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Richard B. Alley

Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

Richard B. Alley is an Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Penn State and a Tyler Prize Laureate, recognized for his groundbreaking research on ice sheets and climate change.

1course·3standalone talks·13total lectures·12hrecorded

PSPenn State University

National Academy of Sciences Engineering, Control & Robotics Physics & CosmologyWikipediaCo-taught withRichard Alley Gilles Ramstein Jerry Mitrovica Jerry X. Mitrovica Peter deMenocal Jean-Jacques Hublin Rick Potts Alison S. Brooks Lyn Wadley Piero Lionello Joe McConnell

Education & Doctoral Lineage

PhD in Geology, University of Wisconsin–Madison
MS in Geology, Ohio State University

Appointments & Career

Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University

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Penn State University

1 courses · 9 lectures

Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Cryospheric studies and observations Polar Research and Ecology

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National Academy of Sciences

1 courses · 13 lectures

Visiting lecturer and colloquium speaker at National Academy of Sciences (Penn State University faculty).

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Cryospheric studies and observations Polar Research and Ecology

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Climate Change & Paleoclimate Dynamics

National Academy of Sciences · NAS-CLIM10 lectures · 9h

Engineering·undergraduate

Climate Change & Paleoclimate Dynamics

Paleoclimatic reconstructions from ice cores, marine sediments, and isotopic proxies examining Earth's radiative balance, Milankovitch orbital forcing, and abrupt climate transitions.

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Good News in the Greenhouse? Energy, Environment, and Our Future

Physics·Public Lecture

Good News in the Greenhouse? Energy, Environment, and Our Future

Richard B. Alley·PSPenn State University

Richard Alley, a leading geoscientist and NAS Day Prize laureate, explores the complex narrative of climate change, energy solutions, and environmental prospects in this public lecture.

Doing Well by Doing Good: Energy, Environment, and Our Future

Physics·Public Lecture

Doing Well by Doing Good: Energy, Environment, and Our Future

Richard B. Alley·PSPenn State University

Richard Alley, recipient of the NAS Arthur L. Day Prize, delivers a comprehensive lecture on the intricate relationship between energy systems, environmental impacts, and future societal well-being.

Tyler Prize Laureate Lecture: Richard B. Alley

Engineering·Public Lecture

Tyler Prize Laureate Lecture: Richard B. Alley

Richard B. Alley·PSPenn State University

Richard Alley, a Tyler Prize Laureate, presents insights from his extensive research on climate change, drawing upon glaciological evidence and paleoclimate data.

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The Biggest Control Knob: Carbon Dioxide in Earth's Climate History

The Biggest Control Knob: Carbon Dioxide in Earth's Climate History

Climate Change & Paleoclimate Dynamics · Lec 5·Climate Dynamics, Atmospheric Physics & Oceanography · Richard B. Alley · National Academy of Sciences

Richard B. Alley

National Academy of Sciences

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Good News in the Greenhouse? Energy, Environment, and Our Future

Good News in the Greenhouse? Energy, Environment, and Our Future

Physics·Public Lecture·Earth Sciences · Richard B. Alley · Penn State University

Richard B. Alley

PSPenn State University

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1:12:07

Doing Well by Doing Good: Energy, Environment, and Our Future

Doing Well by Doing Good: Energy, Environment, and Our Future

Physics·Public Lecture·Earth Sciences · Richard B. Alley · Penn State University

Richard B. Alley

PSPenn State University

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Tyler Prize Laureate Lecture: Richard B. Alley

Tyler Prize Laureate Lecture: Richard B. Alley

Engineering·Public Lecture·Climate Dynamics, Atmospheric Physics & Oceanography · Richard B. Alley · Penn State University

Richard B. Alley

PSPenn State University

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Billion Years of Earth’s Climate History: The Role of CO2

Billion Years of Earth’s Climate History: The Role of CO2

Climate Change & Paleoclimate Dynamics · Lec 4·Earth Sciences · Richard Alley · National Academy of Sciences

National Academy of Sciences

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Plate tectonics and climate - What's new since Wegener and Köppen?

Plate tectonics and climate - What's new since Wegener and Köppen?

Climate Change & Paleoclimate Dynamics · Lec 9·Geophysics, Plate Tectonics & Planetary Habitability · Gilles Ramstein · National Academy of Sciences

Gilles Ramstein

National Academy of Sciences

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41:55

Taking the Fingerprints of Global Sea Level Rise

Taking the Fingerprints of Global Sea Level Rise

Climate Change & Paleoclimate Dynamics · Lec 10·Climate Dynamics, Atmospheric Physics & Oceanography · Jerry Mitrovica · National Academy of Sciences

Jerry Mitrovica

National Academy of Sciences

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1:21:25

The Fingerprints of Sea Level Rise in a Progressively Warming World

The Fingerprints of Sea Level Rise in a Progressively Warming World

Climate Change & Paleoclimate Dynamics · Lec 7·Climate Dynamics, Atmospheric Physics & Oceanography · Jerry X. Mitrovica · National Academy of Sciences

Jerry X. Mitrovica

National Academy of Sciences

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22:59

Postmodern Geophysics and Ice Age Climate

Postmodern Geophysics and Ice Age Climate

Climate Change & Paleoclimate Dynamics · Lec 6·Geophysics, Plate Tectonics & Planetary Habitability · Jerry X. Mitrovica · National Academy of Sciences

Jerry X. Mitrovica

National Academy of Sciences

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1:25:32

Human-Climate Interactions and Evolution: Past and Future

Human-Climate Interactions and Evolution: Past and Future

Climate Change & Paleoclimate Dynamics · Lec 1·Climate Dynamics, Atmospheric Physics & Oceanography · Peter deMenocal, Jean-Jacques Hublin & Rick Potts · National Academy of Sciences

Peter deMenocal&Jean-Jacques Hublin

National Academy of Sciences

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58:17

The Origin of Us: African Climate and Early Human Evidence

The Origin of Us: African Climate and Early Human Evidence

Climate Change & Paleoclimate Dynamics · Lec 2·Climate Dynamics, Atmospheric Physics & Oceanography · Rick Potts, Alison S. Brooks & Lyn Wadley · National Academy of Sciences

Rick Potts&Alison S. Brooks

National Academy of Sciences

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58:15

Climate of the Mediterranean region: Recent past and future evolution

Climate of the Mediterranean region: Recent past and future evolution

Climate Change & Paleoclimate Dynamics · Lec 8·Climate Dynamics, Atmospheric Physics & Oceanography · Piero Lionello · National Academy of Sciences

National Academy of Sciences

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43:23

Ancient History in Greenland Ice

Ancient History in Greenland Ice

Climate Change & Paleoclimate Dynamics · Lec 3·Geophysics, Plate Tectonics & Planetary Habitability · Joe McConnell · National Academy of Sciences

National Academy of Sciences

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