Hallo, nature-loving friends and welcome to Planet Earth: Our Loving
Home. On today’s episode, we will meet Australian scientist Professor
Barry Brook who will discuss our planet’s global warming crisis and
possible solutions.
Professor Brook holds the Sir Hubert Wilkins
Chair of Climate Change and is the Environment Institute’s Director of
Climate Research at the University of Adelaide, Australia.
He
has published two books, 『Southeast Asian Biodiversity in Crisis』 and
『Tropical Conservation Biology,』 and over 150 scientific papers in his
field. He has also been conferred with multiple honors.
In 2006,
the Australian Academy of Science gave him the Fenner Medal which
recognizes the top Australian scientists under 40 for their work in
biology.
In 2007, he was presented the H.G. Andrewartha Medal
by the Royal Society of South Australia for outstanding research in any
discipline by an Australian scientist under 40.
He was also
given the Cosmos Bright Sparks Award in 2007 which recognizes the top
10 young scientists in Australia. Now Professor Brook shares some of
his deep knowledge regarding the amount of ice on our planet and its
relation to climate change.
For more information on Professor Barry Brook, please visit BraveNewClimate.com 『Tropical Conservation Biology』 is available at
www.Wiley.com 『Southeast Asian Biodiversity in Crisis』 is available at
www.Cambridge.org