Eric William Wolff, FRS (born 5 June 1957) is a British

climatologist Climatology (from Greek , ''klima'', "slope"; and , ''-logia'') or climate science is the scientific study of Earth's climate, typically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of at least 30 years. Climate concerns the atmospheric ...

glaciologist Glaciology (; ) is the scientific study of glaciers, or, more generally, ice and natural phenomena that involve ice. Glaciology is an interdisciplinary Earth science that integrates geophysics, geology, physical geography, geomorphology, clim ...

, and academic. Since 2013, he has been Royal Society Research Professor of Earth Sciences in the Department of Earth Sciences at the

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Honours

In 2009, he was awarded the Louis Agassiz Medal by the

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. The medal is awarded 'in recognition of

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outstanding scientific contribution to the study of the cryosphere on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system'. In 2010, he was elected a

Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...

(FRS), the UK's most senior

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for science. In 2012, he was awarded the

Lyell Medal The Lyell Medal is a prestigious annual scientific medal given by the Geological Society of London, equal in status to the Murchison Medal. This medal is awarded based on one Earth Scientist's exceptional contribution of research to the scientific ...

by the

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. In 2020, he was awarded the Richardson Medal by the

International Glaciological Society The International Glaciological Society (IGS) was founded in 1936 to provide a focus for individuals interested in glaciology, practical and scientific aspects of snow and ice. It was originally known as the "Association for the Study of Snow an ...

along with Christina Hulbe.

References

1957 births Living people British climatologists British glaciologists Fellows of Darwin College, Cambridge Lyell Medal winners Fellows of the Royal Society British Antarctic scientists Earth scientists at the University of Cambridge {{Glaciologist-stub