Japan Prize, 2025 

BBVA Foundation “Frontiers of Knowledge” Award in Ecology and Conservation Biology, 2020 

Ramon Margalef Award in Ecology, 2019 

Evelyn Hutchinson Award, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 2001 

Prix d’Excellence, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, 2011 

Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal for Excellence in Biogeosciences, European Geosciences Union, 2016 

Sustaining Fellow, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, 2016 

Carlo Heip International Award, World Marine Biodiversity Conference, Montreal, 2018 

Blaise Pascal Medal for Earth and Environmental Sciences, European Academy of Sciences, 2018 

John Martin Award, Advancing the Science of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), 2025 

Honorary Doctorate, Université de Québec a Montréal, Canada, 2010 

Honorary Doctorate, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, 2011 

Spanish National Science Award in Natural Resources, 2007 

King James I Award on Environmental Research, 2009 

Life-time Achievement Award, Excellence in Research, RDIA, Saudi Arabia, 2025 

National Champion, Frontiers Planet Prize, Saudi Arabia, 2025 

Fellow, European Academy of Science, 2018 

Academic, Royal Academy of Sciences of Spain, 2021 

Keeling Curve Prize, 2021 

MADBLUE 2023 5 Oceans Award, 2023 

HIC Summit on Regenerative Tourism Award for Ocean Conservation, 2023 

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