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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 - GSA Public Service Award, The Geological Society of America
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2000 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Richard B. Alley is a researcher affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable contributions in subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

The research topics explored by Richard B. Alley include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Polar Research and Ecology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard B. Alley are:

  • S. Anandakrishnan
  • B. R. Parizek
  • Atsuhiro Muto
  • Lucas K. Zoet
  • Knut Christianson

Publications by Richard B. Alley are often featured in several consistent venues, including:

  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Annals of Glaciology
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Richard B. Alley include:

  • "The Paris Climate Agreement and future sea-level rise from Antarctica," 2021, published in Nature
  • "Antarctic surface temperature and elevation during the Last Glacial Maximum," 2021, published in Science
  • "Twenty-first century sea-level rise could exceed IPCC projections for strong-warming futures," 2020, published in One Earth
  • "Linking postglacial landscapes to glacier dynamics using swath radar at Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica," 2020, published in Geology
  • "Meltwater drainage and iceberg calving observed in high-spatiotemporal resolution at Helheim Glacier, Greenland," 2022, published in Journal of Glaciology

Richard B. Alley has received multiple awards over their academic career, such as:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2014)
  • BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2014)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2010)
  • GSA Public Service Award, The Geological Society of America (2008)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2008)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2007)
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2000)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Holocene climatic instability: A prominent, widespread event 8200 yr ago

    Richard B. Alley;Paul Andrew Mayewski;Todd Sowers;Minze Stuiver

  • Abrupt climate change

    RB Alley;Jochem Marotzke;WD Nordhaus;JT Overpeck

  • Abrupt increase in Greenland snow accumulation at the end of the Younger Dryas event

    R. B. Alley;D. A. Meese;C. A. Shuman;A. J. Gow

  • Observations: Changes in Snow, Ice and Frozen Ground

    Peter Lemke;Jian Ren;R. B. Alley;I. Allison

  • The Younger Dryas cold interval as viewed from central Greenland

    Richard B. Alley

  • The 8k event: cause and consequences of a major Holocene abrupt climate change

    Richard B. Alley;Anna Maria Ágústsdóttir;Anna Maria Ágústsdóttir

  • Timing of abrupt climate change at the end of the Younger Dryas interval from thermally fractionated gases in polar ice

    Jeffrey P. Severinghaus;Todd Sowers;Edward J. Brook;Richard B. Alley

  • Ice-Sheet and Sea-Level Changes

    Richard B. Alley;Peter U. Clark;Philippe Huybrechts;Ian Joughin

  • The ‘flickering switch’ of late Pleistocene climate change

    K. C. Taylor;G. W. Lamorey;G. A. Doyle;R. B. Alley

  • Validity of the temperature reconstruction from water isotopes in ice cores

    J. Jouzel;R. B. Alley;K. M. Cuffey;W. Dansgaard

  • Deformation of till beneath ice stream B, West Antarctica

    R. B. Alley;Donald D Blankenship;C. R. Bentley;S. T. Rooney

  • Northern Hemisphere Ice-Sheet Influences on Global Climate Change

    Peter U. Clark;Richard B. Alley;David Pollard

  • Paleoclimatic Evidence for Future Ice-Sheet Instability and Rapid Sea-Level Rise

    Jonathan T. Overpeck;Bette L. Otto-Bliesner;Gifford H. Miller;Daniel R. Muhs

  • Potential Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat driven by hydrofracturing and ice cliff failure

    David Pollard;Robert M. DeConto;Richard B. Alley

  • Assessment of the importance of ice-shelf buttressing to ice-sheet flow

    T. K. Dupont;R. B. Alley

  • Record of Volcanism Since 7000 B.C. from the GISP2 Greenland Ice Core and Implications for the Volcano-Climate System.

    Gregory A. Zielinski;Paul Andrew Mayewski;L. D. Meeker;Sallie I. Whitlow

  • The role of seasonality in abrupt climate change

    George H. Denton;Richard B. Alley;Gary C. Comer;Wallace S. Broecker

  • Large Arctic Temperature Change at the Wisconsin-Holocene Glacial Transition

    Kurt M. Cuffey;Gary D. Clow;Richard B. Alley;Minze Stuiver

  • The Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 depth-age scale : Methods and results

    D. A. Meese;A. J. Gow;R. B. Alley;G. A. Zielinski

  • History of sea ice in the Arctic

    Leonid Polyak;Richard B. Alley;John T. Andrews;Julie Brigham-Grette

Frequent Co-Authors

Sridhar Anandakrishnan
Sridhar Anandakrishnan Pennsylvania State University
Knut Christianson
Knut Christianson University of Washington
James W. C. White
James W. C. White University of Colorado Boulder
Kendrick C. Taylor
Kendrick C. Taylor Desert Research Institute
David Pollard
David Pollard Pennsylvania State University
Donald D. Blankenship
Donald D. Blankenship The University of Texas at Austin
Paul Andrew Mayewski
Paul Andrew Mayewski University of Maine
Gifford H. Miller
Gifford H. Miller University of Colorado Boulder
Anthony J. Gow
Anthony J. Gow Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Ian Joughin
Ian Joughin University of Washington

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