The Crafoord Prize in Geosciences 2014
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Crafoord Prize in Geosciences 2014 to Peter MolnarUniversity of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA “for his ground-breaking contribution to the understanding of global tectonics, in particular the deformation of continents and the structure and evolution of mountain ranges, as well as the impact of tectonic processes on ocean-atmosphere circulation and climate.”When continents collideWhy do continents move? How are mountain ranges like the Himalayas and vast elevated regions like the Tibetan Plateau formed? During the 20th