By Geir Hasnes, Christopher Monckton of Brenchley, Don Easterbrook, Göran Henriksson, Bob Lind and Jan-Erik Solheim.
In Memoriam
Nils-Axel Mörner (Niklas among friends) was born on March 17, 1938 in Stockholm, Sweden. He took his Ph.D. in 1969, becoming associate professor in Quaternary Geology at Stockholm University that year. He conducted his postdoctoral research in Canada and was then employed by the Swedish Research Council.
He was awarded a personal associate professorship at the Institute for Palaeogeophysics & Geodynamics, which from 1991 became a special research institute at Stockholm University. As head of the unit, he addressed a variety of geological and geophysical problems.
He organized two major international conferences: Earth Rheology, Isostasy and Eustasy in 1977, and Climatic Changes on a Yearly to Millennial Basis in 1983.
Professor Mörner led several international field excursions throughout Sweden. Overseas, he was President of the INQUA Commission on Neotectonics (1981-1989) and President of the INQUA Commission on Sea Level Changes and Coastal Evolution (1999-2003). He also headed the INTAS Project on Geomagnetism and Climate from 1997-2003.
In 2000, he launched an international research project on sea level in the Maldives, probably his most famous project, proving that there is no sea-level rise going on there.
After his “retirement” in 2005, he continued working on several projects and producing books, booklets, reports and articles, many of which are told about on the succeeding pages.
Continue reading: Nils-Axel Mörner in Memoriam. A collection of memorial articles by friends and colleagues.