Ian Stirling
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Ian Stirling, OC
, FRSC
is a Scientist Emeritus with the Canadian Wildlife Service
. His research has focused mostly on Arctic and Antarctic zoology and ecology, and he is one of the world's top authorities on polar bear
s.http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/polarbears/
He is an adjunct professor in the University of Alberta
Department of Biological Sciences.http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/events/annualmeeting08/speakers.cfm
Stirling has written three books and nearly 200 articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He has written and spoken extensively about the danger posed to polar bears by global warming
.
Stirling was the first Canadian to be elected president of the Society for Marine Mammalogy
.http://www.thestar.com/ArcticInPeril/article/279817
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
, FRSC
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
is a Scientist Emeritus with the Canadian Wildlife Service
Canadian Wildlife Service
The Canadian Wildlife Service or CWS is a branch of the Department of the Environment, also known as Environment Canada, a department of the Government of Canada....
. His research has focused mostly on Arctic and Antarctic zoology and ecology, and he is one of the world's top authorities on polar bear
Polar Bear
The polar bear is a bear native largely within the Arctic Circle encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the world's largest land carnivore and also the largest bear, together with the omnivorous Kodiak Bear, which is approximately the same size...
s.http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/polarbears/
He is an adjunct professor in the University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
Department of Biological Sciences.http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/events/annualmeeting08/speakers.cfm
Stirling has written three books and nearly 200 articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He has written and spoken extensively about the danger posed to polar bears by global warming
Global warming
Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
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Stirling was the first Canadian to be elected president of the Society for Marine Mammalogy
Society for Marine Mammalogy
The Society for Marine Mammalogy is the largest international association of marine mammal scientists in the world. Membership of the Society was about 1,000 people as of October 2010....
.http://www.thestar.com/ArcticInPeril/article/279817
Awards and recognition
- Northern Science Award
- Officer of the Order of CanadaOrder of CanadaThe Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada