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Ramanathan outside on pier. Foto: Erik Jepsen

News 2026-01-29

Crafoord Prize Laureate showed that many factors affect the climate

Veerabhadran Ramanathan has laid the foundation for our understanding of how small particles and gases that accumulate in the atmosphere contribute to climate change. This knowledge is vitally important for combatting global warming. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is now awarding him the Crafoord Prize in Geosciences, worth eight...