Ian Stirling (biologist)
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Ian Grote Stirling OC FRSC (September 26, 1941 ā May 14, 2024)[2][3] was a research scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada and an adjunct professor in the University of Alberta Department of Biological Sciences.[4][5] His research has focused mostly on Arctic and Antarctic zoology and ecology, and he was one of the world's top authorities on polar bears.[6]
Ian Grote Stirling | |
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Born | (1941-09-26)September 26, 1941 |
Died | May 14, 2024(2024-05-14) (aged 82) Edmonton, Canada |
Citizenship | Canadian |
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Known for | Polar bears |
Spouse | Stella |
Children | 3 |
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Thesis | Population ecology of the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (1968) |
Doctoral advisor | Bernard Stonehouse |
Other academic advisors | James F. Bendell |
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See obituary in The Vancouver Sun |
Stirling authored five non-technical books and more than 250 articles published in peer-reviewed science journals.[4] Over the course of his career, and well into his retirement from Environment Canada in 2007, when he became a scientist emeritus, he wrote and spoke extensively about the danger posed to polar bears by global warming.[7]