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Steve Connor, science editor of the Independent newspaper of London, received the David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism--News at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 7 December 2011 in San Francisco, Calif. Connor was honored for his article "Expect more extreme winters thanks to global warming, say scientists," published 24 December 2012 in the Independent. The article covers a computer modeling study that found that losses in sea ice north of Scandinavia and Russia caused by global warming could paradoxically cause harsh, cold winters in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. The Perlman award is for work published with a deadline pressure of 1 week or less.

Citation:

It is a pleasure to nominate Steve Connor, science editor of the Independent, for the prestigious David Perlman Award. The story we published on Christmas Eve 2010 encapsulated the wide-ranging expertise Steve has honed over many years of science reporting on a breathtaking variety of esoteric science subjects. In this case, when Britain was experiencing one of its snowiest winters in recent years, he managed to... Read More »

Response:

 It goes without saying that I am incredibly honored to receive this prestigious award—named after a remarkable legend in American science journalism—from such an outstanding organization of scientists. I am also in awe at the thought that I am probably the first British science journalist to receive the David Perlman Award. I hope it goes some way to disprove the notion I once heard from... Read More »