Barry Brook

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Barry Brook (2011)

Barry William Brook (born February 28, 1974 in Melbourne , Australia ) is an Australian environmental scientist .

Career

Brook graduated from Macquarie University in Sydney . There he obtained a B.Sc. (Hons I) in Conservation Biology, Ecology and Evolution (conservation biology, ecology and evolution) . In 1999 he was awarded a Ph.D. with a thesis in the field of nature conservation (title: Evaluating population viability analysis ). PhD . He then worked for a long time at the Key Center for Tropical Wildlife Management in Darwin . A 2000 publication by Brook (et al.) In Nature reviewed and confirmed the population viability analysis model .

At the University of Adelaide , Brook holds the Climate Change Chair, named after Sir Hubert Wilkins , and is Director of the Environment Institute . He is also a member of the Science and Research Council (German: Wissenschaftsrat ) advisor to the government of the state of South Australia .

In the non-governmental and non-profit self-reported Science Council for Global Initiatives (German: Science Council for Global Initiatives ), which some prominent nuclear experts as Evgeny Velikhov and Baldev Raj along with prominent climate activists like James Hansen provides for speeches and events, Brook is a member .

Brook is an avowed advocate of nuclear energy and counts it, especially when using 4th generation reactors such as the sodium-cooled Integral Fast Reactor (a newer type of breeder reactor ), among the sustainable and long-term usable energy sources. Among other things, he defended this thesis in an interview with the FAZ himself in connection with the nuclear disaster in Fukushima in the wake of the Tōhoku earthquake in Japan in 2011.

As an environmental biologist and climate specialist, Brook speaks out in favor of a reactor type that, although intensively researched, is viewed critically by a number of opponents and specialists due to the risk of sodium being released from the cooling circuit . Brook refers to the risks that exist with other energy sources and global warming in general.

Brook is known to the wider public as a blogger and his internet platform is called BraveNewClimate .

Personal

Brook is married to a Japanese woman and has two sons.

Awards

  • 2010: Community Science Educator of the Year
  • 2007: Cosmos Bright Sparks Award as one of the top ten young scientists in Australia
  • 2007: HG Andrewartha Medal
  • 2006: Fenner Medal
  • 2006: Edgeworth David Medal
  • 1999: Australian Flora Foundation Prize

Publications

  • Why vs Why: Nuclear Power. Brook, BW & Lowe, I. (2010) Pantera Press, ISBN 978-0-9807418-5-8
  • Synergies among extinction drivers under global change. Brook, BW, Sodhi, NS & Bradshaw, CJA Trends Ecol Evol (2008) 23: 453-460
  • Catastrophic extinctions follow deforestation in Singapore. Brook, BW, Sodhi, NS, & Ng, PKL Nature (2003) 424: 420-423.
  • Predictive accuracy of population viability analysis in conservation biology. Brook, BW, O'Grady, JJ, Chapman, AP, Burgman, MA, Akçakaya, HR, & Frankham, R. Nature (2000) 404: 385-387
  • Southeast Asian Biodiversity in Crisis , Sodhi, NS, Brook, BW (2006) Cambridge University Press, London, UK, ISBN 978-0-521-83930-3 , 212 p.
  • Tropical Conservation Biology , Sodhi, Navjot S., Barry W. Brook and Corey JA Bradshaw (2007) Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 978-1405150736

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.cdu.edu.au, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia, CV Barry Brook from January 2006  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 20, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.cdu.edu.au  
  2. ↑ Nature 404, 385-387 (March 23, 2000) DOI: 10.1038 / 35006050 ; received September 7, 1999; Predictive accuracy of population viability analysis in conservation biology, by Barry W. Brook, Julian J. O'Grady, Andrew P. Chapman, Mark A. Burgman, H. Resit Akçakaya & Richard Frankham
  3. ↑ adelaide.edu.au, University of Adelaide, Environment Institute, Management Committee ( Memento of the original dated November 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 22, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.adelaide.edu.au
  4. ↑ Composition of the Science and Research Council ( Memento of the original of March 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The Chairman is Education Secretary Jay Weatherill of the Australian Labor Party  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.innovation.sa.gov.au
  5. ↑ FAZ : Climate researcher Barry Brook “Germany must build nuclear power plants” from March 19, 2011
  6. ↑ SA Science and Innovation ( Memento of the original from September 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.innovation.sa.gov.au
  7. ↑ Cosmos Magazine 'Bright Sparks' ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cosmosmagazine.com
  8. ^ Royal Society of South Australia ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.adelaide.edu.au
  9. ↑ Australian Academy of Science Fenner Medal ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.science.org.au
  10. ↑ Royal Society of NSW Edgeworth David Medal ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / nsw.royalsoc.org.au
  11. ^ Australian Flora Foundation
personal data
SURNAME Brook, Barry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brook, Barry William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian environmental scientist
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne , Australia