- Hosted daily live TV science show in England called "Earth and Space" Also writes daily column about current earth events and environmental commentaries. Explorers Club fieldwork includes volcano studies of Mt. Etna in Sicily, Popocatepetl in Mexico City, and Pueblo Soufriere Hills in Montserrat.
- Four-time Science Emmy Award nominee, most recently in 1996.
- Recipient of 1992 National Genesis Award for excellence in wildlife advocacy.
- In mid-1990s was a reporter, producer and weather anchor for WWOR-TV, New Jersey.
- During really cold or horrible weather he sleeps on top of his Manhattan apartment building to test equipment.
- In 2003 People magazine selected Richard one of the Hottest Bachelors Alive.
- In 2005 the Boy Scouts of America named a sub camp at their National Jamboree "Camp Richard Wiese". He addressed 90,000 persons directly after President Bush.
- Was fraternity big brother to JFK JR while at Brown University.
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