Bob Kopp awarded INQUA’s Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal

Our own Robert (Bob) Kopp, Associate Director of the REI,  has been awarded the Shackleton Medal recognizing his pioneering efforts in understanding the changing trajectory of Earth’s climate.

The Shackleton Medal is awarded by the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUAonce every four years to an outstanding young Quaternary scientist, chosen by his or her peers and evaluated by a blue-ribbon committee of distinguished scientists. The medal, INQUA's first, honours Sir Nicholas Shackleton, a giant in the field of Quaternary science, in recognition of his distinguished career in Quaternary geochronology and paleoclimatology, which spanned 40 years and was based on isotopic studies of deep-sea sediment. Read more...