Pallava Bagla, an Indian, has won the American Geophysical Union (AGU) David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism for his articles on the impact of climate change on Himalayan glaciers.

The Perlman Award of AGU, the largest organization of earth and space scientists with more than 58,000 members worldwide, recognizes work published with deadline pressure of one week or less.

AGU's Perlman Award selection committee applauded "Bagla's articles for addressing a very serious issue in the earth sciences". “Bagla’s articles calls for a reminder to journalists to question sources, to think harder about the agendas and ideas of those people about whom they are reporting, and to stop the steamroller of opinions or ideas when the facts just don't back them up", the committee said.

They also said, "Although Bagla's articles reveal embarrassing foibles of scientists, they ultimately illustrate science's ability to self-correct”.