Congratulations to The Earth League Fellow, the renowned climate scientist, Prof. Veerabhadran “Ram” Ramanathan, on being awarded the 2026 Crafoord Prize in Geosciences from The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. One of the most prestigious international awards in science, the prize honors and recognizes his pioneering contributions to climate science and his fundamental work on aerosols and climate pollutants, which have profoundly shaped our understanding of Earth’s energy balance, climate warming, and the Earth system.