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Awards: Commander of the Legion of Honour, CNRS Gold medal, Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, Balzan Prize, Humboldt Prize, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal, Blue Planet Prize
Claude Lorius was a French glaciologist. He was director emeritus of research at CNRS. He was the director of the Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement in Grenoble from 1983 to 1988.