Congratulations, Al Gore and Lonnie Thompson!

From "Al Gore and US Scientists to collect prestigious Israeli prize" here:

Al Gore, famous for educating the world about the dangers of global warming and climate change, will be arriving in Israel this May after winning one of Israel's most prestigious prizes, the Dan David Prize, valued at $1 million.
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"The 2008 Dan David Prize honors Al Gore for establishing climate crisis as a moral and spiritual imperative, thereby helping to galvanize international action against global warming," said the prize jury.

But Gore won't be the only American expected to visit Israel's shores to collect a Dan David prize. A $1 million award will also be shared by US and British scientists working in the field of geosciences. They are professors Ellen Moseley-Thompson and Lonnie Thompson of Ohio State University, and Geoffrey Eglinton from Bristol University.

Some interesting background on the junk "science" of Gore and Thompson is here and here.