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Climate science pioneer Claude Lorius, dies at 91

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Claude Lorius, a leading glaciologist, has died at the age of 91. He led 22 expeditions to Greenland and Antarctica during his lifetime. His research showed that after the Industrial Revolution concentrations of the greenhouse gas had rocketed as temperatures rose. In 1988 he was the inaugural expert of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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BBC News

Claude Lorius: Pioneering French climate change scientist dies aged 91

His expeditions to Antarctica helped prove that humans were responsible for global warming.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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ABC Australia

Climate change science pioneer Claude Lorius dies aged 91

Leading glaciologist Claude Lorius, whose discoveries in Antarctica in the 1980s helped prove humanity's role in global warming, has died aged 91.

1 year ago·Australia

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WION

Climate science pioneer Claude Lorius, dies at 91

Leading glaciologist Claude Lorius, whose Antarctica discoveries in the 1980s helped prove humanity's role in global warming, has died at 91. Lorius died on Tuesday morning in the French region of Burgundy, according to Jerome Chappellaz, a palaeoclimatologist and former colleague of his. The French publisher Arthaud, which produced the glaciologist's memoirs, also announced his death in a statement.

1 year ago·Noida, India

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Adevarul

Glaciologist Claude Lorius, pioneer of climatology, passed away at the age of 91

French glaciologist Claude Lorius, one of the first to establish the role of carbon dioxide (CO2) in global warming, passed away at the age of 91 on March 21, announced on March 23 its publisher and a CNRS researcher close to him, AFP reports.

1 year ago·Romania

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Phys.org

Climate science pioneer Claude Lorius, dies at 91

Leading glaciologist Claude Lorius, whose Antarctica discoveries in the 1980s helped prove humanity's role in global warming, has died at 91.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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Le Monde

Claude Lorius, glaciologue et spécialiste du climat, est mort

Chercheur, glaciologue, il a été le premier, au milieu des années 1960, à montrer l’influence des gaz à effet de serre sur le réchauffement climatique. Distingué en 2008 par le Blue Planet Prize, il est mort mars, à 91 ans.

1 year ago·Paris, France

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