship between Earth’s cryosphere, global climate change and other topics.

In 2005, Alley received the Seligman Crystal “for his extraordinary contribution to our understanding the stability of the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets, as well as erosion and sedimentation caused by this moving Ice.” Alley is among several Penn State earth scientists that contributed to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This panel shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize alongside Al Gore.

In 2008 Alley was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010.

Alley gave the Bjerknes lecture to the 2009 American Geophysical Union meeting titled “The biggest control knob- Carbon Dioxide in Earth’s climate history”. A video of the presentation is available (also available on YouTube).

He was also the first to be awarded the Louis Agassiz medal in 2005 for his “outstanding, sustained contribution to glaciology” and his effective communication of scientific issues in public policy. He was cited for his award as “He is inventive, sharp, and funny and remains a thorn on the backside of Bush administration.”

Richard Alley Net Worth

Richard Alley is one of the richest Glaciologist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Alley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Vice President Al Gore invited Alley to testify on climate change in 1999. He did so before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in 2003, and again before the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology (2007 and 2010).

Alley is the author of several papers in Science and Nature journals and chairs the National Research Council on Abrupt climate Change. He published The Two-Mile Time Machine, an illustrated book about ice cores, climate change, and our future in 2000. He has been featured in many climate-related television documentaries, and has given numerous public presentations about the subject.

Alley’s 2007 testimony was due to his role as a lead author of “Chapter 4: Observations: Changes in Snow, Ice and Frozen Ground” for the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He has participated in the joint UN/WMO panel since 1992, having been a contributing author to both the second and third IPCC assessment reports.

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On 28 April 2014 the National Center for Science Education announced that its first annual Friend of the Planet award had been presented to Alley and Michael E. Mann. He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in the same year, his nomination reads:

Facts & Trivia

Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Glaciologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Richard Alley celebrates birthday on August 18 of every year.

Top Facts about Richard Alley

1. Richard Alley is an American geologist and academic born in 1957.
2. He is a professor of geosciences at Penn State University.
3. Alley has authored over 250 scientific publications.
4. He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2010.
5. Alley studies ice sheets, climate change, and sea level rise.
6. He has conducted fieldwork in Antarctica and Greenland.
7. Alley served on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
8. His research shows that current warming is unprecedented in human history.
9. Alley advocates for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate climate change.
10. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to science and education.