Editing Benjamin D. Santer (section)

==Honors==
Santer received a B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences and a 1987 Ph.D. in climatology from the Climatic Research Unit of the [[University of East Anglia]].<ref name=Marketplace/>

In 1998 Santer was awarded a [[MacArthur Fellowship]] for research supporting the finding that [[Human impact on the environment|human activity]] contributes to global warming.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/594/|title=Benjamin David Santer - MacArthur Foundation|website=www.macfound.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> He has also received the [[Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award]] and a Distinguished Scientist Fellowship from the [[U.S. Department of Energy]] and the Norbert Gerbier/MUMM award from the [[World Meteorological Organization]].<ref name=Marketplace/> He ranked twelfth amongst climate scientists in a 2002 assessment of most cited scientists in the field of global warming.<ref>[http://esi-topics.com/gwarm/authors/b1a.html Global Warming Top 25 Overall Ranked by total cites, 1991-August 2001] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927105422/http://esi-topics.com/gwarm/authors/b1a.html |date=2006-09-27 }}, [[Thomson Corporation|Thomson]]</ref> In 2024 he received the [[Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal]] of the American Meteorological Society.<ref>[https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/about-ams/ams-awards-honors/awards/science-and-technology-medals/the-carl-gustaf-rossby-research-medal/ Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal 2024]</ref>

In 2011, Santer was elected as a fellow of the [[American Geophysical Union]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.llnl.gov/news/ben-santer-elected-agu-fellow | title=Ben Santer elected AGU fellow | work=[[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] Website | date=8 April 2011 | access-date=1 August 2013 | author=Stark, Anne M. |archive-date=28 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228120252/https://www.llnl.gov/news/ben-santer-elected-agu-fellow }}</ref> and as a member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/3008403.html |title=Benjamin D. Santer |work=Membership Directory|publisher=National Academy of Sciences}}</ref>