When the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize would be shared by Al Gore, the former U.S. vice president, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the award implicitly celebrated a third party--academic institutions. Much of the research on global warming has come from university scientists, and higher education has provided one of the biggest audiences for Mr. Gore's message on the topic. In its announcement, the committee cited the work by both the politician and the panel "to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change." In recognizing the climate-change panel, commonly known as the IPCC, the Nobel committee also honored the work of thousands of university scientists who have contributed to the panel's reports since 1988. For its most recent assessments, released this year, the panel involved more than 2,000 scientists and issued its strongest statements to date on the topic. The award, which will be presented in December, will also heighten awareness of the climate-change issue on America's campuses, from student organizations to the offices of presidents and chancellors.