Around the world, people are being urged to act now to reverse the effects of climate change, but Dr. Gene Likens says those in a position to implement large-scale change will take time to enact measures at a related scale.
Around the world, people are being urged to act now to reverse the effects of climate change, but Dr. Gene Likens says those in a position to implement large-scale change will take time to enact measures at a related scale.
At Trent University’s annual David Sheperd Family Lecture on Thursday, Dr. Likens, founding director and president emeritus of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, said prompting dramatic action by leaders and policymakers, though necessary, requires a certain quality of research.
“We have to do really impeccable science so that it stands up to criticism and the challenge that it’s going to get,” said Dr. Likens after his lecture at Market Hall in downtown Peterborough.
In his talk, Dr. Likens referenced key learnings from his decades-long research of ecosystems, in particular, the effects of man-made threats to those systems, and the change that research inspired.
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