Crafoord Prize in Geosciences
Lectures from the Crafoord Prize events in Geosciences (2014–2025), hosted by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. From the deep history of life on Earth to the physics of climate change and the tectonic forces that built mountains and triggered ice ages.
14
Lectures
5
Laureates
5
Events
2014–2025
Span
About This Course
The Crafoord Prize in Geosciences recognizes outstanding research in Earth sciences — a field not covered by the Nobel Prizes. Awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on a rotating basis with astronomy, mathematics, and biosciences, it is one of the highest honors in the geosciences.
This collection spans a decade of Crafoord lectures, covering how tectonic uplift of mountains triggered Cenozoic ice ages (Molnar & Raymo, 2014), the role of greenhouse gases and the ozone hole in climate change (Manabe & Solomon, 2018), the four-billion-year co-evolution of life and Earth (Knoll, 2022), and the future of geology for civilization (Rosing, 2025).
Lectures by Year
Geology, Our Key to a Wonderful Future on Earth
Minik Rosing • 1 lecture
The Evolution of Life on Earth Through Deep Time
Laureate: Andrew H. Knoll • 8 lectures
Climate Change & the Ozone Hole
Laureates: Syukuro Manabe & Susan Solomon • 2 lectures
Earth and Life: A Dance Through Time
Andrew H. Knoll • 1 lecture
Tectonics, Mountains & Ice Ages
Laureates: Peter Molnar & Maureen E. Raymo • 2 lectures
All lectures are sourced from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences YouTube channel.
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