Ian Stirling (biologist)

Ian Grote Stirling
OC FRSC
Born(1941-09-26)September 26, 1941
Nkana, Zambia[1]
DiedMay 14, 2024(2024-05-14) (aged 82)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma mater
Known forPolar bears
SpouseStella
Children3[2]
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisPopulation ecology of the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (1968)
Doctoral advisorBernard Stonehouse
Other academic advisorsJames F. Bendell
Notes
See obituary[2] in The Vancouver Sun

Ian Grote Stirling OC FRSC (September 26, 1941 – 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]

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]

  1. ^ "Ian Stirling". remembering.ca. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
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  3. ^ Wenger, Dr Michael. "The polar retrospective – Polar bear researcher Ian Stirling dies at 82". Polarjournal. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  4. ^ a b "Kenneth S. Norris Lifetime Achievement Award". Marine Mammal Science. 32 (1): 10–12. 2016. Bibcode:2016MMamS..32...10.. doi:10.1111/mms.12294. ISSN 0824-0469.
  5. ^ "The Council of Science Editors (CSE) - 2007 Annual Meeting". Councilscienceeditors.org. Archived from the original on April 3, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "CBC News Indepth: Polar Bears". Cbc.ca. 6 July 2004. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ Post, Eric; Forchhammer, Mads C.; Bret-Harte, M. Syndonia; Callaghan, Terry V.; Christensen, Torben R.; Elberling, Bo; Fox, Anthony D.; Gilg, Olivier; Hik, David S.; Høye, Toke T.; Ims, Rolf A.; Jeppesen, Erik; Klein, David R.; Madsen, Jesper; McGuire, A. David (2009-09-11). "Ecological Dynamics Across the Arctic Associated with Recent Climate Change". Science. 325 (5946): 1355–1358. Bibcode:2009Sci...325.1355P. doi:10.1126/science.1173113. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 19745143.