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Lonnie Thompson

January 01, 1970

Lonnie Thompson (born July 1, 1948), is an American paleoclimatologist and university professor in the School of Earth Sciences at Ohio State University. He has achieved global recognition for his drilling and analysis of ice cores from ice caps and mountain glaciers in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. He and his wife, Ellen Mosley-Thompson, run the ice core paleoclimatology research group at the Byrd Polar Research Center.[1][2]

Lonnie Thompson
Thompson in 2015
Born (1948-07-01) July 1, 1948 (age 75)
Gassaway, WV, USA
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fields
ThesisMicroparticles, ice sheets and climate (1976)

Early life and education edit

Thompson was born July 1, 1948, in Gassaway, West Virginia, and was raised there on a farm.[3] He obtained an undergraduate degree from Marshall University, majoring in geology. He subsequently attended Ohio State University where he received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geology.

Career and impact edit

Thompson is one of the world’s foremost authorities on paleoclimatology and glaciology. For over 40 years, he has led 60 expeditions where they conduct ice-core drilling programs in the Polar Regions as well as on tropical and subtropical ice fields in 16 countries including China, Peru, Russia, Tanzania and Papua, Indonesia (New Guinea).[4] He and his team from the Ohio State University have developed light-weight solar-powered drilling equipment for acquisition of histories from ice fields in the tropical South American Andes, the Himalayas, and on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.[5][4] The results from these paleoclimate histories were published in more than 230 articles and have contributed toward improved understanding of Earth’s climate system, both past and present.[4]

In the 1970s, he was the first scientist "to retrieve ice samples from a remote tropical ice cap, such as the Quelccaya Ice Cap in the Andes of Peru,[3] and analyze them for ancient climate signals."[6] He created the ice core research program at Ohio State while still a graduate student there. In regards to the dedication required to attain this ice, one author writes:[7]

In his efforts to obtain ice cores, Thompson has spent an enormous amount of time at elevations above 5,500 meters. High-altitude climbers typically tackle a peak by spending time in a series of camps at lower elevations to acclimatize and then making a final rushed push for the summit. But Thompson and his loyal band of colleagues, students and mountain guides spend literally months at a time working at altitude... Thompson and his colleagues have managed to drill into tropical glaciers with nothing more to rely on than a combination of modest funding, low-tech equipment, ingenuity and sheer muscle power. Because the thin air at high altitudes precludes the use of helicopters, all of the drilling equipment and supplies must be carried up and down the slopes by yaks, mules, horses or humans...

— Mark Bowen, Thin Ice

For comparison, the Everest lower base camp is at 5,380 m (17,700 ft) and the upper base camp is at 6,500 m (21,300 ft). (The mountain itself is 8,848 m (29,029 ft).) Rolling Stone magazine says that there is no person in the world who has spent more time above 18,000 feet than Lonnie Thompson.[8]

His observations of glacier retreat (1970s–2000s) "confirm that glaciers around the world are melting and provide clear evidence that the warming of the last 50 years is now outside the range of climate variability for several millennia, if not longer."[9] In 2001, he incorrectly predicted that the famed snows of Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro would melt within the next 20 years, a victim of climate change across the tropics. Return expeditions to the mountain have shown that changes in the mountain's ice fields may signal an even quicker melting of its snow fields, which Thompson documented had existed for thousands of years. Thompson and his wife both served as advisers for the Academy Award-winning 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth, by Al Gore, Jr., and some of their work was referenced in the movie.

Personal life edit

Lonnie Thompson has been married to Ellen Mosley-Thompson for more than 40 years. They met in the 1970s in the Marshall University while he was studying geology and she was pursuing a degree in physics. After their graduation, they both pursued graduate degrees in geology at the Ohio State University. They are now research partners who are both interested in examining the effects of climate change on the world's glacial regions and in developing the technology to drill deep in the ice.[10]

On May 1, 2012, he underwent a successful heart transplant.[3]

Honors and awards edit

Publications edit

 
Scholia has a profile for Lonnie Thompson (Q897871).

Lonnie Thompson has been awarded 53 research grants from the NSF, NASA, NOAA and NGS and has published 165 papers. An abbreviated list of expeditions, grants, and publications can be found in (PDF).

Some notable publications include:

  • Thompson, L. G.; Mosley-Thompson, E.; Brecher, H.; Davis, M.; León, B.; Les, D.; Lin, P. -N.; Mashiotta, T.; Mountain, K. (2006). "Inaugural Article: Abrupt tropical climate change: Past and present". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103 (28): 10536–43. Bibcode:2006PNAS..10310536T. doi:10.1073/pnas.0603900103. PMC 1484420. PMID 16815970.
  • Thompson, L.G.; Mosley-Thompson, E.; Davis, M.E.; Lin, P.-N.; Henderson, K.; Mashiotta, T.A. (2003). (PDF). Climatic Change. 59: 137–155. doi:10.1023/A:1024472313775. S2CID 18990647. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-04.
  • Thompson, L. G.; Mosley-Thompson, E.; Davis, M. E.; Henderson, K. A.; Brecher, H. H.; Zagorodnov, V. S.; Mashiotta, T. A.; Lin, P. N.; Mikhalenko, V. N.; Hardy, D. R.; Beer, J. (2002). (PDF). Science. 298 (5593): 589–593. Bibcode:2002Sci...298..589T. doi:10.1126/science.1073198. PMID 12386332. S2CID 32880316. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-17.
  • Thompson, L. G. (2000). "Ice core evidence for climate change in the Tropics: Implications for our future". Quaternary Science Reviews. 19 (1–5): 19–35. Bibcode:2000QSRv...19...19T. doi:10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00052-9.
  • Thompson, L. G.; Yao, T.; Davis, M. E.; Henderson, K. A.; Mosley-Thompson, E.; Lin, P. N.; Beer, J.; Synal, H. A.; Cole-Dai, J. (1997). "Tropical Climate Instability: The Last Glacial Cycle from a Qinghai-Tibetan Ice Core". Science. 276 (5320): 1821. doi:10.1126/science.276.5320.1821.

References edit

  1. ^ "Byrd Polar Research Center Directory". 29 September 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  2. ^ Zagorski, N. (2006). "Profile of Lonnie G. Thompson". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103 (31): 11437–11439. Bibcode:2006PNAS..10311437Z. doi:10.1073/pnas.0605347103. PMC 1544187. PMID 16868075.
  3. ^ a b c Gillis, Justin (July 3, 2012). "A Climate Scientist Battles Time and Mortality". The New York Times. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d "Lonnie Thompson | Council for the Advancement of Science Writing". casw.org. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  5. ^ "Lonnie Thompson". earthsciences.osu.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  6. ^ . Ohio State University, Research News. 2007. Archived from the original on 10 June 2010. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  7. ^ Mark Bowen (2005). Thin Ice. Henry Holt and Co. pp. 320. ISBN 0-8050-6443-5.
  8. ^ . Rolling Stone. 3 November 2005. Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  9. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  10. ^ "Couple has spent decades exploring glaciers, which reveal climate history". The Washington Post.
  11. ^ "Medals | SSAG | Svenska Sällskapet för Antropologi och Geografi". ssag.se. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  12. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  13. ^ "The Seligman Crystal". International Glaciological Society (IGS). Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  14. ^ . TIME. 24 September 2008. Archived from the original on September 30, 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  15. ^ "Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science". Franklin Institute. 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-06-26. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  16. ^ BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards 2021

External links edit

  • Ice Core Paleoclimatology Research Group 2006-09-03 at the Wayback Machine, the Thompson's research group at OSU.
  • Lonnie Thompson's web page at Byrd Polar
  • Ellen Mosley-Thompson's web page at Byrd Polar
  • 2002 Heineken Prize lecture by Prof. Thompson
  • Lonnie Thompson, biography from the Encyclopedia of World Biography
  • from CNN/Time.
  • "Science Goes to New Heights", article about Thompson's research in The Antarctic Sun. June 27, 2008
  • WOSU Public Media profiled the Thompson's polar research in 2008 in a two video segments distributed nationally.

January 01, 1970
lonnie, thompson, born, july, 1948, american, paleoclimatologist, university, professor, school, earth, sciences, ohio, state, university, achieved, global, recognition, drilling, analysis, cores, from, caps, mountain, glaciers, tropical, tropical, regions, wo. Lonnie Thompson born July 1 1948 is an American paleoclimatologist and university professor in the School of Earth Sciences at Ohio State University He has achieved global recognition for his drilling and analysis of ice cores from ice caps and mountain glaciers in the tropical and sub tropical regions of the world He and his wife Ellen Mosley Thompson run the ice core paleoclimatology research group at the Byrd Polar Research Center 1 2 Lonnie ThompsonThompson in 2015Born 1948 07 01 July 1 1948 age 75 Gassaway WV USANationalityAmericanAlma materOhio State University M S amp Ph D Marshall University B S Scientific careerFieldsGeologyPaleoclimatologyGlaciologyThesisMicroparticles ice sheets and climate 1976 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career and impact 3 Personal life 4 Honors and awards 5 Publications 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and education editThompson was born July 1 1948 in Gassaway West Virginia and was raised there on a farm 3 He obtained an undergraduate degree from Marshall University majoring in geology He subsequently attended Ohio State University where he received M S and Ph D degrees in geology Career and impact editThompson is one of the world s foremost authorities on paleoclimatology and glaciology For over 40 years he has led 60 expeditions where they conduct ice core drilling programs in the Polar Regions as well as on tropical and subtropical ice fields in 16 countries including China Peru Russia Tanzania and Papua Indonesia New Guinea 4 He and his team from the Ohio State University have developed light weight solar powered drilling equipment for acquisition of histories from ice fields in the tropical South American Andes the Himalayas and on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania 5 4 The results from these paleoclimate histories were published in more than 230 articles and have contributed toward improved understanding of Earth s climate system both past and present 4 In the 1970s he was the first scientist to retrieve ice samples from a remote tropical ice cap such as the Quelccaya Ice Cap in the Andes of Peru 3 and analyze them for ancient climate signals 6 He created the ice core research program at Ohio State while still a graduate student there In regards to the dedication required to attain this ice one author writes 7 In his efforts to obtain ice cores Thompson has spent an enormous amount of time at elevations above 5 500 meters High altitude climbers typically tackle a peak by spending time in a series of camps at lower elevations to acclimatize and then making a final rushed push for the summit But Thompson and his loyal band of colleagues students and mountain guides spend literally months at a time working at altitude Thompson and his colleagues have managed to drill into tropical glaciers with nothing more to rely on than a combination of modest funding low tech equipment ingenuity and sheer muscle power Because the thin air at high altitudes precludes the use of helicopters all of the drilling equipment and supplies must be carried up and down the slopes by yaks mules horses or humans Mark Bowen Thin Ice For comparison the Everest lower base camp is at 5 380 m 17 700 ft and the upper base camp is at 6 500 m 21 300 ft The mountain itself is 8 848 m 29 029 ft Rolling Stone magazine says that there is no person in the world who has spent more time above 18 000 feet than Lonnie Thompson 8 His observations of glacier retreat 1970s 2000s confirm that glaciers around the world are melting and provide clear evidence that the warming of the last 50 years is now outside the range of climate variability for several millennia if not longer 9 In 2001 he incorrectly predicted that the famed snows of Africa s Mount Kilimanjaro would melt within the next 20 years a victim of climate change across the tropics Return expeditions to the mountain have shown that changes in the mountain s ice fields may signal an even quicker melting of its snow fields which Thompson documented had existed for thousands of years Thompson and his wife both served as advisers for the Academy Award winning 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore Jr and some of their work was referenced in the movie Personal life editLonnie Thompson has been married to Ellen Mosley Thompson for more than 40 years They met in the 1970s in the Marshall University while he was studying geology and she was pursuing a degree in physics After their graduation they both pursued graduate degrees in geology at the Ohio State University They are now research partners who are both interested in examining the effects of climate change on the world s glacial regions and in developing the technology to drill deep in the ice 10 On May 1 2012 he underwent a successful heart transplant 3 Honors and awards edit2001 Thompson was featured among eighteen scientists and researchers as America s Best by CNN and Time Magazine 2002 Thompson was awarded the Dr A H Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences 2002 Thompson was awarded the Vega Medal by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography 11 2005 Thompson was elected to the National Academy of Sciences 1 November 2005 Thompson was featured in a Rolling Stone article The Ice Hunter 2005 Thompson was awarded the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement an honor often regarded as the environmental science equivalent to the Nobel Prize 2 2006 Thompson was elected to the American Philosophical Society 12 February 2007 Mosley Thompson and Thompson were jointly awarded the Roy Chapman Andrews Society Distinguished Explorer Award at Beloit College Beloit WI 3 May 2007 Thompson is named to receive the National Medal of Science 4 This honor is the highest the United States can bestow upon an American scientist It was presented to Thompson by President Bush in July 2007 Award year 2005 5 2007 Thompson was awarded Seligman Crystal by the International Glaciological Society 13 The Crystal is considered to be one of the highest awards in glaciology 2008 Mosley Thompson and Thompson share the 1 million Dan David Prize Future category with British researcher Geoffrey Eglinton 2008 Thompson was listed as one of Time Magazine s Heroes of the Environment 14 2012 Mosley Thompson and Thompson were jointly awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science from the Franklin Institute 15 2013 International Science and Technology Cooperation Award China 4 2021 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the category Climate Change 16 Publications edit nbsp Scholia has a profile for Lonnie Thompson Q897871 Lonnie Thompson has been awarded 53 research grants from the NSF NASA NOAA and NGS and has published 165 papers An abbreviated list of expeditions grants and publications can be found in his Ohio State curriculum vitae PDF Some notable publications include Thompson L G Mosley Thompson E Brecher H Davis M Leon B Les D Lin P N Mashiotta T Mountain K 2006 Inaugural Article Abrupt tropical climate change Past and present Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 28 10536 43 Bibcode 2006PNAS 10310536T doi 10 1073 pnas 0603900103 PMC 1484420 PMID 16815970 Thompson L G Mosley Thompson E Davis M E Lin P N Henderson K Mashiotta T A 2003 Tropical glacier and ice core evidence of climate change on annual to millennial time scales PDF Climatic Change 59 137 155 doi 10 1023 A 1024472313775 S2CID 18990647 Archived from the original PDF on 2010 12 04 Thompson L G Mosley Thompson E Davis M E Henderson K A Brecher H H Zagorodnov V S Mashiotta T A Lin P N Mikhalenko V N Hardy D R Beer J 2002 Kilimanjaro Ice Core Records Evidence of Holocene Climate Change in Tropical Africa PDF Science 298 5593 589 593 Bibcode 2002Sci 298 589T doi 10 1126 science 1073198 PMID 12386332 S2CID 32880316 Archived from the original PDF on 2008 12 17 Thompson L G 2000 Ice core evidence for climate change in the Tropics Implications for our future Quaternary Science Reviews 19 1 5 19 35 Bibcode 2000QSRv 19 19T doi 10 1016 S0277 3791 99 00052 9 Thompson L G Yao T Davis M E Henderson K A Mosley Thompson E Lin P N Beer J Synal H A Cole Dai J 1997 Tropical Climate Instability The Last Glacial Cycle from a Qinghai Tibetan Ice Core Science 276 5320 1821 doi 10 1126 science 276 5320 1821 References edit Byrd Polar Research Center Directory 29 September 2009 Retrieved 19 June 2010 Zagorski N 2006 Profile of Lonnie G Thompson Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 31 11437 11439 Bibcode 2006PNAS 10311437Z doi 10 1073 pnas 0605347103 PMC 1544187 PMID 16868075 a b c Gillis Justin July 3 2012 A Climate Scientist Battles Time and Mortality The New York Times Retrieved July 3 2012 a b c d Lonnie Thompson Council for the Advancement of Science Writing casw org Retrieved 2020 03 13 Lonnie Thompson earthsciences osu edu Retrieved 2020 03 13 Lonnie Thompson to Receive National Medal of Science Ohio State University Research News 2007 Archived from the original on 10 June 2010 Retrieved 19 June 2010 Mark Bowen 2005 Thin Ice Henry Holt and Co pp 320 ISBN 0 8050 6443 5 The Ice Hunter Rolling Stone 3 November 2005 Archived from the original on 30 April 2008 Retrieved 19 June 2010 Lonnie Thompson CV short PDF Archived from the original PDF on 11 October 2008 Retrieved 19 June 2010 Couple has spent decades exploring glaciers which reveal climate history The Washington Post Medals SSAG Svenska Sallskapet for Antropologi och Geografi ssag se Retrieved 2021 08 27 APS Member History search amphilsoc org Retrieved 2021 08 27 The Seligman Crystal International Glaciological Society IGS Retrieved 2021 08 27 Heroes of the Environment TIME 24 September 2008 Archived from the original on September 30 2008 Retrieved 19 June 2010 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science Franklin Institute 2012 Archived from the original on 2013 06 26 Retrieved April 6 2013 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards 2021External links editIce Core Paleoclimatology Research Group Archived 2006 09 03 at the Wayback Machine the Thompson s research group at OSU Lonnie Thompson s web page at Byrd Polar Ellen Mosley Thompson s web page at Byrd Polar Lonnie Thompson s Department of Geological Sciences faculty home page Ellen Mosley Thompson s Department of Geography faculty home page Rapid Climate Change in the Earth System Past Present Future 2002 Heineken Prize lecture by Prof Thompson Lonnie Thompson biography from the Encyclopedia of World Biography Deciphering the ice scientist drills into tropical glaciers for clues to Earth s climate changes from CNN Time Science Goes to New Heights article about Thompson s research in The Antarctic Sun June 27 2008 The Habitable Planet video Dan David Prize laureate 2008 WOSU Public Media profiled the Thompson s polar research in 2008 in a two video segments distributed nationally Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lonnie Thompson amp oldid 1182674124, 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