The Crafoord Prize in Geosciences 2010

The Crafoord Prize in Geosciences 2010 was announced on Thursday 21 January 2010. The Prize will be presented on 11 May 2010 by His Majesty the King of Sweden. For more details, please contact Press Officer Erik Huss (below).

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2010-01-21

The Crafoord Prize in Geosciences 2010

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Crafoord Prize in Geosciences 2010 to Walter Munk, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA “for his pioneering and fundamental contributions to our understanding of ocean circulation, tides and waves, and their role in the Earth´s dynamics".

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