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In tribute to Claude Lorius

Claude Lorius, an outstanding scientist, glaciologist, precursor in the fight against global warming and tireless explorer of the coldest regions of our planet, has just left us.

Claude Lorius, on Terre Victoria around 1959-1960
Claude Lorius, on Terre Victoria around 1959-1960

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Winner of the CNRS gold medal in 2002 with Jean Jouzel and member of the Academy of Sciences, Claude Lorius created the Laboratory of glaciology and environmental geophysics in Grenoble. Discover his exemplary career through our photo and video archives.

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An interview with Claude Lorius, Emeritus Director of Research at CNRS, who received the CNRS Gold Medal in 2002. He received the award jointly with Jean Jouzel, for research which revealed the links between the quantity of greenhouse gases and climate change, resulting from the analysis of the air bubbles in the ice which has been accumulating for millennia at the South Pole. Claude Lorius recalls his career, beginning with his first visit to the Antarctic in 1957, at the time of the…

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