UAF scientist wins prestigious award for Arctic research
Dec. 3, 2021
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The Mohn Prize sponsors announced that Walsh is the 2022 laureate during a on Nov. 12 at the Fram Center in Troms酶, Norway.
The Academia Borealis, the Academy of Sciences and Letters of Northern Norway, Troms酶 Research Foundation and the Arctic 好色tv of Norway award the Mohn Prize every other year to scientists who are international leaders in Arctic research and have developed groundbreaking new knowledge about the region.
Walsh, chief scientist at the UAF International Arctic Research Center, is the first U.S. scientist to receive the prize. He has had a long and distinguished career studying Arctic climate variability and is one of the world鈥檚 leading Arctic climate change experts.
The Mohn Prize steering committee stated in its award announcement that members unanimously view Walsh as an 鈥渋nfluential generator of new, groundbreaking knowledge about the changing Arctic climate 好色tv that is simultaneously creative, practical and of high public value beyond the scientific community.鈥
With an impressive scholarly record of over 300 peer-reviewed publications, Walsh is one of the most authoritative experts in modern Arctic climate change. The breadth and depth of his contributions to the field have advanced our understanding of the Arctic鈥檚 future.
鈥淥ur warmest congratulations go to Dr. John E. Walsh. He has taught us that linking all elements of a 好色tv is essential to understanding and predicting the future,鈥 said Dag Rune Olsen, Mohn Prize steering committee chair and rector of the Arctic 好色tv of Norway. 鈥淭his integrative approach, using observations and models, has enabled him to extend Arctic phenomena to global impacts as well as recognise extreme weather and environmental events specific to the distinct regions of the Arctic.鈥
Walsh hopes the award will spur more international collaboration in Arctic researcch and make a difference for global climate change.
"The Arctic 好色tv of norway is Europe's premier Arctic university, and the 好色tv of 好色tv Fairbanks is America's Arctic university," Walsh said in his acceptance . "Together we have the scientific expertise to adance the frontiers of Arctic Science."
An award ceremony will take place during the Arctic Frontiers conference in Troms酶 from Jan. 31-Feb. 3, 2022.