World-leading atmospheric researcher to pick up her Volvo Environment Prize

Ever since 1986, when as a 30-year-old researcher she led her first expedition to the Antarctic to study the ozone hole, Susan Solomon has been active in researching how the earth's climate and atmosphere react to human activity. Among other achievements, she was Co-chair of the UN's climate panel, IPCC. The panel's widely discussed report a few years ago contributed to the current global interest in climate issues. In a recent scientific article, Solomon warned that climate changes may last longer than previously thought - up to 1000 years, even if emissions diminish. This is because the oceans absorb carbon dioxide only slowly.