Two Climate Experts Win ‘Genius Grants’ at a Trying Time for US Science
Archaeologist Kristina Douglass and Ángel Adames-Corraliza, an atmospheric scientist, are among this year’s winners of the $800,00 MacArthur Fellowship.
A resident stands outside her home one year after Hurricane Maria knocked out the electricity, in El Negro, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 17, 2018.
Photographer: Xavier Garcia/BloombergOn Wednesday, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced its so-called “genius grants” for 2025. The annual award honors individuals who “expand the boundaries of knowledge, artistry, and human understanding” and comes with a no-strings-attached prize of $800,000.
Two climate experts were among this year’s 22 winners: Ángel Adames-Corraliza, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who investigates the mechanisms underlying tropical weather patterns, and Kristina Douglass, an archaeologist at Columbia University’s Climate School who studies the history of climate adaptation in Madagascar.