27 January 2021
by: Andrea Korte
Exequiel Ezcurra has been named the recipient of the 2020 Award for Science Diplomacy by AAAS. | Neil Orman/AAAS
The newest of the eight awards that AAAS bestows to scientists each year, the Award for Science Diplomacy, has since 2013 honored an individual or a small group working in the science, engineering or foreign affairs communities to make an outstanding contribution to science diplomacy. In 2020, Exequiel Ezcurra received the award for his work that combines research, education, outreach and policy in service of environmental protection, particularly at the United States-Mexico border.
“I cannot exaggerate the influential role he has played in terms of tangible achievements in the conservation of nature,” said Rodolfo Dirzo, professor of environmental sciences at Stanford University, in a letter nominating Ezcurra for the award.
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The global population could reach 10 billion by 2050; explosive population growth is contributing to a broad array of other challenges for the planet.
Without immediate and drastic intervention, humans face a “ghastly future” including declining health, climate devastation, tens of millions of environmental migrants and more pandemics in the next several decades, according to an international team of 17 prominent scientists.
In a paper published Jan. 13 in the journal Frontiers in Conservation Science, the researchers cite more than 150 scientific studies and conclude, “That we are already on the path of a sixth major extinction is now scientifically undeniable.”
Posted January 12th, 2021 for karen.ashford@flinders.edu.au
An international group of 17 leading scientists have produced a comprehensive yet concise assessment of the state of civilization, warning that the outlook is more dire and dangerous than is generally understood.
Australia., January 13, 2021 - /PressReleasePoint/ - An international group of 17 leading scientists have produced a comprehensive yet concise assessment of the state of civilization, warning that the outlook is more dire and dangerous than is generally understood.
A loss of biodiversity and accelerating climate change in the coming decades coupled with ignorance and inaction is threatening the survival of all species, including our very own, according to the experts from institutions including Stanford University, UCLA, and Flinders University.
Without immediate and drastic intervention, humans face a “ghastly future” including declining health, climate devastation, tens of millions of environmental migrants and more pandemics in the next several decades, according to an international team of 17 prominent scientists.
In a paper published Jan. 13 in the journal Frontiers in Conservation Science, the researchers cite more than 150 scientific studies and conclude, “That we are already on the path of a sixth major extinction is now scientifically undeniable.”
Among the paper’s co-authors is Daniel Blumstein, a UCLA professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and member of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.